Evening star., 1924-02-24

new buglers and two more drunmers
! to this outfit. The corps has ordered
eight new aluminium drums, new
bass drum and fifteen new trumpets
to be used on turnouts in Washing
| ton and at the next convention, at
| st. Paul. Many members of the post
are signing up for the st. Paul Club
that the post has started. A letter
| was presented to the post, through
Maj. Daniel Donovan, from Capt.
julius Peyser stating he was still
glad to be affiliated with the post.
| Charles Lincoln Of the Regular Army
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tional Capital Post. No. 127. Veterans
evening At Odd Fellows Hall and
received received the reports OF the various
Soms The is blldng or
fecting plans. and It is intended to
| present these plans for the approval
| of the post in the near future. Com
| rade Leahy is working on the poppy
campaign. and has selected several
| enthusiastic assistants. This COM
poppies.
The post commander has completed
headquarters and the management Of
the President Theater for increasing
the welfare and relief fund. Next
SATURDAY evening has been donated
Capt. Leonard Wood. jr.. who is the
| manager of the show. The arrange
ments as completed will give this
post 80 per cent of all tickets sold
by US. Five per cent viii be given
70 the department welfare and re-
i lief fund. THE Love Lady" is the
title OF the play to be presented
| Tomorrow morning at 1880 o'cloc.
\ n ha niSs 1s.I
| lean Veterans will appear before the
! subcommittee on veterans affairs of
the nnance committee of the Senate to
discuss the Reed bill for the codihca-
Later In the week the D. a. V. off,
cials will outline their legislative
program for the veterans affairs
committee Of the House.
| Frank J. Irwin, national rehabiijta-
| ton chairman of the Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans, accompanied by a dele
CATION from the New York state de-
sent recommendations to Director
Hines for Improvement Of the New
York office of the Veterans Bureau.
Ir"in spent the greater part of last
Week In New York Investigating com
plants.
Representatives Of the Veterans of
P9reLEn Pf1s Ign Wars, american Legion and
I
week decided upon April os as the
date Tor d conference here to outline
| plans for the national campaign in
the interests Of the proposed hospital
| women Of the world war. The shos-
pital will be for the female depend
ents Of veterans who may be in need
| of disqualification.
! W. S. Clark, fourth district liaison
| of1cer OF the Disabled American Vet
! erans, has been named chairman OF
! the committee which will arrange a
| dance for the Ace chapter 70 be held
here during the Easter holidays.
Two appearances in Washington
+, during the past week OF National
American Legion were easily the out
Standing feature of the activities in
veteran circles The first Of these
was at the annual ball Of the District
American Legion at the New Will
lard Hotel Monday night. and the sec
ond the first public speech by Com
mander Quinn delivered Wednesday
night at the National Press Club,
! where he was the guest of the Ma
tional Press Club Post.
Thirteen hundred persons assem-
| bIed at the New Willard Hotel Mon
day night for the annual ball No
previous American Legion social
event has had such distinguished pat
ronage and the event was unique.
| II was marked by the presence Of
! National Commander Quinn and two
past national commanders. Col. Alvin
| MacNider of Iowa. AZ least thirty
| members OF Congress and the United
! States Senate who were veterans of
/ the world var were also In attend
following dinner they had rendered
the legion leaders. headed by their
chairman. Representative Tom Con-
ually OF Texas.
escorted to the state box by Depart
ment Commander Paul J. McGahan
and made brief address Past Ma
tional Commander Owsley. Past Ma
National Vice Commander Watson +.
Miller and Past Department Com
mander James A. Drain also made
brief addresses.
The music was furnished by the
bands Of the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps. and an additional feature was
the fact that the music. of the ball
was broadcast by radio by WCAP.
The address delivered by National
Commander Quinn at the meeting ar
! ranged by the National Press Club
Post was the first one that he has
commander let loose a 5roadside in
favor of adjusted compensation and
his charges that the corporations con-
trolled by the Mellon interests had
been cooperating with the spread
ing of anti-bonus propaganda ere
william Wolff Smith. alternate ma
tional committeeman from the Dis
trict of Columbia Department. was
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements for the meeting. Brig.
Gen. Amos A. Fries. head of the
chemical a,.,ga warfare service cry Of the
mander of the, National Press Club
Post. presided in the absence of Capt.
John H. Craige, L. S. NJ: C.. the post
scommander: George F Authier. presi-
tended the welcome of that organtza-
ton. and the formal speech of well
come to National Commander Quinn
was extended by Department Com
of the National Press Club Post.
Miss Elsie Janis, who entertained
the troops In France. and who was
in Washington last week. made an
ADDRESS. United States Senator Pat
Harrison of Mississippi. who an
nounced that it was his judgment
that the bonus bill would pass In the
present session Of Congress. made the
Introductory speech for Commander
Quinn.
The national commander made a
aspirations of the American Legion
land flung bombshen into the pres
ent discussion Of the adjusted conf
pensation situation in making his
charges against officials of the Mel
Ion controlled organizations. The
music for the occasion was provided
by the United States Navy Band. un-
der the leadership OF Charles D. B.
tBenter.
Representative Royal S. Johnson of
tSouth Dakota, 1egionnaire, heads the
NEWLY formed veterans committee or
fganized in Congress to handle all vet