Evening star., 1924-07-20
Veterans of Great War

success. The units of the department
| decorated their booths in blue and gold
the colors of the American Legion
Every unit has reported substantial
profit, and each unit, by common con-
sent, Will forward to the department
treasurer one-third Of it's net gain fol-
the general upkeep of the department.
The director of the Veterans Bureau
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, and Mrs
Hines and Maj. j.. f. Bell. Engineer
| Commissioner for the District of Colum-
bia, were among those present.
At it's regular monthly meeting at
Wednesday the Henry C. Spengler
Unit, No. II. American Legion Auxili-
ary, indorsed Mrs. Irene Arnold OF
| George E. killeen Unit as candidate
for the office of president of the De-
partment Of the District of Columbia
Il The following members were elected
as delegates and alternates to the
department convention to be held
August l and-2: Delegates-Mrs. Paul
Twyman, Mrs. Mamie Palmer Dorsey
Mrs. Hortehse Fuller, Mrs. Ethel
Fowler and Miss Alma Moore. Alter
nates-Mrs. Clara Sonnerman, Mrs
Margaret Lashhorn. Mrs. Louise
White. Miss Henrietta Schriner anC
Mrs. Jeanette Lashhorn. The socia
. Henry c. Spengler Post No. u
American Legion, met at the club
rooms of the post in the National
Guard Armory Wednesday. with Com
mander Fred A. Livingston presiding
First Lieut.. George w. Johns, 12lsi
Engineers, n. G. d. c., was obligated
and taken into the post. The applica-
ton for transfer of Lewis E. Hoffman
from George Washington Post, No.
was received and he was elected &c
membership. Comrade Wooley OF
Stewart Walcott Post addressed the
post on the candidacy of Charles l.
Reimer for department commander OF
the American Legion.
The following members were elected
as delegates and alternateS to the
department convention to be neio
August l and .: Delegates-Pas
nance officer DR.. Douglas A. White
| AlternateS--Past Commander Paul r.
Twyman and Quartermaster Edgar II
Hale. The delegates were sent to the
convention uninStructed.
The picnic of the post and its auXi-
liary scheduled to be held at the Con-
gress Heights rifle range July 26, was
| postponed until September 3.
| The post voiced its approval of the
proposed test of the national defense
| act to be carried out by the War De-
partment September IL and Will sup
port the National Guard of the Dis
| trict and units of the organized re-
serves located IN Washington in OBJ
tanning volunteers for this undertak.
| ing Capt Peyton q. hewitt, adJutant OF
| Spengler Post and assistant ad]utan'
| general of the National Guard. out
lined the proposed plans of the Ma.
| tional Guard to fill its units TO fuil
| war strength by obtaining one DAY
volunteers from among patrlotlcaliS
inclined citizens. Likewise the 320th
Infantry. Organized Reserves. unoef
command of Col. Glendie B. Young. d
member of Spengler Post. contem
plates filling its ranks with cltlzenS
for this occasion. Many members OF
Spengler Post are assigned 10 ths
320th Infantry. including its com
nader Fred A. Livigston. and its
vice ,commaders. w L. Hazard and
James B. Jones. All members OF
SpengIer Post and the other local
| Legion posts are requested to ala TINS
movement and tender their services
to either the 320th infantry or tne ne
local National Guard on September u
| The posts relief committee, under
Vice Commander Hazard, reported us
visits to Mount Alto Hospital ano
outlined its plans for future visits u
the hospital.
Capt. William ]. Bacon, ]. A. Dept
| l
| American Legion, Department %
Massachusetts, was present. Capl
| Bacon is a former member or the 10
cal National Guard and is now STA
toned in the war claims or tne w q
Department John A Smith, legion
aire from Sioux City, Iowa, enter
tanned the post with short talk OF
the activities of the Legion IN ms
An open meeting in honor OF its
| first anniversary was conducteo ps
the Ladies' Auxiliary of Federal pos'
| in odd Fellows Temple last Monoas
| evening During the program oncers
of various posts were called upon 1oi
remarks, and all expressed them-
| selves as highly elated at the success
gram the company PROCEEDED 10 tne
| banquet hall, where re1reshlnents L
were served in buffet style ana danc-
| ing was INDUCED in until late hour
| Music was furnished by the WASH
| ington Canoe Club Orchestra
The election Of delegates to the de-
| nartment convention and unanimous
approval of IS applications TOT me mem IL
| kership was the principal business OF
| the meeting of Sergeant Jasper
post. No. 13. the American Legion
held at the City Club THURSDAY eve
ming. Commander Ralph A. CusicK
and Past Commander Thomas )
Erailey ITa W were elected delegates and
Robert H. Hetzer, w. Bissell Thomas
Row f. Hughes. D. Webster Washourn
! were named alternates. the depart.
ment convention will be held August
/ and 2, in the boardroom OF the
District building. A resolution eH
pressing sympathy for PreSlden1
Coolidge in the death of Calvin
Coolidge. jr., was adopted.
| Ferdinand G.. Fraser, who returned d
from an extensive tour of the Holy
Land, presented an account OF MS
| travels to the post members
| Past Commander Thomas j. F'raliey
| has been informed by the department
| commander. Paul ]. McGahan, OF elec:
| ton to membership on the boare
| of managers of the Union Ex-Soldlers
| and Sailors Temporary Home. now
| located in the old Naval Hospital, 9ol
| PENNSYLVANIA avenue southeast.
| Prominent among the new members
admitted is James w. Boyer, who
| served as vice consul in CONSTANT
| nople for a number of years. During
| the world war he was lieutenant OF
| infantry, 26th Division, A. E. F., and
| participated in the Meuse- -Argonne
| Aisne-Marne, st. Mihiel and Verdur
| campaigns. The following members
| were also unanimously elected: Her
! man L. Cation, William o. Ashe, Her
| bert P. Haley. Joseph A. McMurray
! wallace B. Hoover, Walter E. Dris-
coll, William A. Kehoe, Carl BeucherI
Dennis l. Darcy, Herbert A. Church
| William v. Cruce, George N. Jehries
and Dorsey Doniphon.