Evening star., 1924-11-02

olution introduced by Mr.. REM re-
| questing the department commander
| and executive committee to appoint
| a committee to devise plans for hav-
| ing the department adequately repre-
| scented at che next national conven-
| tion.
During the past year 1880 disabled
men from this city, Virginia, Mary
land and West Virginia have been
| interviewed by w. S. Clark, who is
maintained as fourth district liaison
| officer by the Disabled American Vet
erans at the Veterans Bureau. In
the same period on an average Of one
! disabled man or his family each day
| has been given emergency relief.
These are issued as examples Of
| the activities of the D. A. V. in aid
| ing the wars disabled in connection
| with the Forget-MeNot campaign
next Saturday, which is the only an
nual occasion when this congression-
ally recognized organization makes
an appeal for public support of its
| work.
Due to the involved laws govern
| ing governmental relief for the dis
abled, few Of the claimants under
stand the whole code so the D. A. v.
maintains liaison officers to act as at
| torneys for the men in each of the
| IA districts of the Veterans Bureau
| throughout the country. Mr.. Clark
| handles the cases for this district
During the past week the District
| OF Columbia department of the D.
| A. V. received permission to have the
| flowers sold next Saturday at the en-
| trance of each of the Government
| buildings. Squads of girls will be
| on hand under the direction of the
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and an effort will be made TO exceed
the receipts of last year, which were
| not large enough TO meet all the de-
mands that were made upon the d.
! A V. of men who have come 10 Wash
| ington and have been delayed in IL
adjudication of their claims. {.
President Coolidge issued an -
dorsement of the Forget -Me-Not oa,.
| while Archbishop Curley, Bishop
| Freeman and Bishop Mcdowell have
each placed their stamp of approval
/ of the campaign here. while Mrs. John
| -. Sherman of Colorado, national
| president of the General Federation
Of Wonens Clubs, has called upon
all units of that rganization to assist
! in all cities.
| Election returns by radio will be fea-
| tured at the next meeting OF George
Legion, Tuesday night at the clubhouse,
1929 1 stree, northwest. Percy 3. Nc
| Coy, post commander, announces that
there will be a brief business meeting
| and the remainder of the evening de-
voted to receiving returns. A general
| in nritation is extended to Iegionnaires
| to be the guest of the post
Commander Mccoy has announced the
appointment of the following members
! trN
nIttee Of the post: Horace Jones chair
man; William F. Mahony, Mark F. Fin
! ley. jr.; +. Sprigg Perry, Paul E. Raidy
and Bennett Stoyall.
The formation of an allied post Arneri-
can Legion Band is now we'll under way.
and gives promise Of being the largest
of its kind in the local department. The
leader will be Charles L. Riemer, com
mander Of Stuart WaIcott Post Legion
naires desiring 10 become members OF
the band are invited to send their names
and addresses TO Commander Percy B.
Mccoy of George Washington Post. The
membership Will be recruited from
among the various Legion posts.
Appreciation OF the cooperation Of
the merchants OF Washington in their
| efforts to make the Mardi Gras ball,
which is to be held at the City Club
the evening of November II, Armi
stfce day. a success. was expressed by
Stuart Walcott Post, the American
Legion, at a meeting Tuesday night
! in the board room, District Building.
This action was taken after many
valuable prizes had been donated for
the various costume events.
1t was announced that more than
So entrants have been made in the
beauty contest. Miss kathryn Koch
Ter and her Russian dancers are re-
hearsing for the special dances.
Charles Riemer. commander of the