Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
American War Veterans Club.


One OF the features Of the annual
automobile outing to Orkney SPRINGS
Va, on JtIne "a, % and rs, will be the
military ball scheduled to be held IN
the ballroom of the Orkney Springs
Hotels SATURDAY night at g.. o'clock.
ELABORATE preparations are being
made for the affair by the American
War Veterans Club
The long line of motor cars comprls'
ing the caravan will leave TINS city
June "a at 1880 o'clock from -FOUR
teenth and Z streets, piloted by MAJ
Thomas T.. Fawcett. The distance
from the National Capital is approx
mately IFS miles over good roads.
The route will be out Pennsylvania
avenue crossing the new Key BrldSe
and. heading over the Lee highway,
passing through Falls Church, Fair-
fax Court House, MiddleDury' Aldle,
ITnueryiIle to Winchester. From this
point the Shenandoah Valley pike VIII
be followed through Strasburg, WOOD
stock and Mount Jackson to Orkney
Springs. The members of the CLUB
and their guests are expected to ar
rive in time for supper Friday eve
ming.
During the stay at orkney Springs
the members of the party will ENJOY
golf tennis, quoitS, croquet, horse
back riding, swimming, hiking, base
hall, bowling and side motor trips.
The club has arranged for the pres
entation of an American flag to the
hotel which will be hoisted TO the
top of the tall flagstaff at the main
entrance with appropriate cere-
monies. Judge Robert +. MattinGly
will preside at the ceremony and will
deliver an Grafton on this occasion.
Isaac Cans, a member of the Board of
Education and past president OF the
Washington Chamber of Commerce.
will represent the latter organization
on the outing. Maj. Roy Z. Hughes,
vice president of the club, is chair
man of the reception committee for
distinguished guests. Maj. Hughes
has recently been admitted to practice
before the United States Supreme
Court. in addition to the District bar.
Mai Wallace Streater will present the
special guests on their arrival at
Orkney Springs.
Adjt. Gen. w. w. Sale will repre-
sent Gov. Harry Flood Byrd of Vir-
ginia at the military ball and recep-
ton Saturday night. Representative
G. Pp Harrison of the seventh district
of Virginia will be a special guest
also on this occasion. The club will
have as its guests disabled veterans
from the various hospitals in this city.
A number of members of the Ad Club
of Washington will be in the party,
as will also members of the Eight
and Forty organization and Forty and
Eight outfit. B. p. o. E. Lodge, No.
10, of the District has been invited
to join the veterans with their fam
flies. A number of members of the
ElkS are included in the ranks of the
American War Veterans Club. Lieut..
Comdr George B. Tribe and Lieut..
Col. Dunlop p. Penhallow, medical Off
GERS of the club. will look after the
physical welfare of those participating
in the outing.
After breakfast Sunday many in the
party will visit the Shenandoah Cav
erns, a short distance from Orkney
Springs. The return trip will be
home at dusk. A large motor bus has
been provided for those without
transportation. Veterans and their
families desiring to participate in the
outing are requested to secure infor-
nation at the headquarters of the
club, 81 Metropolitan Bank Building.
The committee in charge of the
outing is composed of Lieut. Charles
Riemer, Maj. Roy E. Hughes. William
Homer Carroll, Lieut.. Howard S.
Fisk. Madison L. Hills Maj. Wallace
Streaters, Lieut.. Floyd Gu Caskey
and Mai. TssE. Fawcett.s W.
>.Americail Legion. a
The gSOth ANNIVERSARY of the birth
of the ASHericai1 fay be observed
by American EegionS posts throughout
the country on Flag day, June IA, ac-
cording to announcement of Howard
p. Savage. national commander.
The observances will commemorate
the passage by Congress on June IA,
1777. of the resolution which establish
ed the design of the American flag.
More than 5000. 900 Memorial day
peoples were sold in the United States
this year, according to estimates from
reports received at national headquarsS
tiers of the American Legion Auxil-
larry. This figure greatly exceeds the
number sold in any previous year,
records of the Legion auxiliary, which
is in charge of the poppy sale. show.
The average price received for the
peoples was estimated to be IS cents,
making a total of 81 ,280, 900 dropped
into the boxes carried by the auxiliary
women who sold peoples on the
streets throughout the country. The
bulk of this money will go into the
treasures of the 5000 local auxiliary
units. to be used by them in giving
relief to needy World War veterans,
their families and to the widows and
orphans of veterans. In some States
percentage of the money from the
poppy sale goes into a State relief
fund.
Approximately 5000, 900 of the pop
pies sold this year were made in Gov
eminent hospitals and auxiliary work.
shops by disabled veterans. The men
were paid one cent apiece for the pop.
pies they made, their earnings total
ing about 100000.
AS the result of the discovery by
members OF George Washington Post,
No. /, the American Legion, while
placing peoples on the graves of vet.
Grams in Rock Creek Cemetery for
Memorial day ceremonies, of a number
of unmarked graves of veterans of the
War Of 1872 and the Civil War, efforts
will be made to make a chart of the
cemetery showing where every vet.
eran is buried.
This action was decided on at a
meeting of the post last Tuesday night
at the clubhouse, 1929 l street, when
a report of the Memorial day commit
tee was submitted to the post. 1t was
pointed out that approximately 20
graves of veterans were found in Vari.
Gus parts of the cemetery and were
decorated with flags and peoples by
members of the committee entrusted
with that duty. Post Comdr. Gilbert
T. Rude appointed a committee, conn
posed of j. r. Brooke, chairman; Vice
Comdr. Bernard c. MCGEE, Past