Evening star., 1928-10-28
Veterans of Great War

/ Idler Edward, Vincent Orlando, Johr
Butler Snyder and the following past
commanders Of Victory Post: Madison
Hill, Max Levy, Raymond Burke, John
Shultz, Charles Knight and Albertus
Schroeder.
George Phillips of the Disabled Vet
Grams made an appeal for support in the
forget-me-not drive. Lieut.. Charles
Reimer furnished slides for the old
time war songs and led the Navy string
orchestra.
The committee on arrangements was:
Joseph Workman, chairman: James
Brown. John Shepherd, Preston VIII
liams and Raymond A. Burke.
A buffet supper was served. Pre-
ceding the meeting the membership OF
George Washington Post and Victory
Post, led by Victory Posts Drum Corps
paraded from Thirteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue to the Woodmen's
Hall.
Plans are being made for the par
ticipation of Victory Post, led by its
drum corps. for ArmiStice day. Novem-
ber IL, at Arlington. .
The next meeting of the post will be
held November 13 in the Woodmen's
Hall. 935 Grant place.
Victory Post Drum Corps aided by
Mrs. T. v. Walker and the Auxiliary
Unit, will give a progressive flve hum
dred card party at the Northeast Ma
sonic Temple, Eighth and F streets
northeast, November g. Past Comdr.
Charles knight is making the arrange
ments.
Thomas Topkirs Post of the Ameri-
can Legion, Wichita, Kans., won first
honors in the national competition of
Legion bands at the Legion's tenth
national convention. The Harvey w.
carried away first prize In the national
drum and bugle corps contests.
A total of $4,000 was distributed to
the winners in cash prizes. First prizes
of $1,000 each were awarded to the
winning drum and bugle corps and the
winning band. Second prize in each
of the contests was $3.50: third prize,
$500, and fourth prize, $3.50.
The Wisconsin department won first
honors in both the rifle and pistol
craftsmanship contests In connection
with the convention. The Milton J..
Foreman trophy was awarded to Wis
consin for winning first place in the
rife match Travis Post No. 76, Austin,
Tex, won second place. Charles A,
La Koska. Wisconsin, won first place
in the rife individual matches; Leo
Vesser. Wisconsin, second place, and
Jesse Raven, Austin, Tex, third place.
In the pistol matches Wiscon-
ond. In the individual pistol match,
Vesser of Wisconsin was first; H. E.
Wieckert, Wisconsin, second, and La
Koska, third. The male quartet of the
Illinois department, composed Of A. e.
Price, H. H. Blocker, r. G. Osborne and
S. B. Kramer, won first place. Winners
in the auxiliary drill team contest were:
First, Davenport, Iowa; second, Fort
Dodge, Iowa, and third, Toledo, Ohio.
u. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, will
have a Halloween party october 81 at
the Thomas Circle Club. The post will
have a card party the evening of
November 16 at the Chestnut Farms
Dairy Auditorium.
The post members are requested not
to forget the Braille work on the first
and third Tuesdays Of the month.
There will be an important meeting
of the Belleau Wood Post, No. 8, the
American Legion this afternoon at
o'clock, at the home of Gertrude T,
Lowen, the Mullen Apartments, 329
Rhode Island avenue northeast. The
members of the post are requested to
attend as Condr Emily J. Carey, who
attended the American Legion conven-
ton in San Antonio, Tex, as delegate
from the Department of the District of
Columbia. will report on the proceed
ings of the convention and other mat
ters Of interest to the comrades.
Margaret c. ShaughncsSy. senior vice
commander of the post, has been
appointed by the commander to repre-
sent the post on the department execu-
tive committee for the ensuing year.
At the next regular meeting of Sergt
Jasper, Post, No. 13. the American
Legion. November Z, the following newly
elected applicants for membership will
be initiated: Frank E. Conner, Herbert
P. Haley and Samuel B. Hubbard.
Comdr. OrloSky has been named to
install the recently elected officers Of
the Auxiliary Unit of the post, to be
held at the Y w. G. A.
The post has subscribed for a box
at the Joint ball of the American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars, to be
held November 10 at the Willard Hotel.
Disabled American Veterans.
The Presidents Commission in Mill
tary Preference will reconvene here
November 13, with the hope Of reach
ing an early decision on the recon-
mendations that should be made to the
coming session of Congress to increase
the percentage of manned World War
men in Government employment.
The date of the next meeting was
decided upon last week at a conference
OF Representative Hamilton Fish, jr.,
chairman Of the commission, and rep
resentatives of the Disabled American
veterans. the date announced being
settled upon, as it was believed that no
this time due to the activities of the
members of the commission in the
national political campaign.
Since the appointment by President
Coolidge Of the commission last July
there have been several meetings, dur
ing which testimony has been taken,
but much of the information that the
commission has gathered has been in
individual complaints of alleged dis
elimination. These letters. together
with the answers to the questionnaires
that were distributed through Govern
ment departments, have been studied
by the individual members of the COM
mission and have given a picture of
the situation which the commission
was named to cure
Representative Fish assured the
D, A. v. last week that he plans for
daily sessions OF the commission. and
II necessary night meetings will be
called in order that a preliminary
sketch of the situation may be avail
able for the President before he writes
his annual message, and the complete
report is expected to be completed by
the time Congress opens early in
December
These points have been given par
ticular study by Mr.. Fish during the
recess, according to his statement to
the representatives of the disabled. He
ieeis that the severely disabled should
be given additional points in the civil
SorVica examinations fhara abo,,Id r. !.