Evening star., 1925-07-05
Veterans of Foreign Wars.


speakers at this function.
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The advisory council of National
CAPITAL Post, No. l27, Veterans of
Foreign Wars. met Tuesday evening
to discuss plans for a general reor-
ganiZation and drafting a program
for activities during the coming year
to be presented at regular post meet
ing for approval, with request tnat
the posts representatives in the de-
partment use their efforts to have the
program adopted by the department
council: First, that a budget commit
tee of three be appointed. Those
recommended are George j. Neuner,
department quartermaster; L. u:
Donaldson. former quartermaster OF
Equality Walter Reed Post; Charles
II. Reilly. present Junior vice depart
ment commander. Committees FOR fol-
lowing events are to be appointed at
first department meeting: ArmlStice
ball, November II; Christmas cheer,
Maine Memorial, Americanization
May Memorial day; committee to CO.
operate with members of the Grand
Army of the Republic and allied
bodies for the purpose of assisting
In gathering contributions with Whlch
TO decorate the graves of veterans in
cemeteries.
campaign, Flag day exercises, Wash
ingtons birthday, annual excursion,
recruiting, visitation, publicity, sick
and welfare, legislation and enter
tainment.
Resolutions were drafted to be pre-
sented for adoption demanding con-
scription of American capital and
labor on the same basis as manpower
in event of wars. Plans We're dis
sion legislation and urging the ma
tional headquarters of the United
Spanish War Veterans and American
Legion to combine for the purpose
to bring about a conference between
the associations, SO that they may
make joint appeal to Congress. The
personnel classification board was
urged to make public the ratings of
Government employees and approving
the executive order giving Federal
workers the right of appeal from the
heads of the departments to the per-
sonnel board. The council suggested
that the matter of transportation of
delegates and visitors to Tulsa,
Okla, including arrangements for de-
partment headquarters, be submitted
to the grand seam squirrel of the Mill
tary Order of the Coolies, Val y.
Brandon.
National Capital Post, 127, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, held its regular
meeting June 19 at Odd Fellows Hall,
419 Seventh street northwest, Com
mander Daniel J. Leahy presiding.
The initiation team, consisting OF
Comma nder Leahy, Senior Vice Com
mander e. A. Peirce, Junior Vice
Commander Everett Miller. Chaplain
William 2. CaYanaugh, Officer of
Day C. II. Forester. Adjutant Harry
P. Clements and G. Statsberg, quar-
termaster, mustered the following can
didateS to membership: John Dawson,
private, Company c, 18th Regiment
United States Marine Corps, served in
France, World War; George NJ. Bailey,
Army field clerk. 1st and 3rd Army
Corps, World War, served in France
and Germany: Lewis V. Crismond,
manager Peoples Drug Store No. 2,
sergeant, first class, Medical Corps,
and 164th Ambulance Company. 4lst
Division; readmitted, NJ. n. Fowler.
312th Machine Gun Battery, World
War, served in France; Thomas Muir
ray. End Division, World War, served
in France and Germany, leader of the
Shock Troop" and composer of song,
Shell Hole Rag
Chairman of Recruiting Joseph B.
Gardella reported a membership gain
for the quarter ended June 30, as
follows: Everett Miller, z; George J.
Neuner, 4; G.. H. Kestner, 8; Daniel
J. Leahy, .; Ernest Wickstrand, 2;
w. ]. Keeffe, Michael Burkhart, Harry
P. Clements, Jacob Orken and Val n.
Brandon, l each, and 10 readmitted;
total, SO net gain. Due to the resigna-
ton of r. c. MuschlitZ, Everett Miller
was elected unopposed to the position
as Junior vice commander. The fol-
lowing were elected as delegates to
I4 ha
sixth national encampment, to be held
at Tulsa, Okla, first week III Septem-
ber: Past Commander George j. Neu-
ner, Senior Vice Commander Z. A.
Peirce and Ernest Wickstrand; alter
mates, A. Grudd Past Commander
Joseph Gardella and H. F. Clark.
Letter read from Department Com
mander William Homer Carroll thank
ing the members of Veterans of For
eign Wars and all members of the
allied veteran bodies for their support
rendered to the veterans joint COM
mittee assisting in carrying on the
committees campaign in defense Of
veterans preference laws.
Letters were received from the COM
mander-in-chief, J. H. Dunn, thanking
the posts and department for their
successful poppy campaign. The ma
tional council administration appealed
to all posts for contributing at least
10 per cent from their poppy funds
as a benefit to the National Home of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, re-
questing that this matter be taken UP
at department conventions.
The Ladies Auxiliary, National Cap
ital Post, accompanied by the auXil-
iary officers, attended the second ami
versary birthday party given by Fed.
eral Post auxiliary June % at
Odd Fellows Hall. The party was
attended by representatives from
members of the local auxiliary and
sister auxiliary from Tacoma, Wash.
Margaret Lidston, president, an.
nounced that a joint social of local
auxiliaries would be given in the near
future and plans for perfecting the
program are under way. Transporta-
tion committee will submit rates and
program for journeying to the twenty
sixth national encampment at the
next regular meeting.
American Legion.
Capt. julius I. Peyser, we'll known
local attorney, was elected commander
of the District of Columbia Depart
ment of the American Legion at the
annual departmental convention.
Thomas J. Frailey of Sergt. Jasper
Post was elected first vice COM
mander; Theodore Cogswell of
Augustus P. Gardner Post, second
vice commander; Miss Helen Nc
Carthy of U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post,
third vice commander. Delegates to
the national convention to be held at