Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21

Two hundred veterans attended the
banquet given Monday night by the
District Department at the Willard
Hotel in honor of Commander in Chief
William L. Grayson.
Miss jeanette McCaffrey entertained
with vocal selections, accompanied by
Miss Kathryn Mccartney at the piano,
and the Marine Band Orchestra rem
dered program of music popular dur
ing the Spanish War period.
Department Comdr. Samuel G. Nav
son of the Grand Army of the Republic
and department chaplain of the Span
lsh War Veterans opened the program
with prayer.
James c. Yaden, commander of the
District Department, delivered the ad-
dress OF welcome and Commander in
Chief Grayson responded with an ad-
dress, which received much applause
from the diners. Other speakers were
Representative KnutSon of Minnesota,
Judge E. S. Matthias of Ohio, chairman
of the national legislative committee;
w. DuFour. member of the national
legislative committee, and Louise Moore,
senior vice department president of the
Ladies' Auxiliary.
Past Department Comdr. William L.
MattockS acted as master of cere-
monies.
Distinguished veterans were Repre-
sentative Dyer of Missouri, past COM
mander in chief: Past Commander in
Chief Rice w. Means, president of the
National Tribune; Department Comdr.
James G. Yaden, Representative Knut-
son Of Minnesota, Past Commander in
Chief Hamilton Ward, attorney general
of New York; Brig Gen. Frank T.
Hines, director of the United States
Veterans Bureau; Department Comdr.
Harlan Wood of the American Legion,
Capt Daniel v. Chisholm, past COM
mander in chief; Department Comdr.
Samuel G. Mawson, Grand Army of the
Republic; Capt. Frank Lockhead and
w. Reilly, Veterans of Foreign Wars;
w. DuFour, member national legislative
committee; @. NJ Gen. James j. Muir
ply and Assistant @. M. Gen. Harry B.
Coulter.
Cleveland Kennicutt, chairman of the
good and welfare committee, who was
in charge of the arrangements for the
banquet, had placed at each diners
plate red carnation, the favorite flower
OF our Spanish War President, William
Mckinley, which has been made the
official flower of the Spanish War Vet
Grams.
For the first time in banquets held
In honor OF high officials of the order
women were invited to participate and
q large representation of members of
the ladies' auxiliaries were present.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp will hold
9 nance and entertainment at the
City Club.
The following recruits were mustered
IN as active members: Frank Dyer.
Ordnance Init
Winburn C. Adcock, 37th Company.
Coast Artillery Corps; Robert E. Banner,
Company c, 30th Regisment, United
States Volunteer Infantry; John z.
GrieSemer, Company L, 5th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry:
Holms Harris, Company A, 10th United
States Infantry; w. j. Grissam, Com
pany G, 9th United States Infantry;
Edward A. j. Sweeney, Company D,
18th United States Infantry. Carl H.
Rottman, Company F, 1st District of
elected to membership and will be mus
tered in at future meeting.
The camp went on record as sup
porting Department Comdr. James G.
Yaden for national commander in
chief when the matter comes before
the department encampment in June.
Comdr. Galpin appointed commit
tee, consisting OF George v. McAlear,
Senior Vice Department Comdr. Lorin
C. Nelson, A. T. jenkins and Cleveland
Kennicutt, to study and investigate the
matter of the problems of older work.
ers" and make reply to the question
naire recently sent out by the National
Tribune Co.
Remarks were made by Past DEPART
ment Comdr. Harry F. Patterson Of
the Gen. M. Emmett Urell Camp and
Past Comdr. H. Wilson of the Sergt
Berry Camp, Department OF the Poto-
mac.
The annual banquet of the Admiral
George Dewey Naval Camp was held
April IS at Northeast Masonic Temple,
more than 200 members OF the camp and
auxiliary attending. Past Commander
in Chief Rice w. Means delivered the
principal address. Department Comdr.
Yaden, Department Comdrs. Samuel q.
Mawson OF the Grand Army OF the
Republic; Frank Lockhead, Veterans OF
Foreign Wars, and Harlan, Wood, Amer
lean Legion; Past Commander in Chief
Daniel v. Chisholm, @. M. Gen. James
J. Murphy past Department Comnr.