Evening star., 1927-12-04
American Legion.


Femmes will celebrate its second
birthday anniversary tomorrow eve
ming at the Thomas Circle Club, 1876
Massachusetts avenue, by giving re-
ception and dance for the partners OF
the salon and it's friends of the
American Legion Auxiliary
The committee in charge of ar
rangements is composed of lie Demi
Chapeau National kolhos. La Surin.
tendante National Lois McRae lie
Den:i Chapeau Edith Quinn. Organ
izer Irene Arnold. the newly elected
chapeau departmental, Dorothy Harp
er: L'Archiviste Edna Macintosh,
Partner Elizabeth Stewart and lie
Chapeau Departmental Passe Emily
j. Carey.
The installation of officers Will take
palce at the next regular meeting of
La Societe Wednesday evening at the
home Of lie Chapeau Departmental
Passe Emily J. Carey, in Thrifton Viii
lage, Va.
Utah is leading the country in the
American Legion Auxiliary race for
the Oliphant membership trophy. ac-
Cordins to a report issued by national
headquarters of the auxiliary.
The trophy is a loving cup. do
mated by the past national president
of the auxiliary, and is now in pos
session Of the Mississippi department
of the auxiliary. Mississippi also
possesses three other trophies, but So
far has not entered the Oliphant race
this year.
The trophy is awarded annually TO
the department enrolling the highest
percentage of membership during the
period from the close of the national
convention to January l of the inn
mediately following year. Only de
partments having an excess of 1000
members Of the current year are
eligible
At this time Kentucky is second in
the race. Arkansas third. Indiana
fourth. Missouri fifth and South Caro-
lima sixth.
The regular meeting of the Belleau
Wood Post, No. 3, the American
Legion, was held November 81 at the
home of Ethel Fleming. 1922 O street.
Ann Sheldon and Carrie Linkins.
who represented the post in Paris and
placed a wreath in Belleau Wood
Cemetery. were the speakers of the
evening. They gave sketches of the
cities and beauty spots which they
visited While on their tour after the
convention.
The post completed arrangements
to send Christmas boxes to the COM
rades who are in hospitals and to fill
bags for the children of the Central
Union Mission.
Ethel Baer was appointed chairman
of the membership committee and
Margaret Shaughnessy was appointed
chairman of the welfare committee.
Marie Covert Anders, who was in
Washington visiting her mother. en-
tertained the members of the post and
other friends November 10.
Comdr. Emily ]. Carey and officers
attended the installation of the officers
OF the Jane A. Delano Post, No. G,
December /.
An attempt will be made by the
American Legion at the Forthcoming
session of Congress to obtain an
amendment to the World War vet.
erans act which will force the United
States Veterans Bureau to furnish
hospital treatment to all World War
veterans requiring disqualification, re-
gardless of the origin of their diseases
or disabilities, according to Watson B.
Miller, chairman of the Legion's ma
tional rehabilitation committee
Mr.. Miller intimated that the Legion
would receive the active support OF
Gen. Frank T. Hines. director of the
bureau, in this effort to further lib
eralize the law in the matter of free
governmental hospital treatment for
honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors.
At the present time the law permits
the bureau. in it's discretion, to furnish
this free hospital treatment if beds
are available in Government institu.
tions.
The bureau has now reached a point
where this free disqualification must
be curtailed. or it will be necessary
to Immediately construct or acquire
additional hospitals to take care o.
these so-called non-service-connected
cases."
According the Mr.. Miller, the
Legion's attempt to seek a further
liberalization of the law in this respect
will bring out the attitude of Congress
on the subject of general free hospital
treatment for veterans. In other
words. Congress will reveal whether II
is willing to provide the additional ia.
cilities necessary to make actually eff.
fective the authority it has already
given the Veterans Bureau in the
disqualification of non-service-connect
ed cases
From nearly every section of the
United States. veteran groups and or
ganizations are said to be pleading for
more hospital facilities to take care Of
the constantly increasing number of
mentally i'll World War veterans
whose disabilities are just now show
ing up.
Many instances have been reported
to the Legion's national rehabilitation
committee where it was necessary to
confine mentally disturbed veterans in
city and county jails because neither
the government nor the State had