Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
American Legion.

Special Memorial day services
were held by the Sergeant Jasper
Post. No. IS, the American Legion,
last Sunday in Prospect Hill Gene
terry. The services were under the
direction of Senior Vice Commander
John J. Orlosky. acting commander OF
the post. Members participating were:
J. Thad Baker Russell w. Clarkson,
Lawrence b. Dunn and Thomas j.
Frailey. Taps by Laurence 3. Dunn
concluded the services.
Under the direction of Capt. Thomas
J FraiTey, chairman Of the depart
ment Memorial Day COMMITTEES, serV-
ices were also held at the grave of
Fred NJ Nestler, III Glenwood Gene
terry. at the special request of the
memorial committee of the Maiden
Post. No. 60, the American Legion,
Maiden. Mass. This grave was also
decora ted by special floral pieces and
flags forwarded by the Maiden Post.
4 large number of the members
participated in the annual Memorial
Day exercises held in Arlington Ma
tjonal Cemetery Monday under the
direction of the Grand Army Of the
Republic. Past Commander J. Thad
Baker served as vice chairman Of the
American Legion committee.
A movement to send the drum corps
Of the Vincent Costello Post of the
American Legion of this city, of which
William Mitchell, former brigadier
general and chief of the Air. Service
of the Army, is commander, to Paris
was stimulated by the announcement
that the post had won first place in
the annual apple blossom parade at
Winchester. Va. Former Sergt.
Harry Loveless Captained the drum
corps in the parade. The corps won
first prize at the Omaha National
Convention of the Legion in 1925.
"It was the unanimous opinion of
the three judges, Dwight +. Davis,
Secretary of War, Henry NJ. Taylor,
department commander of Virginia,
and myself, that the Vincent
Costello Post made the best
appearance in the apple blossom pa
rade," Edward G. Goss, Winches-
ter, Va. chairman of the committee
of judges. informed Post Commander
Mitchell First prize of $50 went to
the Costello Post The crack drum
corps Of the Costello Post is composed
OF about So Lesionnaires.
Victory Post No. +, was commended
by the District Department on its
Memorial day activities. Post Com
mander Chas. II. Knight. Eice-Com-
rlander George B. Clark, Raymond O.
Davey. Eugene L. Callaghan, c. L.
Lanahan. Edward Minter, Glenn West
ern. Tony Russo and Harry Brown
placed q poppy and a flag at each
memorial marker on Sixteenth street
May IS. Vice Commander George
Clark has submitted to the post a
full report on the condition of these
markers, some of which are broken
and others covered over.
The Post Drum Corps last Sunday
dropped an anchor of peoples in the |
Potomac at Hams Point for the Navy |
dead of all wars. Post Chaplain Ken |
meth Buker said prayer and Sergt. |
Bugier John Kelly blew taps. Amer |
lean Legion wreaths were placed on |
the graves of Fighting Bob Evans. |
Lieut.. Stephan 2. McGroarty and |
Private John O'Connell in Arlington |
Cemetery
The Post Drum Corps paraded in |
Washington Memorial day morning |
and Immediately left by bus to Hy- |
attsvIlie Armory, from which point |
1T headed parade to the Memo. |
Cross at Bladensburg where serv- |
ices were held for the war dead. |
Sergt. John Kelly sounded taps
Drum Sergt. Raymond c. Davey |
is making arrangements to partici-
pate in the welcome ceremonies to |
Capt. Lindbergh June IL.
Earth from the graves of the
World War dead buried in the United |
States will be carried to France by
veterans returning for the conven-
ton OF the American Legion in Paris |
IN september and will be scattered |
over the graves of American dead |
there, 1t was announced at national |
headquarters of the Legion of Hon. |
ard p. Savage, national commander. |
The ceremony conducted by local |
posts of the Legion took earth |
Tor this purpose from graves in |
their communities on Memorial day.
The scattering of American soil |
on the graves of 10000 who lie in |
france will emphasize the essential |
Sacredness Of our pilgrimage to
France Commander Savage said
we believe that our dead, whether
they lie at home, under the sea or
III distant countries, are joined in
spirit, and the mingling of the soil of
theIr graves will be symbolic of this
union. l hope every post of the LIE.
glon Will take part in this observance. /"
The box of earth will be intrusted
to member of the post who is going
TO France. He with other members
ofthe posts making the pilgrimage.
VIII carry the box to one of the Ameri.
can cemeteries in France and deposit
the soil on American graves.
In the case of posts which are named
Tor men who lost their lives in the
war and who still are buried overseas.
the earth will be placed on the graves
OF these men. Other posts will in
most instances seek the graves of
men from their communities and scat.
ter the soil in these spots.
The next meeting of the executive
committee of the u. S. S. Jacob Jones
Post, No. 2. American Legion, will
ne held at the home of the Junior vice
commander. Jane Breen, IA f street
southeast, Thursday evening.
All members desiring to participate
In Flag day exercises, which include
pageant picturing the history of
our flag, will assemble at the east
front Of the Capitol June 10 at 7:30
pm. Tor rehearsal. In the event of
1hclement weather, rehearsal will be
Aeld at 7:30 pm. June IL.
sailing arrangements for the ma.
uohal champion American Legion
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