Evening star., 1927-10-09
American Legion.

United States, will address Lincoln
Post. No. II, American Legion, at its
first Winter meeting at Pythian Tenn
pie, 1912 Ninth street. tomorrow eve
ming. October 10.
Lincoln Post has not met during the
Summer months and the business OF
the meeting will be to outline plans
for the Winter. In the probable alb
sence of Comdr. Robert M. Tolson
Senior Vice Comdr Kilgour will pre-
side.
The entertainment committee has
arranged a special program.
Members of the District of Column
bia department of the American
Legion, who went to Paris to attend
the annual national convention, are
returning home and soon the various
local posts will be getting their Fall
and Winter schedule Of activities in
order.
Those who have returned from
France are praising the convention
lover there" and bring reports that
a plan proposed by Gen. Pershing that
the national convention be held in
Paris every 10 years met with ap-
proval of many. The returning of Lee
gionnaires report there was ample evi-
dence in the closing days of the fes-
tivities in Paris that the sentiment
of the French and American nations
had increased considerably as result
of the overseas visit.
The convention was held In the
Trocadero Palace. In the closing
hours pandemonium reigned when OFF,
GERS were elected for the ensuing year.
This over, the Legionnaires took ad-
vantage of the remaining time in
Paris and went on sightseeing trips
Throughout the week of the conven-
ton visits were made to the various
battlefields and to cemeteries, where
American troops are buried. In order
to facilitate the movement of the
visitors to the various battlefields the
trips were divided into sectors. They
included visits to the area between
Amiens, ST. Quentin and Cambria with
the American cemetery at Bony.
Points of interest visited included the
st. Quentin tunnel, parts of the old
Hindenburg line, the cathedral at Al
bert and British battlefields along the
Somme River Another sector was
from the two centers Of Ypres and
Audenarde, taking in the Flanders
Field Cemetery, the Messine Ridge,
the Cloth Hall and the cathedral at
Ypres and British and American bat
.tlefields in this district.
Many of the District Legionnaires
visited one of the most bitterly con-
tested territories of the World War,
between the cities Of Chateau Thierry.
scissors and Reims, the scene of the
first and second battles of the Marine,
the old Hindenburg line along the
Chemin des Danes and the final Ger
man retreat during the Summer of
1918. The points of interest included
the town of Chateau Thierry, Belleau
Wood Cemetery. the grave of Quentin
Roosevelt, city of scissors, Reims,
with its magnificent cathedral: Fismes
and the various battlefieldS of Ameri-
can units engaged.
Another interesting sector trav-
ersed was that from the Aisne River
on the west to Verdun on the east, in.
cluding the Argonne forest, the scene
lf the great American drive during
ehe Fall Of 1918. Much interest was
displayed in the various forts which
defended the city of Verdun. the cita-
del in the city of Verdun and the bat
tleflelds in the neighborhood of Mont.
faucon and Madelaine Fiarm, Romagne
Cemetery, where $4,000 Americans lie
buried, and the scene of the action of
the famous Lost Battalion.
The sector extending from Verdun
to 'Pont-a-Mousson, including the forts
around Verdun, the battle lines be-
tween Verdun and st. Mihiel and the
points of interest involved in the fiat.
tening out of the st. Mihiel salient, as
well as the American cemetery at
Thiacourt, were not overlooked by the
District Legionnaires. During the
time that members Of the District
delegation were not visiting the bat
tlefields or cemeteries they engaged
in shopping and taking in the sights
about the big city.
There were $4,000, in the annual
parade. The Department of the Dis
trict of Columbia. under command of
Department Comdr. J. Miller Kenyon,
made one Of the largest showings in
years. In addition to the department
colors being in line, the following post
colors were represented: George WASH
ington, U. s. s. Jacob Jones. Jane A.
Delano, Stuart Walcott, Sergeant Jas
per. National Press Club and James
e. Walker. Each Of these posts will
be awarded a silver band for its
Flagstaff. George Washington Post
continues to hold a 100 per cent rec.
ord for attendance at national con-
ventions and will be awarded its ninth
silver band on return to the National
Capital. The colors have been pre-
sented at every national convention in
the history of the American Legion.
The convention Of the American
Legion Auxiliary was held stimuli
taneously in Paris at the Continental
Hotel. The new president for the next
year is Mrs. Irene Mcintyre Wal
bridge Of Peterboro, N. II. The fol-
lowing are vice presidents: Eastern
division, Mrs. w. H. Speakman of
Delaware; Southern division, Mrs. w.
H. Townes of Virginia; Western divi-
sion, Mrs. Belle Simpson Of Alaska,
nd nnfA 5;x,;r;@ ~
w. King Of Wyoming.
John Thomas Taylor of George
Washington Post, vice chairman of
the national legislative committee,
and Watson B. Miller, chairman of
the national rehabilitation committee.
acted as assistant secretaries of the
convention while in session.
Miss Marjorie Woodzell, a delegate
from the District, visited London and
placed wreath on the monument Of
Edith Cavell. the English nurse.
Congress will be asked to declare
November II, Armistice day, ma.
tional holiday at the coming session.
The convention went on record 9
favoring the organization Of medical
corps in the United States Veterans
Bureau at Washington.
Undue economy in the United
States Veterans Bureau was pro.
tested In resolution adopted prior
to adjournment.
The Trocadero meet program of
the American Legion Turf Club. held
at Pennland Park. showed that How.
ara 5. FISK, who was the owner of
Bodyguard, with Miss Bulamae Symp.
son as jockey, won second honors in
the Orange Blossom Sweepstakes of
furlongs in the first race. and
Watson B: Miller, owner of Andrew
Mellon: with Miss Anna Spitzer as
TOURS.