Evening star., 1924-09-21
Veterans of Foreign Wars

and the post has already formed
| Tulsa Club"
A composite regiment of Infantry,
drawn from two of the Regular regi-
ments which were included in the lst
| Division during the World War, and
the 9Th Regiment of Field Artillery,
also Of the famous 1st Division, have
been ordered here TO participate in the
exercises in connection with the 1st
Division memorial reunion to be held
| here October 3 to s.
The regiments which will furnish the
infantry command are the 18th and
lSth Infantry, now stationed at Camp
Dix, n. j., and at Forts Jay. Slocum,
Hamilton and Schuyler, New York
| They will come on the Army transport
St Mihiel from New York City. while
the Artillery regiment will march from
its station at Fort Hoyle, Md.
| The composite Infantry regiment will
| be composed of AZ officers and 1.loo
| men, and be commanded by Brig. Gen.
| Frank Parker. The 9th Field Artillery
| is composed of 50 officers and 9l9 men.
Troops stationed in the District of Co
| lumbia will also participate in the cere-
mony at the unveiling of the memorial
erected in the rear of the State, War
| and Navy Building by the 1st Division
| in memory of comrades who gave their
| lives in France.
All three of these regiments were
decorated by the French for gallantry
| during the war, being cited as whole
| for their performance in action. Corp.
| James B. Henderson and Pvts. Thomas
r Enright and Merle D. Hay, the first
American soldiers killed in action in
| France, were members of the 10th In
| fantry.
| Gen. Parker was first commander OF
| the 18th Infantry, then the LIST Brigade
| of the division and finally the divi-
| sion itself during the war. 1t is es-
! timated that at least 10000 lst. Di-
vision veterans will participate in the
| ceremonies during the reunion, some
| $1,000 men having passed through
! the ranks of the division during the
| war.
The memorial, the first of its kind
to be erected here, cost approximately
sl45.0o0, the funds being raised by
popular subscription. Members OF
the division still in the Army donated
about one weeks pay each. while
the families of the dead comrades also
subscribed.
Col. Thomas W. Miller, alien prop
| erty custodian of the United States,
| was elected president of the F. l. d.
A. c. Federation Interallee des
l
! convention held in London, England.
| this week. The American ex-service
| men were represented at the conven-
tion by 10 delegates appointed by the
American Legion through the ma
tional commander. John r. Quinn.
| and it was from among this group
| that the president was selected. it
| being the desire of the convention
that it be rendered to an American
| this year.
The r. l. y. A. c. is an organization
| of the representatives of the veterans
! of the eight allied countries OF the
great war and furnishes the organi-
zation through which the influence
| of World War veterans may be made
universal. It's membership is COM
posed of representatives of veterans
organizations from England, France,
Belgium Rumania- Italy, Serbia,
| Czechoslovakia and the United
States. The +. l. D. A. c. now COM
prices 10000, 900 of former allied soldiers.
and at this convention an auxiliary
of 100000 women of the allied
countries will be created. 1t will be
the policy OF the F. l. d. A. c. to lay
the foundation for a lasting interna-
tional peace.
Col. Miller was one of the found
ers and incorporators of the Ameri-
can Legion and has been member
of the national executive committee
of the American Legion since its
formation and for two years he was
chairman OF the national legislative
committee in Washington.
The American delegates consist Of
the following: Brig. Gen. Roy Hoff-
man of Oklamoha- chairman; Col.
Thomas A. Lee of Kansas, secretary;
Col. Joseph A. Thompson of Pitts
burgh. Maj. Gen. Edward A. Logan
of Massachusetts. Col. van RenseI-
Ia er King of New York City, Maj. A
W. k.pling, Paris Post, American
Legion; Donald A Smith. London
Post. American Legion; Maj H. Nell
son Jackson of Burlington, VT.
The Military Order of the Cootie,
the sunshine degree of the Veterans