Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
senior vice commander of the Amsri-
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Post, designated as the Official national
bugler for blowing Taps" ct the me-
mortal services in Baltimore on August
81, as well as for blowing the bugle
calls throughout the sessions OF the
encampment Comrade Witchey. was
selected to blow TAPS" at the inter-
ment of the Unknown Soldier and over
Presidents Wilson, Harding and Taft,
| and the bugle he would blow at the
Baltimore national encampment would
| be the same he used at these obsequles
The veterans national outing this
afternoon from l pm, Is being given
by the D. c. department in con1unc-
ton with the unit posts and auxiltaries
at the Berwyn estate of DR.. M. l..
Turner. Final arrangements were made
for caring for approximately rs hos
pita1ized veterans from each of the
local Government hospitals. Trans
portation will be provided from each
hospital.
Overseas Military Band. Drum and
Bugle Corps.--The senni-annual inspec-
ton and review of the v. F. w. Over
seas Military Band, Drum and Bugle
Corps, will be staged at 1880 o'clock
this morning at West Seaton Park, be-
tween Four-and-a-half and sixth
streets and Buildings D and e, which
are located just below Pennsylvania
avenue. The department and posts
colors and Perry Ship Posts coIors
will be displayed in the parade and re-
view, and Capt. Harvey L. Miller. COM
manding the corps, viii doubtless give
a "snappy" military drill.
Department Comdr. William L.
Thomas, accompanied by his staff and
the commanders of the several posts,
will inspect the corps, after which 1t
Will pass In review. A band concert Of
military marches is part of the pro-
gram
Part of the mornings ceremony will
consist Of the awarding of decorations
for distinguished service during the past
year. Among those to be decorated Is
Miss Grace Bradfleld of Alexandria, Va,
in acknowledgment Of her valued serv-
ices to the Veterans of Foreign Wars
during the past two years.
Harry F. Volkman also is to receive
a decoration in recognition of his serv-
ices as department adjutant.
The parade and concert formations
to be used this morning also will con-
stitute a full-dress rehearsal for the
corps participation in the firemen's pa
rade on Labor day, the band contest at
Sylvan Theater on that evening, the
v. F. w. national encampment parade
at Baltimore on September and the
national v. r. W. Band contests on the
evening of September g. The contests
at Baltimore will take place in the
Fifth Regiment Armory. With the adj
dition Of IL new members and a color
section of 20 men from the goth Ma
rines, the Overseas Corps now numbers
140 pieces. under the leadership of
Lieut.. Arthur E. Harper, and is the
largest veterans band in the world. Not
only Is the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Overseas Band entered for the first
prizes in these four major turnoutS, but 1t
also seeks pre-eminent recognition as
the national band of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars of the United States, a
distinction now held by the v. F. W.
Band of Warren, Ohio. At the Balti-
more encampment there will be in COM
petition 70 bands and $50 drum and
bugle corps.
Follow Me Post, No. 1830.-The
monthly social of the post was held
at the Yeast Inn, of Bladensburg road,
last Thursday evening. Comrade Mil
brandt, the delegate to the national en-
campment, will be reported present at
the Baltimore convention, and large
attendance by post members is expect
ed. Cofnrade Ewing, chairman of the
posts "On to Baltimore" Committee, Is
doing all he can to persuade 100 per
cent attendance. A permanent meeting
place for the post has now been located
at the Concord Club, 314 G street,
where regular meetings on the second
and fourth Thursdays of each month
will be held. Comdr. Lloyd E. Kelly Is
leaving this week to command the team
Of District of Columbia police officers
contesting in the pistol firing matches
out in Ohio. The initiation of the posts
degree team Is programmed for the next
meeting, August a. The members wives
20 erix afecf &r
for the charter of an auxiliary, and a
post membership drive viii be staged
in September, with set goal of mem
bership increase by several hundred per
cent during the approaching Winter.
Columbia Post, No. 833, held its regu-
lar monthly meeting at the Thomas
Circle Club on August 10. Chester M.
Reich was installed as post commander,
succeeding Charles H. Kelley, who re-
Gently resigned. Junior Vice Comdr.
Harry 4. Shilling was elevated to the
Office Of senior vice commander, and to
his vacated office Fred A. Livingstone
was unanimously elected. Congratula-
lions were extended to Comrade Flem-
ing, chairman of the Poppy Committee,
for the good work accomplished during
the campaign last May. Comrade Flem-
ing, chairman Of the Relief Committee,
reported on relief granted to hospital
1HSQ NCtNEdIls. EldIlS were mace 10 as
sure large post representation at the
Baltimore convention.
Front Line Post Auxiliary holds its
next regular meeting tomorrow evening
at Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club
Eleventh and L streets, at which time
new candidates will be given the obi
CATION. The auxiliary has planned is
monthly visit to Naval Hospital for
August 20 at pm. The auxiliary is
assisting at this afternoons annual vet
Grams outing at Or. Turner's Berwyn
estate. Mrs. Clay Keene Miller, past
president Of the auxiliary, who has been
recuperating from a recent illness at
Cape May, has returned very much inn
proved.
e2d Division.
Veterans of the S2d Division, A. e. F..
have been invited to attend the first
home coming" reunion Of the division
TO be held in Atlanta, Ca, on the old
fields of Camp Gordon, September 26,
q and %. This will be the twelfth
anniversary of the beginning of the
great Argonne offensive, in which the
Sd took prominent part.
For those who prefer a bit Of Army
life there will be a tent city, on the
old camp site, where the 82d trained
Various entertainment features are
planned and special railroad fares are
being arranged. Veterans who expect
to attend are requested to notify the
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