Evening star., 1928-12-09
SPANISH WAR VETERANS

DOlntlnent OF Patrick McManOn OF Cnf
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp as depart
ment chief musician and w. D. Watt:
of the Richard j. Harden Camp as de-
partment aide de camp. These appoint
&.auts were made to fill vacancies.
The department commander and staff
will make official visitations to the va
rious camps during the new year on
the following dates: Gen. Nelson A.
Miles Camp, January 25 Richard j.
Harden Camp, February z; Col. James
8. Petit Camp February IL; Gen.
Henry w. Lawton Camp, April /; Col.
John Jacob Astor Camp, February ID;
March 8, and Gen. M Emmett Urell
Camp, March 80.
Department Installing officer William
I jenkins will install the officers of the
camps elected for 1929 at the first reg
ular stated meeting of each respective
camp in January or at such time as
each camp may designate.
Camp commanders for 1929 are re-
uueSted to send the name OF the chair
man of the camp sick committee to
Senior Vice Department Comdr. Lorln
C. Nelson. chairman Of the department
sick committee. The commanders are
also requested to send the name of
member of each camp to be member
of the department grievance committee
to Junior Vice Department Comdr.
BENJAMIN F. Motley, United States Sol
diers' Home, chairman of the COM
mittee.
The department finance committee
will meet at 7:30 pm. before each coun-
ell of administration meeting, at which
time any comrade who seeks to bring
before the council a request for an
appropriation for extraordinary eXpen-
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writing to this committee for approval,
placing it in the hands Of John A.
Gallagher, chairman.
All comrades who served III the tol-
lowing regiments and served in the
Philippine Islands are requested to cor
respond with Frank B. Dodds, Travel
Pay Committee, room 5, House Build
ing. Lawrence, Kans.: 1st Nebraska,
20th Kansas. 1st South Dakota, 1st
North Dakota, 1st Washington, 1St
Montana, I'd Oregon, 10th Pennsyl-
vania, 1st Colorado. 1st California, 1st
Idaho, 18th Minnesota, 1st Wyoming,
5lst Iowa, 1st Tennessee, Utah Artil-
lery, California Artillery. wyoming
Artillery and Nevada Cavalry.
Under the call of Commander-in-
Chief William L. GraySon the following
members of the national legislative COM
mittee of the Spanish War Veterans
held sessions Monday and Tuesday for
the purpose of drafting pension bill
in conformity with the instructions OF
the national encampment at Havana,
Cuba. and for consideration of other
matters of legislative Importance to the
membership:
Edward S. Matthias Ohio, chairman;
William G. Dufour, louisiana: John G.
Benjamin, North Carolina; George w.
Peters, Iowa: George H. Lunn, New
York, and william L. Mattocks District
M Columbia.
Commander-in-Ch Chief Grayson and
Past Commanders-in-C Chief Rice w.
Means and John Lewis Smith Of Wash
tngton, d. c.. were present in an ad-
viSory capacity.
Past Commander -in-Chief Means,
who was chairman of the committee
last year and whose recommendatio
10 the encampment resulted in the
adoption of the resolution placing the
organization on record in favor Of a
$50 pension for Spanish War veterans
who attain the age of so years, with
appropriate increase for added age or
disability, made a brief statement to
the committee as to the reasons which
actuated his recommendations.
A tentative bill was drafted and
secure its introduction and to make
arrangements for hearing before the
pension committees of Congress.
Department Comdr. James G. Yaden
and Senior Vice Department Comdr.
LOrin C. Nelson of the District of Co
lumbia appeared before the committee
and made statements advocating 25-
year optional retirement for veterans
serving the Government in clvll capacl-
ties. Congress now has under consid-
Grafton proposal to amend the pres
ent law governing the retirement OF
Superannuated Federal employees, and
their proposal would provide the re-
uuired amendment to that bill.
DR.. w. A. Watkins, representing the
contract surgeons, appeared before the
committee and presented their request
that they be included in pension legis-
lation beneficial to Spanish War vet
erans.
other questions discussed by the COM
Naittee included that affecting the pref
erence rights of veterans in civil en-
ployment under the Government In
the matter of entrance into the service,
retention in positions and preference in
promotion and assignment to duty.
Department President Carrie E.
Nolan presided at the special monthly
meeting of the council of administra-
ton of the Ladies AuxiliarieS, when
plans for the dance to be given by the
department January 26 at the L'Aiglon
were completed. The resignation OF
Mamie Galpin, department chaplain,
was accepted and M. Elma Edwards OF
the Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary was
elected as her successor. Emma Beck
with and Ethel Niepold were elected
council members to fill two vacancies
caused by designations and Gretta w.
Ludwig was appointed as council
member. The annual visitation OF the
department to the United States Sol
diers' Home Hospital viii take place
December % at 2 pm. All members
are requested to attend.
The following officers were elected at
the meeting of the Admiral George
Dewey Naval Auxiliary last Monday
night: President, Catherine HUM;
senior vice president, Katie LIE Laurin;
Junior vice president, Ida Kimmerling;
chaplain, Mary Lipscomb: patriotic in
structor, Mabel HeSen; historian, Ella
Ford; conductress, Carrie Flaherty; as
sistant conductress, Elizabeth Titlow
guard, Anna MentgeS; assistant guard,
Mary McNab. Visitors at the meeting
were Department President Carrie E..
Nolan, Junior Vice Department Presi-
dent Bertha Cook and Chief of staff
Kathryn league. Announcement was
made that the Joint installation of
auxiliary officers will be held at North
east Masonic Temple January Z.
The Presidents Club entertained their
members and comrades at the last
meeting with banquet at Golfers Inn.
There will be a meeting of the club
for the month of December, the date
to be announced later.
The Lineal Society of the Spanish
War will hold a card party at the
OYSTER Auditorium. TWenty-SiXth street