Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

Department Comdr. C. B. Jennings
called an informal meeting of the de-
partment and post officers at the Colo
RADIO Building Thursday evening to dis
cuss plans for the ensuing year. The
meeting was attended by representa-
tives of all posts, with assurance to
Comdr. Jennings that full cooperation
would be given in bringing about COM
plete harmony in the Department
Council
| Comdr. Jennings announced there
would be five principal projects to
which he would direct the departments
energies during his administration. The
first and foremost will be the hos
pital and relief work, which will be
headed up by Department Surg. DR..
Donald S. Knowlton: second, the early
| Der II. The plans for this are under
! the direction of Junior Vice Comdr.
Nathan D. Golden, Clarence R. Edwards
Post, who will select his own committee,
subject to the approval OF Comdr Jen-
nings. Third, the Poppy Committee
will be Immediately organized under
Senior Vice Comdr. Davis OF Columbia
Post. Fourth, recruiting will constitute
an important item under the probable
guidance of Walter Boehm, at present
senior vice commander Of Front Line
Post. Fifth, Department Comdr. Jen-
nings also emphasized the Importance
of the departments Citizens Military
Training Camps Committee, which he
! will leave under the guidance OF Past
! Comdr. Joseph F. Beattte.
| Another project of the department
which likewise was emphasized, subject
to the approval Of the Departments of
Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia,
/ was the joint encampment Of the Dis
i Azs1 - C@1r hi T1nr1o
gether with those departments IN Wash
| ington. incident to the Bicentenntal
Commission in June of 1882. 1t is
probable this committee will be headed
by Past Comdr. George TAFT, together
with all past department commanders,
| including the National Councilmen OF
the Fourth District and Past CoIndr.
in Chief Paul C. Wolman.
1t is proposed for the time being to
retain the office in the Colorado Build
ing, with Past Senior Vice Comdr. Os-
car Hollingsworth in charge. AT a
later date it may be found necessary to
remove the Office to LOCALITY whlch
will be more available to the depart
ment organization.
Comdr. Jennings announced that the
appointments to his department STAN
would be made public not later than
the Department Council meeting to be
held at the District Building on July g..
Eouality-Walter Reed Post. = With
John q. Spreckelmeyer, commander.
presiding. a meeting will be held July 2
! to receive reports of the delegates to
| the Department Encampment. Three
members Of the post were elected to
| office in the Department Encampment
as follows: Nathan D. Golden, junior
vice commander: DR.. Donald S. Knowl-
ton, department surgeon, and Nate
| Gluck, department judge advocate.
Comrade Golden has now applied for
and received transfer to the Clarence
R. Edwards Post, which normally con-
sists of comrades of his in the 10Th
Division, A. E. F., Of which he was a
member.
The members of the council of ad-
ministration representing the post for
! the ensuing year will be Dan E.
Campbell, Arthur C. Fowle and James
w. Boyer. jr.
The delegates to the national en-
campment at Kansas City. Mo-. August
81 were elected at the last meeting OF
| the post, as follows: Comrades John
D. Spreckelmeyer, James w. Boyer, jr.;
Edwin S. Bethlehem, jr.; William l..
Thomas. Howard Woerner, together
with alternates, John Simms, Gen.
Frank T. Hines, Ashby Martin. Cecil
McDougall and Col. G. w. Wadsworth.
Comrade Spreckelmeyer has an
nounced that the visitation OF all posts
to Equality Walter Reed Post. includ--
| ing the department commander ana