Evening star., 1924-07-13
Veterans of Great War

fourth national convention OF the
Military Order of the World war 70
be held in Boston October 2, 'and 4.
According to- word received at the
headquarters of the local organiza-
tion the ground work for the recep,,
tion Of the delegates, members and
laid with extreme care and attention
The. entertainment committee is
The opening event will be on the
evening Of October lar ! ana ts,a Wiii TAX shi e
night" at the Cadet Armory. at
which time an elaborate program Will
! be presented.
The convention will convene Oc-
:ober at the Copley- Plaza Hotel.
Brig. Gen. Henry J. Reilly. chairman
Of the convention executive commit
tee, expects soon to announce some
of the features Of the convention.
of columbia branch of the Military
Order of the World War the follow
ing new members were admitted:
Capt. John H. Craigie. Maj. Henry w.
T. Elgin, Capt. Franklin H: Ellis,
Capt Alton G. Grinnell. Chief Engi-
neer Paul Edouard Gripon. Col: Frank
Halford, Lieut. William T. Howley,
Capt. c. H. T. Lowndes. Capt. Lanier
P. McIAachlen, Rear Admiral L. c.
Palmer, Capt Charles o. Shaw. Capt
Sydney E. Thornton and Capt. Rich
ard NJ Watt.
At the meeting Of James A. Delano
Post, No. s, Tuesday evening Miss
Alice Prentiss, post commander, and
Miss Sarah Corson were elected dele
gates to the department convention,
with Miss Mary Hawthorne and Miss
Anna Hardness, alternates.
Justice Royal A. Stone of the Min
nesota State Supreme Court has been
appointed general chairman in
charge of arrangements for the ma
tional American Legion convention to
I9, inclusive, it was announced by the
national convention committee of the
legion.
Plans for housing of visiting legion
naires' are completed There will be
| a billet for every buddy. Legionnaires
| through their state adjutant- The St.
Paul housing committee advises that
no other reservations will be recog-
nized.
The Vincent B. Costello Unit held
| it's regular business meeting July 8,
at the American Legion Auxiliary
Service Club. 21s Sd street northwest.
departmnt auxiliaAy convntion, August
1 and ., ar as follows:
Delegates: Mrs Maude l. Hanna,
Mrs Miles Bell. Mrs Eleanor Tietz
| Mrs. Mary Shanahan and Mrs. Edith
O'Connor. Alternates: Mrs. Helen
Murphy. Miss A. B. Serpas. Mrs. Nora
| Beattie. Miss Mamie A. Lee and Miss
Catherine Geddes.
| The American Legion Auxiliary,
Department of the District of Colum-
bia, has completed its arrangement
for a garden party to be given at 1857
Park road northwest, next Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings. beginning
at o'clock. There will be gypsy
tent, ice cream, etc. The Marine Band,
under the leadership of Arthur S,
| Witcomb, will play Tuesday evening,
| and Wednesday evening the Army
Band will play. Mrs. Frank Dun
nington, president of Kenneth A. Nash
Post Auxiliary, is chairman of the
| Cecilia Gill of New York City, the
thirteen-year- old pupil of ST. Monica S
School, who won the prize of two
day trip to Washington for writing
the best essay on "Americanism," ar
rived in this city last Wednesday eve
ming. accompanied by her mother.
| The contest, which was competed for
by hundreds of New York's school
children, was conducted by the Amer
icanism committee of the New York
| County Chapter of the American Le-
gion, which represents 100 American
Legion posts in that vicinity.
Cecilia and her mother were to have
been received by the President and
ceived by the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia on behalf of the
city. Cecilia read her essay to them
| A florist sent Cecilia a bouquet Of
roses. which she laid, with reverence
on the tomb Of the Unknown Soldier