Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-04
PLANE IS RUSHING
ID DIVISION FLAG
CoIors to Be Presented at
Reunion Dinner Tonight
at Willard.

Colors of the I'd Division are being
rushed to Washington by airplane
from Fort Sam Houston, Tex, for
presentation at the reunion dinner to-
night in the Willard Hotel.
Forced to make a landing in the
mud at Sullivan, Capt. Charles Hirsh-
fielder, the pilot, was unable to ex-
tricate the plane and was compelled
to secure another before continuing
the flight to Washington. This caused
a delay in the plans, Col. Hanford
Mac Nider, Assistant Secretary OF War,
told the veterans at their meeting this
morning, so the colors will not be
here in time for the exercises at the
White House later in the day.
Accept Graves Custody.
Veterans of the Second Division AS
ISOLATION today accepted from Mrs.
James Carroll Frazier, president of the
Belleau Woods Memorial Associa ton,
custody of Belleau Woods Cemetery
and Park in the Chateau Thierry sec
tor in France. Maj. Gen. James g..
Harbord who commanded the fourth
brigade of Marines who took Belleau
Woods, decorated Mrs. Frazier with
the insignia of the division. and she
was made an honorary member Of 1t.
at the dedication of the Belleau Woods
Memorial. also was made an honorary
member today.
Gen. Hartford. Col MacNider and
others told of the work that is being
done to erect suitable memorial to
the more than 5000 men of the divi
sion killed in action. A check for
$4,000 was presented by Brig. Gen.
Paul Malone, being the proceeds from
the premier showing of Wings" the
motion picture in which the I'd Divi-
sion at Fort Sam Houston re-enacted
its part in the battle Of st. Mihiel.
Reelected by AcclamatiOn.
Col. MacNider was reelected presi-
dent of the Second Division Associa-
ton by reclamation. Other officers
elected were Maj. Gen. Preston Brown
commander of the First Corps area
vice president, and Capt. Charles o.
Mattfeldt. secretary.
After the meeting the men left the
Willard Hotel, to march behind a
color guard past the White House to
the monument of the LIST Division
where a wreath was placed as a token
of the high regard between the two
divisions. In announcing that the 1st
Division had contributed toward the
memorial fund of the End, Col Mac.
Nider declared this was one Of the
finest tributes ever paid the men Of
his division.
MacNider Host at Supper
Col. MacNider was host to nearly
] 900 of the veterans last night at his
home, 2148 Wyoming avenue, and
after the buffet supper and reception
the men gathered on the lawn and in
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Army Band and serenaded their host
Returning to their hotels. they held
informal group meetings, and the SIS
Company. 9Th Machine Gun Battalion,
attended dinner in the Raleigh, at
which Mai Gen. John A. Leieune was
guest of honor Meetings at the vii.
lard were held by the Sd Infantry
Brigade and 5th Machine Gun Bat
TALON, at the Washington by the I'd
Field Artillery Brigade, all trains and
quartermaSter units, division. head
quarters, 4th Machine Gun Battalion,
I'd Engineers, and at the Raleigh the
men of the 4th Marine Brigade and
9Th Machine Gun Battalion assembled.
Gen. Lejeune addressed the Raleigh
meeting, and Maj. Gen. w. G. Neville,
who has just taken command at Guam.
| tico, Va, suggested that each COM
| pany should organize an independent
| association.
Brig. Gen. Paul r. Malone, Mai.
F. l.. Whitley and Col c. f.. kilbOurne
| addressed the meetings at the Willard,
and Brig. Gen. Albert j. Bowley spoke
to the Artillerymen.
This afternoon the men will take a
sail down the Potomac River on the
United States Army boat Gen. y. II.
Rucker and the United States Navy
boat Porpoise, leaving the Washington
Barracks at 1880 o'clock this after
noon. There will be special enter.
tainment for both parties.
| The annual banquet of the associa-
ton will be held tonight at o'clock
at the Willard Hotel, bringing the re-
union to a close.
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