Evening star., 1932-01-24
Veterans of Foreign Wars

| COMMANDER IN CIlleI DdTOlQ ~.
De Coe was honored Friday night by
which rendered to him q banquet at
, the National Press Club. About $50
persons were in attendance, including
the guest speakers, Representative
Wright Patman and Representative
Royal C. Johnson, and distinguished
| personages, including other members of
Congress, executives of the Federal de-
partments, ranking officers of the
Army, Navy and Coast Guard, all past
commanders of the department; Senior
!. Vice Comdr in Chief Admiral Robert
E. Coontz, Junior Vice Comdr. in Chief
James E.. Van Zandt and accredited
representatives of the allied veterans
organizations.
Following the banquet the national
commander in chief oficiated in the
, ritualistic obligation of classes of re-
cruited members of all the posts of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, number
ing several thousand. This ceremonial
program was made possible through the
cooperation of the National Broadcast
ing Co., under Nationwide hook-up
of more than SO stations.
A large number of recruits from the
District of Columbia posts were assem-
bled before Commander in Chief De Coe
for obligation and simultaneously the
same obligation, broadcasted, was as
sumed by the thousands of other re-
cruits who had assembled In their re-
spective post halls in nearly every
State of the Union.
An entertainment was given, notable
among which was the featured selec-
tions of Rudy Vallee and his Con-
necticut Yankees, Paul Whiteman's s
Band and Miss Mildred Bailey as
soloist; the United States Marine Corps
Band, under the leadership of Capt.
Taylor Branson; Miss OC;-ste Myrtil,
Partisan musical comedy star; Carlton
Coon and Joe Sanders, with their Night
Department Comdr. Charles B. Jen-
nings presided and introduced the
speakers of the evening
This program was featured in con-
, nection with the membership recruit
. ing campaign, which contemplates the
enlisted afflliation of at least 100000
new members for the " F. w. before
March 81.
Equality Walter Reed Post presented
a special program last Thursday night
at its meeting hall In Pythian Temple.
The lecturer was Oliver M. Maxam,
chief of operations of the United States
! Coast Guard. The lecture was illus
trated by moving pictures and streopti-
con slides.
S The following were elected to mem
bership: Clyde L. West, Hospital
Corps, 9Th United States Infantry,
. Spanish American War; William P. j.
= Taylor Ambulance Service, Italy, A. E.
F.; Earl W. ,Whippo, Company D, So7th
! Supply Train, 82d Division, A. E. F.;
: Percival Elliott, Company D. 33d Engi-
S neers, A. E. F.; Luther c. Neill, Com
pany E, Sd United States Volunteer En-
{ gineers, Cuba, Spanish American War;
Walter E. Oldfather, U. S. S. Black
Hawk and Nebraska, Atlantic Fleet, A.
E. F.; Angelo Martino, A. e. F.; George
l w. Bryant, 10Th Railroad Engineers, A.
E. F.; William H. Bush, A. e. F.; Earle
( James Miller, 1st Army, Headquarters
Regiment, A. E. F.. John w. Leidinger,
!. Company L, 26th Infantry, 1st Division,
/ A. E.. F.. Harry S. Bierly, Company c,
These recruits were obligated by the
national commander in chief Friday
night at the National Press Club.
| A resolution was recently adopted in
dorsing the immediate passage of Sem
ate bill No. 2265, introduced by Senator
Smith w. Brookhart, to provide that
! "all wives of deceased veterans and
. wives of disabled veterans employed in
: the Bureau of the Census, Department
of Commerce, at the date OF the enact
ment of the act shall be held and con-
sidered to have been appointed to their
, respective positions under the provisions
!; of the civil service act of January 10,
1888, as amended"
l Capt. T. w Richards, commanding Of
/ ficer of the United States Naval Hospital,
has written to Department Comdr. Jen-
nings acknowledging the donation OF
Sl00 by the District of Columbia De-
partment for the purpose of repairing
$ and rehabilitating hospital radio sets.
{ His letter states that the department
( was instrumental in furnishing 800
radio head sets for the bed-ridden pa
: tients. Special recognition was made OF
the endeavors Of Frank G. Thomas, a
, ". F. W. patient of the hospital, In
i. keeping the radio outfits In repair.
At the last meeting of National Capt.
tai Post at Pythian Temple the follow
, ing were obligated to membership: John
! Wade Lynd, U. S. S. Kearsarge, Cuba
and Porto Rican waters, Spanish-Amer-
lean War; Cato Angiono, Company G,
308th Infantry, A. E. F.; Clarence M.
, Warrell, Headquarters Troop, 9th Army
Corps, A. E. F.; william r. Mcneil,
Troop H, 9Th Cavalry, Porto Rico, Span
ish- American War. The following were
elected to membership and will be obli-
. gated on Tuesday night: Shirley A.
williams, U. S. NJ c., Haitian Expedi-
ton; Otis L. Wiley, 81st Field Artillery,
A. E. F.; Gustayus A. Flick, 314th Com
pany, A. z. F. Thomas E. Franklin
was transferred to Columbia Post One
hundred and seventy dollars was appro-
priated fer relief of two comrades.
Addresses were made by Comrades
Daniel E. Campbell past commander OF
Equality Walter Reed Post; Victor E.
Guillermain past commander of Front
Line Post; George j. Neuner, past COM
ma. der of National Capital Post, and
by Col Harry Coope, and Clarence M.
Warrel, both Of National Capital Post.
Comrades Gennelli and George j.
Neuner have offered prizes to winners
n the current membership recruiting
campaign.
Front Line Post and Front Line La
dies Auxiliary held their annual dance
January 16 at the Hotel Arlington.
The post presented large class OF
recruits for the obligation administered
by National Comdr. in Chief De Coe
Friday night. Admiral F. c. Billiard,
commandant of the Coast Guard,
member of the post, was one of the
guest speakers at the banquet rendered
to the commander in chief.
At the stag social meeting Of the