Evening star., 1933-10-01
MeetingB This Week.
Tuesday Washington Police
Post, Odd Fellows Hall, 4l9
Seventh street, 8 pm.

Seventh street, 8 pm.
Organized and prepared to battle
for matters affecting veterans Of the
World War, the delegation representing
the department of the District Of CO.
humbia, American Legion, left here
yesterday afternoon on special trains
| for Chicago to attend the fifteenth
annual national convention to be held
from October 2 to 5.
Department Comdr. Rice w. Means
is heading the delegation as chair
man, having been unanimously elected
at a meeting of the delegates and al
| ternates last week, with Department
Adjt Howard S. Fisk as secretary OF
the contingent.
The official list Of delegates and
alternates representing the department
of the District of Columbia follows:
Delegates-Rice w. Means. chair
man; Howard s. Fisk, secretary; Nor
man B. Landreau, B. c. MacNeil, Amos
A. Fries, Theodore Cogswell, William
N. Morell, Warren E. Miller, T. Ed
ward Jones and National Executive
| Committeeman John Lewis Smith.
Alternates-Oscar G. Jones. Miss
Lillian Sawyer, Miss Nellie Rothwell,
w. r. Beall, Charles o. Shaw. Paul
| j. McGahan, Porter l.. Bush, George
Fox, William A. Kehoe and Alternate
National Executive Committeeman Ed
ward L. Marthill.
A steering committee was appointed
consisting Of Mr.. Means, John Lewis
smith and Norman B. Landreau.
Chairman Means appointed the fol-
lowing to serve on national convention
committees: T. Edward Jones, Rules
Committee; Miss Lillian Sawyer. Gre
dentials, and Howard S. Fisk, Finance
Committee. Appointments on the re-
manning 10 national committees Will
be announced by the chairman after
arriving in Chicago, when the next
meeting of the delegation will be heio:
One Of the outstanding features OF
the approaching convention Will oe tne
big parade Tuesday, which Will be parti-
cipated in by more than 2o0,0OO vet
erans and auxiliary members. Willlam
A. Kehoe was appointed by Chairman
Means marshal for the District section
| in the affair, which is expected to cover
several miles and take hours IN passing
i the reviewing stand. Many Of the posts
are taking their colorS along and these
will be massed at the head OF the dele
CATION from the National Capital. On
| the right OF line Of the color bearers
will be the flag of George Washington
Post, No. l, the pioneer post OF the
American Legion, which has Travelled
more than $4,000 miles to every natlonal
convention in the history OF this vet
eran organization. 1t will be carried
for the thirteenth year by Dept Ad1t
Howard S. Fisk. who is past COM
mander of that post.
In the line of march will be three
drum and bugle corps from the District.
They will be the Victory, Vincent b.
Costello and James Reese Europe organ
| iZations, all in uniform and brilliantly
equipped The District has been al
lotted twenty-third placs In the 40 sec
tions in the parade.
Approximately 500 Legonnaires,
members of the auxiliary and others left
this city yesterday to participate in the
convention activities. The District dele
gates and alternates will be housed in
the La Sale Hotel, while Chairman
| Means will have his headquarters in the
! Palmer House, where he will MAINTAIN
| District headquarters for all Legion
naires So great was the demand Tor
| reservations that 1t was necessary to
secure the Cass and Dearborn Plaza Ho-
| tells which with the La Sale are COM
pletely filled with those from th.s city.
| It Is the largest crowd ever to attend
! a national convention from the District.
Many others are stopping with friends
and clubs.
Included in the party are members
| of the American Legion Auxiliary, the
Forty and Eight and the Eight and
Forty organizations from this city. Ma
tional Headquarters Of the Legion will
be in the Palmer House: American Le-
gion Auxiliary. Stevens Hotel; Forty
and Eight, Medinah Michigan Club,
Eight and Forty, Chicago Woman's
Club.
The meeting of George Washington
Post scheduled for Tuesday has been
postponed until October 10 in view Of
the large number of members attending
the convention in Chicago. On the
latter date Past Comdrs. Howard S.
Fisk and John Lewis Smith. who are
delegates, and Past Comdr. Charles o.
Shaw. an alternate, will relate activities
of the convention.
Past Comdr. Charles Demonet is re-
turning from Chicago today, having
attended as a delegate to the Military
Order of the World War Convention
held last week.
Stuart walcott Post No. 10 met
Tuesday in the rooms of the Washing
ton Board Of Trade. Comdr. Charles L.
| Curtiss. jr., presiding.
The following nominations for officers
were made: Commander, Henry F.
Fones. sJames T. Brady; senior vice
commander. James T. Brady: junior
vice commander, John l. Julius, Dixie
Guynn; Judge advocate, Albert Grob-
stein; historian, E. j. Hurdle, Leo
Drumwright; quartermaster, Walter L.
! Schmitt, Leo F. Wise; sergeant at arms,
Walter L. Schmitt; master at arms,
John Evans; chaplain, Dr. Charles E.
Ralph; surgeon, DR.. NJ E. Gardner;
trustee, Charles L. Curtiss, jr.; color
bearers. Ernest j. Kay and John Smith.
w. c. Buell. was appointed by the
commander as finance officer to fill the
unexpired term of Henry w. Francis,
resigned.
A resolution was drafted for submis-
sion to the department requesting that
the Watson B. Miller trophy for award
to the Legionnaire most valuable to the
ex-service men in washington during
the past year again be placed in COM
petition. Samuel Rose, national radio
| officer OF the Legion, announced a
coast-to-coaSt broadcast on Armistice
day to be participated in by prominent
members Of the Legion, radio stars and
others.
Discussion of and action upon pro-
posed change in date of election and
installation Of officers of the post re-
Quilted in a motion by Vernon C. Auld
in effect that election and installation
be held in october of this year and in
September thereafter. This motion was
Marine Corps Reserves