Evening star., 1926-04-18
Veterans of Great War

/ "One.half Of the building could be
assigned to the District Militia. which
/ is composed of men from every state
| in the Union, the grand court could
be used for drill purposes, while some
Of the larger rooms in the building
could be used as an armory for the
various companies.
THE building should be under the
| authority of the United States Senate
| and House of Representatives, the
care and upkeep of the building should
be under control of the Government
as a memorial to the soldiers of all
wars participated In by the United
States; let ii be a shrine to military
power Of past achievements OF our
soldiers and future home of any
military organization which may be
organized on account Of any future
wars In which the United States might
become involved.
Let the building be rechristened as
memorial building to the United
States soldiers, past. present and
future"
The next meeting of Stuart Wal
colt Post, No. 10. will perfect plans
for what Is expected to be the most
elaborate smoker ever held in local
American Legion circles. Numerous
entertainers have been engaged. Ar
rangement are in charge of the chair.
man of the entertainment committee
James n. Lynch, assisted by a com
mittee composed of Willett j. Foster,
Glenn d. Tubbs, ". j. Beausoliel,
Allen NJ. Ergood, George G. Wizard.
Floyd w. Woolley, Floyd G.. Caskey,
Warren +. Miller, Judson c. Dale.
IR. z. McCandlish and J. Osborne Reid.
At the meeting April 27 seven can
didates who were elected at the last
meeting will be initiated. They are:
Rush s. Young, Curtis NJ. Handley.
George Smith, Perry +. Adams.
Nathan B. Camp, L. r. Hawkins and
John II. Amig.
The drill team held its first drill
Monday in the ballroom of the City
Club, at which time the members of
the team were initiated into the nays
teries of the evolutions of exhibition
movements. Drills will be held each
Monday evening until the team grows
proficient in the drill. Progress is
reported by the membership commit
tee in its campaign to enlarge the post
membership.
MAY day will be observed by the S
ChapeauX ct 40 Danes May t. by q
ball to be given at the Lee House.
Mrs. Leon Arnold is chairman of the
committee in charge. The proceeds
will be forwarded to national head
quarters as the donation Of this salon
toward the child welfare program,
which Is the special work of the 8
Chapeaux ct 40 Danes. At the meet
ing last Wednesday Mrs. Mary E.
Kolhos, president departmental of the
s and 40, gave a report on the BAN
quet rendered Mrs. George Dobson,
president national of the s and 40.
Additional reports were read by the
various committee chairmen depicting
the work and progress of this salon.
Mrs. Maude ii. Warner entertained
the initiation team Thursday night,
with the following present; Mrs. NJ. L.
Kolhos, Mrs. X. A. McRae. Miss Bur
ton, Mrs. Crompton, Miss Warren,
Mrs. Louise White and Mrs. kaske.
The first big initiation will take place
April 28, at the home Of Miss Mabel
Slagle, 55 New York avenue northeast.
The following candidates will make
the trip to Paris: Miss Bernadette
Carley, Mrs. Leila Ober and Mrs.
Duvall. All are requested to wear
their caps.
Members of the~%American Legion
have been invited to participate in
the first interallied art exhibition to
be held at Caen, France, July 25 to
September 6. The exhibition will be
held under the auspices of the Presi-
dent Of the French republic, Marshals
Foch, Petain, Fayolle. Lyautey and
French Senators and Deputies who
are veterans of the World War. The