Evening star., 1926-05-23

construction IS under way at Oteen
n. c., and at Walla Walla, Wash.
hospitals. Plans for a new mental
hospital of 1000 beds to be con-
completed, and work on that big
project will begin at an early date.
Enactment of State laws to facili.
tate the commitment of insane World
War veterans to Veterans Bureau
hospitals is being urged by the ma.
, tional rehabilitation committee of the
American Legion,
Members of the committee point out
that proper care and possible cure OF
insane veterans Is being prevented by
well-meaning, but misinformed rela
tives, who take the veterans under
treatment from the hospital before
satisfactory improvement or cure has
been accomplished. Under present
laws the comma nding officers Of the
hospitals have no right to prevent a
patients removal. The State laws
would allow legal commitments and
would assure that everything possible
would be done to bring about cure.
One or two States have such law.
Wyoming Department of the Amer.
lean Legion led all departments of the
nation on May l in the percentage of
increase attained in membership over
its 1926 quota, which was assigned by
national headquarters. according to a
bulletin received here from national
headquarters. Wyoming Department
had on May day approximately lis
per cent of it's quota enrolled, with a
membership of 1924. Florida was
second in percentage attained over its
quota with 107 per cent.
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Mrs. George r. Crosfleld, wife of
Lieut.. Col. Crosf1eld of London, pres
ident Of Fidac, interallied veterans
federation, who Is in this country on
an official tour. was the guest of
honor at a luncheon extended by the
national organization of the American
Legion Auxiliary on the occasion of
their recent visit to national head
quarters of the Legion and Auxiliary
here.
Women in the Crosf1eld party,
auxiliary women of State and ma
tional prominence and wives of State
and Army officials were present at
the lucheon given at the Columbia
Club in honor Of the wife of the chief
Of Fidac. who represents 5000. 900
World War veterans.
Mrs. Lowell +. Hobart Of Cincinnati,
past national president of the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary and American
senior vice president of the Fidac
auxiliary. presided at the luncheon in
the absence of Mrs. Eliza London
Shepard, national president of the
Auxiliary, who was on an official
speaking tour in the South. She was
given the honor Of presiding in recog-
milton of her status as a F'idac auxil.
larry official.
Frank NJ. Heath, member of Cissel
Saxon Post of the American Legion,
Silver Spring. Md, and Gypsy
Queen. have started on the last leg
trip.
Heath, in an effort to regain health
lost in the World War, educate him
self by travel and prove by actual
test the capability Of good horse, ="
between the dates of April 1, 1925,
and November 90, 1925, covered, with
Gypsy Queen, 3.747 miles over %
States, and pulled into Winter quar-
ters in good shape.
His objective is ito hit some part Of
every State in the Union with one
horse, and return to Washington on
or before July l, 1927"
The members of George Washington
Post, No. /, the American Legion, and
their friends will be entertained next
Tuesday evening at O'Clock at the
clubhouse. 1929 Eye street. with an
illustrated lecture on the polar regions
by Lieut.. Benjamin H. Rigg Of the
United States Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey. 1t will be ladies night" and
other legionnaires in the District and
their friends are invited. Lieut.. Rigg
accompanied Comdr. Mcmillan on his
Arctic trip to the North Pole.
The members Of the post will attend
the srvices to be held May 80 at 3:15
o'clock at the Washington Cathedral
in memory Of the late Presiden,
Woodrow Wilson, who was a member
Of the post by reason Of his being
Commander-in-C Chief Of the military
World War.
An invitation has been extended to
the George Baldwin Mccoy unit Of the
American Women's Legion to attend
the illustrated lecture Tuesday eve
ming, and also participate in the
Memorial day program. The post will
supervise the decoration Of the graves
Of veterans in Rock Creek Cemetery
following an annual custom. The
graves decoration committee is headed
by Past Comdr. Lew s. Mohler a:
chairman Of the committee.
The James E. Walker Post, No. 26
the American Legion, has completed
plans for decorating graves Of ex
soldiers in Payne and Woodlawr
Cemeteries next Sunday. The mem
bers will assemble at the headqVar
ters, 1853 U street, at 2:20 pm. anc
20 to the cemeteries in automobiles.
C1,ot t~In
Post, No. 8, G. A. R.; o. P. Morton
No. /. and Charles Sumner, No. 3
Women's Relief Corps. G. A. R.; Gen
Guy V. Henry Garrison, No. 9, anc
Julia NICE. Henry Auxiliary, Army
and Navy Union; Rear Admira
Charles M. Thomas Camp, No. 8
Sergt. George Berry Camp, No. 10
Eva Allensworth, No. 2, and Virginia
Berry, No. 6. Auxiliaries, Department
of the Potomac, Spanish War Vet
erans: James r. Europe, No. 5, Ken
meth Lewis, No. 20, Posts and Auxil'
iaries of the American Legion, the
post will participate in joint memo
rial service at 7:30 pm. May 80. un
der the auspices Of the Joint Memoria
Association of Military Societies a,
Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, N
street between Fifteenth and Six
teenth streets Chaplain Maj. Oscar
j. w. Scott will deliver the me-
mortal grafton.
The post will assemble at 500 am
May 81 in front Of the Twelfth stree
Y. M. C. A. with veterans of the G. A
r., Army and Navy Union, Spanish
War and American Legion to marcf
to Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania
=, avenue, to later go to Arlington Gene
terry.
IT,. S. S. Jacob JonesePost, No. 2, the
American Legion. will have charge o.
decorating the memorial markers OF
Sixteenth street next Sunday. Mem
bers are requested to assemble at Six
teenth and Upshur streets at $50 am
Mrs. Ulla r. Tracy is chairman of the