Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10

A meeting OF the department execu-
tive committee. the American Legion,
has been called by Department Comdr.
Harlan Wood for tomorrow night at 8
O'Clock In room 1046, u. s. Veterans
Bureau.
The winner Of the Henry D. Lindsey
trophy, for the department showing the
greatest percentage gain in member
ship up TO March /, over the previous
year, viii not be officially known until
returns have been received from the
Department of Hawaii, according to a
telegram received by Department Adjt.
howard 5. FISK from Assistant Ma
tional Adjt. Frank E. Samuel. This
information was in response to q tele-
gram sent by Department Adjt. Fisk to
national headquarters inquiring IL the
department of the District of Columbia
mad won the trophy. The telegram
also advised that packages of paid-up
membership cards were being received
IN every mail and. as they were all
dated February %, the last day on
which they could be sent, they must be
included In the final check-up. The De-
partment OF Hawaii, according to the
| last official list sent out by national
headquarters, was considerably down
the list, but final returns must be
awaited before an official announcement
can be made.
The Department OF the District of
Columbia finished with a percentage
OF I26 while Its nearest competitor in
the domestic departments was SO.
Hawaii being the farthest department
to be heard from, national leaduuar-
tiers feels that it should be given time
TO file its latest returns before making
known the winner of this much COW
eted trophy. At the banquet of the
Forty and Eight Society last Saturday
night at the Arlington Hotel, National
executive Committeeman Paul ]. Nc
Canaan, announced that a telegram
which he had received from national
| headquarters stated that the District
OF Columbia was leading In the race
up to noon Saturday.
So certain is Department Comdr
Kay G. Conlon Of the Department of
Michigan that the District has won the
trophy that he wrote a letter to De-
! partment Conldr. Harlan Wood con-
gratuiatlng him on the success of his
department In capturing first honors In
tnis annual contest. The dictionaries
Of the District, therefore, are anxiously
awaiting final word from national head
quarters in Indianapolis.
IN the race among the posts of the
| local department in the Kentucky Der.
ny, victory Post is in first place with 9
percentage of paid-up members owe,
last year of 104 with the Bureau o1
Engraving and Printing Post seconr
with 80 per cent and Vincent B. Costello
Post third with 70 per cent The other.
IN The order of their standing are a,
follows: James E. Walker. Kenneth n
Nash, Tank Corps, Henry C. Spengler
Quentin Roosevelt, Lincoln, Augustus p
Gardner, Belleau Wood, u. S. s. jacob
Jones, James Reese Europe, George e
Kllleen. Sergeant Jasper National Pres.
Club. Stuart Walcott, Jane A. Delano
! Cooley-McCullough. Lafayette, Georpt
Washington, Edward Douglas White
John NJ. Eeauchesne.
The standing of the auxiliaries show,
Vincent B. Costello holding first posi.
ton with so per cent, George E. Killeer
second with Al per cent and Henry G
Spengler third with 20 per cent paid ur
over last year. The others in the race
follow: James Reese Europe. TAM
Corps, Kenneth II. Nash, Robley ID
Evans and Sergeant Jasper.
George Washington Post, the pioneer
post of the American Legion, from
which grew the Department of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, celebrated its tenth
anniversary last Thursday night at D
A. r Memorial Continental Hall with G
program appropriate to the occasion
The assembly was called to order b,
Paul v. Collins, commander of the post
who later delivered an address on "Pa
triotism." The colors of all Of the post
comprising this department. were nlasses