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organization and WILLIAM GREEN
stressed the fact
that not only the wearing Of the
poppy on Memorial day is a fitting
oppression of tribute to the memory
of our soldier dead, but also is an eX-
preston in concrete form of our graft
tude to the living war-victims whom
the buddy poppy helps both in its
manufacture and its sale.
Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 2S4,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will stage
a big entertainment in the Red Cross
Building. Walter Reed Hospital.
Wednesday, May 6, under the direc-
ton OF Charles Kohen. chairman OF
the entertainment committee, in or
der to entertain all the patients able
to attend. Arrangements are also be-
ing made to stage A big automobile
outing for the benefit of the patients
at both Walter Reed and Mt. Alto
Hospitals, Sunday afternoon, June Ia.
Sam Berlin, Woodbridge postal sta
tion; Thomas w. Jones, 2107 Rhode
Island avenue northeast and Charles
kohen, Ebbitt Hotel, are in charge of
the arrangements and it is desired to
obtain the donation of at least 100
automobiles. 1t is requested that the
name and mail address of any one
willing to donate a car be forwarded
to this committee.
This post has made these automo-
bile outings for these hospital pa
tients one of its annual activities and
several successful outings already
have been given during the past
few years. 1t is intended to have
the caravan take a route through
Rock Creek and Potomac Parks that
will not consume more than two
hours.
This was the first V. F. w. post in
the United States to place its cash or
der for %, 1000 buddy" poppies for
the 1925 poppy campaign, and the in
itial order has already been delivered
to the poppy campaign committee.
The meeting scheduled to be held
May will be open and every veteran
Is invited to bring his wife, mother
sister, daughter or sweetheart. Post
Commander John d. Wischhusen has
designated l.. f. Donaldson, Lloyd
Moneyham and Sam Berlin as the
vefreshment committee.
The Washington phase of the Amer
lean Legion FIVE million-dollar en-
dowment fund campaign will be be
gun shortly.
Formal approval of the campaign
and its purposes as we'll as authori-
Zation for the fullest cooperation by
American Legion units in the Dis
trict of Columbia was given at
meeting of the department executive
committee of the American Legion.
Frank L. Peckham, department COM
mander. will be the active head of the
local committee.
President Coolidge is the honorary
chairman of the national committee
for the endowment drive, the active
head of which is James A. Drain of
the National Press Club Post of the
American Legion of this city, who is
the national commander of the Amer
lean Legion.
prominent Washingtonian ia
miliar with the conducting of cam
paigns for funds has been invited TO
head the local committee which will
carry on the drive. Every phase of
the American Legion OrSaniZa ton in
the District of Columbia will also be
enlisted in the effort. The actual dates
for the campaign have not yet been
determined upon, but will be an
nounCed later.
The campaign is now in progress
in most of the States in the Union
and enthusiastic responses have been
received everywhere. The quota for
the District of Columbia is $50, 900.
The campaign is closing in Virginia,
which has raised its quota.
The endowment fund is to be held
as a perpetual trust, the interest upon
it being devoted to the work in be
half of disabled ex-service men and
their dependents and in the child
welfare works, whereby the orphan
children of the World War veterans
are to be cared for "A home for
every homeless child" is the legion
slogan.
The James Reese Europe Post, No.
<, at it's meeting April IA voted unani-
mously it's support of the Veterans
Defense League. The post also eX-
pressed it's approval of the legion's
$1,000 900 campaign. Four new mem
6ers were mustered into the post.