Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Veterans of Great War
American Legion.

Inc laSL meeting OF vincent Is. COS
tello Post, No. Is, held in the board
room of the District Building, marked
the close of one Of its most successful
years and the retirement, with honors,
Of Richard A. O'Brien as past com
mander.
On conclusion of the installation of
the new officers by Department Comdr.
B. C. MacNeil, Comdr. Jacob Hal
per announced the following ap-
pointments for the ensuing year: E.
r. Reynolds, adjutant Ed. McCabe, as
sistant adjutant; Curtis A. jackson,
finance officer; Harry E. Smith, judge
advocate; Charles J. Newall. service Of
flcer Norman r. Grant. membership
officer. DR.. David Davis, post surgeon;
R. A. O'Brien, historian and post rep
resentative on the Executive Committee;
Gregory Cipriani, chairman Of Resolu-
tons Committee, and Norman r. Grant
and Royal M. Tinker, color staff.
A brief address by Past Comdr.
O'Brien thanking the officers and men,
bers for their whole-hearted support
during his term of office was followed by
speeches by Department Comdr. Mac
Neil and Department Vice Comdr.
Frazier and Woodson.
Reports were made by members Of
the Executive Committee outlining its
activities in connection with the posts
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Villa Roma on September 80.
A battered French box car. one of the
famous 40 Hommes-8 ChevauX" which
carried American soldiers and horses
to the front in France, will occupy
post of honor at the national conven-
ton in Boston. The car is being brought
to America by the Paris Voiture of the
Forty and Eight" the fun and honor
society of the Legion At the conven-
ton it will be presented to the national
organization of the Forty and Eight"
and will be placed on the Indiana War
Memorial Plaza at indianapolis. the
national headquarters Of the Legion.
Applications for disability allowance
for non-service connected disabilities
for World War Veterans have reached
a total of more than l49, 900, accord
ing to a statement of Acting Director
of the Veterans Bureau Col. George E.
Iiams More than 1000 of these claims
have been sdjudicated by August 81 and
of this number more than half resulted
in awards. These applications are be-
ing filed at 81 regional Offices of the
bureau.
In the preliminary estimates which
were made by the Veterans Bureau it
was anticipated that approximately
1856 900 men would benefit by these
awards within year after the act was
passed.
Gen. John j. Pershing has accepted
an invitation of o. l.. Bodenhamer, ma
tional commander of the American
Legion. to be a Distinguished guest at
the national convention of the Legion
to be held in Boston. Gen Pershing
will extend brief greetings at the open
ing session the morning of October 6
and fhot aUoY4iNo he will ha ha
of honor and speaker of the evening at
the national commanders dinner, this
formal address to be broadcast in a ma
tional hook-up.
The national commanders dinner in
honor of distinguished guests will be
held in the Statler Hotel at 7 pm Mil
ton j. Foreman, major general of the
Illinois National Guard, retired, is ma
tlOnal chairman of the DISTINGUISHED
Guests Committee and will introduce
the national commander at the dinner.
When World War veterans fall in"
and march down the historic streets of
Boston on october in the big parade,
which will be the outstanding feature
OF the convention, approximately 5000
former service men will be in line, ac-
cordlng to a preliminary estimate by
William H. Griffin, chairman of the Pa
rade Committee. Griffin estimates that
the marching column will be from II
to 81 miles in length and that about
eight hours will be required for il to
pass given point.
The parade will get under way
promptly at 10 am. headed by Past
National Comdr Paul V. McNutt. as
grand marshal Numerous floats of a
Legion or patriotic character and scores
of Legion drum and bugle corps and
bands will be in the line The parade
viii be divided into three sections, form
ing at different points, at $50 o'clock,
IL noon and $50 pm. The official re-
viewing stand will be located on the
fremont street mall while the grand
marshal and his staff will review the
paraders at Columbus Circle on Column
bus avenue.
The officers of the parade are as fol-
lows: Grand marshal, Past Comdr. Nc
Mutt; honorary grand marshal, Mai
Gen. Clarence r. Edwards. chief of
staff, Lieut.. Comdr William H Griffin;
honorary chief of staff, Lieut. Gen. Ed
ward l.. Logan; assistant chief of staff,
Capt. Edward F. ODowd; adiutant. Col.
George S. Penney; chief of aides, Lieut..
Col. Charles A. Ranlett. The parade
will be limited to members of the
American Legion, uniformed bodies OF
the American Legion Auxiliary and
| floats of Legion or patriotic nature
Department and post colors of the
Legion and department and unit colors
of the auxiliary will be massed at the
head of each department delegation.
American Gold Star Mothers.
The American Gold Star Mothers
held their first Fall business meeting
at the Hamilton Hotel last Thursday
evening.
The occasion was a get-together din
ner attended in large numbers by the
Washington members.
Among messages received were those
! from Mrs. NJ E. Barnett of Neenah,
Wis; Mrs. Mary j. Bates of Jackson,
Mich. Mrs. Myra Buchanan of Holley,
N. Y; Mrs. Olive Carpenter of Niagara
Falls, Mrs. A c. De Arkland of Louisi-
ana, Mrs. Stella H. Ellis of Takoma
Park Md; Mrs. j. M. Gallagher OF
Wayne. Pa, Mrs. Nora Gordon OF
Jackson Heights, N. Y; Mrs. George
II. Gorham of Washington, Mrs b. B.
Harrington of Warrensburg, ~ Y; Mrs.
w. S. Holmes of Hastings, Nebr.: Mrs.
! Amy H. jenkins of Jackson, Mich: Mrs.
Kate S. Loomis of Batavia, N. Y. Mrs.
Florian Lampert Of Oshkosh Wis; Mrs.
Kate P. Mccoy of Washington, Mrs.
| Martha H. Martin of Sullivan, Ind.
| Mrs. Phila j. Richmond of Jackson,
| Mich; Mrs. Ellen Sullivan of Jackson,
| Mich. Mrs. j. T. Nelson Of Peoria, Ill;
! Mrs. Theodore Porter of Washington,
Mrs. Eva M. Springer OF Elgin, H.;
| Mrs. A. Schultz of Jackson, Mich; Mrs.
| Nettie q. WILDER Of Brooklyn. Mich,
| Mrs. Elizabeth Waite or Clark Lake,
| Mich and Mrs. Maud A. Whitmore of
/ Parma Mich