Evening star., 1925-03-29
Veterans of Great War

| ing March 20. in Odd Fellows Hall
| Comdr. Daniel Leahy presided. Plans
FOR the department encampment
| which VIII be held next June came
before the post. which will be repre-
sented by 23 votes, as follows: Dele
gates elected were Comdr. ID. Leahy
Senior Vice A. l.. Pierce, Junior Vice r..
c. Muschlitz, Quartermaster Gunnar
Statsbcrg. Post Advocate r. c. Jen-
nings, Patriotic Instructor Charles e.
Currier. Chaplain william p. Cava-
naugh. Officer of the Day G.. III. Foers-
ter, Past Comdrs. Val N. Brandon and
Joseph B. Gardella. Capt. Joseph B.
Much, Jacob Orken, John Weaver,
Michael Guiffre, c. J. Willoughby, v.
c. Guilimain; A. J. Johnson. J. A.
Douglass, A. Grudd and f. NJ Jar
Doe; alternates, Edward ]. Sullivan,
G. II. Kestner, A. J. Cotter. r. c.
Richardson. William J. Keeffe, c. w.
Stansburg, Ell Lidstine. II. F. Clark,
c. r. Neff. G. Wells. Charles Ammonn,
T. Rossette, II. j. Thiely and E. D.
| Schieble.
Announcement was made that Har-
| old j. Zorman will arrive in Wash
ington at 4:40 pm. Tuesday to speak
| on behalf of the Veterans OF Foreign
Wars National Home at Eaton Rap
| ids, Mich. Mr.. Zorman Is touring the
| country explaining thoroughly the
| new national home, that is, the ar
rangements adopted by the organiza-
| tion to carry on and maintain the
| home for the deceased buddies' wid-
| ows and orphans.
| Following candidates were mus
tered to membership: Janau Silva
| former member from Philippine
| Post; Wesley C. Stansburg and Thorn
as J. Shannon, the latter former
member of National Capital Post No
| 1877, transferring from Cheyenne, Wyo..
| Post, No. 404. Past Commander Jo-
| seph B. Gardella, in charge OF re-
| cruiting, announced that plans for
the recruiting drive will be submitted
at the joint meeting to be called by
| Ernest Wickstrand, chairman enter
| tainment, for celebrating the sixth
| anniversary of the post. The poppy
| committee, in charge of Quartermas-
ter Statsberg, reported that a faVora.
BILE meeting with National Capital
Post Auxiliary representatives had
been held. and plans for ordering
| $4,000 poppies were under way.
| The Ladies' Auxiliary Of National
| Capital Post will hold a special poppy
committee meeting in the near fu'
| ture, and perfect it's schedule fol
launching a campaign. 1t was voted
to support Dept. Comdr. William Fl
Carroll in his fight for strict enforce
| ment of all veteran preference laws
| Throughout Government departments
AT a meeting of the board of gov
| ernors of George Washington Post
1 Layton
street northwest, several change:
were made in the personnel of the
i board and matters of importance tc
| the post transacted. F. H. Hardy, wht
| has been treasurer of the board fol
| the past three years, resigned, anC
his vacancy was filled by the election
| of Howard Rappaleye, charter mem
Der of the post. His resignation wa!
| accepted with regret and a vote o.
| thanks was extended for the faithful
| services he rendered. Ennals Wagga
mann, who departed for Europe ;
| short time ago, in letter to the
! board, rendered his resignation, dut
tothe fact that he will remain ther,
about two years. His vacancy wa!
| filled by the election of Henry w
| Longfellow, vice commander of the
post and manager of the clubhouse
| as a member of the board.
| Announcement was made of the re
cent placing of a German 200-minne
weffer gun on the side lawn of thu
clubhouse. The gun was captured
from the Germans in the Meuse-Ar
gonne offensive and is not only tn,
| largest gun of its type. but the onl.
one OF its kind shipped to this city
The gun rests on a deep concret
foundation. which has just been com
pleted.
The meeting was presided over b,
Past Post and Past Department Com
mander E. Lester Jones. with Pas
Commander Lew S. Mohler as secre
| tary. Others members of the boar,
present included Past Commander
Howard S. Fisk, Charles B. Hanford
Percy B. Mccoy, Commander Wallac
Streater, F. II. Hardy, A. L. Gia
comini, William F. Mahony and G. T
Rude. A detailed budget was pre-
sented for the year 1925 and approved
The next meeting of the post will
be held April s.
The Betsy Ross Club (Y. F.) will
hold its next meeting at the residenc
of Mrs. Martha Witcomb, 8l3 Nortl
Carolina avenue southeast, Tuesday
avs o'clock. Various committees will
make reports of the activities 70
the present month. Plans will also b.
formulated for Spring and Summe
entertainment for club members. Mrs
Reva Darrell will give a talk OIL
Summer Camps" and Mrs. Mary z
kolhos will speak on National Con
ventions." An interesting program O
entertainment will be followed by re
,freshments.