Evening star., 1925-08-23
Veterans Of Foreign Wars.

The Ladies Auxiliary, National
Capital Post, will give special fea-
ture at it's meeting next Tuesday eve
ming, at Pythian Temple in honor of
its delegates and alternates who will
represent the auxiliary at the twenty
| sixth annual encampn1ent, at Tulsa,
Okla, August 81 to September 4, IN
| elusive. The following will represent
the auxiliary as delegates: Mrs.
Margaret Lidstone. president; Mrs.
Margaret Jacobson, past president and
national flag bearer, and Mrs. Ger
trude Clark. Alternates: Mrs. Laura
Weaver Junior, president; Mrs. Elsie
Quilain. The committee on enter
tainment consists Of Mrs. Ena Allen.
Mrs. Mae Cotter, Mrs. katherine
Barracks, Mrs. Maude Cooper, Mrs.
Elizabeth Jeits, Miss Claudius Bar
rack. Miss Ethel Weaver, Mrs. Fer.
nanda Statsberg, Mrs. Mary Grant,
Mrs. F. Mitchell, Mrs. Annie Dough-
erty and Miss Helen Dougherty.
The executive committee and dele
cation Of National Capital Post, No.
127, Veterans Of Foreign Wars. met
Tuesday evening at Odd Fellows Hall
for the purpose of making arrange
ments for the twenty-siXth annual en-
campment. at Tulsa, Okla, Two spe-
cial cars have already been assigned
and from all indications there will be
more than 200 members and their
families attend the encampment from
the District department. The depart
ment will have % votes at the en-
campment. National Capital Post
delegates are George J. Neuner. senior
vice commander; E. A. Price, and
Ernest Wickerstrand. Alternates. A.
Gurdd, H. i. Clark and Joseph Gar
della The District delegation will
leave Washington August % at 4
, pm. over the c. and o. Railroad by
way of Cincinnati and ST. Louis, and
Kans., where they will be entertained
at national headquarters of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars.
Railroad certificates for the use of
members of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, the Ladies' Auxiliary and the
dependent members Of their families,
also widows of deceased members, are
available for reduced fares. Stopovers
will be allowed.
Gerald f. O'Brien. general chair
man of the committee for convention
asks that delegates and members no.
tify the committee at this time
whether or not they will be in Tulsa,
and the numbers of posts that will
send their colors to Tulsa. Prizes will
be given for the post having the larg-
est attendance, Veterans Of Foreign
Wars and auxiliary; for the post COM
ing from the longest distance, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars and auxiliary;
for the best band, for the best drum
corps.
The Department of the District of
Columbia. Veterans of Foreign Wars.
will be represented at the ma
tional encampment, at Tulsa, Okla,
August 80 to September 4. Dept.
Comdr. Francis c. Huhn and Dept.
Adjt. William I. Jenkins report that
credentials have been received from
the delegates and alternates Of every
local unit of the v. +. W., including
the auxiliaries. insuring personal rep
resentation at the national encamp-
ment.
|, While the majority of the delegates
from the local posts have been per-
mitted freedom of action In selecting
national officers for the coming year,
it is believed that harmonious
agreement will be perfected while the
District of Columbia ''V. r. w. Spe-
cial' is en- route to Tulsa.
Resolutions adopted by the local
posts since the last meeting of the
Department will be considered by the
Department Council of Administration
during the trip to Tulsa. and will be
submitted to the resolutions commit
tees by the department commander