Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29
Veterans of Great War

January l. 1929. have participated
} Fourteen players and an adult manager
| are allowed each team.
The location and dates Of the 10 re,
, elonal tournaments which will start thu
; national play in the Legions junior
! base ball program have been announc.
| ed by Dan Sewers, national director o.
! the program at national headouarter,
, OF the Legion, in Indianapolis Ind,
Championship teams from the a
States and the District Of Columbia viii
compete In the regional tournaments
and the l2 winners Of the regiona
! games viii meet IN two sectional tourua.
mentS to decide upon the two teams
which will "epreScnt the East and the
West IN the Junior world series, to bt
played early in September.
TIL regional tournament dates anc
cities and the States competing in each
regional '>urnament follow:
Region No. i-Washingtc.l. Montana
and Idstso, at Spokane, Wash. August
and ,
Region No. 2-California. Arizona
and Nevada, at Oakland. Calf, All
gust and =
/ Region No. 3-Utah, Colorado
wyoming and New Mexico. at Denver
August and 4.
kSEEa9A NO, ~ VidA IGkDtAs SSputIl
Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin, al
Minneapolis. August and T.
Region Nc. 5--Nebraska and Kansas,
at Omaha, August and T.
Region No, 6--TexaS. Arkansas. Okla
homa and Louisiana. at Forth Worth
Tex. agust Is and is.
/ Region No, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana
and Michigan. al Chicago, August
and Q.
Region No, S-Kentucky. Virginia,
! Tennessee and North Carolina. at Knox
i vile. Tenn, August and e.
/ Region. No, mississippi Georgia,
Alabama and Florida, at Atlanta, Ca,
/ August II and 1S
Region M, PENNSYLVANIA. Mary
| land, West Virginia Delaware and the
! District of Columbia. at Baltimore, Md.
| August Z, 3 and Q. ~.
| Region No ll--New York, Connecti-
/ cut. New Jersey and Rhode Island, at
! New York City. August 10 and H.
/ Region No. MAINE. New Hamp-
shire. Vermont and Massachusetts,. at
Manchester, N. H., August and 7.
National Comdr. Edward E. Spafford
! of the American Legion is planning an
old Timers" week in connection with
the annual convention to be held in
San Antonio. Tex. October S-1i. He
is extending special invitation TO
Legionnafres who were active in the
early days. in the upbuilding OF the
American Legion
In personal letter TO Past Comdr.
Howard s. Fisk OF George Washington
Post, No the pioneer post of the
American Legion. National Comdr.
Spafford says AS an original depart
ment officer Of the American Legion.
you have distinguished place in the
history of the organization Your early
services should never be forgotten and
yet. at the same time. in order 10 keep
this service bright in the memory of
legionnaires it is necessary that you
should never divorce yourself from the
organization
The anisual convention of tie Amer
lean Legion viii be held at San AM
tonic, Tex, Octobsa. ali, and i anl ex-
tending you special invitation to at
tend. It viii be impossible for all of
these early iegionllairns 10 speak. but +
hope that / can have the privilege sof
presenting them 10 tbs leaders Of the
present day In convention assembled.
The convention itself viii bring together
: many old-timers. Those who were i'm
camp near San Antonio will want to
return and renew their old friendships.
If it is possible for you TO be present at
San Antonio hope that you will come
National Comdr SpaFord and Past
Comdr Fisk are both Navy men of
many years standing, the former serv-
ing as commander and the latter a
lieutenant in the Supply Corps during
the World War. They have been friends
during their many years in the service
and both served together for several
terms on the naval affairs committee Of
the national organization, assisting in
iegasiatVe matters and preparation of
naval reports for presentation to ma
tional conventions.
Past ComdT. Fisk was one of the or.
ganizers Of the first unit In the Amer
lean Legion and when Col. E. Lester
Jones was elected commander of: Gen.
PeIsniHg Post, No. l.. on March 7, 1919
winch was the FIRST post Of over / 900
POSTS now IN the national organization
ne selected Lieut.. Fisk as post a1iutant
Wnen the caucus at st. Louis. Nav q IN
10, authorized the organization of de-
partments, the District of COLUMBIA
was the first TO do So Col. Jones was
elected department commander and he
again selected Lieut. Fisk this time IN
De department adjutant.
lhese two "old-timers" have the
unique distinction of being the first
post ana department officers in the
american Legion, an honor of which
Dotn are proud. Col Jones was chair
men o. the fifst delegation which at
tended the st. Louis caucus and also
the flrst national convention at ASirno1
apolis, MINI, November Q In n 100
Past Corndr. Fisk also holds the record
Tor the Department OF the District ~
Coiumnla by having been elected either
q oeIegate or an alternate to every ma
tloflai convention from the st Louis
caucus up 70 and including the conynn-
tion AT Paris last Fall. Al the denart-
hlefls convention last year ne received
me highest number Of votes IN The
Paris convention. '''V
Victory Post. No. 4. held its regular
rrn9eetlng Tuesday in the Woodmenx
Col Miller p. Kenyon. de,,a ;, man,
commander, and CLYDE StovalI denart
shent anjntant, congratulated The ynnr,.
Sesa upon their past support of the
en-, me post drum corps paraded in
Iiafendon for the Clarendon Legion post
LhufSday night, eScortinu the o,,aev ~
beauty from the fire engine statfor -
me carnival grounds. -
AnVicea mat the national membership
o. tne American Legion for 1929 DssSe6
me total for the entire year of 1927 IN
JaIy 70 have been received by paul +
Mcoahan, national executive Committee
member from the District of Colnnabia
DepaTtment OF the American Legion
me membership total IN 1927 was
tne lsTgest IN the history Of tbs Legion
sl1ce lS22, said McGahan Ia making
sIie announcement here last night. This
means that nationally the An1ertcs,, : 20 =,
glqn has smashed three ynernheral,,,,
records this year. The FIRST ohiec,iae
was 10 pass the 1925 membership record
~hlch was attained on April 81 THE
secopd was 70 pass the 1926 total and
mat was accomplished on June I5 Nov
Under the plan OF the national com.
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