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!. Ladies Auxiliary, Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines Club.
Veterans preference" in Govern
ment employment is engaging the seri-
GUS consideration of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. The organization claims
that an hOnorably discharged veteran
should not be dismissed, furloughed or
reduced in grade or salary so long as
his services have been satisfactory and
there is position he is qualified to
fill and occupied by a non-Service en-
ploye. determined fight will be
Waged to procure legislation that will
define in clear and unmistakable Ian
guage a real worthwhile veterans pref
erence," with penalties that will estop
officials from discriminating against
veterans under the various specious
methods now in vogue.
The recruiting of $500 new members
by February /, 1882, is the goal set by
the District of Columbia DEPARTMENTS
Recruiting Committee.
The Department Recruiting Commit
! tees advisory group met with the post
commanders December and outlined
the plans for a recruiting campaign.
headquarters Of the Recruiting Com
! mlttee have been established in room
23O, transportation Building, Seven
| teenth and H streets. meeting of
all post commanders and of the post,
recruiting representatives, which De-
partment Comdr. Jennings will attend
VIII be held tomorrow at pm, when
the detailed plan Of the recruiting cam
pa!gn will be outlined.
Department Comdr. Jennings pre-
Slded at meeting of the department
and post representatives. at the Metro
politan Hotel, last Wednesday night, to
devise plan for relief work during
the Winter months. A plan of organ
lzatlon prepared by Department Chief
OF staff Maj. Edgar H. Hale was sub
mltted, and tentatively adopted. The
pIan contemplateS a Department Re-
, lief Committee, consisting of a repre-
sentative of each post and additional
members designated by the department
commander. Representative citizens.
not members of the Veterans of For
elgn Wars, who have taken an active
interest in this relief work and depart
mental activities will be invited tn
serve in an advisory capacity. The
department Welfare Committee will de-
termlne the scope of relief work. the
method of extending aid to transient
veterans stranded in Washington; the
pest method Of providinc meals and
lodging, etc.-and subcol ittees with
We'll dehned duties and responsibilities
Will be assigned to the various phases
OF the relief program. The suggested
plan Of the department chief of staff
was referred to a committee appointed
oY the department commander for a
consideration and adoption thereof
with such notifications as are found
to be necessary and advisable.
The Council of Administration of the
District Of Columbia department con-
Vened IN special session at the board
room of the District Building on NO.
vember 25. with Department Comdr.
jennings presiding. Reports were made
by Chairman Oscar w. Hollingsworth
Tor the Relief Committee, and by Junior
Vice Comdr. Nathan D. Golden for the
ArmiStice Ball Committee, respecting
the solicitation and distribution of
clothing through the allied agencies of
the American Legion, Disabled Ameri-
can War Veterans, and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars to the needy veterans
and dependent members of their fam
lilies, and regarding the financial and
social success of the November IL iub-
lice featured at the Washington Audi
torium.
Through the cooperative aid of local
laundry firms in the matter of distrib-
uting paper sacks to their thousands
of patrons for donations of articles of
clothing, large stocks of serviceable ap-
parel have been obtained, and during
the past five weeks the three ex-sery-
ice mems organizations have handled
$4,000 garments-overcoats, suits, coats !
trousers, raincoats and Slickers, hats, !
shoes, shirts, undergarments, etc.
At a meeting of the Police and Fire
Post, No 2249, held at the Metropolitan |
Hotel on the night of December 2, the |
wives mothers and daughters of the |
members were in attendance, accom- |
panied by State Deputy Chief of Staff |
Mrs. Edith Den Breeder. Plans were |
perfected for the organization of an |
auxiliary. The meeting was addressed |
by Past Department Comdr. Charles H.
Reilley. Comdr. Samuel c. Hamilton of
Columbia Post and the Department
Chief of Staff Maj. Edgar H. Hale.
Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284.
held its regular meeting Thursday at
Pythian Temple. DR.. Don S. KnoWlton
spoke on the life of Walter Reed.
Comdr. Nathan H. Glueck has ap-
pO4ILCCN SA4AAAOA b1SC SOllul. u |
Bacon as chairman of Speakers Com
mittee and it is planned on the first
regular Thursday night meeting of each
month to present some distinguished
person who will talk on worthwhile
events or topics. On the evening of
January 21, at Pythian Temple, Oliver
NJ MaXam, chief of division of OPERA
tionS of the Coast Guard service, will
give lecture on Dangers encountered
amidst the icebergs of the North At
lantic Seas" A past commanders badge
was presented to Comrade John I.
Spreckelmyer.
The following new recruits were
recently obligated into membership:
Paul l.. Barrett 77th Division, A. E. F.:
Edward j. Scott, 41st Division, A. E. F.;
Joseph Staslouski, 9Th United States
Spanish-American War. The
post voted IS per cent of the net pro-
ceeds of the Buddy" poppy sales to
the Ladies Auxiliary for relief work
and donated $25 as a Christmas con-
tributiOn to the F. V. w. National Home
at Eaton Rapids, Mich.
Thanksgiving day entertainment I
was given to the patients of Mount
Alto Hospital, and the vaudeville pro- {
gram was presented during the dinner
and the music was supplied by the
Army Band Orchestra. The post went
IN record as favoring the Immediate
full payment of adjusted service GER
,ificateS.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Equality
Walter Reed Post held a special meet
ing at the home of its president. Mrs. 7
Manley Lawton, when Mrs. Leonard j, +
Bacon was obligated in membership. !
The members Of the auxiliary made q
,isitation to the patients of Wards C :
md D of Naval Hospital November 27 y
md dispensed cigarettes, toilet articles,
etc, besides serving refresh =
nents to the bedridden patients. Post u
Comdr. Glueck, Junior Vice Comdr. =
Bacon and several comrades assisted. .