Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-17

| lHe american Legion are expected lC
be materially assisted by the fund &c
be raised through subscriptions for
tickets and boxes to the annual Ameri
can Legion ball, which will be given
at the New Willard Hotel next Thurs
day night.
A permanent headquarters, estab
!ished In room 403, Investment Build
ing, Fifteenth and Is streets, is in
charge of a permanent executive Off
Ger. and annually thousands of vet
Grams from all parts of the country
who come to Washington are given
assistance Of various kinds. The an.
nual ball Is the one money raising
effort OF considerable proportions un
dertaken by the local legionnaires, and
since there has been a heavy drain
upon the department finances, every
effort is being made to insure the sue
cess Of the forthcoming event.
Duplicates of lost adjusted compen.
sation certificates can not be issued
by the Veterans Bureau. American
| Legion service officials have informed
World War veterans, in response to
many inquiries from veterans who
| have lost their certificates. An amend
ment to the law will probably be pro
| posed at the next session of Congress
to correct the situation. The Veterans
Bureau should be advised Immediately
OF loss or destruction of a certificate
Florida and New Mexico Of the
| American Legion Auxiliary are the
! winners, respectively. of the new Oil
| plant and Hoyle national membership
trophies offered for preliminary mem
bership activity. ii was announced by
Mrs. Lucy Boyd. national secretary.
More than - ocean going liners the
ships that will carry the Second Amer
| lean EXpeditionary Force in Septem
| Der, 1927, when the American Legion
holds its convention in Paris, France
! Will be inspected this month so that
! the very best of accommodate tons will
be available for the migrating Yanks
In bulletin to headquarters last
week, John j. Wicker. jr., chairman
! of the France convention committee
| gave warning to iegionnaires 10 ma Ike
| arrangements about a longer vacation
period in 1927. He urged that legion.
nafres planning to make the trip fore
! go their vacations in 1925 and add the
time to their holiday period In 1927
| That will provide the necessary -four
weeks, which it will take to make the
round trip.
The members OF the France conven.
ton travel committee are as follows
| John j. Wicker. jr.. Virginia, chair
man; George Hatfield, California
Bowman Elder. Indiana; Albert Green
law. Maine: Alton T. Roberts, Michi
gan; Sam Reynolds. Nebraska: Wade
II. Phillips. North Carolina: b. w
Wall. Indiana: J. Monroe Johnson
South Carolina.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Belleau Wood Post. No. 3. the Ameri
| can Legion. was held Sunday at the
! home or the commander. Emily J
Carey. The following officers were
| elected: Commander. Emily J. Carey
senior vice commander Margaret G.
| Shaughnessy; junior vice commander
| Grace Clark; sergeantat-armS, EtheI
! Fleming: chaplain. Violet Van Wag
ner. The commander appointed Ethel
/ Baer as adjutant and Gertrude Lowen
| as finance officer.
The installation OF officers will take
place in February At the close OF
| the executive meeting a supper was
! served
A handbook for the use and guild
| ance of American Legion Auxiliary
units has been published by nationa
! Headquarters. 1t has been prepared
| to fill a need for established standards
| for the guidance of local organizations
|
ready reference of local auxiliary units
for guidance and assistance Of officers
and members Of various committees
! Instructions cover the use OF form:
as now issued. The auxiliary hand
hood is available to unit officers
through department headquarters.
Due to the proximity Of the date OF
the annual ball of the District of Co
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Legion, to be held at the New Willard
! Hotel January 81, two meetings OF
the committee We're held Monday anC
| Friday afternoons in the department
Headquarters, the Investment Build
ing, and the heads of the 10 subcom
mittees were represented.
Capt Thomas j. Frailey, genera
| chairman. announced the additional
! committee appointments as follows
| Ticket committee-T. Normal TEN
pleton, chairman; Bernard G. McGee
Ulla r. Tracey, Violet Van Wagner
John F. Casey, Sarah +. COrsoX
| Thomas ]. Luckett Charles d. Allen
Timothy n. Sheehan. John r. Dover
| William II. Grass. +. G.. hewitt
George L. McGurn. William +. Frank
! lin, George l.. kilgore. Thomas a
McDonough, Harry A REM, Lewis
b. Perkins. John S. Jameson, Angus
tus A. Selecman. AdolphuS Mckenzie
| Edward l.. Marthill and Hiram w
| Hummer.
Floor committee-Charles B. Han
ford, Edward J. Lefferts, Norman B
Lnnd''au Charles l.. Ladson, vii
liam n. Morrell. Bernard S. Buscher
| Hugh c. Stanard. Milton NJ. Parker
| Paul II. McMurray, Robert P. Nc
Candish. Henry c. Morganson. Hugo
Kemnan, Henry G. German, Charles
S. Stevenson, DR.. Charles B. Gass
George r. Martin. Maj. Charles w
| Freeman, Daniel w. Washburn, Aus
tin l.. Imirie, Maj. w. l.. Hazard
Louis Marks, E. w. McComas, vii
bur c.. Pickett, George l.. Pickett, Sd
Joseph Y. Reeves, Robert H. Hetzler
George L. Tate and Wiley NJ. Fuller
Additional members of the music
committee-Francis J. Kelly, Mari
eta w. Pierson, Raymond j. Bowen
Asa B. Mustain, Hugh NJ. Perry
Thomas E. Walsh, Earl d. Chesney
and Anne X. Harkins.
Additional members of the commit
| tee on decorations-Jose l.. Rab
bitt, John o. Johnson, Madison l.
Hill, Alice NJ. Prentiss, Mayme f
Smith, Bernard p. Nimro. Robert Ed