Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

The regular meeting Of the depart
Hnent executive committee of the
American Legion will be held tomorrow
night at O'Clock in room l046, United
States Veterans Bureau, according to
announcement Of Department Comdr.
Harlan Wood.
The first meeting of the department
excursion committee was held Thursday
afternoon at department headquarters,
al Transportation Building, at which
time plans were outlined for the COM
ing excursion to Marshall Hall Satur-
day, July Is.
The meeting was presided over by
Chairman Francis F. Miller, who ex-
planned that the department was carry
ing out a mandate adopted at the
department convention last August
authorizing the raising Of funds with
which to send the Victory and Vincent
B. Costello Post Drum Corps to the
eleventh annual national convention at
Louisville KY, next Fall.
In addition to Chairman Miller the
other members of the committee in
clude John P. Lynch, vice chairman;
Department Vice Comdr. Emily j.
Carey, secretary; Department Adjt
Howard S. Fisk, treasurer; National
Executive Committeeman Paul j. Nc.
Gahan, publicity; E. B. Lyon, Hugh B.
Marsh, L. z. Atkins, J. B. Jones, r. H
Madden, George Cook, T. Norman
Templeton, T. B. Brewer, Theodore
Cogswell, George F. Unmacht. Earl J.
Brown, H. A. REM, Miss Winifred S.
Nichols, II. w. Hummer, Mrs. Gertrude
Lowen, Bernard G. MCGEE, James F.
Pierce, Joseph ]. Idler, T. Sheehan,
]. O'Connor Roberts. Mrs. Dorothy B.
Harper, Mrs. Ida v. Murray, Mrs. Mel
vim ]. wilt, Mrs. George E. Killeen,
Mrs, Amos A. Fries, Miss Gilbert Cone,
Mrs. Frank L. Peckham, Mrs. Thacker
Y. walker and Mrs. Joseph j. 1dler.
The committee plans to make the all
day outing one Of the most successful
ever given by the department ana the
program will consist Of athletic events,
games, field events, dancing, ETC., for
both the young and old. Legionnaires
with their families and friends will be
on hand 20 make 1t gala occasion.
Dan Sewers, chairman of the national
Americanism committee and leading
spirit in the junior base ball contests
this year, was a visitor at department
headduarters last week and during his
stay went over the details Of the base
ball situation with Department Comdr.
Harlan Wood, w. W. Watt, manager OF
the District League Of the American
Legion, and other department othcials.
REORGANIZATION of the American
Legion junior base ball activity for 1929
has now virtually been completed and
boy teams are playing in thousands OF
cities and towns" said Chairman Sow
ers. THE teams Of the District OF Co
iumbia are among the thousands OF
Aoys' teams scattered throughout the
ecuntry which will compete this year
for the boys worlds championship.
The grand prize which will be awarded
Sane winner Is a free trip to the big
wefld series. This. prize Is put UP by
the National and American Base Ball
Leagues, which are backing the Legion
to the extent Of $4,000. Other honors
which viii 60 to the boy champions In
clude the custody Of the Howard 2.
Savage trophy for the time they hold
the title.
District tournaments, which will
bring together the city and county
championship teams, will be the next
step in the competition" continued
Chairman Sewers, in talking at the con-
ference with District officials. Arrange
InentS for these tournaments have been
completed in the majority of States and
they will be held as soon as the local
play is ended. Plans for the State tour
naments in which the district cham
pions will play for the right to repre-
sent the States in the regional tourna-
nents are also well advanced; The
State or department finals will take
place the latter part Of July or early
August.
IAN but one Of the IL cities in which
the regional tournaments will be played
have been selected and tentative ar
rangements made for playing these IL
Journeys, which will reduce the field to
IL teams, 8 from the East and 6 from
:. the West. The regional tournaments
will be played the middle of August and
will be followed by Eastern and West
ern sectional tournaments, from which
viii come the champions Of the East
and the champions Of the West, who
viii play for the championship OF the
world In the junior world series early
in September.
THE American Legion" says Chair
man Sewers, undertook the junior
base ball activity on a national scale
for the purpose of teaching the boys OF
the Nation the principles of good ctti-
zenship. The whole program is based
on the theory that the principles OF
good citizenship are closely allied with
the principles of good sportsmanshir
and fair play on the base ball diamonds
they will become better citizens in adult
life.''
During his stay in the National
Capital he visited practically all of the
national oficials on duty here, as vel
aS oficials of the Federal Government
With q view to having newly elected
oficers of posts in this department in
stalled approximately at the same time
as department and national officers, ar
amendment to the department conSti.
he cd
ton at the coming annual department
convention in August. A resolution wa:
adopted at a recent meeting of Victory
Post providing that "All elective pos
Officers except those elected to fill va.
cancies caused by death, resignation
or removal from office, prior to tht
completion Of term, shall be elected
and installed within As days of the an
nual department convention and tha
within one week after such installation
each post shall notify department head
quarters Of the names and addresses o.
ill officers Of the post"
The department constitution provides
ut the present time that "An post Of
ficerS shall be installed at the frs
meeting In the month OF December.
Notices OF the proposed amendmen
have been sent by the department ad
jutant to all posts comprising this de
partment for their consideration.
The regular monthly meeting OF tn
q. 8. s. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, wa
held at the Thomas Circle Club Mon
day evening. After the business meet
ing initiation Of the new members too
place, followed by refreshments.
Georgia Monroe has invited tn
members Of the post to attend lunch
con at her home tentative date, Jun
22) for the benefit Of the posts hom
fund. AL members planning to at
tend this luncheon should communicat
with Comdr. Lucille Allan, Navy De
nartment telenhone. branch l6a. 10