Evening star., 1923-05-15
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. May Is (Spe-
fax county public schools next July
for teaching domestic science may be
held in the auditorium of the cham
Der of commerce, according TO a re-
port submitted to the board of di-
rectors Of the chamber at a meeting
yesterday afternoon. On behalf of
, the chamber the offer of the use Of
the chamber was made by J. T. Pres
ton and in addition a number of mer-
to lend what assistance they can in
the event the offer is accepted. There
are about twenty-five girls in the
class Miss Moncure is teacher.
An interesting report on the an.
| Commerce of the United States last
| week in New York city was present
ed by the delegation from the local
organization, consisting of Carroll
/ Pierce. r. E. knight and Capt. George
H. Evans.
The sixteen bronze tablets to mark
the points of historical interest in the
May 80.
At the request Of the retail mer-
chants bureau it was decided to per-
nit that bureau to have charge of
the next quarterly meeting, which
Will be held in June.
Announcement also was made that
the Washington-Virgini Railway
Company will illuminate the sign at
Hooff's run, warning motorists not to
use the trestle at that point
New members elected follow: Miss
Mary D. Pierce, Mrs. Margaret Lee
Horner, Piggly Wiggly Northern Vir,
ginia Company, incorporated. and
David f. BayliSS
The honor list of the publications
of the Virginia War History Commits
sion, Volume l, of Virginians of dis
! tinguished service of the world war,
| Arthur Kyle Davis, editor, contains
| the names Of nine Alexandrians.
! Alexandria and Fredericksburg, it is
! set forth in the history. with nine
| honor men each, lack only one name
| of reaching the first division. How
| ever, in this connection it is stated
| that Alexandria has a total of ten
men on the honor list, the tenth man
not. however being certified
| The local honor list contains the
! following names:
/ Charles D. Barrett, cited by COM
| mander in chief.
Commander Wilson Brown, jr., Navy
cross.
Lieut.: Charles B. Elliott. distin-
guished service cross, cited by divi-
| sion commander, French croix de
guerre, French Legion of Honor.
! Commander James Patrick Lannon,
Navy cross. Italian war cross.
Capt. Eugene l.. Lindsey, cited by
chief.
i First Lieut.. Samuel NJ. Lunt, S. s.
! citation: French croiX de guerre.
Walter Moore, distinguished service
cross, French croiX de guerre.
| Patrick A. Porter, French croix de
guerre.
David ARIEL Windsor Snowden.
French croix de guerre.
The total number of men honored
| Is nine and the total number of ci-
| tations given the Alexandrians is f1f-
| teen, as follows: Distinguished serv-
ice cross. two; navy cross, two: cited
| by communicative chief, one; cited by
/ division commander, one; silver star
/ citations. one; French Croix de
Guerre, five; French Legion of Honor,
one; Italian war cross, one.
The name of Benjamin S. Steiner
of Alexandria, sergeant in the 26th
Division. is in the list of distin guished
service men not certified, which, as
stated above, would bring the total
list Of Alexandrians up to ten. He
received the French Croix de Guerre
for bravery in action.
A copy of the book has just bean
received by Alexandria Post. No. "a.
American Legion. and placed among
its historical records.