Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
10Th DIVISION MEN
SELECT MULHOLLEN
Former Sergeant Major Ex-
pected to Head Blue Ridge
Veterans Association.

Oscar c. Mulhollen of Johnstown, Pa,
who served as sergeant major in the
305th Engineers of the 80th Division
in the World War, today was announced
as the choice of the nominating COM
mittee of the Goth Division Association
reunion, being held here, for COM
mander of the association for the en-
suing year, and probably will receive
the election at the final business meet
ing of the reunion tomorrow afternoon
at the Raleigh Hotel.
Mulhollen for the past year has served
as first vice commander of the veteran
organization.
Mulhollen's home town, Johnstown,
probably will be chosen as the next
meeting place for the Blue Ridge Di-
vision veterans, their bid for the re-
union being considered the strongest
presented during the meeting here.
Selection Tomorrow.
Bids from a score of towns in Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania
have been received by the committee
handling that matter, however. and
final recommendation as to selection of
next years meeting place will not be
made by the committee until tomorrow
afternoon.
Other nominations made by the COM
mittee this morning were: Honorary
commanders. Gen. Adelbert Cronkite Of
Baltimore, who commanded the division
during the war, and Lieut.. Frank
Schoble, jr., of Philadelphia, who was
blinded in action with the division in
France; vice commanders, Maj. Gen.
E. G.. Peyton, Rodney T. Bonsall Of
Philadelphia and BOYD VI. Stutler of
Charleston, w. Va; chaplain, the Rev.
Theodore S. Beck of Williamsport, Pa;
historian, Russell L. StultZ of Newman
ket. Va: judge advocate. Lieut.. Col.
Ashby Williams of Washington; Christ
c. Kramer Of Pittsburgh, color sergeant;
sergeant, 0. K. Fry of Pittsburgh.
For the executive council the nomi-
mating committee suggested: Jack Lon
don, Allen G. Murray, Robert D. New
man, Robert E. Daume, Samuel G.
Evans, Homer c. Cunningham. John
Vashetta, A. M. Brownley, A. j. Ray,
F. r. Saternow, Paul T. Winter and
Col. Earl D. Church.
Johnstown Sends Plane.
Johnstown took to the air to inter-
est the 80th Division veterans in COM
ing here for next years reunion. Walter
Krebs, editor of the Johnstown Tribune
and president of the Chamber Of Com
merce; Representative j. Russell Leech,
John L. Hite, and James Ritter, pilot,
arrived at Washington airport this
morning in plane to present Johns
towns plea for the 1890 reunion. They
few back this afternoon.
This afternoon the veterans are at
Fort Myer, where the cavalrymen are
putting on a special monkey drill for
in ri1i,an hoI tho VN0ct A
reception for the wives of the veterans
and members of the division associa-
tion's auxiliary is being held at the
Raleigh this afternoon. Numerous
small unit reunion dinners are Sched-
uled for this evening, including that
of the personnel of the 319th Infantry
at o'clock, at the Raleigh.
Banquet This Evening.
At Z o'clock this evening the annual
reunion banquet will be held at re-
union headquarters. Speakers at the
banquet will be Maj. Gen. Briant Wells
/ Lieut.. Col. Ashby Williams, general re-
union chairman: Harlan Wood, former
commander of the District Depart
ment of the American Legion; Harvey
L. Miller, District commander Of the
Wells. retiring commander of the 80tt
Division Association, and Maj. Gen. E
@. Peyton. Gen. Wells will act a.
POSTMASTER.
Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock thu
veterans will be given a demonstration
of stunt flying. by Army pilots at Boil
ing Field. Leaving Boiling Field. the
veterans will gather at the White House
to meet President Hoover at ll:4s
o'clock.
The final business session of the re-
union will be held at o'clock tomor.
row afternoon and the division Dali
scheduled for O'Clock tomorrow nignt
win wind UP the, four-day meeting.