San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-18
FOREIGN WARS
VETERANS WILL
CONVENE HERE
Encampment Is Set for
April l9 and Will Last
Three Days.
FROM TWO STATES
Sam Houston Post Prepares
to Entertain
Visitors.

Beginning Thursday, April 10, the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the De-
partInent of Texas and Louisiana will
hold their fourth annual encampment
In San Antonio as the guests Of Sam
Houston Post No. 76.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars is
the only organization in the world
that is composed entirely of men who
have served against an armed enemy
of the United States in foreign water
or on a foreign soil. 1t is an order
that will be perpetual as it does not
confine its membership to veterans of
any one war and as other wars are
fought those who survive them will
join the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The purpose of the order is TO assist
worthy comrades and their orphans
and widows.
An end of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars is to maintain true allegiance
to the United States and fidelity to
its institutions and to defend the
United States from all its enemies
whatsoever. The V. f. W. does not
propose to have any flag fly above the
Stars and Stripes, neither the Red
flag of the radical enemy within nor
the flag of a foreign foe from with
out. The motto of the order is Zone
country, one language, one flag"
Not Political Body.
While the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars do not allow politics to enter
the order or allow the order to be
used for the political ends of any
member, they have often used their
influence in various ways in the sup
port of bills that have come up in
Congress as well as in the different
state legislatures, that have been a
benefit to the men. women and chill
dren who have suffered through the
sacrifices made on the battlefield, at
sea or in camp in the service of the
United States.
The entertainment program for the
coming encampment has not yet been
announced but the business program
is az follows:
8 a. m. Thursday, April 10. Gun
ter Hotel: Registration and presen-
tation of credentials address of well
come: roll call and introductions !;
naming of committees. Committee
conferences follow.
Q a. m, Friday April 20: Ritual.
0 a. m. Saturday, April 21: Con-
clusion of all encampment business
and selection of place of next. meet
ing.
Lists of Officers.
The officers of the Department of
Texas and Louisiana, V. Il. W., are
Commander, John l.. King, Fort
Worth; senior vice commander, James
S. .Burk, Houston; Junior vice COM
mander, Frank &. Harmon, Dallas;
surgeon, DIR. Holman Taylor, Fort
Worth chief of staff, B. .. Murphy,
Fort Worth; adjutant, Ivan Ii. Wood,
Dallas; Quartermaster, Fred G.. En-
cry, Dallas; chaplain, G. A. hurry,
Seventh Cavalry, Fort Bliss; in
spector, Maj. c. II. Fitzgerald, Beau
mont; sergeant-at-arms, William Is.
M,Lish, San Antonio.
The Department Council of Admin
istration is composed of DR.. r. III.
Mcleod, Palestine; J. b. Lilibridge,
Dallas; II. M. Campbell Jr., PaIes-
tine: Dan I. CennOr, San Antonio,
and Palmer Hutcheson, Houston.
The officers of Sam Houston Post
No. 76 of San Antonio are: George
M. Gale. 1924 New Braunfels avenue,
commander; Leon NJ. DeGryee, 211
Los Angeles avenue, senior vice COM
mander; Thomas c. Thompson, Com
pany A, First Infantry, junior vice
commander; Verne II. Torrance, Bat
terry Il, Twelfth Artillery, adjutant,
and Ebert c. Senter, quartermaster.
One Of the most active members of
the local post is Past Commander
Dar +. Conner of $40 Spofford ave-
nue.. Mr.. Conner is chairman of the
committee on general arrangements.
The other members of the comnittee
are: George NJ. Gale, Verne II. Tor
rance. Gustave Stromberger, Thomas
s. Mills. Robert Henry, Howard Co
burn. Edward Hickman, John s. Seal
tAS. c. w. Titus and Ebert c. SEN
Encampment headquarters will be
at the Gunter Hotel and the bust
ness sessions will be held at the Red
mems Hall on Soledad street.