Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Military Order of the World War.

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Military Order of the World War.
Plans for the 1926 national conven.
ton Of the Military Order Of the
World War are being perfected. 1t
will be held in Philadelphia October
Z, and 8.
Headquarters for the convention will
be at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel.
The registration of delegates, members
and guests, will begin at 8 am. Octo-
Der 6. Five business sessions will
follow, at which will be planned and
discussed the orders work for ma
tional defense and promotion of ideals
of the Federal Constitution. Maj.
Robson Lea Perot is in charge of
the plans for the convention.
One of the social events of the
convention will be the military ban.
quet and. ball to be held the evening
of October in the ballroom Of the
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Among the
prominent speakers will be Gen. John
J. Pershing.
Several committees have been APP
pointed to take care of the conven-
ton. The chairman of the transports.
ton committee, which will handle all
transportation. is Col. Jackson w.
Study. The finance committee will
be in charge Of Capt. James H. futile.
The reception committee is headed by
Col. Odus G. Horney. commander of
the chapter. Registration vill be
taken care Of by Maj. John Q. Nc
Donald and a corps of assistants. The
music for the banquet and ball is in
charge Of Lieut.. Comdr. John Philip
..SouSa, Capt Roman c. Hasrick
will take care Of publicity and on his
committee are the chairmen of every
chapter convention committee. Col.
Erskine Baines will be in charge of
souvenirs, and the membership COM
mittee will be headed by Maj Edgar
w. Nicholson. Assisting Col Study
on the transportation committee are
Maj. Thomas B. Kennedy and Lieut..
Ralph E. Earle.
A "Glad Hand" committee has been
organized which is to meet all dele
gates and see that they are taken care
Of upon registration. This committee
is in charge OF Col. Horney, commander
of the Philadelphia Chapter, and con-
sists Of Lieut.. Col. Chas. c. Allen, Maj.
John @. Mcdonald, Capt. James Fl.
Tuttle, Capt. Charles Bratton duBell.
Maj. Robson Lea Perot, Col. Clar-
ence P. Franklin, Capt. Geo. w. Carr,
Lieut.. Col. Ernest E. Johnson, Lieut..
Meredith r. Gardiner, Col. Jackson
w. Study, Comdr. Edward G. Kint-
ner, Capt. Edgar w. Nicholson, Brig.
Gen. George E. de Schwetnitz Lieut..
William D. Stroud. Admiral Reynold
T. Hall, Lieut.. Comdr. John Charlton,
Lieut.. Joseph Bonn, Capt. r. J. Nc
Fetridge, Maj. E. M. Jeffreys, Col. H.
Harrison Smith, Col. George E. Kemp,
Maj. Gen. w. G. Price, jr.; Maj.
E. H. Hicks, Maj. Joseph H. Bromley,
jr.; Col. Harold E. Cooke, Col. John
c. Groome, Capt. Samuel H. Evans,
Col. Arthur c.. Colahan. Capt. Walter
E. Ditmars, Col. William P. Barba,
Lieut.. Col. Edward Weiner. Col.
Erskine Baines, Capt. John Parker
Hill, Lieut.. Col. Will H. Point, Capt.
j. H. r. Cromwell, Capt. Henry Reed
Heebner, Col. Harold e. Reinsinger,
Lieut.. Col. Edgar J. Pershing, Mai.
Charles M. Jones, Maj. G. Phantom
Middleton, Lieut.. Meredith r. Gardi-
ner, Lieut.. Col. Robert Glendenning,
Maj. Thomas B. Kennedy, Mat John
w. Brown, Lieut.. Charles S. Heebner,
Capt. Oliver r. Parry, Capt. William
S. Godfrey, Capt. Henry w. Shoe
maker, Maj Boyd Lee Spahr, Maj
T. Ward Johnson, Lieut.. John Sim
mott, Lieut.. John r. Scholl, Lieut..
Julius A. Payne, Col. Moorehead Ken
neQy, Brig. zen. w. w. AIterDury.
Assisting Capt. Hasrick on the pub
Lefty committee, in addition to the
chapter chairmen, is Capt. Samuel
Reckefus of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
To date those appointed by various
chapters to assist him are the follow
ing: Capt. Paul B. Harm, Army War
College Chapter; Col. Charles H.
Greene, Aurora Chapter; Maj George
e. Parker, jr., Baltimore Chapter;
Ensign M. C. Sargent, Boston Chap
ter; Col Noble B. Judah, Chicago;
Capt. Thomas X. Wright. Detroit
Chapter; Maj. William L. Symons,
District of Columbia Chapter: Lieut..