Evening star., 1924-08-17
SPANISH WAR VETERANS

At the last meeting of Richard ]
Harden Camp two recruits were mus
tered in-CharleS Mclaughlin as a
new member and William Seyford by
transfer from the Department of
Pennsylvania. Department Command
er League made an address announc-
! ing that arrangements had been made
with the various departments of the
/ Government for leave for Spanish
war Veterans to enable them to at
I tend the national encampment at
Michigan City, Ind, September Z to
| 10. Commander League appointed
William L. Rink a member of the
committee on ways and means to
perpetuate the department band Past
| department Commander Mattocks in
formed the comrades that Senator Ar
thur Capper of Kansas and Repre-
sentative John NJ RobSion of Ken
lucky were nominated by large ma
joritieS in their State primaries for
United states senator and represent
atlNe, respectively. Senator Gamer
and Representative Robsion voted to
override the Presidents veto of the
Bursum pension bill at the recent
session of Congress and received a
large soldier vote in their campaign
for nomination.
Gen. Nelson A Miles Camp P. E. Sho-
mette was elected to fill the vacancy
of senior vice commander for the
balance of the year, and F. W. Will
son as officer of the day, vice p +
Shomette. Past Department Com
mander Charles w. McCaffrey and
Ernest Goltz acted as installing Off
Ger and master of ceremonies, respec-
lively.
Comrade Ball, formerly chaplain of
the camp, has been reinstated after
an absence from the city for a num-
Der of years.
Past Department Commander Will
liam l.. Mattocks, official editor of
the United Spanish War Veterans
and member of the national legis-
| lative committee, spoke on the neces-
sity of the members supporting
friends of the organization in Con-
gress.
A meeting of the District delega-
tion to the national encampment was
held Friday night at 921 PennSyl-
Van1a avenue southeast, when the
plans for attending the encampment
were discussed. Past Department
Commander James ]. Murphy, who is
chairman of the committee on ar
iraiSeiuelllS anu transportation, VIII
give a statement of the completed
plans of the delegation during the
week, announcing the number of del
egateS and members of their families
along with the number from the la
dies auxiliaries, who will attend, the
time when sale of tickets will begin
and other details. The railroads have
granted a rate of one fare for the
round trip.
The delegates of the District have
been receiving literature from cam
paign committees announcing the
candidates. of Chauncey w. Herrick,
national chief of staff and past de-
partment commander of New York,
and Herman A. Fink, past department
commander of Missouri, for the Office
of Communicated chief at the ma
tionl encampment at Michigan City,
Ind. Several other candidates are
expected to announce for the office,
and it is said there will probably be
eight or nine candidates for leader
ship of the organization.
The meetings Of the camps and
auxiliaries for the week are as fol-
lows: Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, Fri
day night, Odd Fellows Hall, 419
Seventh street northwest: Richard J.
Harden Camp, Thursday night, Pyth-
ian Temple, 1912 Ninth street north
west; Gen. Henry w. Lawton Camp.
Thursday night, 921 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast; Gen. M. Emmett
Urell Camp, Wednesday night, Pythian
Temple. 1912 Ninth street northwest;
Admiral George Dewey Naval AuXil-
iary, Monday night, 921 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast; Gen. NJ. Emmett
Urell Auxiliary, Wednesday night.
Pythian Temple. 1912 Ninth stree>
northwest