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

brated it's fourth birthday anniversary
| Thursday night. Supper was served
! and dancing followed, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mitchell were the honored guests of
| the evening. Others present were
Maj. Douran and Mrs. Miller. Watson
| Miller and Miss Ella Nessmith. Mrs
Rose Ward gave several dances and
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell songs
The regular monthly meeting Of the
l. s. s. Jacob Jones Post, No. 9,
American Legion, was held on Mon
day evening at the Women's City
Club. % Jackson place. Upon con.
clusion of the reading of the annual
reports. installation ceremony was
| conducted by Past Department Comdr
Paul j. McGahan under the di-
rection of Department Comdr. Julius
l. Peyser. The following Off
GERS were installed Commander
Esther V. Hall; senior vice com.
mander. Charlotte Berry; Junior vice
! commander. Mabel Staub; chaplain
Hope knickerbocker; quartermaster
Ella Chambers: historian. Ethel J.
Rule; sergeant at arms, Jane Breen;
color bearers. lila +. Tracy and Anne
LA Boberg.
Comdr. Hall was presented with
n bouquet of roses by Mayme +.
Smith in behalf of the post A pro
gram was arranged, the principal
speaker being Senator Rice W. Means
of Colorado. Other numbers on the
program included a piano solo by Miss
;eatrice Benedict; vocal solo by Miss
Ina HoltZscheiter. accompanied by
Miss Minnie NoXey: interpretative
dancing by Miss Caroline Reece, &C
compa MED by Miss Esther Arnold, and
reading by Mrs. Albert Parham
Past Department Comdr Paul j.
McGahan, now national executive
committeeman, presented in behalf
or the post a past comma nder's badge
10 the retiring commander, Helen c.
McCarty. Past Post Comdr. Helen
e. ONeill congratulated the re-
firing commander upon her success
during her administration and pre-
scented to her, in behalf of the mem.
bers, past commanders jeweled ring.
department Officers Capt. julius l.
Peyser, Thomas J. Frailey, Norman Il
l-andreau and Joseph Idler; also Rob
ert NJ. Tolson, chairman fourth dis
trlct rehabilitation committee; Miss
beatrice Bowman, superintendent of
the Navy Nurse Corps; Mrs. Wagner.
president of the District Chapter OF
the War Mothers; Comdr Emily
Post Comdr. Streeter of the George
Washington Post and Col. /. +. Fravel,
L. S. A, of the Kenneth Nash Post,
spoke.
The following appointments have
been made by Condr, Hall: Adjutant.
Mrs. Lucille Allan; assistant ad-
tutant. Miss Ella Leech; finance Of
hcer, Mrs. Mayme E. Smith: member
ship. Miss Bessie Bomberger; legisla
and publicity, Mrs. Ulla r. Tracy. Ad-
dltional appointments will be made
during the coming week
Comdr Hall was born in HyattSville.
Md. She enrolled in the United States
Naval Reserve force in this city De
cemoer Z, 1917, and is at present sec
rotary to Lieut.. Comdr. c. e. Hatch.
U. s ~. recording officer. enlisted per-
sonnet division, Bureau of Navigation.
Navy Department. Miss Hall is a
charter member of the post, and dur
ing her membership has served as
adJutant and Junior vice commander
There will be an executive meeting
OF the post at the home Of the com
mander, 1903 Webster street, Tuesday
at pm. The next meeting of the
post will be held at the Endion Club.
pm.
Final steps in the reorganization OF
the national rehabilitation committee
or the American Legion were taken at
the meeting Of the national executive
committee held at Indianapolis last
Thursday and Friday. Watson r.
Miller, past department commander OF
the District of Columbia Department
of the American Legion is the sponsor
of this plan. having been for the past
two years the national chairman of
the rehabilitation committee.
The necessary legislative action by
the national committee was obtained
by Past Department Comdr. Paul J
McGahan, member OF the national
executive committee for the District
of Columbia, who acted as floor man.
ager for the proposal at the meetings
just concluded and at the previous
two meetings, where it was discussed
in detail. Past Comdr. McGahan left
for indianapolis Wednesday and is
scheduled to return to Washington
today.
Following his return he will deliver
q number Of addresses at various post
meetings. SO that the membership at
large Of the American Legion in the
District Of Columbia will be acquaint.
ed with the program for 1926 as 1t has
been outlined by National Comdr John
r. McQuigg.
The announcement that the veter
ans in the Sixty-ninth Congress, who
have chosen Representative Robert G
Simmons Of Nebraska, a past depart
ment commander Of the American
Legion in that State, as their chair.
man, has been hailed with delight
by legionnaires generally.
Past National Comdr. James A
Drain. n past department commander
of the District Of Columbia Depart
ment of the American Legion. is &c
be the honor guest Of Representative
Simmons at a dinner to be held in
Washington February 6. National
Comdr. McQuigg and Assistant Score
tary Of War Col. Hanford Mach ider
who is a past national commander, are
also expected to attend.
The activities conducted under the
direction of the headquarters of the
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