Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
Veterans of Great War

! ed by Capt. Julius |. Peyser, the de-
| partment commander.
During the past week each of these
| committees has held q meeting and
| details OF the elaborate plans Tor the
event are Well under way. according to
| Thomas j. Frailey, department senior
vice commander, who is chairman OF
the ball committee, Of which Col. Han
ford MacNider, Assistant Secretary OF
War and a past national commander
of the American Legion. is the honor
airy chairman. Associated with Chair
man F'railey are Department Vice
Comdr. Theodore CogSWell as vice
chairman and Junior Department Vice
Comdr. Miss Helen G. McCarty as sec
rotary; Post Comdr. T. Norman Tenn
pleton of the Stuart Walcott Post, as
treasurer; Past Department Comdr.
Frank L. Peckham, Post Comdr.
George P. Frailey Of the Tanks Corps
Post, Past Comdr. Charles kohen OF
Costello Post, Department Adjt. Jo'
seph ]. Idler and Past Department
Comdr. Paul j. McGahan, the District
of Columbia member of the national
executive committee OF the American
Legion.
Past Department Senior Vice Comdr.
Francis L. Miller is chairman of the
music committee, Comdr. Raymond A.
Burke Of the McGroarty-O 'Connei
Post is chairman of the committee on
decorations, Past Junior Department
Vice Comdr. Miss Helen G.. O'Neill is
chairman Of the committee on
patrons.
The reception committee for the
annual ball includes: Department
Comdr, Julius l. Peyser, chairman:
Col. i. Lester Jones. Gen. James A.
Drain, Capt Watson b. Miller, Capt.
J. Lewis Smith, Capt. Paul j. Mecca
han, Frank l.. Peckham.
The distinguished guest committee
includes Past Department Comdr.
Frank l.. Peckham. chairman: Lieut..
Col. Ira +. Fravel. Maj. Gen. William
A. Bethel, Capt. Don X. Foster,
Maj Guy Withers, Admiral +. r.
Stitt. Comdr. J. \. SchoiteId' Lieut..
Howard :. Fisk, Capt. Harry l.. Will
son. DR.. Elliott a. Hunt. COL. j. l..
Yates, DR.. Jesse T.. Hall, Maj. W. l..
Hazard, Dr.. b. {. MacNeil, Lieut..
Col Daniel J. Donovan. DR.. Charles
f. Ralph DR. Douglas a. White. capt.
Walter Bruce Howe. DR.. Claude {.
Caylor. Col j. NJ Hller. Dr. Charles
l.. Dugan, DIR. !. Chester Brady. Lieut..
J. Robert Conroy, Mai. Wallace
Streater Capt. L. W. Huff, Maj.
Waldo f. Chapman. Dr.. Robert j.
Conlon.
The floor committee consists of
George P. Frailey, chairman: Charles
Q. Shaw. Raymond A. Burke, Ira f.
Fravel. Forest +. Bartl c. II. Hille-
geist, James B. Jones. J. Thad Baker,
Thomas d. Walsh, William y. Nor
rell, William A. Bethel, Max Levy,
Wilson r. Johnson, Earl J. Brown,
William Atherton DuPuy, George NJ.
Lands, Earl p. Ready.
The music Committe includes:
Francis +. Miller. chairman: Esther
V. Hall. Hope KniCkerbocker, Marietta
II. Pierson, Alice NJ. Prentiss, Harlan
Wood. I. II. Horton. Robert NJ. Tol-
son. c. Quincy Peters, O. l.. White,
Jack Connolly. Norman Il. Landreau,
James f. Pierce, Thomas \, Nc
Donough, Allen L. Peck, Adolphus
Mckenzie. Timothy y. Sheehan, Der
nard NJ. Buscher, T. Bailey Brewer,
Nayne Z. Smith. Emily J. Carey, Rus
sell W. Clarkson, stephen J. Clarity,
Ferdinand G. Fraser, George II.
Davis.
The decorations committee includes:
Raymond a. Burke. chairman: Mar
garet G. ShaughneSSy. +. V. Mcintosh,
George l.. McGurn, Marjorie Woodzen,
Cornelius Lanaham, II. a. REM. jr..
Robert y. Zacharias, Albert \. Selec-
man, Cornelius +. Mccarthy, J. Prem
tice Gross, Frederic c. Gardner, John
J. OrlOsky.