Evening star., 1924-08-24

! followed at Z pm. by the military
banquet, with the military ball, at it's
conclusion. Saturday, the 3rd, will
| be devoted to the final session Of the
| convention.
The officers of the order are: Com
mander in chief. Maj. Gen George H
Harries, Chicago, H.; aide TO com
manderin chief, Capt. Herbert l.
Harries, Jefferson Barracks, Mo: vic
commanders i'm chief. Rear Admira
T. J. Cowie, Washington, D. c., ant
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, Washing
| ton, d. c.; Junior vice commanders-in-
! chief, Lieut.. Gen. Hunter Liggett, Sar
Francisco, Calf: Brig. Gen. Frank r
Hines. New YORK, n. Y, and Col. AL
bert L. Perkins, St Louis, Mo; treas.
urer general, Maj. Walter NJ. Pratt
Boston, Mass; judge advocate general
Col William NJ. Chadbourne, New
York, y. Y: surgeon general, Brig
Gen. Joel L. Goldthwait, Boston
Mass; chaplain general. Rev. Maj
L. NJ. Jeffreys, Philadelphia, Pa; his
| torian general. Lieut. Col. Frederic
l.. Huidekoper, Washington d. c.
The general staff comprises Maj. Gen
Charles II. Martin, Portland. Greg :
Brig. Gen. c. G. Edgar, Detroit, Mich.
Maj Gen. William q. Price. jr., Phila-
delphia, Pa; Col Allison Owen, New
Orleans, La; Col. H. Lester Archer
San Francisco, Calf; Lieut.. Col. John
Means Thompson, New York, n. Y:
Lieut. Col. Harry C. Fry. jr.. Pitts
burgh, Pa; Col. Joseph c. Miller, St
(adjutant generaD, Capt. George L.
Darte, national headquarters.
A resolution pledging support for
the War Department plan for National
Defense Test day was unanimously
adopted at the recent meeting held
at the City Club of the Sergt. Jasper
Post. No. 13, the American Legion. A
number of enrolment blanks ,were
executed at the meeting and the post
as a whole volunteered to partici-
pate.
The post also adopted a resolution
favoring the establishment of facili-
ties for poor children of the District
to attend municipal bathing pools
This resolution also carried with it
the appropriation of limited amount
of financial assistance from the post
funds in order to initiate the present
plans relative to child welfare. Under
the resolution Commander Ralph A
Cuslck appointed the following mem
bers as a committee: Past Commander
Thomas J. Frailey, chairman; John T.
Baker, Walter r. Gould. Robert H
Hetzer and Roy L. Hughes The first
week.
A plan for establishing world
peace through a council of interna-
tlonal cooperation was discussed by
Dr. J.' de Sigueira Coutinho, former
secretary of the an-American Union
and now member of the faculties of
Georgetown and Catholic Universi-
ties. Resolutions expressing sympa-
thy to the mother of Comrade Hugh
A. Suits, deceased, were adopted
Past Commander Thomas J. F'railey
was elected grand cheminot (ex-
ecutive committeeman) by the mem
bers of the Noiture Locale ia, La
Soclete de 40, Homtles ct S.
Chevaux, at the regular meeting on
Tuesday evening at Roma restaurant
New members admitted at the re-
cent meeting at the post were L. D.
Macdonald, Joseph A. Began, Richard
II. Gorgas, David p. +. Hubbard and
Thomas G. Tracey
Competition for the 1925 conven-
ton of the American Legion will be
keen, it was reported at national
headquarters in Indianapolis. Several
bids have already been received for
the honor of entertaining the vet
Grams of the World War. Selection of
convention city will be made at the
sixth annual convention, which will
be held at st. Paul, Mimi, in the third
week in September.
Louisville. KY, is planning to put
up stiff battle for the selection, it
is said, with the backing of the entire
Department of Kentucky Newark, N
j., is also a formida BILE contender
San Francisco, Calf, which enter
tanned the convention in 1923, has ex-
tended an invitation for 1925, offer
ing the use of its $2,000,000 Exposi-
tion Auditorium. San Francisco is
the second city in which a national
convention of the Legion has been
held to extend a pressing invitation
to the veterans to return.
Already one contender for the 1926
convention has appeared. Philadel-
phia is seeking the convention as a
feature of the esqui-centennial of
the signing of the Declaration of In
dependence
A meeting of the American Legion
Auxiliary unit of the Vincent B. Cos
tello Post, No. Is, was held Tuesday
evening in the new Service Club quar-
ters, which. in addition to being used
for the relief of ex-service men, will
also be used as the home and regular
meeting place for the unit in the
future. Plans were discussed for the
furnishing of a memorial room in
the home, which is located at 21S
Third street northwest.
special election was held to
choose a vice president for the unit
to succeed Mrs. Mary T. Shanahan,
whose resignation from that post in
the unit was made necessary be-
cause of her recent election as vice
president of the District of Columbia
Department of the American Legion
Auxiliary. Mrs. Maud Hanna sue
ceeded Mrs. Shanahan. The next
meeting will be held September 16.
Equality Walter Reed Post, No 2S4,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, again
went 'over the top" the outing given
for the benefit of the patients located
at Walter Reed and Mount Alto Hos