Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
Veterans Of Foreign War;


Veterans OF Foreign War;
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Potomac
Post. No. 1898, Veterans OF Foreign
Wars, held O regular business meeting
July rs, at the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club, 1915 l. street, when 1t
was voted to purchase the flags for the
altar and color bearers. Among COM
mittee reports, Kate Ulrick, welfare
chairman, gave statement of the work
of her committee. Applications for
membership in the auxiliary were
The annual outing of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars Department OF the
District OF Columbia was held last Sun
day at the home Of the late Surgeon
General Rixey in Virginia. The MEM
bers Of the auxiliaries took many vet
Grams from local hospitals on the
outing.
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS.
The movement launched by the Dis
trict of Columbia department Of the
Disabled American Veterans to place in
Jobs disabled men OF Washington, 1t Is
declared, has developed that the situ-
alton on tie matter OF unemployment
In this class Is considerably worse than
had been thought.
While there is q considerable number
OF Washinetonians among the disabled
who have not been placed, the con-
ditiens here are made more difiicalt, 1t
was said, by the number OF veterans who
have come TO the city in the belief that
there have been opened large Building
operations by the Federal Government
that will take care of all who apply.
Upon arriving they have found this
situation Is not as it had been pictured
and they have been looking to the Dis
abled American Veterans to help in
their predicament.
E. Claude Babcock, department COM
mander. and George w. Phillips, execu-
tive committeeman, have been devoting
themselves largely to employment mat
tiers and as result of their daily con-
ferenceS at 4:45 o'clock each afternoon
at the Chandler Building, 1927 ]
street. have been able 10 obtain mum
Der of appointments.
Supported by the Disabled American
Veterans, Representative Fish OF New
York had Incorporated I'm the census
dill an amendment to give priority to the
disabled for census work, which will not
be under the civil service. and the de-
partment Is assisting men to be properly
lined up with their respective Congress.
men to obtain o full share OF the
100 ,009 jobs that will be available when
the census-taking gets under way.
A delegation Of members Of the Dis.
abled American Veterans was the guest
of the commanding cfncer at Fori
washington on Friday and reviewed the
Civilian Military Training Camp activ-
tiles at that plaoe.
Believing the country must always de.
pend mostly upon citizen soldiers In any
wars, the Disabled American Veteran,
have filed a strong protest against any
reduction in the funds of the militia
Reserve Corps of training camps.
Basing his statement upon president
Hoover's call for cuts in the Wa
Department appropriations, Nationa
Comdr. w. j. Murphy Of the D. A. v
said: THE organized disabled Of TIT
World War have consistently supported
adequate preparedness. and at the sam'
time have encouraged any practica
plan to lessen the chances Of war. A
the same time We feel that trimming
appropriations for the War Department
must not interfere with the plannet
activities Of the National Guard, tn
Organized Reserves or the Civilian Mil
itary Training Camps, for our schema
of defense calls for these units to beal
the brunt Of fighting in any future war
just as the citizen soldiers have always
stood most of the shock in every wa
Of the Republic. 49, r. ..
I'VE have the highest regard for oul
Regular Army officers, who must b
depended upon as the directing leader.
in our wars, but If the proposals fol
pruning appropriations for the rilitar!
"a II CHI To n laff 10 The pAR.
ular Army, 1t seems only natural to ex.
pect that they will make every POSSIBLE
effort to conserve the funds devoted
distinctly to Regular Army activities.
Even ii, 1ost radical paciflstS can.
not successfully maintain that Americs
has lived up to her rights Of equality
to Great Britain'S in naval strength
under the limitations Of armament
agreement, and If we are to suspend the
construction which was won after the
bitter battle last Winter we will bt
perpetuating rather than. lessening tho
differences in strength afloat.
1.-The national defense act is a sane
sensible and reasonable plan of pre-
paredness without being militaristic
but If we are going to tolerate cessation
of cruiser building and curb the train
ing of our militia. Reserves or c. M
T. C. men, We will soon revert to oul
pre-war unpreparedness, which was
founded upon the false assumption that
one million men will spring to arm:
overnight without saying where they
will spring to, how they will be clothed
armed, or who will train them. or how
they will be trained before facing the
horrors Of modern warfare.
mo one detests war more than those
upon whom war has left indelible scars
so the voice of the disabled must bt
heard in the present crisis that means
so much to America, her ideals and her
institutions"
Later in the week Secretary Of Wa,
Good announced the militia, reservist
and training camp items for the Army
would not be disturbed.
Word reached here last week that
National Comdr. w. J. Murphy of the
D. A. v. is scheduled to reach Wash
ington for his second visit about the
middle of September. He is now in.
specting hospitals on the West Coast
a has arranged schedule which will
make 1t possible for him to accept invi.
tations to address the national conven-
tons of the United Spanish War Vet.
eign Wars at st. Paul and the Ameri-
can Legion at Louisville.
During his last trip to Washington
in July Comdr. Murphy limited himself
entirely to official business with the
Government bureaus and the Washing
ton Office of his organization, but or
his next stop here he will be the guest
of the District of Columbia Department
in some affair that has not yet beer
definitely decided upon.