Evening star., 1925-08-09
Veterans of Foreign Wars.

a special meeting was held by Ma
tional Capital Post, No. 1877, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, July 81, at Odd Eel
lows Hall, 419 Seventh street north
west. Comdr. Daniel J. Leahy presid-
ed John r. Evans was readmitted to
membership. Reports of committees
were submitted as follows: Entertain
ment, Ernest Wickstrand announced
that from accounts of returns and
tickets disposed of the sixth annual
field day 10 be held at Marshall Hall
VIII prove success; recruiting,
Joseph Gardella, chairman. pro-
nounced the campaign success up
TO date, and submitted an outline of
his plans for continuing the campaign
for another 80 days. in connection with
the department campaign. The fol-
/ lowing named were added to the re-
| cruiting committee: Everett Miller, A
Gurdd and T.. A. Pierce. The byy
laws committee, William I. Jenkins,
chairman, will meet with Maj. Robert
Parrott, department judge advocate
general, for the purpose of bringing
the post bylaws up to date, and have
same printed in book form. The post
was the recipient OF a letter from the
secretary of the veterans joint COM
mittee, informing the post as to the
work of the committee and plans for
bringing to the attention of Congress
acts of discrimination against veterans
under Federal employment.
A resolution of coincidence was or
dered sent to Mrs. Bryan, expressing
sympathy for the untimely death of
her husband, Col. William Jennings
Bryan. The post adjutant was in
structed to forward a letter to the de-
partment commander, Clarance Bell
napp, United Spanish War Veterans
expressing appreciation for the con-
sideration in placing Department
Comdr. Francis c. HUM, Department
Adjt. William 1. Jenkins and E. A.
Pierce, members of the Veterans of
/ Foreign Wars, as honor guards during
the funeral of Col. Bryan.
Past Comdr. George j. Neuner
announced that the Veterans of For
elgn Wars, through its national legis-
lative chairman, Capt. Edwin S. Bet
telheim, jr, has urged President Cool
fdge to appoint veteran, preferably
one with overseas service, to fill the
vacancy as a member of the Civil SerY-
ice Commission created through the
death of Mrs. Helen Fl. Gardener The
Veterans of Foreign Wars have point
ed out that their national organization
has taken action at three successive
enCampmentS urging that a veteran
be appointed as a member of the Civil
Service Commission, due to the fact
that there are so many veterans in
civil service, and that they should
thereby be entitled to representation
on the commission. He also pointed
out that numerous assurances had
been given that this should be given
consideration when a vacancy oc-
CURED, and now the opportunity has
occurred and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars are pressing the matter. They
have also asked the other veteran
organizations to cooperate with them
in this matter
Mrs Margaret Lidston, president
Ladies Auxiliary, National Capital
Post, will reorganize her committees
for shaping plans of the Fall and
Winter activities, and contemplates
1nauguratfng a membership campaign
the drive for members to begin i'm
mediately after the twenty-sixth an
nual encampment. Delegates to rep
resent the auxiliary at the annual en-
campment are Mrs. Margaret Lidstone
Mrs. Margaret Jacobson and Mrs
Gertrude Clark; alternates, Mrs. Else
Miller, Mrs. Laura Weaver and Mrs
Bessie Quilian.
At the meeting of Columbia Post
No. S33, August IL, the question of
changing the meeting date from tha
second Wednesday to some other more
L
social scheduled by this post for its
August meeting, at which the poppy
committee and the young women who
assisted that committee in the recent
poppy sales were to be entertained.
has been postponed until a later date
At the monthly meeting of the
council of administration, Department
of the District of Columbia, Veterans
OF Foreign Wars, held at the National
Guard Armory, August 5, Department
Comdr. Francis c. Hugh an.
nounced the appointment of E. W.
Wickstrand and T. w. Jones as the
nucleus of a good and welfare COM
mittee of the department. Each post
OF the department is directed to name
two members to serve on this COM
mittee. The committee will have
jurisdiction of all welfare and social
and entertainment activities of the
department.
Junior Vice Comdr Charles n
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