Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08

has a quota Of SO for the Paris trip;
II we recruit 500 members between
now and the Philadelphia convention,
we will exceed our paid-up member
ship at the time of the Omaha conven-
ton by approximately 10 per cent and
we will be entitled to add eight to our
France travel quota
There Is another membership in
centive. too, in the France travel pro-
jects, for IL we recruit between now
and October-when 1927 membership
cards will be made available-at least
500 members for 1927 and have their
dues reported into department and ma.
tional headquarters, we will be en-
titled to send 16 additional persons
from the District of Columbia to Paris.
1.-The posts are demonstrating this
year that they can conduct member
ship campaigns. as II posts are total
Of AIS members ahead of their MEM
bership at this time last year. The
most notable gain has been by the
Costello post, which is once more near.
ing the 500 mark.
THE posts that are ahead Of their
last years membership at this time
are: U. S. S. Jacob Jones. Belleau
Wood. Jane A. Delano, McGroarty-
O'Connell. Lafayette, Quentin Roose-
welt. Vincent b. Costello. Lincoln.
Cooley Mccullough, James E. Walker
and Edward Douglas White.
Thirteen posts of the department
are a total of 339 members behind the
memberships they had reported this
time last year. They are George
Washington, Robley D. Evans, James
Reese Europe. Kenneth H. Nash.
Stuart Walcott, Henry c. Spengler,
Sergt. Jasper, Augustus P. Gardner
Tank Corps. National Press Club,
Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
George E. Killeen and John Nj.
Beauchesne The Kenneth Lewis Post
has the same membership that y had
last year"
There have been Pullman cities"
before at national conventions of the
American Legion, but at the eighth
annual national convention in Phila'
delphia, October II to Is, the Penn.
sylvania Railroad alone will provide
Is cities on wheels for the convenience
Of the legion guests.
The Pullmans will be parked at
convenient locations as nearly as pos
sible to the center of activity. The
transportation facilities between each
parking space and Broad Street Sta
ton. which is located centrally In
Phila delphia. are excellent. In no IN
stance are Pullmans parked more than
30 minutes travelling time by bus
or street car from the Broad Street
Station at Fifteenth and Market
streets.
These Pullman cities will spring up
in a night and will have E. population
of many thousa nds. There Will be
Pullmans parked as follows: Location
No. /, ifty-second street freight sta
ton, No. 2, Thirty-first and chestnut
streets: No. 3, Museum siding; NO. e.
Thirtieth and Washington avenue;
No. S. Broad and Washington avenue;
No. 6, KensingtOn passenger station;
No. 8. Fifteenth street yard; No. 3,
Marsie street yard: No. 10, Engeiside;
No. II, Forty ninth and Grays ave
nues: No. -, Government yard. Fair
hill branch; No. 10, Overlook yard;
No. IA, Thorofare tracks, south Phila'
delphia: No. Is, Delaware avenue be-
tween Washington and Oregon ave
nues: No. 16, Ontario street freight
yard.
The lawn fete conducted by Marion
Browns Home fund team of the U.
s. s. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2. Amer
lean Legion, at 6441 Georgia avenue.
August 2, and S. was reported
success. The members OF the exec
utive committee of the post met on the
lawn fete grounds Thursday evening
for the transaction of the necessary
business, after which they took part
in the fete. The next regular meet
ing of the post will he held tomorrow
at the Endion Club, IA Jackson place,
at pm.
Kenneth Nash Post. the American
Legion, met Wednesday night ana
elected Robert A. Dixon to member
ship. Delegates elected to the de-
partment convention were: Ira r.
Frazel, commander; DR.. Elliot A:
Hunt, first vice commander, ana
Frank Huntington and r. II. Madden,
alternates. The annual picnic and
outing Of the post will be held at
Marshall Hall next Saturday. The
next meeting of the post will be Sep
TENDER at the Gavel Club.
Disabled American Veterans.
George w. Phillips. commander of
the District of Columbia Department
of the Disabled American Veterans.
last week wrote Gen. ]. V. Clinnln,
national com
mander for per-