Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-25
Veterans of Great War

American Legion Auxiliary will place .
| wreath on the Tomb for the National
Auxiliary Of the American Legion. At
1910 o'clock the Eight and Forty will
also place q wreath on the Tomb.
At 2 o'clock all Legionnaires are in
vited to attend the ceremonies in the
Amphitheater. Tickets for the Amphi-
theater may be secured from Stanley
Schreiner, chairman of the Memorial
day committee. Poppies for Legion posts
may be secured at department head
to Arlington may be purchased from
Legion representatives at Thirteenth
and B streets, where the parade will dis
band.
Special services will be conducted by
the members of the Jane A. Delano
Post at Arlington National Cemetery at
IL o'clock in the nurses section, Porter
and Mcpherson avenues, to which the
public Is invited. Cornet Soloist Ar
thur Witcomb of the United States Ma
rtne Band will sound Taps at the
conclusion Of the services.
James E. Walker Post will place q
wreath on the grave Of Maj. James E
Walker. after whom the post Is named
In Arlington Cemetery
| Other posts and their assignments
during the week include: Kenneth H
| INdSQ EUot, 1lCIlWOUu ScIIlcIcTy, angus
tus p. Gardner Post, st. Elizabeth's
Cemetery; James Reese Europe Post
Harmony Cemetery; Stuart Walcott
Post, Congressional Cemetery; James
z. Walker Post. Woodlawn and Payne's
| Cemeteries; Bureau of Engraving and
Printing Post, st. Mary's Cemetery
The U. s. S. Jacob Jones Post will dec
crate graves of their comrades at Oh
ney, Glenwood, Mount Olivet, Prospect
Hill and Fairfax Cemeteries.
Victory Post and Victory Post Aux
Hilary will pay tribute to the naval dead
Monday evening at Z o'clock with serv-
ices at Hams Point, Potomac Park
Wednesday afternoon George E. Kill
leen Post will hold services in Holy
Rood and Oak Hill Cemeteries and at
5 o'clock the same day the American
Gold Star Mothers, assisted by Depart
ment Comdr. Knight, Victory and
| George E. Killeen Posts, will place pop
pies and flags near the memorial mark
ers on Sixteenth street extended
Thursday afternoon memorial services
will be held under the auspices of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Engraving and Printing in tribute to
former employees Of all wars.
National Executive Committeeman
Paul J. McGahan returned q few days
ago from Indianapolis, where he at
tended the meeting of the national ex-
ecutive committee. One Of the impor-
| in which the Department of the District
of Columbia is interested, was the adop-
ton of the resolution protesting against
the locating of airports adjacent to Ar
lington National Cemetery. which was
sent from the department executive
committee, after unanimous approval,
to the national executive committee.
The resolution in full as adopted at
the meeting last week is as follows:
Taking cognizance of legislation now
pending in Congress proposing the es-
Enlistment adjacent to the Arlington
National Cemetery Of a large perma-
nent commercial, municipal and Fed
eral airport, the national executive
committee Of the American Legion
hereby expresses the disfavor with
which it views any projected industrial
activity to be so located.
arlington Is the final resting place
| of the Unknown Soldier and thousands
of veterans from all parts of the United
States. It is not believed that in so
so far as 1t Is possible there should
be any commercial development Of the
territory Immediately adjoining Ar
lington National Cemetery.
| THE national executive committee
| of the American Legion at its meeti@g
in Indianapolis, Ind, May 16. therefcM
instructs the national adjutant to
transmit these views on the situation
| to the President of the United States
Senate and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, with the request
that the same be presented to the re-
spective committees having the legis-
, 10 tioy1 In, riJcSti0r IN rharUao
| The proposition was for the District
of Columbia to borrow from the United
| States Treasury the sum of $2,500,0 0C
to purchase the two airports at present
located there, together with the expert
mental farm adjoining of the Depart
| ment of Agriculture, and merge them
into one large commercial municipal and
Federal airport, title to the same to be
vested in the United States Govern
ment, although purchased by District
taxpayers, to be paid back to the United
States Treasury at the rate Of $3.50 00C
covering a period of ten years.
A Civil War veteran joined the
George Washington Post last Tuesday
was initiated and became q member OF
that post Gen. Glen Is familiarly
known as the drummer boy Of Shiloh
| and has served with distinction in the
United States Army since the conflict
of 1876. John A. Buchanan was
also initiated with the grand old man
of Civil War fame.
william c. Brewer. who was recently
elected a second vice commander, was
sworn in by John Lewis Smith, past
post and past department commander
| w. L. Park a member of w. w. Fetzer
Post. No. IL, Milton, Pa, made an ad-
! dress.
Comdr. B. c. MCGEE announced that
members Of the post would decorate the
graves of veterans in Rock Greek
Cemetery on May 20. He also requested
ceremony this afternoon at Mount St
Alban.
The pilgrimage of Minnesotans now
in Washington will be made to the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Airing
ton Sunday, June !, at pm. All for
mer residents of. Minnesota, whether
members of the American Legion or not,
are requested to attend.
Comrade Jane Breen, commander of
y. S. s. Jacob Jones Post, and Com
rades Lucille Allan, Mary Weide, Mary
Kohlos and Helen Sprague attended the
farewell banquet rendered at Depart
ment Commander Atkins May Is at the
Villa Roma
Plans are under way for the post drill
team. Drills are being held Friday eve
nings at the Thomson School, Twelfth
and l. streets All interested are asked
to communicate with Comrade Lucille
Allan, on branch 1853. Navy Depart
ment, or Comrade Elsie Pinney, on
branch sos.
A number of the comrades attended
the 'spellin' skule" given by the West
gate Club, organized under Comrade
Georgia Munroe. The play was given
May II and repeated May "a.
The post colors will form part of the