Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
PARADE PRECEDES
OPENING OF LEGION
SESSION TONIGHT
Procession, Starting at 14th
and Ogden Streets, Marks
Start of Convention.
MANY PRIZES OFFERED
TO COMPETING UNITS
Seth Richardson Will Deliver the
Opening Address in Wilson
Normal School.

The District of Columbia Department
| of the American Legion will convene in
| annual convention in the Wilson Nor
| NAL School tonight at 8 O'Clock, the
convention opening to be preceded by
an elaborate parade, starting at Four
tenth and Ogden streets at 7:15.
Headed by the United States Navy
| Band. the parade will proceed down
Fourteenth street past the reviewing
stand, to be located in front of the
Arcade Market. It will go south on
Fourteenth street to Harvard street and
east on the latter thoroughfare to the
school, at Eleventh and Harvard streets.
where 1t will disband in preparation for
the formal opening of the convention.
Many Prizes Offered.
Many cash prizes and loving cups are
to be awarded to the winners among
various competing units In the parade.
The list Of prize awards includes:
Three prizes, for first, second and
third place, respectively, for the best
drum and bugle corps in the parade;
prize for the Legion post having the
largest delegation in the parade, one to
the Legion post having the largest dele
cation entered, in proportion to mem
bership, the post having the best uni
formed delegation in the parade: drum
and bilgle corps excluded: prize. Of
fered by the Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association. for the best float in
the parade, and a prize to be awarded
by the Legion to the business house In
Columbia Heights having the best deco
rated window during the parade.
In the reviewing stand will be Com
missioner Sidney r. Taliaferro. William
N. Morell. general convention chairman:
Maj. Georges Thenault. military attache
of the French embassy: Maj. Gen. p.
Capt. Watson B. Miller. John Lewis
Smith. Col j. Miller Kenyon and Chief
of Police Maj. Henry G. Pratt.
Business Men Represented.
Among the units in the parade will
be a delegation representing the Co
lumbia Heights Business Mems Asso-
floats entered by the business mems
association and by the % Legion posts,
the Grand Chef de Care, j. O'C.
Roberts of the Forty and Eight So
ciety and his staff. the department
commander, Harlan Wood. and his staff.
the uniformed drill team Of the Eight
and Forty, six competing drum and
bugle corps the Elks Band. membership
from the % Legion posts, the Ladies'
squadron of police will handle traffic.
The principal address at the opening
session is to be delivered by Assistant
Attorney General Of the United States
Seth Richardson, who is an active
Legionnaire Of North Dakota. Others
scheduled to speak tonight are Mrs. W.
Mock, president Of the American War
Mothers; Mrs: Roberts. grand chef de
care Of the Grande Voiture, No. 174,
des 40 Hommes ct 8 Chevaux; Dorothy
B. Harper, lie Chapeau Departmental,
Salon Departmental, No. II, and Mrs.
Amos A. F. Fries Of the Ladies Auxiliary.
Greetings by Commanders.
Greetings also will be delivered by
the commanders of the various organi-
cations and by representatives of the
Army. Navy and Marine Corps The
Columbia Heights Business Mems AS
ISOLATION has invited the Mount Pleas
ant Citizens Association. the Citizens
Forum of Columbia Heights, the Column
bia Heights Citizens Association, the
Petworth Citizens Association. the
Pa-kview Citizens Association and the
Georgia Avenue Business Mems Asso-
citation to participate in the welcoming
ceremony Of the Legionnaires. Each
group Is expected to have representa-
tives at the meeting.
Other features Of the opening ses-
sion will be the awarding of q number
Of prizes to individual Legion members
and posts for work accomplished in
connection with Legion activities dur
ing the past year.
General convention business is sched-
uled to get under way tomorrow night.
when the committee on resolutions will
report and nomination of officers will
be held. The election will take place
Friday night.
Early indications are that there will
be a close race between Mai. L. z.
Atkins of the Costello Post. Assistant
Engineer Commissioner of the District,
and Norman Landreau of the Cooley
Mccullough Post, an attorney, and de-
partment judge advocate Of the Legion.
The supporters of both predict victory.