Evening star., 1924-08-17


tive in the promo
tion of an. attrac "A1soN D. AiAAEh'
tive program for the outing. One of
the features will he the Fife and
. Drum Corps of Costello Post, which
is planning to attend the national
convention of the American Legion
at st. Paul.
Voyageur Militaire James Pierce of
the Cooley-McCullough Post of the
American Legion is chairman of the
excursion committee and Voyageur
Militaire Frank Abbo is the secre-
tary-treasurer. The other members
Of the committee are Joseph V.
Byrne. Frank A. Connolly, A Il.
Greenfield and Robert NJ. Tolson.
1t is planned to have the steamer
Manchester make three trips to Mar
shall Hall that day, the first at 10
am, the second at 2:30 pm. and the
final one a $50 pm. \ program of
sports is being arranged and there
will be other features.
Child welfare work is one of the
principal activities of the Forty and
Eight. each member paying an annual
assessment for that purpose. AS
practical demonstration along this
line it is planned to take consid
erable group of orphan children on
the outing August %.
The grand promenade of the HON.
meyS for the District was held Tues
day night at the Roma Restaurant.
and Capt. Watson b. Miller was elect
ed by reclamation as the grand chef
de gare for the ensuing year. Capt.
Miller is a distinguished leader in
veterans organizations, having been
department commander of the Ameri-
can Legion in the District Of Column
bia. a national vice commander and
member of the national executive
committee for the past three years
He is at present chairman of the ma
tional rehabilitation committee of the
American Legion.
The retiring grand chef de gare.
William r. Franklin, a past senior
department vice commander of the
District Legion, was elected by ac-
clamation as member of the Chemi-
nots Nationaux, or national execu-
tive committee of the Hommeys, and
also as delegate to the promenade
national to be held at ST Paul next
month.
]. o. c. Roberts of the a12,h Ma
chine Gun Battalion Post of the
American Legion was elected grand
chef de train: Robert P. McCandlish
past commander of the Stuart Wal
colt Post. was elected grand con-
ducteur; James A. Pierce of the Coo
ley Mccullough Post was elected
grand commissaire intendant. or
treasurer; George +. Frailey of the
Tank Corps Post was elected grand
sarde de Ia porte, and r. NJ. Tolson
OF the Lincoln Post was elected
grand garde aux chevaux
The five members of the grand
chemnotS, or executive committee,
are Thacker v. Walker, past COM
mander of the George Washington
Post; James A. Drain, past DEPART
ment commander; Guy Withers, retir-
q mol.
Frailey past commander of the Sergt
Jasper Post. and Joseph J. Idler. COM
mander of the Edward Douglas White
Post. {.
Thacker V. Walker was unani-
mously elected as alternate chemi-
not national. and also received the
highest number of votes as a dele
gate to the promenade national. The
other delegates elected were E. ].
Lefferts, commander of the Costello
Post: James A. Pierce and Paul ].
McGahan- The alternates elected
are r. NJ. zacharias, Guy Withers
Frank Abbo, J. o. c. Roberts and
Harry Smith.
The delegation was instructed to
pace the name of Past Department
Commander Paul j. McGahan in
nomination for reelection as premier
historien national, which office he has
held since the organization of La So
ciete. of which he is one of the
founders.
The Grande Voiture also indorsed
the candidacy of James A. Drain for
national commander of the American
Legion. This action completed local
legion Endorsement of Col. Drain for
the highest office in the American
Legion, as the department and the
auxiliary of the legion had previous
ly done SO.
National Capital Post, No. 127. Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars of the United
States, has finally forged the missing
links in their high-class degree team
August the entire team visited
Equality-Wafter Reed and assisted
that post in obligating the command
erin chief of the Disabled American
veterans. The team as it will partci-
pate in the annual competitions at
Atlantic City consists of Commander
J. B. Gardella. Senior Vice Command
er D. ]. Leahy, Junior Vice Com
mander c. B. Jennings. Officer of the
Day F. H. Farrar, Guard G. Statsberg,
Chaplain E. B. Sullivan and Electric
ian-in-charge J. l.. Weaver
1t is expected that the post will
make their headquarters at the La
Marne Hotel.
The installation officers of George
Washington Post, No. /, the American
Legion, was the principal feature of
the meeting held last Tuesday night
at the headquarters Of the post, 1929
1 street northwest. The meeting was
opened by retiring Commander Lew
s. Mohler. Business was suspended
and Past Department Commander
James A. Drain was introduced and
installed the following officers for the
ensuing year:
Commander, Percy B. Mccoy; first
vice president, Wallace C. Streator;
second vice commander, H. w. Long
fellow; third vice commander, John F.
Smith; quartermaster, Bernard c. Nc
Gee; sefgeant-at-arms, Theodore c.
Howe; master-at-arms, ]. ]. Murphy;
surgean, w. N. Williams; historian,
Howard S: Fisk; color bearers, ]. w.
Brashears, jr., and William F. Mahony.
After a brief speech and outlining
the policies of the post for the next
year Commander Mccoy announced
the appointment of ]. ]. Murphy as
adjutant: Bernard c. MCGEE. assist
ant adjutant and F. H. Hardy Fe-ap-
pointed), finance officer.
The installation was followed by an
address by Past Department Com
mander Drain, who was indorsed by
the post for national commander at a
prev1ous ...eeting; who spoke on the
of the fourth district and of the ne
sessity OF bended efforts in connec-
ton with AmericaniZation work, child
welfare work and national prepared
ness.
Past Commander Charles B. Han
ford, on behalf of Past Post and Past
Department Commander E. Lester
Jones, presented Commander Mccoy
with a mahogany, ilver-mounted