Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Veterans of Foreign Wars

dates viii take place at the next meet.
ing. Following the business session, the
auxiliary will serve coffee and dough-
nuts to the members of Front Line Post
at Logan Hall,
The d. Q. chairman OF the v. r. w.
National Home Fund, Mrs. Mary u.
Guillermain, will call a special meeting
Of the members In the near future to
outline a campaign for raising funds
in the District of Columbia auxiliaries
with which to completely furnish one
room of the homes hospital. at Eaton
Rapids, Mich. So far, the following
appointments have been made to the
committees membership: Mother"
Steed will represent Equality Walter
Reed Auxiliary; Mrs. Dorothy Depro,
National Capital Auxiliary, and Mrs.
Carrie H. Holley, Front Line Auxiliary,
with Mrs. Edna McCutcheon acting as
committee treasurer.
Columbia Post admitted two COM
rades to membership at its last regular
meeting, held at the Thomas Circle
Club, as follows: Milton Politzer, who
served abroad naval vessels In foreign
waters during the Spanish-American
War. and John Storm. whose foreign
service was with the United States Ma
rines in France and Germany during
the World War Comrades Frank
Pritchard and Stanley r. Nash, who
have long been confined for treatment
at Veterans Bureau hospitals, are i'm
proving. Comrade Praether submitted
| a report concerning the activities Of the
soup kitchen being conducted jointly by
Front Line and Columbia Posts. A let
ter of thanks was read at the meeting,
which had been received from the v. F,
w. National Home for Veterans Wild
and OrINhanc Eaton nMntFu
Mich. in recognition of the donation
made it at Christmas.
National Chief Of Staff James Z. van
zandt made an address.
National Capital Post at its last
meeting elected to membership the fol-
lowing comrades: o. L. Crickenbarger.
Headquarters Company. 3l8th Infantry,
A. E. F., France; John T. PreSsgrove
117th Infantry, A. E. F., France and
Belgium; Lawrence G. Brubaker, Com
pany L, 116th Infantry, A. T. F.,
| France: Thomas j. Styles, Battery Z,
335th Field Artillery, A. Z. F., France;
John j. Donovan, reinStated; Charles
p. Galpin, Spanish-American War,
Philippine Instruction, China Relief
| Expedition, who was q Marine guard on
the battleship Maine when 1t was blown
up in Havana Harbor on February Is,
1898, and having been seriously dis
| abled by the explosion, he remained Q
hospital patient for many months, but
was finally restored to duty and order
ed to Peking, China, where he served
as legation guard and was there on
duty when the city of Peking was re-
lieved by the allied armies.
Addresses were made by Past Depart
ment Comdr. Neuner, Comrade Daniel
E. Campbell, chairman of the Hospital
Visitation Committee; Department
Chief of Staff Nathan d. Golden and
Comrades Lloyd, Brakeman and Am
brose.
The post will give an entertainment
Tuesday night which will be featured
! by an address by Representative Paul
J. Kvale of Minnesota, who is O mem
Der OF Columbia Post. No. S33.
United Veterans of American Wars.
Government Printing Once Unit, at its
regular meeting, January II, in Hard
ing Hall, installed the following officers.
Edwin ]. Murray, commander; A. j.
Matthews, senior vice commander: II.
William P. Dockendorf, adiutant;
Ernest Wickstrand, uuartermaster: sam.
uel Mawson, chaplain; Phillip Kellogg.
colorbearer: Frank Bruder, officer Of the
day, G. Green, officer of the guard.
Past Comdr. Mawson acted as INSTALL
ing officer.
The meeting was followed by q ban
quet and entertainment which was in
charge of Past Comdr. Steve Harder.
Past Comdr. w. j. Cassidy was toast
master
Short addresses were given by George
A. Carter, public printer: Father Hur-
ney of the Immaculate Conception
Church and Capt. Moorhead, past
commander. The entertainment pro-
gram was directed by Clara Kroehrie.
The unit is planning an oyster roast
February 8.
The next regular meeting Of the unit
will be February 4, at Harding Hall.