Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

Kansas City by thousands of ". F. w.
and Auxiliary delegates and visitors will
be historically recorded, for participa-
ton at the eonclave OF veterans of all
wars. as it inaugurates It's sessions on
August 30, and carries on its work
through September 4. The people Of
Kansas City are all set to welcome the
hosts with cordial hospitality. Prepara-
tions conducted for months past char
acterize the busineSslike and ambitious
program announced from national head
quarters. The civic associations have
followed through to make the thirty
second annual encampment more sue
cessful than any preceding convention.
The official program of the encanp-
ment is as follows: At pm. on Au-
gust 80 memorial services win be con-
Quoted in the Shrine Temple, with Ma
tional Chaplain Hayes off1ciating, feat
uring special music, which will be broad
cast over Station KINDA, a member
station Of the Columbia chain. On
Monday morning the encampment will
officially open its business sessions, when
addresses will be delivered by distin-
gutshed perSonages, announcements ana
appointment Of committees viii be pub
lished and reports of officers read. For
visitors not attending the session an
American Association base ball game is
scheduled. At 6 p. m. an Official dinner
and reception at the Hotel President
will be rendered by the ladies' aux
iliary, while the distinguished guests
dinner and stag affair will be held at
Hotel Muehlbach. The affair for the
men will be q strictly military event,
from the standpoint OF few speeches
and real soldier entertainment. At 10
o'clock q torchlight parade and public
demonstration by the Military Order OF
the Cootie will excite the street crowds.
on Tuesday at 1890 a. m. the big
parade will be given, which should be
over by 2:30 D. m, when the delegates
will return to the council hall A v.
p. w. celebration at Falkland Park starts
at 4 o'clock. At $50 p. m, the visit
ing bands, drum and bugIe corps and
drill teams will fight 1t out for first,
second and special honors and the
coveted awards of substantial financial
prizes. On wednesday the delegates win
, engage in serious encampment delibera-
tons throughout the morning and after
noon and at Fairfax Field, IN Kansas
City, Kans., a spectacular front-line
air circus will be exhibited. That
night win be held the annual military
ball at the million-dollar Pla-Mor ball
room.
The regular business sessions win con-
tinue throughout Thursday, and the
side attraction is q card of special races
at the Riverside Park track. At $50
D. M the usual reunion and State de-
partment dinners will be held, and at
O'Clock the women hold card party,
with special Kansas City talent featur-
ing the entertainment. AT the same
hour the stage curtains win roll back
on Might in Barbecue. in Conven-
ton Hall, and 1t viii be strictly o stag
affair. There will be acrobatic stunts,
singers, dancers, besides so rounds of
boxing between selected representatives
Of each Of the eight corps areas Of the
regular Army and from other branches
Of the armed forces.
The convention win end with the
usual business work Of the encamp-
ment, including the election and install
lation of officers for the next admins
trative year, and the selection Of the
1892 encampment city. An indication
of the large attendance promised at
Kansas City Is seen in the great number
of special trains that have been char
tered by delegations from all parts OF
the country. One-way rates win apply
on all railroads for the trip to the
convention city and return. Generous
stopover privileges are permitted along
the routes Of travel, with special sight
seeing trips and entertainment for the
encampment tourists.
Columbia Post, No. S33, held its last
regular meeting August II at the Thorn
as Circle Club and unanimously elected
the following officers: Senior vice COM
mander, Samuel @. Hamilton; junior
vice commander, Claude Burlingame:
chaplain, Frank Pritchard, and oficer
of the day. Joseph A. Giovannoni. The
elections were made to I'LL the vacancies
caused by the death of Senior Vice
Comdr. j. Grady Owens and the resig-
nation of John G. Sims as officer Of the
day. Comrade Sims has been assigned
to represent the Veterans Administra-
ton in the Nashville. Tenn, district,
with headquarters at that city. Com
rades Hamilton and Burlingame were
advanced from the Offices OF junior vice
commander and chaplain, respectively.
Follow Me Post, No. 1890. met on Au-
gust Is at the Concord Club. with
5omdr. Milbrandt officiating. The meet
ing was early adjourned so that the
comrades might attend the social given
at the home Of Mrs. Milbrandt. ON Gales
street northeast.
Front Line Post. No. 1401. viii hold
its regular monthly social meeting to-
morrow night at Logan Hall. Comrade
Abe Grudd is vice chairman of the En-
tertainment Committee and promises
rade Grudd is "subbing" for Harry
Volkman, who is now on camp duty at
Virginia Beach with the 20th Marines.
Senior Vice Comdr. Walter p. Boehm
will preside In the absence Of Comdr.
DR.. A. v. Cercell who is also at camp
with the Goth Marines. The winner of
the round-trip ticket to Kansas City
for attendance at the National v. F. w.
will be designated at to- |
requests all comrades to then |
make returns for the tickets charged to |
them. A large crowd went on the moon |
light excursion down the Potomac last |
Friday evening aboard the steamer City |
of Washington. Ten amendments of |
the bylaws will be deliberated upon at |
the next regular business meeting Of the |
post. The amendments were drafted by |
a special committee headed by Post Adj |
vocate Philip higgins. Comrades Irving |
Silverberg and L. +. Sandefur have |
their membership to the new |
v. F. w. post recently organized by en- |
DloyeS of the CITY Post ONCE. The said 1
members were stanch workers for Front /
Line Post up to the time they signed as /
charter members Of the new post, and it |
was largly due to their individual zeal
BUS efforts that the new post was insti-
tuted. A large delegation of comrades |
Of the post are today attending the an
nual crab feast of the Champagne Post
Of Baltimore. Md.
Front Line Ladies' Auxiliary on Au-
rust 10 elected Mrs. Mary B. CUTLER
main and Mrs. Moran as delegates to the
Kansas City National v. F. w. Encamp-
nent to I'LL the vacancies created |
through the designations Of the dele
rates previously elected. Mrs. Moran
recently transferred from Heart of
America Auxiliary Of Kansas City. Kans.
Report concerning the last visitation to /
Naval Hnsrika1 was read and anrnsfrice-