Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-10-07

1 ments are now under way to include
| the chain cigar stores.
Gen. d. l. Brainerd. member of
/ Sreely's expedition to the north pole
In the early eighties, told Of the trip
north in the s. S. Proteus.
National Capital Post No. 1877. Vet.
| Grams of Foreign Wars, held its first
! fall meeting September FL. The long
| form of obligation was used and three
recruits were mustered in. Comrade
| weaver was in charge of the elec-
| trical arrangements for the rituals
Ststsberg furnished hot coffee. hot
| dogs and cheese sandwiches. Com
! rades Richardson and Thieie present.
| ed five motion picture reels, one Of
! which showed the Washington dele
( CATION "in action" at the Norfolk
! encampment. Music was furnished
by National Trumpeter Henry Love-
! less, who is In. charge of the musical
| organization of this post.
| A resolution, reported by the reso-
luttons committee, was favorably ac-
] cepted. 1t calls for the organization
\ or a central, or executive, committee.
which will have power and authority
\ to grant relief to needy comrades
and act In any emergency This COM
| mittee has already been organized
! and VIII have report to submit to
| the post at their next meeting. Octo-
Der s.
National Senior Vice Commander
! in-Chief Comrade Anton Stephan.
Comrade Bethlehem, chairman OF the
national Legislative committee. and
! Department Commander K. l.. Koontz
were the guests of honor. c. b.
! Jennings was elected officer of the
| resignation of w. j. Harrington.
When the delegation representing
the department Of the District OF
Columbia of the American Legion
| ttonal convention. In the next fort
night, 1t will establish Headquarters
at the Victoria Hotel and from there
WIZ conduct the campaign by which
| Its members hope to elect Past De
partment Commander James A. Drain
| the next national commander of the
American Legion.
| In the past week two meetings
important Is ant, to the department were
| night, when the newly elected de-
partment commander. Paul j. Nc
Gahan, was formally installed in Of
| nee: The second was on Tuesday
| night. when the members of the dele
ton organized for their trip.
! Ihe executive committee confirmed
the hrst three appointments to be
MADE by Commander McGahan. These
included the appointment Of /. H.
IT,
ard 5. Fisk as department finance
omcer and Capt. John H. Craige. u. 8.
NJ. C., as department athletic officer.
Commander McGahan announced
that all other appointive department
officers would be continued in Office
until after the national convention,
when IT Is intention to announce the
reappointments and the new appoint
ments to complete the membership of
the department executive committee.
The executive committee of Ma
tional Capital Post No. 127, Veterans
OF Foreign Wars: met September 2s
ana named committees to act for the
Finance. Brandon, Gardella, Leahy.
strand. Weaver. Gardeiia. Loveiess.
HUM: building. Clements, Much, Sui
Ivan; relief section. Clements. Guiffre,
Donovan, Much. Keefe; publicity.
Brandon, Jennings: vigilance, Neuner
sullivan. HUM; reception and invita-
ZION, Neuner. Sullivan; resolutions.
Leahy, Clements. Much. Sullivan. Carr
Weaver %sa; m a,b,ssFcf plea. Leahy; keefe.
harrington; Brandon. Keefe; encamp-
ment, entire committee; musical.
LoveIess; auxiliary. Statsberg, Weaver
The building committee su6mi,tsa
plans to raise funds for the Veterans,
building here In the District. Pledges
| from the members of the post are to
De solicited. To start the fund, Com
rades Clements, Much, Leahy, Sulli-
| van and Gardella each subscribed s25.
The wiImeth Brown unit of the
american Legion Is to meet tomorrow
az pm. at the residence OF Mrs,
d. w. Brown, ais Clifton terrace
south.
Iafa
Tor the Sergt Jasper bowling team
now totals eleven. The prelimina ries
to ascertain the five men to represent
the post in the American Legion Dis
trict Department Bowling League will
the recreation alleys, The league has
scheduled the opening game for the
week OF October 8-13. The complete
list of candidates. with the additional
members. is: Joseph l. Brown, Robert
n. Pritchard, Louis Marks, John c.
Long, Harry Whalen. John T. Baker,
Eddie Kappa, Thomas e. Walsh, John
c. Diamond. Russell w. C1arkson and
F. Joseph ONeill. Commander Thomas
). FTalley has been named captain of
the Sergt. Jasper team. and will also
serve as member Of the board of d.
rectors Of the Department Bowling
League.
An advanced review of the post
history prepared by Walter w. Smyth,
Post historian, shows that IS per cent
of the membership are college men
and 40 per cent are members of the
legal profession. In addition to DAN
lei w. Washburn and Thomas A. Daily,
other candidates for membership are:
Capt: James T. Allen, Eynon E. Hay
good and Calvin S. Stran.
Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, commander-in-
chief of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. in a conference with President
Coolidge urged the President to In
his opening message to Congress rec
Smmend for early enactment laws
! pertaining to ex-servfce men. Among
the recommendations were:
The appointment of a committee on
veteran legislation in the House of
Representatives to be composed of. as
far as possible. ex-service members
lation permitting the director of the
United States Veterans Bureau to
furnish hospital treatment to all vet
Grams of all wars, regardless OF
whether the disability or illness was
Of service origin: a codtfication' of
ton of rating scale for compensation
and Vocational training; enactment
of necessary and adequate Legislation
for the relief OF all veterans OF all
wars. giving special attention to the
disabled and MANNED; the early enact
ment of the veterans adjusted COM
pensation bill; providing sufficient APP
preparation for the adequate national
defense of the country, with no
further reduction of the Army or
Navy; the enactment of strict nat
uralization and immigration laws.
The westward movement of Dis
trict of Columbia legionaires to the
national convention of the American
Legion at San Francisco will begin
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