Evening star., 1928-12-23
Veterans of Great War
The American Legion.


At a meeting of the executive COM
pnittee of the Department of the Dis.
trict of Columbia, the American LIE.
United States Veterans Bureau, the
guest of honor of the evening was Mrs
Boyce Ficklen, jr., national president o.
the American Legion Auxiliary, who was
introduced by Department Comdr. Har-
Ian Wood to those present. Mrs. Flick.
len came to the National Capital ir
connection with the National Defense
Council. which meets in this city jan
uary %, 80 and 81.
In the course of a brief address tc
the Legionnaires Mrs. Ficklen outlined
the tentative program for that occasion
and extended an invitation for the
members comprising this department tc
attend the three-day conference She
stated that 80 patriotic organizations In
the United States would be represented
at the coming sessions, with prominent
speakers favoring national defense in
this country. National Comdr Paul "
McNutt will also be present on that oc-
casion and will be one of the speakers
on the program. The opening session
will be American Legion day. She eX-
pressed delight at being present and
offered to cooperate with the American
Legion in the sympathetic and har-
monious work which it is now carry
ing on.
Department Comdr. Wood welcomed
to the meeting the newly elected COM
Eranders of U. S. S. Jacob Jones, Jane
A. Delano, James Reese Europe and
Lincoln Posts.
Reports of welfare work by the COM
ilittee of which Charles Kohen is chair
man and of Mrs. Mary Esther Kolhos,
child welfare officer, were presented
and their work commended. The vet
Grams in the United States Naval Hos
pital will be looked after this Christ
mas by the members of the U. S. S.
Jacob Jones Post, Walter Reed Hospital,
BY the Henry C. Spengler Auxiliary, Gal
Enger Hospital By Victory Post, Army
and Navy nurses by the Jane A. Delano
Post, George E. Killeen Post at Mount
Alto Hospital, while the coloreo veterans
will be taken remembrances from the
James E. Walker Post to those in Wal
ter Reed and Mount Alto Hospitals In
addition, the George Baldwin Mccoy
unit of the American Women's Legion
will comfort the veterans in the Mount
Alto Hospital and the Virginia Ameri-
can Auxiliary will also entertain those
Ia st. Elizabetlls Hospital
A report on the progress of the Com
the American Legion in this city
unanimously into its membership, was
made by Past Department Vice Comdr
j. Tf1ad Baker and urged the legion
naireS to take an active part and
participate in the coming activities of
this new organization. Department
Comdr. Wood was authorized to ap-
point committee to represent the
Legion when the big drive for funds
starts in the early part Of the new
year. The executive committee gave
its Endorsement to the Community
Chest idea.
Department Adjt. Howard S. Fisk
8poke briefly of his recent visit to In
iianapolis. Ind, where he, in company
with First Department Vice Comdr.
Thomas D. Walsh, attended a three
Gay conference of department COM
nnanders and department adjutants
from every State in the Union last
week. He told Of the highly efficient
organization and referred to the pro-
gram as outlined by the national COM
n1ander for the coming year. Welfare
work as being carried on in other
States and the problems with which
they are beset was included in his re-
marks. At his suggestion donation
was made for the tubercular veterans
Arizona and New Mexico and where
there is much need among those who
are seeking to regain their health.
A roll call of the posts comprising
this department showed that with the
execution of about four posts healthy
membership returns had been made to
the department during the closing days
Iof the membership campaign for paid
I'D members for the next year.
In the absence Of Americanism Oftl-
Ger Frederic William Vile, Depart
rnent Comdr. Wood announced that
two Washington high school girls.
Anne Woodward King of Central and
Dora L. Reynolds of Dunbar, had been
awarded the American Legion gold
medals for prize essays on the sub
iect "The Citizens Duty to Vote"
Americani9n Officer Vile said the es-
saws were highly creditable products" :"
A vote of thanks was extended In
resolution adopted to the washington
Post for its cooperation and interest
displayed In the Junior Base Ball
League last year. A letter signed by the
department commander and depart
anent adjutant is to be sent to this
paper.
Lincoln Post, No II, had its annual
GERS at the Houston Hotel last Monday
night. The following officers were In
stalled: Commander, Arthur Chenay;
senior vice commander, Eugene Lang
ley; Junior vice commander, E. @. Fles-
&er; maSter-at-armS, E. p. Van HlSe;
sereeant-at-arms, George Gingras; color
bearers, William A. Anderson and G. M.
Greeley, and surgeon, DR.. w. l.. Kline.
The Lincoln Post boys base ball team,
the championship team of the Ameri-
can Legion for the District OF Colum-
bia, were honored guests. Members OF
the team, as well as Manager Comraoe
Zetts, were presented with certificates
af achievements won by the boys in ac-
1nowledgment of their clean sportsman
ship and AmericaniSm. The presenta-
zion of these certificates was made by
Past Department Comdr. j. Miller Ken
yon. They were also presented with
gold medals of base ball and bat ap-
propriately engraved.
Past Department Adjt. Clyde Stovall
presented to the post a framed photo
graph of the team which was taken i'm
mediately after 1t won the cham
pionship series. Col. Kenyon made a
talk to the boys on clean sportsman
&hip.
The post adopted the outstanding res
clution in the history of the post, which
definitely locates the post in Columbia
Heights and Mount Pleasant Heights
for the purpose of engaging in COM
xnunity work.
A resolution was presented by Rob-
ert M. Tolson, in charge of the ma
tonal rehabilitation committee for the
Eastern States In this connection a
resolution was read from the Columbia
Heights Business Mems Association
pledging its good will and influence in
rendering every possible assistance TO
Lincoln Post. The meeting and pro-
gram were arranged by committee
consisting of Robert M. Tolson as chair
man and E. T. Hitch, E. G. Flester and
W. N. Moreu-
Victory Post No 4, American Legion
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