Evening star., 1925-05-24

as chairman of the endowment drive,
and by the unanimous vote of the post
he was indorsed as the next depart
ment commander of the American
Legion for the District of Columbia.
A committee consisting of Comdr.
kohen. William r. Franklin and
Richard O'Brien informed Capt Pey
ser of the action of the post, which
| he accepted.
Memorial exercises will he held next
Sunday at ; O'Clock in Rock Creek
Church in the grounds of Rock Creek
Cemetery in connection with the an
nual Memorial day exercises Of the
department of the District of Colum-
bia. under the auspices of George
Washington Post, No. |, of the Amer
lean Legion. Selection of the date
and an announcement of the eXer-
cises we're made at the melting Of
George Washington Post last Tues
day night at a largely attended meet
| ing at the clubhouse, 1929 | street
northwest. Post Comdr. Wallace
| Streater presided.
4 number of important matters af,
fectinG the welfare of the post were
discussed and acted on. 4 feature
of the evening was the welcoming
back to the post of former members
who have been absent for the past
| few years. Walter j. West, y charter
member of the post, who has been
away from the city since 1919, the
| year the post was organized. will
| make his future home in this city. and
| Intends to renew his activity in the
I post. w. l.. Thibbadeau, orSa nizer
| and charter member of Post No. |.
! Tsintin. China. presented his applica-
| tion for membership, as did also f. A.
| Burgess.
Resolutions were adopted express
ing regret at the death of Lieut.. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles and District Commits
| sioner Capt. James F. oyster. Copies
of the resolutions will he forwarded
through channels to the families of
| the deceased patriots.
Past Commander Howard s. Fisk
made a report on the st. Patrick's day
| ball. which he announced as a great
| fna ancial success. John o. Johnson,
commander of Kenneth H. Nash Post.
| No. s. was a guest of the post.
\ report on the conditions of the
| clubhouse and activities of the board
of governors was presented by Past
Post and Past Department Comman-
der E. Lester Jones for conSidera tiop
of the membership.
Past Comma nder Howard $ Fisk
will leave next week for trip through
New England, attending the annual
reunion on the return trip at Harts.
dale, y. y. of officers and civlia ms
who served in the Bureau of Supplies
and Accounts. Navy Department. dur
! ing the World War. The reunion will
close with a banquet on Monday. June
/, at the Scarsdale Golf Club. on the
| Hudson River. The headquarters of
those in the Eastern States will be at
the Hotel Commodore, New York City.
Kenneth H. Nash Post, No 5, and
unit of the Ladies' Auxiliary will hold
a memorial service this morning at
the Glenwood Cemetery in honor Of
| Kenneth n Nash who was the first
| Mason in the District of Columbia
who died in the service of his country
during the World War. Graves of
all veterans will be decorated by the
members of the post. The next meet
ing of the post will be held in the
auditorium of the Interior DeDa rt-
ment. June 3. A moving picture of the
| World War, entitled Flashes in Ac-
| ton" will be given, TO which members
of the Legion are invited. Included
In the following group of new mem
bers brought in during the last week
there were several professional men:
Fernand Petit, DR.. William +. Whit
son, DR.. Chester NJ. Smith, Dr. Giffin
G. Frazier. George f. Shields, George
! F. Stringer, Everett e. Morse William
| II. Perkins. Oscar H. Geralds, Raleigh
r. Jones and Henning II. Burton.
Stuart Walcott Post members. to-
sether with the Walcott Auxilia ry
Unit members. unite today in special
memorial services TO be held al the
| Emory Methodist Church Georgia
avenue and Rittenhouse street at II
/ am.
At its next regular meeting in the
board room of the District Building
Tuesday evening delegates TO the de-
partment convention will be voted
upon. Members are requested to take
part in the Memorial day services,
which will be held at the Congress
| Sional Cemetery and the National
Cemetery at Arlington in conjunc-
tion with and under the direction of
the 6. A. K. DIR. Charles e. Ralph,
chaplain of the post, will officiate
at both cemeteries. Walcott Auxiliary
| Unit will co o-operate with the District
department in the disposal of the
poppies which were made by the dis
a bled veterans in the hospitals. The
money derived from the sale of these
poppies will he devoted to the well
fare and relief Of service men in the
District of Columbia Depa Of
the American Legion. The members
will assemble at the District Building
at am. Saturday. headed by the
6. A. r. and other veteran organiza .
tions: Lieut.. Charles Riemer. COM
mander of the Walcott Post, will head
the Walcott veterans.
The principal speaker at the meet
ing of the Sergeant Jasper Post. No.
13. at the City Club Thursday evening,
was Gen. Wilder S. Metcalf. commits
sion of pensions. The following
| n m
attend the department convention 20
he held in June: Comma nder Thoma S
]. Frailey. Past Comma nder Ralph A
CuSiCk. Ferdinand G. Fraser and Will
bur c. Pickett. The alternate dele.
gates nominated were Roy H. Hughes.
-. Thad Baker. Robert H. Hetzer
William A. kehoe and Joseph F. Barr.
Request for appropriation of funds
for the veterans joint committee
formed for the purpose of insuring
effective preference laws for ex-service
men. was referred TO the post execu-
tive committee for action.
Complete plans were outlined for
Memorial day and all members were
urged to be present for the usual
ceremonies. The post will conduct
special services tomorrow at Prospect
Hill Cemetery. The chaplain of the
post, Rev. Hugh X. Fulton. pastor
of Northmnster Presbyterian Church.
will he in charge.
The speakers selected by the open
forum committee for discussion on
ipuhlic questions were !. Prentiss
Gross, Lemuel E. Greene. Wilbur c.
Pickett and Daniel W Washburn
Ferdinand G. Fraser served as chair.
man and an interesting discussion fol
lowed. Among the new members ad
mitted were Charles W. Freeman and
Charles S. Elliott. The next regular