Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
American Legion.

american Legion.
Delegates and alternates to the
department convention were elected
by the Sergeant Jasper Unit. Ameri.
can Legion. at the last meeting, held
at the home Of the president, Mrs.
Burnita shelton Matthews. 1925 TWEEN.
! ty-nrst street. The delegates are
Mrs. Matthews, Mrs s. Bingham
Martin, Mrs. Marshall McKibbin, Mrs.
Eola NJ. Wright and Mrs. Thad Ba-
ker The alternates are Mrs. Vezen-
sky, Mrs. Eckles. Miss Ann Splitter.
Miss Anna HUMPHREYS and Miss Gree
ley. The unit unanimously Endorsed
the candidacy Of Mrs. Thacker v
Walker for departmental president
and the delegates were instructed ac-
Icordingly.
At the monthly meeting Of the
Henry G. Spengler Unit Of the Ameri-
| can Legion Auxiliary. held in the
new quarters Of the District National
Guard. the unit considered the can
didates for department president in
the election to be held at the District
OF Columbia convention September
s and 9.
| The members Endorsed Mrs. Thack.
err V. Walker, who is the present
president OF the local department and
a candidate for a second term, and
! Mrs. Mary X. Killeen. a Gold Star
Mother and president OF Killeen Unit,
for the department presidency.
| The delegates and alternates elected
to represent the unit at the conven-
ton are: Delegates, Mrs. Anton
Stephan. Mrs. John Brooks, Mrs.
| Frank Fuller, Mrs. Douglass White
and Mrs. Charles II. Ruth, chairman.
Alternates, Mrs. jerome Lightfoot.
Mrs. Clara Sonneman, Mrs. Earl
Smithson. Mrs. Alma Dorsey and Mrs.
Emma =. Belt.
| The George E. Killeen Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary will not
hold another meeting before the de-
partment convention which Is to be
held September S and 9 at the New
| Willard Hotel This unit thanks the
| units that are indOrsing their presl-
dent. Mrs. Mary Killeen. for depart
ment president for the ensuing year.
She has been president of the George
f. Killeen unit since it was organized
in 1921. This unit is planning to give
| Mrs. killeen a banquet in the near
| future.
| Membership in the American Legion
Auxiliary has reached a new high
record. according to the announce
ment of Mrs. Lucy P. Boyd, national
secretary. This years total OF moth
ers, wives. sisters and daughters OF
| World War veterans enrolled in the
| auxiliary organization is $4,000 great
| err than last year.
Membership efforts are continuing.
with prospects Of many thousands
more being enrolled before the nation
| al convention at Philadelphia, October
! II to Is. Mrs. Boyd said.
! Forty State departments have more
F.! members on their department rolls
than last year, Mrs Boyd's tabulation
| showed. Iowa leads all other States.
[ PENNSYLVANIA is second. Minnesota
third. Illinois fourth and New York
| fifth.
Fifty-two stands Of colors, repre-
senting 4S States and four foreign de-
partments will be massed in the pail
room Of the Elks Club in Philadelphia
when the American Legion Auxiliary
conyenes for it's national convention
October II to IL, under arrangements
being completed by Mrs. William H.
Riester. jr.. convention chairman.
A flag stand with SO double sections
will be erected to hold the mass OF
banners. At any time during the con-
yention the flags may be removed
from the stand to escort nationally
honored guest.
Selecting convention dates after
studying weather reports as far back
az 1880 was the unique means taken
| nv Col. Vincent A. Carroll or Phfla'
delphia in determining the best week
| for the convention OF the American
Legion which will be held in Phila-
delphia next October.
1t is customary to hold the Amer
| lean Legion convention in either Sep
TENDER or october, and because OF the
great number of outdoor demonstra-
tions and entertainments the weather
is q big factor in the success Of the
convention festivities.
Before notifying national headquar
tiers of the dates of the convention
Col Carroll consulted with Foreca ster
George S. Bliss of the Philadelphia
Weather Bureau. Together they
delved into the files in the bureau and
after porting over weather records go
ing back to 1880 they found the
just the sort of weather required
4 gold trophy viii be awarded to
the member Of the American Legion
who travels the longest distance by
motor car to the convention. A trophy
will be awarded also the legionnaire
with the motor car which Ia Judged
the best decorated.
Announcement Of the awards was
made last week by Col. Vincent A.
Carroll. national vice commander OF
the American Legion and chairman
of the committee in charge of arrang.
ing the Philadelphia convention. The
Keystone Automobile Club of Phila.
delphia will award the trophies
Announcement that the shin L.
viathan, the largest in the world, will
be the official flagship Of the feet of
transatlantic vessels that will carry
10000 veterans of the World War to
Paris in September, 1927, for the
ninth annual convention Of the Amer.
lean Legion has been made by Bow
man Elder, national chairman of the
France convention committee of the
Legion here.
National officials of the Legion. the
auxiliary. the Societe Des 40 Hommes
ct ChevauX, the guard OF honor.
press representatives from 4S states
who will cover the convention and dis
tinguished guests will be among those
crossing on the Leviathan.
Membership standings in the va
rious departments Of the American
Legion have been announced by ma.
tional headquarters as follows: Ala
bama, 4.06S: Arizona. 3.419: Arkansas.
6,443: California. 2s.S02 Colorado.
6,7S4: Connecticut. 1910: Delaware.
1919: District of Columbia. o.202:
Florida. 11,716; Georgia, 1910; Idaho.
4.73S; Illinois, 54,433: Indiana, 1921:
Iowa, 1880: Kansas. 1880: Louis
lana, $50: Maine, $3.50: Maryland,
1882; Massachusetts, 2S.940: Michigan,
14,772: Minnesota, 27,096; Mississippi,
3.s41; Missouri. 10, 431; Montana, 1901:
Nebraska, 1910: Nevada. SOL; New
Hampshire, 4,492: New Jersey, 1854:
New Mexico. 2,Os3; New York, 66,207;
North Carolina, 9,425: North Dakota,