Evening star., 1924-08-31

10 be started next week. The regular
/ meeting for the evening will be
called off, but all members Interested
In the drive are requested To attend.
From the rate that applications for
| mem bcrshfp are being received il is
! apparent that there VIII be d class
of more than 80 new members which
will be the largest class ever initiated
at the post. A constructive program
| has been planned for the rest os the
year. The following Wrr. elected 10
membership at the last meeting: John
81. Merley, Il. l.. Moss. Cecil H. Bacon
and DR.. {, Byron Lutz.
| The District Of Columbia DELEGATES
and alternates To the sixth annual con-
| VentIon of the American Legion to be
| held in ST. Paul from September IA
to ls, held an organization meeting at
the Service Club. go Third street
northwest, Wednesday evening De-
partment Commander Frank l.. Peck
ham was elected chairman of the dele
| CATION and Department Adjt. Joseph
j. ldler was elected secretary Col.
James A. Drain was designated to
| represent the department on the con-
rention committee on reha biitation
and William F. Franklin was assigned
| 10 the committee on internal organi-
! zaticn. The other delegates and
alternates were requested to commune
cate in writing to the chairman their
! preferences as to committee assign
nents. Such assignments will be made
at another meeting Of the delegation
TO be held before the members leave
, Washington for st. Paul
| Col. Drain, who has been Endorsed
| by the department as d candidate for
| national commander of the legion was
| a htr hn
a campaign manager to take charge
of his campaign so far as the activ-
tiles OF the delegates and alternates
| and other legionaires from the Dis
trict of Columbia are concerned. Col.
| Drain designated Department Com
| mander Peckham for that post.
| The chairman of the delegation was
! authorized to make such arrange
ments as are possible looking to the
! movement of Washington legionaires
! To the national convention in body.
! The chairman will endeayor TO secure
| a special train to leave Washington
| after the Defense Test day cere-
| monies on September II to accommo-
date all members from this department
and put them in st. Paul on the morn
ing of September IA Arrangements
are also being made to have all local
legionaires who will attend the ma
| tional convention wear some uniform
badge to indicate that they are from
| the District of Columbia Reports
| reaching department headquarters in
dicate that q large number of Wash
ingtonians will be in St Paul during
the convention, and II is expected that
the District representatives in the con-
| vcntion parade.
Department Comma nder Peckham
has been designated by National
Commander John r. Quinn to repre-
sent the latter at the Lafayette
Marnc day celebration to be held
here September 6. \ wreath will be
rlaced at the Lafayette statue in the
name of the American Legion.
The department commander has
announced the following staff ap-
pointments and department commit
tee assignments: Col. Julian +. Yates.
Corps of Chaplains, United States
Army, a member OF Kenneth H. Nash
Post. to be department chaplain; :;
tCullough Post, to be department
judge advocate: Harry H. Smith of
Vincent B. Costello Post to be de-
partment bugler. To be members of
the department committee on well
fare and relief: Mrs. Ollie Ciapp
Steele of U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post,
William F. Franklin of George E..
Killeen Post. West A. Hamilton of
James Z. Walker Post; Robert M.
1Tolson of Abraham Lincoln Post. and
Joseph ]. Idler Of Edward Douglas
White Post. Mr.. Idler was also ap-
lpointed secretary of the committee.
The commander stated that the
welfare and relief committee will
take over the duties of the. hospital
visitin committee which was au-
thorized by the recent department
lmander Bernard S. Buscher Is chair
man of the committee. A vice chair
man is to be designated by the de
partment commander. and members
of other posts will be appointed on
the committee until each post in the
department is represented. The vice
commander when appointed will take
charge of the activities Of the COM
mittee SO far as concerns the visiting
of hospitals. subcommittee will be
lappointed to visit at regular intervals
all hospitals in the District Of Column
bia where war veterans are under
treatment.
Acting under authority granted
him by the department executive
committee the department comman-
der has concluded arrangements for
| ehC hoooiHS VI uIpoi ,I"ch' feouQudT-
ters in the Service Club Building at
go Third street northwest. The de-
partment equipment and records will
be moved to that location early in
September.
Department Commander William
H. Carroll. Veterans of Foreign Wars
| visited Potomac Post at its last meet
ing, during which he presented the
Gen. Stephan cup, which had been
won by this post in securing the
largest percentage of new members
during the quarter ending June 20.
The cup Is to be competed for quar-
terly and becomes the permanent