Evening star., 1924-08-17
Veterans of Great War

the library. with the post as trustee,
a handsomely bound set of books be-
ing complete history of the World
War as compiled from official records
A vote of thanks was given him for
his donation. He concluded by paw
ing tribute to Past Commander How
ard S. Fisk. who was the department
finance officer during the past year
| for the excellent manner in which he
handled the finances of the DEPART
ment and amplified his remarks by
stating that the books were found in
such an exact condition that the au-
dltor. who was secretary of the Ma
tfonal Association of Auditors, had
marked each of the reports zap
proved" and turned them over to the
| last department convention
| Finance Officer F.. H. Hardy was
| given n rising vote of thanks by the
post for his efforts during the past
year. A report of the recent depart
mcnt convention was presented by
Past Commander Charles b. Hanford.
which was approved and incorporated
In the minutes of the meeting.
Kenneth Lewis Post No. 90. The
American Legion. met Monday and
| installed the officers for the coming
year. as follows: Commander, l. De
Reef Holton; unanimously reelected;
| senior vice commander, X. n. Carter:
| junior vice commander Joseph h.
Johnson: chaplain. Eugene II. Mar
shall; historian. Andrew CAN'T; mas
ter at arms, James II. Miles, and
sergeant-at-arps William +. Plow-
den. Charles NJ. Gordon was re-
appointed as adjustant and Charles
b. .Plummer was reappointed as
| finance officer
Commander Holton gave an inter-
estinG account of the recent depart
| nent convention. The post pledged
| its support to the new department
commander and his staff for the COM
| ing year. George w. Johnson spoke
on the Defense day test September II
| and the post voted unanimously to
participate therein. Joseph +. john
son presided
| Washington is soon to have a new
| unit of Il veterans Organization in the
form OF d .'dugout" of Trench Rats,
which is, the officially recognized
| playground of the Disabled American
| Veterans Units of this branch of
Disabl American Veterans have
been formed in Il number of cities
since recognition was granted at the
Salt Lake City convention in June.
j. r. McClaren, senior vice commander
of the District of Columbia Depart
ment of the Disabled American Vet
| Grams. is in charge of the. plans in
Washington.
State Commander ID. j. Hussey of
| the District of Columbia Department
| of the Disabled American Veterans,
| is already preparing tentative plans
for presentation to the department
executive committee To govern the
annual celebration of Forget me not
! day, November s. This is day an
| nually set aside for public appeal
by Disabled American Veterans, and
| last Falls affair was the most sue
cessful ever attempted in Washington.
! For the information of the ex-
| service man members of the Veterans
| of Foreign Wars who are employed in
the Gobernment Printing Office and
who plan to attend the national en-
| campment of the Veterans of Foreign
| wars at Atlantic City, a letter was
| received by Capt. Edwin s. Bettel-
helm, jr, chairman of the national
legislative committee. from Public
Printer Carter, in which he said that
ali employees of that office who are
| members of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars who desire to attend the an
nual encampment will be excused
from their duties this year, as in
| former years for that purpose.
Miss Alma Forker of Bakersfield.
Calf, Legionnaire, will be the soloist
at the sixth annual convention of
| the American Legion opening at ST.
Paul, Mimi. on September IS. it was
| announced at national headquarters
| here. today. Miss Forker was chosen
from list of 40 applicants by Ma
| tional Commander John r. Quinn.
Miss Forker, who has an estab-
lished reputation as concert and
church singer in California and in
New York City. is a veteran of the
World War. Thinking that it was not
enough for an ablebodied and vigor:
Gus young. woman to sing for the
boys in France, she enlisted during
the war in the Chemical Warfare
Service of the United States Army.
The Stuart Walcott Post, the
American Legion, is completing ar
| rangements for its sixth annual eX-
cursion. to be held August % at
Marshall Hall Past Commander Alex
ander NJ. Bremen is chairman of the
committee on arrangements. He has
selected committee as follows: Gen.
eral chairman. Alexander NJ. Bremen;
vice chairman, T. Norman Temple; re-
ception committee, Post Commander
Charles Riemer, Past Commander DR..
Henry Hayes, Past Commander Rob-
ert P. McCandlish. Post Surgeons DR..
James l.. Hall and DR.. Charles E.
Detmer. Lewis Worden and Charles l..
| Curry; Ladies' Auxiliary Unit, assist
ing, Mrs. T. n. Templeton (preSident),
Mrs. Eva Taylor, Mrs. Charles E.
Ralph, Mrs. Charles Riemer Mrs. Jo-
seph Idler, Mrs. May S. Young, Mrs.
Harriet Mccall, Mrs. Eric Stearns and
Miss Mulligan; finance and transpor-
tation committee, T. Norman Temple
ton, George w. Davis, George Besaw,
James F. Donohue, Paul H. Madigan,
Halford H. Shave, Howell S. Hinman,
Warren E. Miller, Jack E. Graham;
Otto NJ. Deutsch, Roland B. Goodell
| and John J. Van Schoelandt; pub
licity committee, Robert w. Pritch
ard, John r. Dover and Mckinley w.
Kriegh; athletic and games commit
tee, George Besaw, Alfred Burdine,
Aubrey o. Dooley, Lewis Worden,
Michael B. Driscoll, Floyd W. Wool
ley, John r. Dover, Raymond O..
Fletcher, Thomas Gormley and l. c..
Denslow: prizes and novelties COM
mittee, Commander Charles Riemer
Herbert Glassman, DR.. Boyce Bolton,
Gerald Ryan and Irving r. Richards; !;
dance committee, Paul K. Carr, Rob-
ert P. McCandlish, Samuel M. Moore,
jr., Harry Cedar. Roscoe Lamb, Hal
ford H. Shave and Judson c. Dale !;
music committee, Walker Hullinger,
Gene Dormer and Joseph. S. Macias.
The next meeting of the committee
will be held at the home of Mr.. Rie-
| mer, 1921 N street, Tuesday, at pm
Department Commander Frank L.
Peckham of the American Legion has
called upon the commander Of each
post in the District of Columbia to
see that all eligible members of the
legion are enrolled for National De-
fense Test day. Commanders have