Evening star., 1924-06-08

| Inc most progressive bit of legIs
lation for the disabled since the
armistice" is the way in which Frank
| j. Irwin, national reha Utilization
| chairman Of the Disabled Americau
| veterans, describes the amendments
TO the Veterans Bureau act which
were enacted during the week. I'VE
md incorporated in the bill most of
| the important sections of the legisIa-
! tive program of the, Disa bled Arneri-
! can Veterans adopted at MINNEAPOLIS
J one year ago, and we go to our con
vention at Salt Lake City the last
! week of this month we'll satisfied
with action of Congress for the relief
of the disabled. There is still much
to be done, but we feel we have made
| marked progress"
James A. Mcfarland, national com
| mander of the Disabled American
Washington this week finishing up
his annual report to the convention
at Salt Lake City.
| week to decide whether the Wash
| lngton contingent to the Disabled
american Veterans national conclaye
Will leave here June II or 19 The
party viii be headed by ]. r. McDon-
| man.
The executive committee of the
uepartment of the District OF Co
| lumbia of the American Legion at a
meeting held several DAYS ago. fixed
August l and 2 as the dates for the
| annual department convention, at
whlch a successor to the present de
| partment commander, Paul ! Nc
| Gahan, and the other elective officers
also, will be elected The convention
VIII be held in the boardroom Of the
District da building, through the
courtesy OF the District Commits
The Memorial day program of the
american Legion units of Washing
| Ion, winch was arranged under the
direction of William F. Franklin the
senior vice commander. attract.d
widespread attention, and the depart
ment headquarters have received
numerous congratulatory messages
| as a consequence.
Under the direction of Thomas T
fTailey, the department Americanisrn
| ofhcer, appropriate programs for IN.
observance of Flag day on June II
VIII be widely observed by members
Many members of the American
Legion Will join with members of the
Irand Army of the Republic in spe-
clal ceremonies that have been ar
| city. ~A-'
The District of Columbia depart-
ment of the American Legion will be
ospresented of ,ha Ga, at the annual convention
:.
tlon:, which will be held here, starting
on June 20, by a delegation headed
oy department Commander McGahan.
extensive arrangements are being
iiarie ,nHie oE the department. and the
IN Washington for the distrjbnfit,n
OF the application blanks for III.
veterans adjusted compensation. 7 H..
var var department has accepted tho
offer Of the American Legion r. bc
one of the principal sources of dis
trloution of these blanks and NJ
Information relative to the rights Of
veterans under the law.
will eia1 in1 elght,week & period which
CONVENTION. a membership drive will
| De conducted by the various nosts
a number of posts have been engaged
Inn III an eaort of this. sort for some
pc passed. The present department
1edoquarters will be vacated an
done 5own 0o' as the building is to be torn
mace later of the location of the nov
headquarters. 'Ae 4e"
The National Capital Post Veterans
OF Foreign Wars. turned ont IN an, an
1orce on the 30th of May and afte-
snort parade proceeded TO ArJineton
Ilationai cemetery and decorsted
dta,e;s. deafiy one one hundred graves Imrne-
lir1c
ton the Drum and Bugle Corps head
ed by National Trumpeter Her
l-oveless, accompanied by the pos
eoIors and color guard under :he
tShmano ION nan OF c: b. Jennings, officer OF
me day, entrained for Leesbur-. "a
"here they were met by seyerai
members of Thbert Conklin Pa
No. 1127. Veterans Foreign WarS
Inuoert Conklin Post is the bahv
post of this vicinity and is located IN
PPurcellville, Va. This post staged rbe
neteras of Foreign Wars battle mo
tion picture film Powder River and
tne men from National Capital Post
!naoe the Journey in order to .'whoop
dltion to the moving pictures tb,
members of the Washington post p1It
on a nine vaudeville stunt.
rms post closed the most success
Iui poppy campaign ever conducted
Both street car companies, the local
| police department and fire deparf
| rnent all Joined in this opportunity
to show that they are in sympathy
| with the efforts of the Veterans OF
sore1sn wars TO give employment IL
| disabled men of the world war All
| poppies disposed of by local posts
were made by disabled veterans
| Natlonal Capital Post is indebted to
Scout Leverton and the Boy Scout
bugier Corps for the march music
| furnished by them on Decoration day.
Kenneth H. Nash Post, No. 3. Of
the American Legion, elected three
young lawyers at its last meeting 10
conduct the affairs of the post dur
ing the remainder of this year
Those elected were: Commander.
John H. Ashman: senior vice com
| mander, John o. Johnson. and junior
vice commander. William H Allen
Carl A. Baumann was elected as
Judge advocate. William H. Eline-
| hause was again appointed finance
ofhcer. Other appointments will be
| made in the near future. The new
officers have already made plans for
an active program for the balance
| of the year which will include drive
! for the renewal of old members and
! taking in of new ones.
Former service officers. who were
discharged with rank above that
| of captain, may have some adjusted
service credit coming to them, under
the new adjusted compenSat law.
according to advices received at ma
tiopal headquarters of the American
Legion. During the time the officer
served as captain or held a commits
sion below that rank, he is entitled
to adjusted service credit, his credit
ceaSinE when he received the perma-
nent or provisional promotion which
placed him above the maximum rank.
For instance, an officer holding a
commission as captain when he en-
tered the Army, anu who served IN
that grade for a period of five month
before being promoted to major
will be entitled to five months ad-
justed service credit. The same holds
true of the Navy where an officer
served for length of time either as
lieutenant or some grade below hen-
tenant