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


The District of Columbia Department,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, is being
praised for the part it played in the
recent inaugural period From Satur-
day morning, March 2, to noon of
March the local department main
tanned an information desk in the train
concourse Of the Union Station and
hundreds of ex-service men, arriving in
the city for the Inauguration, were
served by this agency. All day Mon
day at the headquarters of the District
of Columbia Department at the Soldiers.
Sailors and Marines Club an open
house was held for the veteran visitors
to the city. Members of the depart
nent and the auxiliaries were in at
tendance throughout the day and the
veterans who visited headquarters were
welcomed The visitors book at the
close of the day showed GA persons
from other cities had visited the club.
The members of the auxiliaries dis
pensed refreshments from noon to $3.50
pm, when the reception to the ma
tional commandments took place.
Nearly 500 members of the local posts
were present to greet COMMANDMENT
Chief Eugene Carver and his staff at
an informal reception at the Soldiers.
Sailors and Marines Club Monday eve
ing. The commander was accompanied
by Department Comdr Hankens of
Massachusetts, Department Comdr.
Graemmes of Maryland. Department
Comdr. King of New Jersey, George j.
Neuner, National Council member:
Capt. E. H. Bethlehem, chairman of the
V. F. w. legislative committee: Lieut..
E. Welckhart, v. F. w. naval liaison
officer; Capt. James E. Boyer, chairman
OF the National c. M T. c. committee
OF the V. F. W., and Barney Yanofsky,
editor of Foreign Service. Comdr.
Carver told the local vets the organiza-
ton was well on its way to have $4,000
members before the st. Paul encamp-
ment. He will shortly leave for a trip
through the Southwest and the Pacific
Coast States, where the number of
V. F. w. posts have been more than
doubled since the 1928 encampment.
Comdr. Carver recently returned to
MS home from st. Paul, where he held
conference with members of the ma
tional encampment committee, and he
announced he was gratified with the
pans already completed and the tenta-
i've program outlined to him. Accord
ing 10 Gen. A. w. Bjornstad, former
commanding officer of Fort Smelling
ana chairman of the national encamp-
ment committee of the Veterans of
Forelgn Wars, the St. Paul convention
is expected to be one of the largest in
the history Of the organization
In addition to the Drum and Ruple
Corps, by that time a unit of so nieces
the District OF Columbia Department
expectS 10 send a delegation of $50 tn
the encampment.
IWenty-slX members of the " r w
Drum and Bugle Corps held their first
practice last Wednesday evening in the
National Guard Armory, under the d.
rection Of Capt. Harvey l.. Miller
measurements also were taken for unit
forms and plans laid for the first pub
nc appearance of the unit at the Fox
Ineater In the very near future. All
puglerS and drummers desiring to af-
nliate with the v. F. w. CorpS are
requested to communicate with Cant
Miller at the Office of the Coast Gnard
Magazine, l4l2 Pennsylvania avenue. q
The monthly meeting of the-depart-
ment council OF administration viii be
neio tuesday evening at the Soldiers.
Sailors and Marines Club. This meet
Ing was postponed from March 4.
go
Members of the 1929 national BADLY
poppy committee of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars, meeting at national head
quarters in Kansas City, adopted plans
Ior what Is expected to be the greatest
distribution OF buddy peoples the or
ganizatlon has yet established, Gov
eminent hospitals engaged In making
popples are located In New York
massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois.
Minnesota, Missouri and Oklahoma.
Past Department Comdr. Charles r
Reilly Is chairman and Comdr. Harvey
L. Miller of Front Line Post vice chair
man OF the general committee of the
District of Columbia Department for
buddy poppy distribution. The COM
mittee is holding weekly sessions, plan
ming for the drive in this city.
Front Line Post and its auxiliary will
meet Wednesday evening at the SOL
oiers, Sailors and Marines Club. Plans
rcr a joint card party will be an
nounced by Comdr. Miller.
Election of delegates to the annual
department encampment must be made
at the last regular meeting Of March,
All posts are requested to forward the
names OF their delegates to Department
Adjt. William I. Jenkins, 1901 Law
renee street northeast. The number of
delegates from each post will be de-
termined on the basis Of / delegate
TO every Is members in good standing.
INT Pup Tent of the Military Order
q the Cootie has been informed that
4 stood second among the 284 tents
or the order in the matter of recruiting
Curing the months Of January and Feb
fuary. This fun-making degree of the
v. F. w. is now centering all its
attention on the big birthday celebra-
@on Of TINT, which takes place during
the latter part of this month. They
Will havo as guests members OF the
pup tents OF Baltimore, Annapolis,
Richmond, Norfolk, Philadelphia anc
Roanoke.
Coolies Gardella, Grudd. Miller,
have been named as a committee to
complete arrangements.
The regular meeting of the Ladies'
Auxiliary to National Capital Post, No.
127, Veterans of Foreign Wars, was held
last Tuesday evening at Pythian Temple
with the president Rose L. McAlear
presiding. Mrs. Pearl w. Scheible was
initiated as a member.
The auxiliary went on record as Bit
terly opposed to the erection of an
abattoir in Arlington County in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the Arlington
National Cemetery and letter of pro-
test was sent to the Board of County
Supervisors Of Arlington. County. Va.
Mrs. Lola He!se, District of Coiumbis
chairman of the hospital fund, opened
three Of the dime banks which hac
been filled and turned in. making SIS
from National Capital Post Auxiliary
for the proposed hospital at the Ma
tional Veterans of Foreign Wars Home
at Eaton Rapids. Mich.
Several of the members of the
auxiliary were on duty at Union Station
on the afternoon and evening OF March
to assist the members of Nationa
Capital Post, No. 1877, in welcoming
Veterans Of Foreign Wars visitors TO tbs
inauguration