Evening star., 1923-09-09

A. formal application for charter
for Warren G. Harding Post, with
iseventy.one charter members listed.
has been submitted to the District of
Columbia Department, the American
Legion.
At meeting of the charter mem
bers in the Department of Commerce
building officers were elected as fol-
lows: Commander. John III. Farrell;
senior vice commander. Joseph A.
Walsh; junior vice commander James
IL. Brown: adjutant, j. j. Moriarty
! assistant adjutant, A. &. Strecker:
finance officer. W. =. AIS; assistant
finance officer. {. +. Snuggs: historian.
}. y. Purks: chaplain, l.. Il. English;
serg cant t-at-arms. .. y. Roos.
Domiciliary care for woman veter-
tans of the world war; including Army
nurses. yeomen 60 and others. is be-
; Ing urged by the American Leg ion
/ Auxiliary in order to save the lives
tof hundreds of such women. The
! fight for admission to national insti-
/ tutions has been taken up by the hos
: Ditalization committee of the organi-
1zation to assist the woman veterans.
About 10000 women We're in military
| to the government for relief.
| Mrs. Lowell f. Hobart. past national
! president Of tile auxiliary and chair
man Of the hospital zation committee.
! has completed a survey OF such wom-
an veterans and declares that the
| problem is very grave.
| A recent Veterans Bureau ruling
! permits the admission Of women to
sucA Institutions as have availa bic
accommodations but according to the
results of Mrs. Hobart's survey. there
are less than dozen OF such in
stances. and she fears that many Will
{ die before 4 building roisEam to pro-
! TIdc suitable quarters is completed
Veterans Bureau officials have offer
/ ed every possible aid in the problem
! but are hamptred because Of lack Of
/ facilities.
! The problem will be given careful
consideration at the San Francisco
/ 'onveption Of the American Legion
| Auxiliary.
I The .Ameri~an Legions national
campaign TO promote the convocatioH
! of AN international air disarmament
! conference will be continued. il has
been announced at national head
! quarters in indianapolis. Legion uffi
cialS assert that the results Of a ma
! tional Poll taken by the organization
| indicate that public sentiment favorS
/ the conference.
Twelve super drea dnaushts. one
armored cruiser. thirty-nine destroy
| ers and smaller craft will compose
| the great armada which is to be pres
! ent III San Francisco during the
! American Legion convention. October
! 10 to 10. The presence Of the fleet is
J expected to add much Interest to the
program for the visiting legion
naires. Admiral K. l.. countz. COM
mander in chief of the fleet. is per-
| soually SUPERVISING many Of the
arrangements. in addition to that of
! the great naval review.
James 4. Mcfarland. national com
I mander OF the Disabled American
Veterans. goes to chattanooSa.
1 Tenn. the last Of this week
| to address the annual convention of
; the Cniied Spanish War Veterans.
Before the Veterans Of Foreign Wars
conclave the leader Of the wars
MANNED pleaded for priority for legis-
lat tion for the disa bled at the coming
| session of Congress. and ii is expected
he will make similar appeal to the
veterans of 1898.
The CnIt,u spanish War Veterans
4 is the only organization outside of