Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
Veterans of Great War

probably in quarters to be furnished
by the Veterans Bureau. The thought
has been advanced that the personnel
to be used in the work will be as
familiar as possible with Veterans Blu
reau problems and the special employ
ment requirement of benef1ciaries Of
the bureau, although the services Of
the agencies will not be restricted to
veterans with disabilities.
All ARRANGEMENTS have been made in
Europe for a royal reception to all Gold
Star Mothers who participate in the pill
| grimage during the period from May
of this year to october 81. 1888, &C
| cording to Maj. Gen. John F. Organ,
who, with Prig. Gen. j. Leslie Kincaid,
wenS o. Europe to arrange for the tour
of more Tran / $50 veterans of the 9th
Division, A. E. F., who sail for Europe on
May Is.
England. Belgium and France, through
civil and military officials, service men S
organizations and the American Legion
! have assured of every cooperation. The
| veterans of British divisions. with which
| U. S. troops participated in Flanders
battles will meet and fraternalize with
| the veterans when they go abroad.
| During the pilgrimage abroad the
9th Division veterans will hold a re-
union in London with veterans of the
British divisions with which they
| fought. They will be received by the
King and Queen of the Belgians and
on Memorial day they will visit the
cemetery, where many Of the divisions
dead are buried. A special itinerary has
been arranged for the veterans of the
| SD Artillery Brigade. which will take
them to Verdun and other sectors where
they fought.
| Among the amendments which the
| American Legion will seek to have in
| cluded in the act providing for the pill
grimage of the Gold Star Mothers to the
European battlefields and cemeteries is
one that will permit mothers to make
| the trip, who do not reside in the United
| States but whose sons are buried in
known graves in Europe. In Italy, par
ticularly, there are great many moth
erS whose sons lost their lives fighting
with the American Expeditionary Forces.
Another amendment sponsored by the
| American Legion would permit mothers
whose sons bodies were returned to the
| United States for burial, to make the
| pilgrimage, If not at the expense of the
| Government, at least at the time of the
| general movement so that they might
benefit by. any special transportation
| rates which might be available. Ac-
| ton by Congress on the various amend
mentS is expected at an early date.
Jane A. Delano Post. No. 6, was rep
resented at the mass meeting and re-
ception at Constitution Hall on the eve
ming of January 90. at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier January 80 and the
luncheon at the Carlton on Saturday
given by Mrs. Rice William Means, in
honor of Mrs. Donald McCrae, ma
tional president of the American Legion
Auxiliary. All these were in connection
with the Women's Patriotic Conference
on National Defense.
Costello Post. No. is, held its regular
meeting February in the Immaculate
Conception Hall, tbs N street, which
took the form of an initiation and social
session. Comrade McCabe has received
a supply of Costello Post caps along
with other American Legion insignia,
including radiator emblems. Harry
Photis, who has been appointed field
representative Of the national rehabili-
tation committee in Greece, babe the