Evening star., 1928-12-30
Veterans of Great War

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vited to join. as we'll as those who al
ready know how.
Comrade Hess held a meeting of the
smoker committee and plans are now
we'll under way for special meeting in
February.
Comdr. Ernest B. Lyons has been
busy on the membership drive. Joe
| Workman announces a chicken dinner
to be held January l8.
Following the regular business meet
ing next Thursday night of Jane A.
Delano Post, Lieut.. Col. Thomas j.
Dickson, World War chaplain, will de-
dun" illustrated by maps and photo
graphs. An invitation to be present
| is extended to members of other Legion
posts and to all Washington nurses.
| At meeting of the Stuart Walcott
| Post, No. 10, the American Legion, held
at the Colonial Hotel December 27, DO.
partment Comdr. Harlan Wood made
an address relative to local department
| activities and formally installed the
| following newly elected officers: Com
mander, Warren E. Miller; senior vice
commander, Charles Demarest; junior
vice commander, George r. Bruce
| judge advocate, Irving r. Richards ;
historian, T. Norman Templeton: quar-
termaster, E. j. Kay; Sergeant-at-arms,
~ j. Beansoliel; chaplain, l.. j. Ander-
son; surgeon, DR.. Charles E. Ralph;
| trustee (three-year term, j. O'C. Rob-
erts.
A report was made by Comdr. Miller
with reference to the Boy Scout Troop
recently adopted by the post and also
plans were made with reference to a
bowling team.
National citations for outstanding work
in the rehabilitation of disabled World
! War veterans have been issued to nine
| departments of the American Legion
| Auxiliary, it has been announced at
national headquarters of the auxiliary.
The citations, issued on the recommen-
dation of the national rehabilitation
committee, bear the signatures of Mrs.
Boyce Ficklen, jr., national president,
and Mrs. Gwendolyn Wiggin MacDowell,
national secretary.
The Department of Minnesota was
cited for it's systematized business ar
rangement in sponsoring a workshop
for the disabled veterans.
The Department of Massachusetts, for
| its disabled ex-service mems exchange
and for its activity in sending gifts
to the French disabled veterans.
The Department of Montana was cited
for its rehabilitation card system and
for it's systematic method Of contracting
men released from Government hoSpi-
tails.
| The Department of Kentucky was
cited for its supply shelf plan of main
tanning a. stock of materials needed in
the rehabilitation work.
The Department of Washington was
cited for its ideal plan of contracting
the disabled veterans in the hospitals
The Department of New York was
| cited for its uniform rehabilitation re-
port form.
The Department of Alabama was
cited for its rehabilitation scholarship
| plan for the aid of wives of disabled
veterans.
The Department of Hawaii was cited
| for it's United States Welfare Social
Service program.
The Department of Louisiana was
cited for its citation plan of encourag-
ing continuity in contracting the mer
in the hospitals.
The Winter meeting of the national
| executive committee of the American
Legion Auxiliary will be held at national
headquarters of the organization at In
dianapolis, Ind, January 25 and 26, II
has been announced by Mrs. Boyce
Ficklen, jr., national president. Ex-
ecutive committeewomen from every
State and from Hawaii. Panama Canal
zone and Alaska will attend The work
of the auxiliary for 1929 will be dis
cussed.
Harlan Wood, department commander
of the American Legion here. Will De
| furnished with the name of the horse
which will represent the Legion and
/ Legion Auxiliary of the Department OF
| the District of Columbia in the forth
| coming Kentucky Derby membership
| race. which will get under way Janu-
| ary 2. The name of the horse Will be
| that of one of the winners OF the
Kentucky Derby, which has been run
every year for more than a hall
| century.
The idea for the contest results from
| the fact that the 1929 National Con-
vention will be held in Louisville, KY.
where the historic derby is held. The
race was indorsed both by the Legion
and Auxiliary at conferences just closed
at national headquarters in Indianapolis
| Plans for the contest provide that
each department of the Legion and Its
auxiliary department will be assigned
| the name of horse that has won
| the derby. There have been 81 an
nual Kentucky Derbys, and this ap-
proximately represents the number OF
Legion departments. The horses Will
be assigned to the departments prob
ably in alphabetical order.
| The 81 entries will be assembled at
| the barrier at 2 pm. Wednesday. Janu-
airy 2. Their positions will be de-
| termined by the standing of their men,
bership at that time. based on nationally
assigned quotas. The department hav-
ing the best joint percentage of quotas
will take the pole position, while the
| department showing up most unfavor-
ably in this respect will take the rail
position The horses will be brought
down the home stretch at PM, May
18, the actual day and hour for the
fifty-fith annual Kentucky Derby at
Churchill Downs, Louisville.
Winners in the derby will be deter
mined on the basis of the percentage
of the 1929 membership quota attained
by the various Legion and Auxiliary
departments. These percentages will
be averaged to give the standing of the
horse the department represents. Under
this plan it is quite possible for any
Legion or Auxiliary department to make
a high percentage, yet low average
should the cooperating organization of
that department make a low percentage.
AS an example, should an Auxiliary de-
partment make a percentage of $50 and
! the Legion department 100, the result
ing average for the department would
be 125 in the race.
Details of the contest are now be-
ing worked out by national headquar-
ters. A list of the prizes will soon
be announced. 1t has been suggested
that each department select jockey
for their department horse. The jockey
in most cases will probably be either the