Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23

The Veterans of Foreign Wars dele
CATION, consisting of members of the
several posts of the District, marched in
the Washington Birthday Parade at
Alexandria yesterday, headed by their
musical unit.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars min
strels broadcast program over Station
VOL on Thursday Songs were rem
dered by Elsie Jorss, soprano Soloist Of
the Overseas Military Band. Herman
e. AbrahamSon, visitor from Ballentine
Post, No. GAG, Minneapolis, played sew
eral classical selections on an ordinary
carpenters hand saw, accompanied by
Elsie Jorss. trombone solo was rem
dered by j. Dorsey, former band leader
Of the 7eth Division. A number was
also rendered by Tommy Creighton.
The goth Regiment Marines, now
being formed in the District of
Columbia, is being well filled up by
comrades of the different posts of the
department. The first battalion of
this regiment, composed of men from
the District, will sojourn for a two
weeks encampment at Quantico, Va,
the first two weeks in July of this year.
ALI comrades interested in joining this
partment Comdr. Harvey L. Miller, 1912
Pennsylvania ave.
Front Line Auxiliary distributed a
number of ear phones and head sets
to the patients at Naval Hospital. The
annual poppy drive has been started.
At the first meeting of the general
committee for the sale OF buddy pop
pies Front Line Auxiliary was repre-
scented by Mary B. Guillermain, Vir-
ginia Cercell and Edith Den Breeder,
the committee appointed to take charge
of the sale of peoples, Mrs. Cercell
serving as chairman.
The next meeting of Front Line Aux
iliary will be held tomorrow night at
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club,
Eleventh and L streets, at which time
Harry j. Hooley, commander of Front
Line Post, will address the members
The dates of August 81 to September
f. inclusive have been officially deSig-
mated in an announcement by national
headquarters for the Thirty-flrSt Ma
tional Encampment of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States, to
be held at Baltimore, Md.
A tentative program submitted by the
Baltimore encampment committee has
been given final approval by Hezekiah
N. Duff, national commander of the
v. F. w. and national headquarters.
The 1880 convention will be featured
by the annual memorial services to be
held in Baltimores 100000 war me-
mortal building, a mammoth military
parade, and an entire day to be spent
on a visit to Annapolis by boat.
The annual military parade, to be
held on Labor day will actually be a
parade for peace" made up of march
ing units of all World War armies of
the allies. as well as those of the GER.
trail powers, according to present plans.
Veterans of Americas various CAM
paignS will fall in line with companies
of British, French, Italian, Belgian and
German World War veterans in a
peaee-time demonstration of comrade-
ship and international harmony, II
pending arrangements prove feasible.
Plans are being made for handling
the largest v. F. w. encampment at
tendance in history, due to action taken
by the 1929 convention at st. Paul
doubling the quota of delegates and
alternates for each local unit. There
are nearly 1000 posts of the v. F. w.
located in every State in the Union
Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, the
Philippines. China, the Canal Zone,
Cuba and Paris, France.
Six million buddy peoples are being
made at the present time by disabled
veterans under supervision of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars of the United
States, in anticipation of the ninth all
nual Nationwide distribution of tie
colorful Flanders Field symbols in May
1880, national headquarters Of the
v. F. w. announced recently.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars, at its meet
ing February 20 moved that its dues be
reduced in launching a membership
drive. Arthur Fowle is chairman OF
the membership committee.
Continued interest was manifested by
the members of the post regarding
pending legislation in Congress affect
ing World War veterans. A discussion
took place in which Comrades Boyer
Thomas and Capt. Bethlehem. a mem
Der Of this pest and also national leg