Evening star., 1927-05-22
American Legion.

The members of George Washington
Post, No. /, the American Legion. vii
meet at Rock Creek Cemetery mex
Saturday and place poppieS and flag
on the graves of. all veterans. in con
nection with the memorial program oi
the local department. On May ~
the members of the post Will partlcl
pate in the parade, starting from the
District Building and proceeding tt
Arlington Cemetery will attend the
memorial exercises in the World War
section and ut noon in the ampm
theater Lieut.. Col. Thomas j. DICK
son. u. S. A., retired, senior chapialn
of the 1st Division. A. Il. F.. VIII de
liver the principal address, on
"NIcmage Of Appreciation.
Members of the post are requested
IN assemble May % at > O'Clock. at
Che entrance OF the National Cathedral
grounds, and JOIN the delegation of
.exionnaires headed by Deputy Com
nander Amos A. Fries and his staff. 10
attend brief services at the TOMB III
the late President Woodrow Wilson,
commander.in-chief of the military
forces during the World War, AT .
o'clock. a wreath will he placed at
the tomb in Bethlehem Chapel by the
department commander.
At the meeting of the post last
Tuesday night at the clubhouse, 1917
/ street, capt Perry Wright Foote,
L. $. n. was elected member. Capt
I'oote has a distinguished naval ca
reer. having served in many cam
paigns. He graduated from the NaVai
Academy on June 6, 1901, and was IN
command of the L. 5. :. President
Lincoln when it was torpedoed and
sunk at sea by German submarine
90, on May 81. 1918. Later he served
as aide to Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels. He has been
awarded the Campaign Medal. Spanish
American War, with bronze star; OIL
Ger of the Crown of Belgium and Dis,
tinguished Service Medal. United
states Navy, for distinguished con-
duct in battle with the enemy in the
World War At the present time he
is attached to the u. $. 5. Affair.
The post also elected his brother.
Iieut. Comdr Grid c. Foote. who
served in the Medical Corps. United
States Navy. at Base Hospital No. l,
at Brest. France. throughout the
World War.
Vice. Commander Henry W. Long
fellow. manager of the clubhouse and
for some time past personnel officer
of the United States Veterans Bureau.
left last week 10 assume his new posi-
ton as chief of the regional office at
Milwaukee, Wis.
Units of the American Legion
Auxiliary throughout the country are
making final arrangements for the
annual sale of poppies, which will I've
held in most places on May IS, the
Saturday before Memorial Day. Re
ports to national headquarters Of the
auxiliary here indicate that more pop.
pies will be on sale this year than last
year. when more than 1000. 600 OF the
memorial flowers were sold.
Thousands of women will take part
In the poppy sale. Members OF many
other organizations, including women's
clubs, college sororities, high school
groups. Junior Leagues, lodge auXili
aries and church groups, Will aid the
auxiliary women.
Disabled veterans in hospitals and
workshops have been
busy for months making the little red
paper flowers under the direction of
the auxiliary, being paid at the rate
Of cent each. The work has en-
abied many of the disabled men to
support themselves and families dur
ing the Winter months. Last year
a total of S51 .000 was earned by the
veterans making poppies and this
amount will be exceeded this year. it
Is indicated.
The money raised by the sale of the
eoppies is used by the auxiliary in
relief work among disabled veterans
md the families of dead and disa bled
men Last year the amount raised
was estimated TO total more than a
half million dollars. and it was ex-
pected that an even larger sum would
be realized this year. The larger part
Of the money is retained by the local
auxiliary units to be used in relief
zerk in the communities in which |
they are located.
The principal speaker at the meet |
Ing of the Sergt. Jasper Post, No. IS, |