Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-01

Plans for the Armistice Jubilee. to
be held at the washington Auditorium
the night Of November IL, are pro-
crossing. The organization Of the sale
! OF tickets occupied the attention Of
the General Committee during the past
week.
This function, coming under the
head of Past Department Comdr Col.
George L. TAFT. is being organized with
six subcommittees, as follows: ], sale
of tickets within the Government de-
partments; 2, sale of tickets within
the posts Of the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars; 3, sale of tickets by direct mail
campaign: 4, sale Of tickets through
military and naval garrisons located
in and around Washington: S, sale Of
tickets through individual efforts
through personal contacts and through
personal mailings; 6, sale of tickets at
Auditorium on the night Of the jubilee.
These committees have been COM
prehenSively organized by Col. TAFT,
and particularly the Committee on
Sales within the various Government
departments, under the supervision Of
Mai. E. II. Hale, who is chairman Of
the subcommittee.
These departments now organized by
Maj. Hale are as follows: Treasury
Department, Col. Fred A. Livingstone;
1. Spreckelmyer; War Department.
Herbert c. Davis; State Department,
Col. A. w. McCatheron; Interior De-
partment, Lieut.. A. d. Hathaway; Navy
Department. w. H. Gordon and Harry
v. Krichton: Justice Department, VIII
liam Homer Carroll; Agriculture De-
partment, John @. Strobel: Commerce
Department., Nathan d. Golden; Pat
ent ONCE, Mai. Z. H. Hale; Walter
Reed Hospital. Lieut.. Charles H.
Col Tait's Committee on General
Ticket Distribution includes George l..
TAFT, E. H. Hale, N. d. Golden, Edwin
w. Warren, Harry v. Krichton, j. E.
Bennett, H. NJ Smith, w. H. Gordon.
Eli Busada, William Homer Carroll,
Charles H. Kelley, Thomas E. Fawcett,
A. d. Hathaway, James NJ. Dean, John
@. Strobel. Fred G. Lucas, c. j. Nc
Spreckelmyer, James w. Boyer, jr.,
Chester M. Reich and Gen. Pelham d.
GlasSford.
Tho organization Of the Armistice Day
Ball and Jubilee Committee is made up
of the following representing the several
unit posts of the District of Columbia
department: National Capital Post, No.
127, Thomas r. j. Cavanaugh, Daniel
j. Leahy, Edward ]. Sullivan, Christian
Scheible, C. L. Burton and John ].
Allen; Equality-Wa Reed Post, No.
284, John I. Spreckelmyer. Arthur c..
Fowle, Nathan H. Glueck, D. e. Camp
bell, James w. Boyer, DR.. Joseph F.
Beattie and DR.. Don S. Knowlton; Fed
eral Post No. 824, John G. Streebel
! George c. williams, Rev. v. o. AndeT-
son, Samuel B. Lapin, Clarence ]. Law
less, G. l.. Burke and c. =. Crowell:
Columbia Post, No. 1888, Frederick Liv-
| ingstone, Chester M. Reich, J. Allen
Praether, George L. TAFT, John I. Hart.
Charles H. Kelley and Edgar H. Hale;
Potomac Post, No. 1085, Edwin w. War
rem, George Leissler, Frank r. Heise,
James A. Barr, Robert s. Bonar and
Stephen Uhlrick; Front Line Post, No.
1401, DR.. A. Victor Cercell, Walker H.
Colston, Joseph B. Gardella, Walter p.
Boehm, George M. Green, Abe Grudd
and Charles b. Jennings: Follow Me
Post, No. 1880, Sigmund Milbrandt,
Selby G. Harr, Thomas E. Fawcett, Eli
Campbell; Gen. Clarence r. Ed
wards Post, No. 2135, Ray Queenin,
Nathan D. Golden, Paul L. Hutchins,
E. c. Baker, Byron G. Carson, John
Caswell, jr., and David B. Herman.
Advance Post, No. 2194, Herbert Bor-
chardt, Irving NJ Silverberg, Albert E.
Forester, Russell III. Williams, William
A. Longstreet and Austin @. Pahlow;
Police and F1remen Post, No. 2249,
all, James e. Bennett, Oscar L. Rose
and Herbert S. Reilley. Junior Vice
Comdr of the District Of Columbia De-
partment Nathan D. Golden Is chair
man of the committee and Daniel E.
Campbell secretary. Brig. Gen. Pelham
d. Glassford. o. s. A., retired. is the
director general and Representative
Royal G. johnson grand marshal.
The Police and Firemen Post. No.
2249, met in the board room of the Dis
trict Building, when Department Comdr.
Charles B. Jennings installed the ON
GERS. Addresses were made by Brig.
Gen. Pelham d. Glassford, q. s. A., re-
tired; Judge Robert I. Mattingly. In
spector william Brown, assistant super
intendent of police and chief Of the
Traffic Bureau; Police Lieut.. Milton
Smith, Judge Isaac Hitt William III.
McGrath, second vice commander of
the District of Columbia Department
of the American Legion: Gen. Amos A.
Fries. U. S. A., retired; Past Depart
ment Comdrs. Beattie and Neuner.
Conndrs. Strobel and Cercen, Comdrs;-
elect Volkman and Queenin. Comrade
Bladen of the Overseas Military Band.
Drum and Bugle Corps, Mrs. Edith Den
Breeder as national chief Of staff OF
the Ladies' Auxiliaries. Comrade Mar
tufi as chairman Of the Hospital Com
mittee and others.
The officers are: Commander, James
e. Bennett; adjutant, william Z. Riley;
| quartermaster, Herbert NJ Smith;
senior vice commander. Oscar Il. Rose;
| junior vice commander. John Z. Fend-
all; surgeon, Grover G. Monkey, chap
lain, William H. McGrath: judge adj
vocate, Maurice Rainey; oficer OF the
day, Fred L. Rawlinson; patriotic In