Evening star., 1928-05-27

mustered In at the nrst meeting III
June.
The camp appropriated $50 for the
fund of the Memorial day finance COM
mittee tor the decoration of graves and
to hold memorial exercises May 80
william E. Rink, chairman of the
decorating committee. spoke of the
! large amount of work to be performed
at St Mary's. Glenwood and Prospect
Hill Cemeteries and requested members
to meet this morning at o'clock at the
North Capitol street gate of the Glen
wood Cemetery to assist i'll the work,
William o. Ohm chairman of the re-
| lief committee. reported George McNab,
John H Brown and Robert Crawford
i'll in the Naval Hospital and Louis E
PaXson discharged from Walter Reed
| Hospital
Department Comdr. Albert Michaud
spoke of the memorial exercises to be
! held today at ST. Elizabeths Hospital
and the exercises on the y. S. S. Por-
| poise. which leaveS the Navy Yard
! wharf at 1890 this morning to pay
| tribute TO The veterans who lost their
| lives at sea He urged the members Of
| the camp to participate in the parade
! on Memorial day Other speakers were
| Past Department Comdr Arthur H.
! League, Senior Vice Department Comdr
{ u =. i IL.
Smith of the Col. James S. Petit Camp
and Past Camp Comdr. Clark.
At the meeting of Col. John Jacob
Astor Camp last Monday night in STAN
ley Hall. United States Soldiers Home,
! Junior Vice Department Comdr. Lorln
/ c Nelson gave the members information
as to the arrangements that were being
| made for the transportation of delegates
and visitors to the national encamp-
ment at Havana, Cuba, next october.
| George V. McAlear, commander Of the
| Gen Nelson A. Miles Camp. also gave
| a short talk
The following veterans were mustered
| in: John Kran. Hospital Corps, U, S.
A; Thomas F. Donovan, Battery K,
| I'd u S Artillery; Patrick l.. Casey.
Company H. 18th Regiment Pennsyl-
vania Volunteer Infantry; Elmer D.
Barnes. Company c, $50 U. S. Infantry;
John NJ inland. Troop E. 4th u. S.
Cavalry. Frank T. McDougall, Company
D, 29th u. S. Volunteer Infantry: Will
liam T South, seth Company, Coas,
Artillery Corps. The following were
received by transfer: John Q. Kylen,
Old Guard Camp, Department of New
York, and Martin M Niles. william
Tiffany Camp. Department of Maine,
The Col. James S. Petit Camp at its
meeting Tuesday night elected the fol-
lowing delegates to represent the camp
at the department encampment in
June: Decentralization l.. Hill. Au-
gust Griesel and Michael ]. Sullivan
Alternates-Harry A. Pixton, William
Peacock and Joel Yowell
The camp Endorsed Comdr Samuel
Hubacher for the office of junior vice
department commander subject to the
action Of the department encampr1ent
III June.
The following recruits we're mustered
in as active members: William A. Good
win, Company K, Sd Regiment Vir-
ginia Volunteer Infantry: Victor v
carp. Company H, Sd Regiment Vir-
ginia Volunteer Infantry: Thomas
Davis, U. S. S. Vermont, u S N; Col
Osn1und Latrobe. U. S. A.. Company H
4th U. S. Volunteer Infantry: Blair A.
Thomas, Company A, 5th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry: Frank
Eckan1, Company c. 65th Regiment New
York Volunteer Infantry: George w
Dawson, U. s. Marine Corps: Frederick
Meier, Troop D. 18th u S. Cavalry;
Ralph NJ Hendrick, Company G. 4th
U. S. Volunteer Infantry. william H.
Mellach, Company D, 4th q. S. Volun-
teer Infantry. and Joseph Bishop. 35th
Company. Coast Artillery. we're elected
TO membership and viii be mustered in
at later meeting.
William T. Ryan. chairman OF the
sick and relief committee, reported Otto
r. Bendig in the Soldiers Home Hos
pital. Richard Wheeler In Walter Reed
Hospital, Milton L. G. Smith in the
Printing Pressmen's Home In Tennessee
and willard H. Wheeler. Frank j.
Weber, Harry Thompson and William
Burke Ill at their homes.
Department Comdr. Albert Michaud,
Junior Vice Department Con1dr Lorin
c. Nelson, Past Department Comdr
Arthur Fl. League. George v. McAlear,
commander of the Gen Nelson A. Miles
Camn. and Andrew j. Kimmel Of the
Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp
addressed the meeting
The Admiral George Dewey Naval
Auxiliary at its meeting Monday night
in Northeast Masonic Temple initiated
five candidates, Delegates and alter
mates were elected to the department
convention TO be held In June A card
narty viii be given by the auxiliary Sep
terber 10 at the Chestnut Farms Dairy
Auditorium Ii was announced.