Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26

Commander, Miss Rose F. Stokes; vice
commander. Mrs. E. S. SeitZ; adjutant,
Miss Adelaide R. Harbers, and finance
officer, Mrs. Mary Esther Kolhos:
Those who signed the original petit
ton for charter of the post included
Hope Knickerbocker, Adelaide T. aar-
bers, Caroline L. Graves, Marie L. Bar
bour, Cecilia A. Gleason, Jessie Viz
ginia Metz, Gladys Elizabeth Allen,
Florence I. Brandon, Leave B. Fltppin,
Mary E. Parsons, Sarah E. Lubore Jane
s. Wingfield, Josephine B. Davis, Hazel
Douglas, Frances C. Young, Mary v.
Mahan, May Beck and Grace M. Jud-
son.
The present officers are as follows:
Comdr. Lucille Allan; senior vice COM
mander, Ethel Jane Rule; Junior vice
commander. Gladys E. Allen; adjutant,
Jane M. Breen; assistant adjutant,
Edna M. Nelson; finance officer, Eliza
beth l. Sage; assistant finance officer,
Ethel M. Wilson: chaplain, Amy E.
Hammond; historian, Cora E. Drake;
sergeant-at-arms, Helen Opitz; quarter
master. Charlotte Berry; color-bearers,
Rose C.. O'Hara and Mary j. rats
paugh; refreshments. Edith M, Arm
strong; welfare, Mabel F. Staub; ways
anu means. Elsie M. Pinney; reception,
Hope Knickerbocker; auditor, Marjorie
F. Skinner: membership. Mary q.
Weide: entertainment. Carolyn Herman;
publicity, Alberta Lacy; trustees. Esther
v. Hall, Mayme E. Smith and Mabel F.
Staub; editor of log. Lois Beach Nc
Rae; legislative officer, Kate K. Briggs.
"Heartiest congratulations to you and
your department associates on your re-
markable achievement"
A special meeting of the department
executive committee will be held to-
morrow night at 8 o'clock in room lO46,
United States Veterans Bureau, to con-
slider resolutions prepared by the several
J units of the American Legion Auxiliary
of the District of Columbia. The reso-
lutions are in the nature of petition
to obtain the support Of the department
executive committee in the effort of the
units to secure a charter for the de-
partment auxiliary and to rehabilitate
department organization of the auxil-
larry.
Department Ccmdr Harlan Wood. ac-
companied by the members of the staff
and other Legionnaires of this depart
ment, will assemble this afternoon at
o'clock to participate in services to be
held at the tomb of the late President
memory of the wartime Commander
n-Chief, who was a member of George
Washington Post, No. l, Of this depart
ment.
At the conclusion of these exercises
the Legionnaires will attend the second
maSsing of the colors service, sponsored
by the District of Columbia Chapter of
the Military Order of the World War,
which will take place in the large OPEN
air amphitheater on the slope of Mount
st. Adams. National Cathedral grounds,
at 4 o'clock. Right Rev. James E. Free
man, Bishop Of Washington and col
onel in the officers Reserve Corps, will
deliver the sermon on this occasion.
A feature of the ceremony will be the
procession of massed colors, headed by
the Victory Post Drum Corps of the
American Legion, which will enter the
amphitheater Immediately after the
clergy and the Cathedral choir, aug
mented by other choirs. Post color
bearers should report at the f1agpole, in
the grove along Wisconsin avenue, just
north Of st. Adams Church, at 2:30
pm. Capt. George F. Unmacht, U. S.
A., is chairman of the Military Order of
the World War committee.
At meeting of the department exec
utive committee last Monday night in
room 1046, United States Veterans
Building, Department Comdr. Wood
paid tribute to those who had assisted
him in winning the Kentucky Derby,
detailed report of which was made by
National Executive Committeeman Paul
J. McGahan, who had just returned
from the May meeting of the national
executive committee at Indianapolis,
Ind.
w. NJ Morrell was appointed chair
man Of the department convention
| committee, vice A. A. Cheney, who has
left for an extended Western trip.
Reports were presented by the well
fare officer, child welfare officer, finance
officer and Memorial day committee
chairman. A resolution adopted by the
national executive committee relative
to the recent death of the first post
and first department commander in the
American Legion, e. Lester Jones, was
presented by National Executive Conn
mitteeman Paul j. McGahan and in
corporated In the minutes Of the meets
ing.
A resolution was adopted urging the
War Department to open opportunities
to the Negro youth of the country for
G. M. T. C. training.
The meeting also adopted a resolu-
ton requesting Congress and the Dis
trict Commissioners to provide suitable
quarters for the American Legion in
one of the buildings comprising the
group to be erected for the District In
the municipal center, st