Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

| Cumberland Gap, Old Kentucky nome
trip, Mammoth, Wyandotte and Merin-
Many medals and trophies will be
presented to individuals, departments,
musical outfits, who have won member
ship or other contests during the past
year. The national convention will
close Thursday with the election of
officers to serve during the coming
year.
An array of distinguished guests high
in the esteem of every Legionnaire will
greet their former comrades at the
convention. Among those whose &C
ceptance Of invitations extended by the
national commander, Paul v. McNutt,
has been received are the following:
Gen. Charles p. Summerall. chief Of
, staff of the United States Army, plans
to arrive in Louisville at 11:l5 am.
October 2. He is expected to address
the convention session, returning to
Washington at 5 pm. Assistant Sec
in charge of a~eronautics, according to
tentative plans, will be present Navy
day, October /, unless something unfor-
seen c F. Trubee Dawson, As
sistant Secretary of War In charge of
aviation, is going to make every eff
fort to attend. Gen. Frank T. Hines,
director Of the U. S. Veterans Bureau,
plans to be present as long as possible,
which may be the entire period Of the
convention. Judge Kenesaw Mountain
Lands accepted the invitation from
Comdr. McNutt.
Mary Jordan, internationally known
c%ontralto. will be heard as soloist on
the opening days program. singing
The Star Spangled Banner" and at
the memorial services singing There
Is No Death" Caesar La Monaco,
musical director of the Harvey Seeds
Post World Champion Drum and Bugle
Corps of Miami. Fla, has accepted an
invitation to lead the massed bands of
Spectacle" at Parkway Field the eve
ming of October 2.
Norman B. Landrau Of the Cooley
Mccullough Post. the American Legion,
was elected grand chef de garde of the
40 and 8 at the annual promenade last
week held at the National Guard
ArmorL
Other officers elected were: J. v.
Byrne, grande chef de train; Fred G..
Fraser, grande commissaire intendant:
| T. E. Franklin. grande conductor;
j.. o. c. Roberts. cheminet national;
Francis Miller, alternate cheminet ma
tional; E. B. Lyon. grande garde de
laporte: DIR. Charles Grifith, grande
medicin: John ]. Oriosky, grande garde
aux chevaux: Rev. Francis j. Hurney,
grande ammoiner: Ward Guthrie,
grande comis voyageur.
council were Maj. E. T. Hitch. William
N. Morell. Francis Kelley, Robert M
Tolson and T. j. Frailey. The follow
ing were chosen delegates to the ma
tional promenade, 10 be held in Louis
vile. KY. in connection with the ma
tional American Legion convention
Norman B.. Landrau. j. o. C. Roberts,
Fred Fraser, Austin Imirie and Maj
E. T. Hitch. Alternates are T. J. Shee-
han. E. G.. Flester, Tom Walsh, ]. H
Phillips and C. H. Knight.
A wreck" was held following the
election. at which the following new
members were initiated: w. H. AL
len. George A. Bache, w. j. Blake
A. A. OLeary. j. A. Long, L. McKenna
w. E. Share and w. L. A. Strawbrtdge
Austin S. Imirie. director Of welfare
and relief of the District Of Columbia
Department of the American Legion
was Endorsed for the Office Of national
vice president of the Eastern and
sented a watch to Fred G.. Fraser fol
his service to the organization.
The total disability provision FOL
United States Government life insur.
ance authorized by the amendment tc
the World War veterans act of May
90, 1928, and which was put into enect
by Director Frank T. Hines Of the
Veterans Bureau on July %. is not
satisfactory to veterans generally, &C.
cording to Watson B. Miller, chairman
of the national rehabilitation committee
of the American Legion. The Legior
will attempt at the forthcoming session
of Congress to secure legislation per
hitting the bureau to make certain de.
sired revisionS.
The main objection to the total dis.
ability provision is the fact that pay
ments made under the same are charge
able against the face value of the policy
at maturity. The Legion believes thai
such payments should be made without
any deductions from the principal alu
of the policy. and that other changes
of a liberal character should be made
in order to permit the bureau to com
, pete with regular life insurance com
pantes.
Veterans Of Foreign Wars.
The District Of Columbia delegation
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to the
thirtieth annual encampment, at st.
Paul, left for that city by special car
yesterday. Department Comdr. Harvey
L. Miller headed the delegation. which
included, among the delegates, Past
! Dept. Comdr. Frank Lockhead, Senior
Vice Comdr. John J.. Allen, Post Comdrs.
o. w. HollingSworth, Samuel B. Lap1n,
D. E. Campbell, John L.. Hart and JOS
eph B. Gardella. Samuel g. Mawson.
delegate from National Capital Post. will
present a unique figure at st. Paul. In
that he is also the commander OF the
| naNoYfraont nf tho p0fOYn0R Grand
Army of the Republic.
The District of Columbia delegation
will work hard to secure National Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars adoption Of sew
eral important resolutions presented by
the local department. Foremost among
these Is a resolution seeking national in
dorsement of full suffrage legislation
for residents of the District of Column
bia. This resolution provides for all
State department and post commanders
to write their Senators and Representa-
tives urging support Of legislation pro-
viding for the ballot in the District.
| Similar support is also being sought for
the resolution which would provide for
legalized boxing in Washington under
veteran control.
Some 20 resolutions intended to bet
ter the present status Of the disabled ex-
service men are also to be introduced
from the District of Columbia, chief
among these being the one urging i'm
mediate construction Of additional Gov
eminent hospitals for mentally afflicted
war veterans now being housed in city
and State institutions along with drug
| addicts, habitual drunkards, etc. The
Veterans Of Foreign Wars stated that
in making such disposition of those
mentally unbalance, due to service in
time of war, the Government Is not
exactly keeping its 1917 promises.
The Overseas Drum and Bugle Corps,
District Of Columbia Department, Vet
-ronr of Eoroin,n Mars continues In