Evening star., 1925-06-14
FLAG DAY SERVICES
WILL BEGIN TODAY
Elks to Hold Ceremony at
Sylvan Theater-0thers
Set for Tomorrow.


the Elks at the Sylvan Theater at 5:l5
o'clock and tomorrow evening at s
o'clock at the eastern front of the
Capitol, conducted by members of the
Womans Relief Corps and the Grand
Army of the Republic and other patri-
otic organizations.
Roger J. Whiteford will deliver an
address at this evenings service at
the Sylvan Theater, which will be fol-
lowed by the Elk ritualistic cere-
monial, performed by w. tinkle. eX-
allied ruler; Harry King, esteemed
leading knight; John Lynch, esteemed
lecturing knight, and Chaplain Mont
gomery.
Flag day will be celebrated tomor-
row by the Navy Department with
appropriate ceremonies at the east
end of the Navy Building, at Seven
teenth and Is streets. The ceremonies
will begin at l o'clock and Secretary
Wilbur, the chiefs of naval bureaus
and naval officers on duty at the de-
partnent will take part. The Navy
Building will be decorated throughout
the day with the yari-colored signal
flags Of the Navy, which will spell
out Flag day. 1925. June IA"
Lejeune Will Speak.
The ceremonies will be presided over
by Philip Walker. They will open
with an invocation by Capt. Evan w.
Scott, chief chaplain. United States
Navy, followed by the salute to the
flag. Secretary Wilbur, with the chiefs
of bureaus, will accupy the stand. Two
color guards, one from the Navy and
one from the Marine Corps. will ad-
vance and present the colors to the
Secretary and his subordinates for
salute, after which the guard will face
about and the pledge of allegiance will
be repeated by the audience.
AS the color guard advances toward
the official stand, the large flag on
the mast of the Navy Building, and
three ensigns and the official flag of
the Secretary of the Navy will be
broken out at each of four corners
of the stand. The Navy Band will
play the Star Spangled Baner."
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, COM
mandant of the United States Marine
Corps, will deliver an address, after
which Chaplain Scott will pronounce
the benediction.
Should the weather be inclement
the ceremonies will be held in the
lobby at the center Of the building.
Before an array OF colors, the serv-
ices at the Capitol tomorrow will be
conducted by the patriotic instructors
of the Relief Corps and of the G. A. r.
resented prominently in the program
of tribute to the flag and the ideals
for which it stands through parttcipa-
ton of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
Will Be Led By Band.
Following the sounding of "Assemb-
ly' by a Navy Band bugler, color
bearers Of the Woman's Relief Corps.
the Daughters of Veterans, Ladies of
the Grand Army of the Republic.
Auxiliaries to the Sons of Veterans,
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and posts
Of other veteran and patriotic organ
izations will be led by the Navy Band
to the steps of the Capitol. The pro-
cession will be under the direction of
Isabel Worrell McElroy.
The meeting will be called to order
by John w. Reid, patriotic instructor
of the G. A r., and chairman of the
ceremony. y
Then will follow one Of the most
impressive moments of the exercises
with the presentation of colors and
the repeating of the pledge of al
legiance. John Middleton will be the
officer of the day and Hazard Wheeler
color bearer.
Gertrude Lyons will sing "The Star
Spangled Banner" accompanied by
the Navy Band. Invocation will be
offered by Rev. DR.. Robert E. Nc.
Bride, department chaplain of the
G. A. r. William Tyler Page, clerk
of the House of Representatives. will
then lead the assemblage in repeat
ing ''The Americans Creed"
Isabel Worrell McElroy and John
w. Reid, patriotic instructors of the
local departments of the w. r. c. and
the G. A. R., respectively, assistant
chairman and chairman of the cere-
money, will each deliver a 5-minute
address on 1.-THE Meaning of Flag
Day" The principal address will be
pastor of the Ninth Street Christian
Church.
Earl Carbauh will lead the audi
ence in singing 1.-The Battle Hymn of
the Republic" and an original poem.
THE Flag" will be recited by Isabel
Likens Gates. Our Country's Flag"
composed by Mary S. Parker, will be
sung by Gertrude Lyons.
McElroy to Speak.
A short address will be made by
John McElroy, senior vice commander
in-chief of the G. A. R.
Following the singing of Hail, Co
lumbia" and America" by the audi
ence. accompanied by the band, Rev.
DIR. Stauffer will pronounce benedic-
ton.
Consulting with the following COM
mittee, which arranged for the cere-
mony, was Judge Hosea B. Moulton,
department commander of the G.. A. R.:
John w. Reid, patriotic instructor,
Department of the Potomac, G. A r.,
chairman; Isabel Worrell McElroy,
patriotic instructor, Department of
the Potomac, w. r. c., assistant chair
man; Maj. Gen. John l.. Clem, chief
of staff, Department of the Potomac,
G. A. r.; Frank J. Young, Burnside
Post, No. s, Department of the Poto-
mac, G.. A. r.; John McElroy, past
senior vice commander-in-chief, G. A.
r.; Augusta B. Palmer, president,
Department of the Potomac, w. r. C..
Caroline M. Curry, senior vice presi-
dent, Department of the Potomac. w,
r. c.; Mary Van Ness Fauth, junior
vice president. Department Of the Po-
tonlac, w. r. c.; RoSalie Nick. Shell
ton, president, Burnside Corps. w. r.
c.; Anna Horn, president, Lincoln
Corps. w. r. c.; Mary II. Wingate.
president, Thomas Corps. w. r. c.;
Charlotte NJ. Cary. president, Sheri-
dan Corps, w. r. c.; Anna Hage,
president, Daughters of Veterans:
Mary NJ. North, press correspondent,
National Alliance, Daughters of Vet
Grams; Olive c. Johnson, president,
Grant Circle, Ladies of the G. A. r:
Julia Leavitt, president, Mckinley
Circle, Ladies of the G. A. r.; Beatrice
e. Deeds, president, Lincoln Circle.
Ladies of the G. a. r.: Mary Sitz
Parker, president. Beck Circle, Ladies
of the G. A. R.; Laurette Hulincs.
president, Harding Auxiliary to Sons
of Veterans: Helen F.. Downing. presi-
dent, Gushing Auxiliary to Sons of
Veterans, and Nora NJ. Albers, presi-
dent, department of auxiliaries to