Evening star., 1925-12-06
Veterans of Foreign Wars.

SI the i4Sth Machine Gun Bdttailoi
And later in the Marine Corps, made
addresses.
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
A new post, To be known as From
Line Post, No. i40l. Veterans of For
eisn Wars has been organized. Those
appearing on the new charter are
Charles B. Jennings, Gordon Robert
son. ArcoS Thompson, II. .. -Acuff
+. c. Fox, - Serpas. Milton SoderberG
Carl Skinner. Frank Mcclure. Abram
Grudd. Frank Topash Raleigh |
Jones. LaWt0n l.. Ward.
The charter viii remain open until
the last meeting in December. The
post has its temporary meeting place
in the National Guard Armory. Fifth
and J.. streets. AT the first meeting o.
The post the following temporary oil
GERS we're elected. commander, Charles
r. Jennings: quarterma ter Gordon
Robertson: adjutant. ARGOS Thompson.
The last meeting in December officers
will be elected to serve the post for the
ensuing year.
National Capital Post. 127, Veterans
OF Foreign Wars, met November .
at Pythlan Temple. 1912 Ninth street.
With Comdr. Daniel }. Leahy preSid-
ing. The feature for the e,enin2 was
the initiation to membership Of
samuel G.. NaWSou. a prominent mem
Der of veteran organizations in the
city. Mir. MaWSon'S record is as FOL
lows: Served during The Civil War
and after three years service was
discharged as corporal; served
- years in the Regular Army. EIGHT
years With the United States Marine
Corps. total active service OF 33 years.
and has been retired for - years. He
i a past department commander. be
partment OF the Potomac. Grand
Army of The Republic. past depart
lnent commander, Department of DIS
trict of Columbia. United spanish War
Veterans. and post commander OF
Phil Sheridan Post. No. .. Department
OF the Potomac. Grand Army of the
Republic for seven terms.
The following members We're nomi-
mated for post officers: A. r.. Pierce,
for commander: Everett Miller, for
senior vice commander: William u.
Cavanaush. for Junior vice com
mander: l.. e. NuschlitZ. for officer of
the day: Ernest Wickstrand. for quar-.
termaster: {. Willoughby. for trustee.
Election of officers will be held De
cember IS.
The initiating team, consisting of
Comdr. y. j. Leahy, Senior Vice
Comdr. a. f.. Pierce. Junior Vice
CDmdr. Everett Miller. Chaplain Vii
liam +. Cavanaugh, officer of the Day
r. {, MuSChiltZ. QuartermaSter Ernest
Nickstrand and Adjt. Harry p. Clem-
ents. officiated in mastering in the fol
lowing candidates: Robert A. Lynch,
Albert w. Du Bois William \. Prem
der, Samuel G. Mawson. Jacob A. Tos-
sounan, William Dan and William II.
II. Frost. The post is making plans
recruiting committee announced that
another large class of eIigibles would
be initiated at the meeting December
IA. coupled with a visitation by De
partment Comdr. Francis c. HUM
and members of his staff
National Capital Post, No. 127. La
dies Auxiliary, celebrated it's sixth
anniversary November "a at Pythian
Temple with more than 100 members
and visitors present Comdr. Daniel
j. Leahy of National Capital Post, ac-
companled by his post officers and
members, together with a visitation
by Department Comdr. Huhn and
staff. Comdr. HUM acted as master
of ceremonies. The committee in
charge Of celebration was: Mrs. Ena
Allen, chairwoman. assisted by Mrs.
Bessie Quinlan; Mrs. Mae Cotter, Mrs.
X,
Mrs. Josephine Fitzpatrick, Mrs Mary
Grant, Mrs. May Mitchell, Mrs. Anna
Dougherty, Miss Helen Dougherty,
Miss Banjo Barrack and Miss Martha
Mitchell. Reception committee-Mrs
Margaret Lidstone, Mrs. Margaret ia
cobson, Mrs. Elizabeth Jeitts, Mrs.
katherine Barrack and Mrs. H. Davis
Entertainment was furnished by Miss
Virginia White with fancy dancing,
piano solo by Miss Helen HUM. song
ny Miss Louise Snyder, reading by
Miss Ethel Weaver.
The auxiliary will meet December
10 and program will be submitted
for dance and five hundred card
party for the early part of January.
There will be a joint installation of
officers of National Capital Post and
OF EqualityWalter Reed Post, January
7, at PythRn Temple
The Department of the District of
Columbia. Veterans of Foreign Wars,
is endeavoring to perfect arrange
ments by which the buddy poppies for
The 1926 campaign will be manufac-
tured by disabled veterans in local
hospitals. 1t is believed that aside
from the added sentiment attached TO
poppies made by the disabled veterans
IN local hospitals, the manufacture Of
such poppies will provide additional
financial assistance to hospitalized vet
Grams in the National Capital.
Upon invitation of the national COM
mander-in-chief. Fred +. Slower, the
council of administration of the De-
partment of the District of Columbia
nominated Gen. Lloyd NJ. Brett as
deputy national chief of staff in the
medal of honor class, and W. l.. Rich
ardson, a survivor of the Shenandoah
disaster. as Il national deputy Of staff.
The department council of admins
tration approved a ladies' night and
the department entertainment COM