Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04

seven days the majority OF these PHI
grims to France will leave the Capital
| for Europe.
Washington will loom large in the
American Legion movement this next
week, for Friday morning, September
9. at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
at Arlington wreath placing will
take place that will have it's counter
part in Paris.
This ceremony at Arlington Friday
morning will signaliZe the departure
of the Legions pilgrimage to France.
| National Commander Savage will place
| upon the tomb of America s unknown
| hero one-half of beautiful wreath.
| In Paris upon the shrine dedicated to
| the Unknown Soldier of France he
| will place the other half.
National Commander Invited.
Every Washington Legionnaire has
been requested to attend the cere
mony at Arlington at 9 o'clock Friday
morning next. The arrangements
| have been made by committee
| headed by Department Commander j
| Miller Kenyon of the District of Co
lumbia Department, Past Department
| Commander Paul J. McGahan and De
| partment Adiutant II. Edmund Bulls.
National Commander Savage will
| arrive here Friday morning. Mrs
| Adalin W. Macauley. national presi
| dent of the American Legion AuXili
airy, with Austin s. Imirie. grand chef
| de care passe of the Forty and Eight
| for the District of Columbia, have ar
ranged for the handling of the wreath
the peoples for which were made by
disabled American veterans.
| Gen. John J. Peshing, honorary
| commander of the American Legion
| the French Ambassador and other
| high officials will participate in the
| ceremony. Immediately following it
National Commander Savage and his
| party will proceed to New York City
| where that night on the Levia than
the United States Lines will tender
the distinguished party going te
| France on the flagship banquet.
The principal movement from
| Washington for the Paris convention
| will take place September and 9
when the steamship Pennland will
SAIL A number of the Washingtonian
will board the vessel at New York
| September s, but many will not go or
board until they depart from Newport
| News, the next day.
Four Conventions.
The Pennland will sail for Antwerp
and the Washingtonians will travel by
| train from that point to Paris, arriv
ing there the day before the conven
| ton opens. The majority will return
| on the Pennland when she sails from
| Antwerp on September "a. National
| Vice Commander J. G. Sims, widely
known in Washington, will be In
charge of this vessel
In reality ar paris fbnro will he Four
| conventions at which the District OF
Columbia will be represented. These
will be the national conventions of the
American Legion and the American
Legion Auxiliary, the Promenade Ma
tional of La Societe National Des 40
Hommes ct 8 Chevaux, and the Ma
tional Salon of La Societe National
des 8 Femmes eft 40 Chapeaux.
Department Comdr. j. Miller Ken
yon will head the delegation represent
ing the District Legion, which will
have Is official representatives in the
national convention and votes. To
gether with Past Department Comdr
Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries. Nationa
Executive Committeeman Paul ]. Nc
Gahan and Alternate National Execu
tive Committeeman William Woli
Smith, he will sail on the Leviathan
Following the Paris convention
there will be an official tour by a
party of $50 Legionnaires from all
parts of the country, headed by Ma
| tional Comdr. Savage, which will visit
countries in II days. The District
| of Columbia members of this party
will be National Committeeman Pau
j. McGahan and Past Senior Vice De
partment Comdr. Thomas j. Frailey
Many of the District posts of the
! American Legion have arranged tt
send their post flags to the Paris con
vention, and each of the delegates and
| alternates to each of the conventions
representing the District, will have
convention committee assignments.
Booking Officer Reports.
| During the absence in Europe O.
| Department Comdr. Kenyon the senior
vice department commander, J. ThaC
Baker, will be in charge of local lie
| glon activities. The department adju
tant, IL. Edmund Bulls, has jus
| opened up the new local permanent
headquarters at 923 Fifteenth stree
northwest, where hereafter the worl
of the District department will be
conducted. A final meeting of tn.
department executive committee prioi
to the Paris gathering Will be hello
on Wednesday afternoon at 4:4s
| o'clock, in the board room of the Dis
trict National Bank.
Joseph ]. Idler the department
France convention officer, who fol-
| over a year has been in charge O
bookings for the Paris meeting, ha
informed Department Comdr Kenyon
that not less than 1872 and probably il
| excess OF 200 Westinghouse will
have sailed for France under Legion
auspices following the departure o
the Pennland and the Leviathan.
This is 100 per cent increase owe
the original quota assigned to the de
partment by the national headuuar
ters of the Legion more than tw,
years ago, and places the District Gle
partment in the exclusive list of /
departments that exceeded thei
quotas.
Watson B. Miller, past department
commander and chairman of the ma
tional rehabilitation committee, Is nov
in Europe concluding a survey o
methods employed by the various for
eign governments in dealing with tn
rehabilitation problems of their vet
Grams. He is being joined by hi
mother, Mrs. David Bahan Miller, an,
by the secretary of his committee an,
Mrs. Carl Brown, the former bein,
commander of the Sergeant Jaspe
Post
John Thomas Taylor, chairman o
he national legislative committee, an,
Edward McE. Lewis, secretary of tina
committee, accompanied by thei
wives, are already in France on LIE
gion business. Col. William Mitchell
former assistant chief of the Arm
Air Service, and Mrs. Mitchell are ais
| abroad, Col Mitchell who ia mas
commander of the Vincent b. Costell
Post, Is secretary of the Legion con
mittee on national defense and wi
bring in a report to the convention
Jack s. Connolly of the National Pres
Club Post has been established Il
Paris for some time, and Richar
Seelye Jones. who will aid in gettin
out the convention editions of Star
and Etrioes acromnapied nv Mrs