Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10


dnder.
The principal address VIII be made
+. senator Rice w. Means OF Colo
ado. who served as a colonel during
ne World War and who is an active
-..ionnairc. capt. Watson Is. Miller
.rIst department commander ano
hartman of the national rehabilita
ON committee, Will be another
Deaker. \ program, with numerous
nterestiug features. has been ar
rIrged.
Other officers to he Installed are
ldrlOtte Berry. senior vice com
lander; Made! Staub. Junior vice com
tander Hope Knickerbocker. chap
ain. Ella Chambers. quartermasteri
.thel Rule, historian: lane Breen
nI-ceant-at-arms; lila. Tracy and
Nmelia BuherG. color hearers.
The executive committee met at the
sumo OF Adjt. Tracy. Virginia High
ErdS. last Wednesday evening and
ad as its guests the incoming officers
.cr 1926. \ program was arranged
~ Mrs. Tracy.
One Of the outstanding features OF
the meeting of George Washington
lost, No. !. of the American Legion
asst Tuesday night at the clubhouse,
the post of three silver bands for
he flag staff of the post colors for
being represented at national con
VentiOnS.
The presentation was made by Past
'omdr. Howard 5. Fisk. who briefly
'utiined to the members how national
headquarters in order 10 encourage
rusts to have their colors in the line
i march in the annual convention
paTddeS decided in 1921 to present to
very post whose COlorS We're repre-
Sented at national conventions with
J. silver band to go on the flag staff
Since that period the bands have
uecn annually donated by national
headquarters and last year the ma
.ional executive committee decided to
'lSo give to those posts represented
1t the first and second national con
vcntions in 1919 and 1920 silver bands
III addition to the bands for 1928.
1t was the 1919, 1920 and 1925
bands which Past COmdr Fisk pre-
scented TO the post, and in doing SO
makes q total of seven silver bands
which now adorn the post flagstaff.
As there have been seven national
conventions, George Washington Post
No. l. has q, 100 per cent record of
attendance of its colorS, and the only
fTict of Columbia with this record.
In presenting the bands to Acting
Post Comdr. J. j. Murphy, the speak
or expressed the hope that in future
Years other members of the post
would see that this record was main
tanned and that the honor and fame
which had been attained by the post
would never diminish. The various
conventions at which the post colors
have been represented include: Min
neapolis 1919; Cleveland. 1920; Kan
sas City, 1921; New Orleans. 1922;
San Francisco. 1923; st. Paul, 1928.
and Omaha, 1928. The total mileage
covered 10 date is 20.763 miles.
A. the conclusion of the presenta-
ton q rising vote of thanks was eX-
tended to Past Comdr. Fisk, who has
attended all Of the national conven-
tt"ns and in many instances carried
the c"lors in the national paraGes,
-ul' his interest ana loyalty u. the
post in this connection.
owing to a breakdown in his health
Post Comdr. Charles O. Shaw last
night rendered his resignation and in
= letter to the post announced that he
was taking an extended vacation. and
if lie regained his health later on. he
would resume an active interest in
ton was accepted with regret and
resolutions to this effect will be for
warded To Comdr. Shaw. His success
Sor Will be elected at the next meeting
of the post on Tuesday, January 49,
ri the clubhouse. First Vice Comdr.
J. J. Murphy Will act as commander
until that time.
New members elected last night
were as follows: c. Cassard SchTotn,
transferring from 3l2th Machine Gun
Battalion POST Frank w. Sigourney
4 charter member of George Washing
ton Post, transferring back to his old
post from Quentin Roosevelt Post:
Ross II. Johnson. Milton *. Lockwood
ana John Il. Powell
\ report of the activities "f the
board Of governors of the clubhouse
was submitted by Past Comdr. and
Past Department Comdr. +. Lester
tones. covering the past year.
That many of the charter mepbers
Of The post Of 1919 are resuminG in
1ercSt in the post activities. was i'll
diCated hy the fact that II We're pres
"nt. Among the past commanders
present were l.. Lester Jones, Howard
:. Fisk Charles l.. Hanford and Lew
: Noher.
Resolutions were unanimously adopt
ell commencing the District Commits
~ioners for assigning Inspector Henry
6. Pratt. a charter member OF the
post, us head of the detective bureau.
The annual election of the National
Press Club Post. No. 20. District of
columbia Department of the Amer
igan Legion, was held January at
the National Press Club. Capt vii
liam Atherton DuPuy. the retiring
led ION
Frank Alvin Hall. a Washington news
paper man and correspondent and vet
"ran of the World War, was unani-
mouSly elected post commander.
At Il later date Capt. Hall will he
installed in office. and National Comdr.
John r. McQuigg, as we'll as Past
National Comdr Hanford MacNider
and Past National Comdr. James a.
Drain, the latter member of the
post. will be invited TO attend. The
District department will be represent.
cd by Capt. Julius ]. Peyser, the de
partment commander, and other Of
ffcials. including Capt. Paul j. Nc
Gahan, Il member of the post and a
past department commander and ma
tional executive committeeman of the
legion from the District.
Past Post Comdr. Lieut. Col. Jack
=. Connolly was elected senior vice
commander and Lieut.. Walter G.
Jacobs Junior vice commander. Capt.
Richard Wentwood is the new adju-
tant and the finance officer is Lieut..
William G. Murphy. Col. Joseph NJ.
Heller, Medical Corps. Il member of
The post, has been nominated as the
District of Columbia member of the
national rehabilitation committee of
the American Legion.
Tile various committees that are to
handle the details Of the annual ball
Of the District of Columbia Denart.