Evening star., 1924-01-16
BILL FOR MEMORIAL
ARM0RY ADOPTED.
Appropriation of $4,000, 900
to Be Asked of Congress
for Building Here.

Following a discussion during which
1t was declared that the National
capital Is one of the few cities Of
over 5000 population where no me-
mortal to the country's soldiers.
sailors and marines has been erected,
the general memorial armory COM
mittee, made up from military, pa
tIiotic and civic organizations of the
SSity' unanimously adopted bill to
De submitted to Congress for the
erection of a $2,O0O,0OO memorial
armory here, at a meeting last night
IN the old Armory building, 472 L
street.
A committee was named by the
1nanding officer of the District Ma
tlonal Guard. to present the bill to
senator L. Heiser Ball and Repre-
sentative Fred Zihlman, chairmen of
mittees. This committee will meet
the congressman tomorrow morning.
Named ON COMMITTEES.
The committee as named is COM
posed of Gen. Stephan chairman;
MaJ. Daniel Donovan. Capt. George
w. Evans. Capt. c. E. Emig, w. L.
SeaE SSeale' Watson B. Miller, Col. G: Fred
!. iiattocks. Col. John Scott, Dr.
Henry A. Johnson, Capt. G. M. S. TAFT
and Nal. r. E. B. McKenney.
The bill is as follows:
>, BE 1t enacted by the Senate and
Hou1e of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled. that a commission. COM
posed of the Engineer Commissioner
OF the District of Columbia, the officer
IN charge of public buildings and
grounds and the officer commanding
The District National Guard of the
district of Columbia. be and is here
by created and authorized and d.
rected to enter into contracts for the,
building for the National Guard of
the District of Columbia, in accord
ance with the plans for such armory
submitted by the commission ap-
proved May 13, 1908. or such modified
plans as may be approved by the
herein authorized commission to
bring 1t within a cost not to exceed
thorized to be appropriated, 60 per
centum from the revenues of the Dis
trfct of Columbia and 40 per centum
from any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated. and of which
the sum of $4,000 is hereby author
lied to be appropriated Immediately.
for the preparation of detailed plans
and specifications.
Selection of Site.
Section ?. That the memorial
armory building herein authorized
be located on ground owned by the
United States government in the Dis
trict of Columbia, the site for the
purpose to be selected by the officer
in charge of the public buildings and
grounds and approved by the Fine
Arts Commission.
Section g. That the construction
Of said armory building shall be
under the direction of the officer in
charge of public buildings and
grounds in the District of Columbia,
and all money expended shall be
upon vouchers approved by him. All
plans for said armory building shall
be approved by the commission au-
thorized by the act of Congress ap-
proved May 80. 1908 (thirty-fifth
statutes at large, page 540).
Section 4. That space in said me-
mortal armory shall be set aside for
use as permanent meeting place for
the organized reserve units, and the
Reserve Officers Association of the
District of Columb bia, Grand Army of
the Republic, the United Spanish War
Veterans, the American Legion, the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Dis
Rbled American Veterans of the World
War and such other veteran organiza-
tioRs for which space may be avail
able; but such use of said memorial