Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
laying of the corner stone of a great
memorial at Chateau Thierry.

IaVlnE OF In6 corner SlOUD O1 d ~ cd
memorial at Chateau Thierry.
Impressive ceremonies at the grave
of the American Unknown Soldier
will be held Immediately prior to the
sailing on September 10 of the steam
ship Leviathan, flagship Of the Ameri'
can Legion overseas fleet. Howard T.
Savage, national commander of the
Legion, will signalize the departure
of the veterans on the overseas pill
grimage by laying wreath on the
Tomb of the American Unknown Sol
der In Arlington Cemetery. This cere
mony will take place at 10 am. Sep
TENDER 9.
Conndr. Savage will be accompanied
to the Unknown Soldiers grave by
Gen. John J. Pershing. commander of
the A. f. +. and honorary national
commando of the Legion, and also by
a representative of the French EN-
bassy, After the last official act In
this country, the placing of the wreath
on the grave, National Comdr. Savage
and Gen. Pershing will sail for France
next day.
The wreath Is now being made by
the disabled veterans of Los Angeles.
Calf, and will be fashioned in two
parts SO that 1t will evenly divide.
The one part will be placed on the
American Unknown Soldiers IomD
and the other half will be carried to
France. There, September Is. the first
official act of National Comdr. Savage
and Gen. Pershing upon arriving In
France will be to place the other half
Of the wreath on the tomb or the
French Unknown Soldier. High ofn-
cials If the French government Will
participate.
The executive committee meeting OF
the Z. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, Amer.
can Legion, was held at the nome OF
past Commander Lois McRae. RIVER
dale last Thursday evening. The next
regular monthly meeting will be neiu
eft the Thomas Circle Cluo' 1oIo
Massachusetts avenue, tomorrow eve
ming at 8 o'clock.
Costello Post met last Tuesday eve
ring in the board room of the Dlstrlct
RuiIding. In the absence of Comdr.
Mitchell. Senior Vice Comdr. henry
w lett presided. Senior Department
vice Comdr. J. Thad Baker was pres.
emit To officiate at the installation OF
the new officers. After opening the
yneating Vice Comdr. Jet turned the
eavel over to Department Vice Comor'
Raker. who proceeded with the lnstal-
Iation. r,oe,
Mason. ir, announced the following
,nnointments: Adjutant, Martin Goerl'
assistant adjutant, Edward f. NC
Cabe: finance officer, John II. O,Con'
nell: Judge advocate, Daniel j. Dono'
van Comdr. Mason also appointed
the following committees: welfare
Harry j. Photis, Curtis A. Jackson,
Henry Loveless; membership, Charles
n. Hess, Edward F. Sullivan, Thomas
costello. Glenn King, Carl Walzl ana
simon Oishefsky; resolutions, JACOB n.
Halper. Thomas D. Walsh, Henry NJ.
lett. l., F. Dorsey and j. II. Bean;
entertainment, kin" Carroll, John Z.
Chevalier, Rev. Francis j. Hurney,
Thomas J. Murray and Charles Punk.
EFT: publicity. Martin Goerl, Edward
r. Pollard, Daniel S. Ring; auditing,
Richard J. O'Brien, Miles w. Bee
Edward +. McCabe; clubhouse, l.. T.
Atkins, Jacob n. Halper, Thomas ID.
Walsh, Richard ]. OBrien and Curtis
A. JaCkson: athletics, "Hein1e' MIL
Ter. Frank T. Sullivan and Robert =.
Morriss.
Past COmQr. CnarieS Il. hoHeH wa"
Dresent to discuss his resignation from
the post, which he had recently hand
ed to the adjutant. Past Comdr.
Kohen declared that when the post
took action voicing it's disapproval of
the form of the proposed Doric Me-
mortal the reaction was that citizens
who had heretofore been assisting him
in his welfare work refused to con-
tinue their support. He then voiced
his own denunciation of the posts ac-
ton on the memorial and insisted
that his resignation be accepted. The
post voted to accept his resignation
with regret.
1t was decided that the most equita'
BILE way Of distributing the captured
German war material now in custody
.of the post would be to appoint com.
mittee for that purpose. Comdr. Ma.
son appointed the following on COM
mittee to act: L. e. Atkins, Daniel j..
Donovan, J. II. Bean, Henry w. Jett.
Edward F. Sullivan.
American War Veterans Club.
The American War Veterans Club
will endeavor to defray the expenses
Of two or more deserving World War
veterans to the American Legion con-
vention to be held in Paris. France,