Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14

the auditorium CT the Wilson TeacherS'
College, Eleventh and Fairmont streets,
next Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
There will be SO credentialed delegates
representing the posts of the local juris-
diction, and the voting strength OF the
encampment body will total 139. Hosts
of the members at large will be present
throughout the sessions. =
A mammoth parade will inaugurate
the program of the convention. Through
the efforts of the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association, in conjunction
with the representatives of the District
of Columbia Department, V. F. W.,
the conventions Encampment Commit
tee, composed of Ralph Wallace, wis
liam F. Dismer, A. r. Swan, A. B.
Carly, Frank Sobotka and John E.
Burgett, representing the Columbia
Heights Business Mems Association,
and Walter P. Colston, DR.. Joseph F.
Beattie, William I. Snyder, DR.. A. Vic
tor Cercell, Walter P. Boehm, Harry
for the success of the parade, which
will 1 assemble at 7:30 pm. Thursday,
have been perfected. :.
The line of march of the parade will
start from Shepherd and Fourteenth
streets at pm, continuing to Fair
mont street, east to Eleventh street, to
Thirteenth street, north to Irving street,
where the parade formations will dis
band. and all v. F. w. units. other
than the 1875 members of the overseas
Military Band Drum and Bugle Corps,
which will march back to Eleventh
and Kenyon streets and render an
hours public concert, will. congregate
at the convention auditorium.
The order of the marching parade
will be as follows: Police escort, grand
marshal, Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association, District Of Column
bia Department commander and his OF
Drum and Bugle Corps designated the
National v. F.. w. BandD :, National Cap
ital Post, No. 1877; Equality-Walter
Reed Post, No. 284; Federal Post No.
824; Columbia Post, No. 1913; Potomac
Post, No. 1895; Front Line Post, No.
14Ol; Follow Me Post, No. 1880; Maj.
Gen. Clarence r. Edwards Post, No.
2135; National Capital Ladies' Auxil-
larry, Equality Walter Reed Ladies
Auxiliary. Federal Ladies Auxiliary,
Potomac Ladies' Auxiliary, Front Line
Ladies Auxiliary, Follow Me Ladies
Auxiliary, Costello Post (American
Iegion) Drum Corps, Headquarters De-
tachment, United States Army, Capt.
Alexander r. Boiling commanding;
29th Police Company. District Of Co
1umbia National Guard, Capt. William
T. Roy commanding; goth United States
Marine Band, 9th Brigade of. goth and
23d Companies OF United States Ma
rines, Reserves, Maj. Harvey L. Miller
commanding; three squads from Wash
ington Navy Yard, United States Coast
Guard Color Squad, Lieut.. d. E. Mickey
commanding; Victory Post, American
Legion, Drum Corps; Jobs Daughters,
John G. Mcconnell commanding; De
Molay Patrol, Robert Lee Bruce Chap
ter, Masonic Fraternity; Washington
Independent Boys Band, Maj. c. J.
Brown, commanding; first section, 4th
District Boy Scouts, Boy Scouts Drum
and Bugle Corps, second section, 4th
District Boy Scouts; District of Colunn-
bia Fire Departments Drum and Bugle
Corps, Arcade Market Business Men,
Elks' Clown Band, Military Order OF
the Coolies and convoy Of decorated
Maj. Frank Lockhead, U. S. A; Mai
Charles pemonet, y, S. A.. Reserves
and Barney A. Leviton, president OF the
Columbia Heights Business Mems AsSo-
citation, will act as judges in deternin-
ing the winners of the following awards
Best band, first prize, $25; best drum
and bugle corps, first prize, SIS; sec
ond prizes $40; Boy Scout troops, first
prize, SIS; second prize, SIS; best-ap-
pearing v. F. w. post, first prize, silver
cup; disappearing woman's unit, first
prize, silver cup; V. F. w. Cup for the
Cup for the most attractive window
decoration, appropriate to the occasion.
A reviewing stand will be located at
the entrance to the Arcade Market.
Besides the officials of the veterans
organizations, the following guests have
been invited to review the parade:
Representative Sol Bloom, Representa-
tive Royal C.. johnson, Representative
John j. Cochran, Maj. Gen. G. ". H.
Mosley, assistant chief of staff Of the
Army; Maj Gen. Ben H. Fuller, Maj.
Gen. Herbert B. Crosby Commissioner
of the District of Columbia; Admiral F.
C.. Billiard, Admiral w. A. Moffett,
Maj. Gen. John C. Gotwals, Maj. Will
liam A. Pratt, Maj. Donald A. Dawson,
Isaac Cans, William H. Harland, Adj
miral Robert E. Coontz, junior vice
commander-in-chief, Veterans of For
eign Wars, and Inspector E. w. Brown
Of the Metropolitan Police Department.
The various units of the parade will
form promptly at 1880 pm. at the fol-
lowing designated points: The Overseas
Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps,
with post units, at Shepherd street, be-
ginning from Fourteenth street, east;
Costello Post american LEGION Drum
Corps, at Shepherd street, beginning
from Fourteenth street, west; followed
by Headquarters Detachment, q. s.
Army, Capt. Colling commanding; fol-
lowed by squad of Navy men from
washington Navy Yard; followed by q.
S. Coast Guard squad, Lieut.. D. E.
Mickey commanding. Victory Post
(American Legion) Drum Corps and 9Th
Brigade Goth and 23d U. S. Marines)
will form on Taylor street, beginning
from Fourteenth street, east; followed
by washington Independent Boys
Band, Jobs Daughters and DeMolay
Patrol, Robert Lee Bruce Chapter;
first section, 4th District Boy Scouts;
Boy Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps,
second section, 4th District Boy Scouts,
will form on Taylor street, beginning
from Fourteenth street, west; followed
by District of Columbia Fire Depart
ment's Drum and Bugle Corps, Arcade
Market Mems Association, Clown Band
of the B. p. o. EllSs and Military Order
OF the Coolies. Floats will rest at west
curb on Fourteenth street, between Tay-'
Tor and Upshur Streets, to follow line
OF Military Order of the Coolies.
National Capital Post met last Tues
day at Pythian Temple, with Comdr.
Thomas R. ]. Cavanagh officiating. Re-
ports were read by Oscar w. HollingS-
worth, Claudius L. Burton, Ernest Wick
strand and Bernard s. Bladen as chair
men Of the Buddy Poppy, Sick and Re-
lief, Entertainment and Recruiting
Committees, respectively.
The post unanimously passed q res
olution of disapproval of the reported
action taken by the House of Delegates
of the American Medical Association"
in adopting a resolution purporting to
advocate 1.-THE abandonment of the pol
icy of rendering hospital and medical
benefits to veterans of the World War with
non-service connected disabilities and
substitute therefor plan of disability
insurance benefits" In view of the de-
be a nominee for the ONCE OF depart