Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Veterans of Great War

party is planned tor January 10 at
the Lee House. Tickets may be OBJ
tanned either from Mrs. Mary f.
kolhos, president, or from member
of the and 40. Committee appoint
ments for 1926 are; Miss Slas'e
treasurer; Mrs. Donovan, Mrs. kaske
and Miss Stewart, membership; Mrs
Hammond. chaplain; Mrs. Witcomb.
entertainment; Mrs. McRae, publcit'-
Miss Warren, ways and means; NJ -
Carey guardianship. and Mrs. Arnul,
Mrs. McRae, Miss peSSeZ, Miss Carey.
Mrs. kolhoS and Miss Burton. by
avs.
Al the last meeting Of the Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing Post of
the American Legion "a fund of SO
was voted to he given to some
charitable institution looking toward
the bringing of some Christmas
cheer TO homes that are destitute and
in want.
The annual banquet TO some of the
disabled soldiers from the nearby
hospitals will be held tomorrow eve
ming at the banquet hall of the
Schneider Cafe. Several members of
Congress have expressed their will
ingnesS to talk to the boys and en-
pertaining talent has been secured.
An amendment to the constitution
increasing the annual dies was
adopted.
\ joint installation ceremony of the
new officers of the Henry c. Spengler
Post q; the American Legion and the
auxiliary unit OF that post WIS held at
the National Guard Armory Wednes-
f.,,..
stalled by Past Department Com
mander Paul j.. MCGahan, national
executive committeeman from the Dis
trtct of Columbia Department Of the
American Legion. Mrs. Thacker Y.
Walker president of the department
auxiliary, was the other installing
officer
Department Comdr. Julius l. Peyser
attended the meeting of the Spengler
Post held prior to the Joint ceremony
and delivered a brief address.
The new officers of the Spcngler
Post are: James b. Jones, post com
commander; E. H. Hale Junior vice
commander; E. L. Smithson, finance
officer; w. w. Guitere. quartermaster,
Jessie {. Sweeney, sergeant-at-arms;
{. K. Luce, surgeon: A. l.. Smith
chaplain; Alexander Summers, histo-
ran, and Lee Berlinski, hugler.
In the course of an address review
ing the past of the American Legion
and indicating its future, Past Comdr
McGahan said:
World War veterans, whether they
are members of the American Legion
or not, have just cause TO be proud Of
the record of achievement in the in
tereSt Of the former service men and
women and the Nation itself attained
by the legion since its organization in
1919
Humanity at large has shared with
the veterans the benefcent results
of the labors of loyal legionnaires: In
field after field legion activities have
spread to a point that is not readily
recognized and appreciated by those
who live in the larger cities.
ORGANIZED as@it is into departments
synonymous with the States of the
Union, the American Legion is stead
lily growing in strength and influence
During the present year "a depart
mentS have exceeded their member
ship for 1924. And i'll that same
period the lesion's endowment cam
paiSn for q $4,000, 900 fund for the re
lief Of veterans and orphans has been
practically completed.
In the present Congress. with its
veterans of the World War, both in
the House and the Senate. and the
sane program of legislation that has
been sponsored. the legion influence
Will be greater than ever before.
The American Legion organization
in Washington has been helpful in
the work carried on by the legion in
that 1t has supplied national com.
mander, the vice chairman Of the
national legislative committee and
the chairman Of the national rehabili-
Watson y. Miller. q past department
comma nder. has literally accomplished
wonders in dealing with the problem
of the disabled veteran.
And while the national organiza-
ton Is looking out for the general vel
fare the District department has been
steadily increasing its facilities for
helpfulness TO the individual. There
is developing on the part of Washing
ton legionnaires an appreciation of
the fact that their pressing problems
are local ones, and it is encouraging to
note that they are combining to solve
them"
At the Christmas meeting Of the
McGroarty O'Connell Post, No. Z,
American Legion. a resolution was
passed. protesting against the move
nent of records OF deceased soldiers
from the Pension Bureau and turning
the building over to the Department
OF Labor
II Was voted TO form d drum corps
III the post. and veterans are asked to
communicate with First Vice Comdr.
Lee Schwalm. zoos Shepherd street.
or Adjt Thomas Luckett, 1l9 l. street
northeast.
Comdr. Raymond "A. Burke has been
appointed chairman of the committee
on decorations for the American
Legion ball to be held at the New
Willard Hotel, January 81 At the
next meeting, January Is, in the board
room, District Building, Gen. Drain.
Gen. Fries and Representative Rankin
of Mississippi are to make addresses.
The executive committee of the
L. s. S. Jacob Jones Post of the Amer
lean Legion held its December meet
ing at the home of Comdr. McC'arty.
The regular monthly meeting of the
post was held Monday evening, at the
Womans City Club. Reports of vari-