Evening star., 1926-12-05
Ve4esuns q Fu1luA Wars.

Ce1v00.
The committee sDDslats6 to arrange
don Of the MiiitASr ov1e1 Of the
Cootie reported THAI tho aGair will be
held at one Of the lecai hetols some
time this month. F3eAe arc being
made to entertain q seAst 30 out.of.
town 1uests that nlsAt.
Among the visitors Of the meeting
were Comdv. BnlAle. sf Peary Ship
Post, No. 42O, v. r. w., and Buddies
Jenninss and HsssS 4 hsean Post Of
Baltimore. Ma. 4 tAIoo 1siegation Of
the post momheru akseNlsa the smoker
at Baltimoro. Ne&0Aee1 81. given by
the associated v. =. ". pests OF the
Monumental CITY. 1he svip was made
on q special car. 1eoA3od 0y large
military band, q Dayooe was staged
from the station q che hAN.
Department No. !. Yseersns Of For.
eign wars. Dstrict q Ceaumbia, held
its regular meeting Wsanesday at the
Colonial Hotel. The department began
preparations to heneS Commander in.
Chief Theodore Stttt v1on his oflicial
visit to the District oS Columbia, with
a banquet at the Arlington Hotel. to-
morrow. All Veterans e foreign wars
are invited. Il - eSpeo&ed that he will
give q talk seSes6ne The organiza-
tion's stand on national preparedness
and the civic ~s1ss es veterans
Mr. Yaden aoas~asa enc depart
mont on = erSsnl4P4 c1ll1snship. its
value to ci4iSena - che OkblS3et OF Co
lunbia. tie aims AHG pusDoess Of citi'
zens' associations !n genss:l and tho
Ctticens' Advisosy' csunsIl In parttcu.
Ia AaA AaAnA fAne AA.NmNAOAf4ASA HP6UAA
the Veterans Of Foreign wars.
Tho department adopted a resolu.
ton indorsing to PresaAeat Coolidge
Mrs. Arthur II. Marala to hll the va
cancy caused by the ysAgnation OF
Commissioner Cune Audelph. Mrs.
Marsh 10 the wsdsv e1 Chaplain Ar.
thur II. MAsaA. Who esss'sd under
Maj. Gen. ChAYinn r. 0unSnerall a.
chaplain OF the 1eth Inep0try. LIST Di-
vision A. e. F., ana wass killed in 40
ton in the APGsnuD 3NsVe0G October
7. 1929. Citation vac made by Gen.
summevall for Vailaats1 In action.
Upon recomYnsadAtioa q John p.
Harris. chairman q ~ press and
publicity committee. Z motion IVES
adopted by the department causing an
future monthly na0etinGS - b. held on
the nrst Monday OF the moeth. THIS
S0SsO00 SAbC WVAS tU0UkAu u LHS 0VN
partment to fall o. yanVaxy 3.
Charles Kohen. ohAlSSaan Of the hos.
pitalisation cemnaittso. announced
that authorities Of the EASle Theater
had donated 400 aaEaissloa ttckets. to
be given out under the ausyscss Of the
Veterans OF FosVtDn WASV t. veterans
undergoing hospiteiiA4ie0 IN the vari.
Gus Government AeGDitAls within the
District.
At Q regular nysseang of tho Ladiss'
Auxiliary Of Equality. walter Reed
Post. Veterans of Fs4e4gh Wars, De,
cembsr I. at Py3Ataa Temple. the fol.
lowing ofncors Wvve saeessd: Presi
dent. Mrs. JesHo n. Thomas: senior
vice president. Mfa. BernaAstte st.
Jacques: Junior vioe. psosiAsnt. Mrs.
Vista l.. REED; tesaevfv1 Miss Clara
F. Monroe. and eAaQlaih. Mes. Emma
c. steed. The appsluaive od,cers are:
Secretary. Miss t11ne0 Mccain. and
conductress. Mlss R1lae Heath.
Tho Olncers viii b Installed Janu.
ary 10.
Mrs. Emma c. Saesd, in charge Of
the auxiliary relief. yepeFted that
plans ara being made to furnish
Christmas baskets Of Nood % the fanai.
lies Of needy exService men. The
auxiliary voted 10 aaaek Equality.
Walter Reed Poe& IN providing enter.
tairiment at the 0Vso1nMsnS hospitals
In the city Christmss Gay. Mrs. Elsie
I: Smith was oblSSAssd aad received in
the organization.
AmesSoao xagisn
The second A. T. r. q the American
Legion in 1927 win hIfng out the
greatest reunion Of fighting men the
world has even sssn. In the opinion
OF leaders Of the oFSAnteatlon at ma.
tional headquartere in INDIANA polls
It will be made uo o6 men ranging
from buck" pT1vAte 70 the com.
mander Of the A. u. r.. Dom men
who didn't get acsUas and men who
got to the front
1t ts stated that vUkorans Of every
rank are selling NE opportunity to
join the pilgrimage 1he American
Legion has made posuabie entertain.
ment and transportation more at.
tractive than any knoWn IN trans
atlantic service: eecsFaln6 to the an.
nouncement Of Bowman Elder, ma.
tional chairnsa eS the France con.
vention commdttse. no announced
that the omciaA a 1es6 hAvs agreed
~ s0AAs ShW AV0V =" INV G3yy UYUH 10
the leeionnaires from September II
to September 90. 1851.
1t 10 expected more than $4,000
members OF the Legion Win make the
trip. Transportation, housing and
for handling the large
number Of veterans durin0 convention
week are being handled at the Paris
office OF the France coaventton com.
mittee. Edwin W. Thorn, department
Of the Legion "a Paris, is
manager Of the once. Tho Paris post
Of the Legion, with 1900 members,
Is aiding materially In planning the en-.
tertainnent OF the leGionnalres attend
Ing the convention.
The fight to n,sks The nsv schedule
OF disability r~tinGs watch sovSru the
payment OF oesnos0saAtan % aieahlsd
World War vetsr~ns 1stsoaetive 70
juno Z. 1924. the aoA> 4 Was au.
thorised by Law. w1il b prosecuted
by the Asnsssoon legion,
Il was announced Ay WATSON y. Miller.
chairman Of the LsVleHe national re-
committee, following an
deciGlen from J. r. Nc.
Carl. controller seneral AZ the United
States. Chairman Miller has raQuested
a resubmission and s0viSO of q test
case by the controllse general.
The new rating schedule was made
arbitrarily - e JanuaSy !,
1928. by Gen. FsAnk Z. Mines. d.
rector Of the United 0eaae0 Veterans
according 30 Chairman Miller.
in face Of the contsnelon oe the Legion
and other former ssvv5ce groups that
1t should have become oUseAtive on
the date the Law w1e uaOsd. The
question was ar0Ue6 la9A and forth
for moro than q yoas a0a Aaaily was
carried to the cGntsv0e1 osnesai. Il
It is found impoM96So . escufe Q
favorable ruling <fokn tAe eeatroller
general. Chairman Mslise Indicated. Il
Is probable that the LsUas0 Vim at.
tempt to secure legislation watch viii
make the retroaet1vttY q ratings
upon the Veterans Bureau.
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