Evening star., 1933-09-24

announcement made at the new head-
quarters Of the Department OF the Dis
trict of Columbia, rooms 517-5l8 Bond
Building
Maj. Gen. Frank Parker, U. S. A., is
! the grand marshal of the parade and
various units and instructions for the
marchers was received a few days ago
| from the Windy City. The District
delegation will be the twenty-third in
line out of the 49 States and Territories
represented The contingent will form
at 11:15 o'clock Tuesday morning on
Chestnut street, facing west with the
| head of the column at Michigan ave-
nue. The parade will start at 10 o'clock,
regardless of weather conditions. The
/ march of the parade has been divided
| into 10 divisions, each under a division
marshal The first Legion department
| in the line of march is that of Arizona.
The District delegation will be the
| largest ever to march in an American
Legion convention parade. The Vic
| tory and Costello Post Drum Corps will
be in line and furnish music through
out the line of march. The department
and post colorS of each department
and the auxiliary units and departments
will be massed at the head of each de-
partment delegation. The Legionnaires
will march IL abreast, with the bands
and drum corps marching abreast
Floats in the parade are restricted to
those of an American Legion or patri-
| otic character No other floats will be
permitted.
! The past week was one of the biggest
ever known at local department head
quarters. So great has been the reSer-
vation for rooms and registrations for
the fifteenth annual national conven-
| ton which extends from October to S,
! that additional hotel space was re-
! quired. The District delegates and
alternates will be located in the La Sale
! Hotel. The Dearborn Plaza was taken
| over during the past week and COM
| pletely filled. In addition to these
| housing facilities the Victory and Cos
tello Post Drum Corps will be located
| in the Union League Club. A number
Of local Legionnaires who hold national
positions with the American Legion and
the Federal Government have been al
| lotted rooms in the Palmer House.
A special train carrying the District
| delegation will leave Saturday, Sep
tember 80, over the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad at APO O'Clock, arriving over
! the official route Sunday morning at
8:45 o'clock. In addition to the District
Legionnai-es the Maryland delegation
will be on the same special. together
| with the Baltimore City American
! Legion Band The new department
! officials of Maryland and assistants will
| be aboard the same train. The various
delegates will be assigned to committees
on arrival in Chicago in time for the
| first meetings which will be held Sum-
i day afternoon.
The Department of the District of
Columbia is now located in new quar-
! ters in rooms 517-518 Bond Building,
! having moved to the new location a
! few days ago. In the same building is
| also located the National Rehabilitation
Committee and the National Legislative
Committee of the Legion.
A meeting of the Department
Executive Committee has been called
| for Thursday night at 8 o'clock by
Department Comdr. Rice w. Means.
The next meeting of the Stuart Wal
! colt Post, No 10, Will be held Septem-
I Der &C. in the rooms of the Washington
Board of Trade Among the business
will be an amendment to the constitu-
| tion providing for the election and in
stallation of all officers for the coming
/ year at the regular meeting to be held
in October. Nomination of officers will
be held
/ The department is offering a prize
cup to the post having the highest
percentage of its 1888 membership
signed up not later than October 81.
! At the last meeting of the Vincent
B. Costello Post, No. Is, Albert P,
Tatspaugh, for past two years adjutant
was unanimously elected commander
| Other officers are Fred A. Thuee, senior
| vice commander: John H. OConnell and
George D. Frye, junior vice commanders,
Joe Droney, sergeant at arms: James
Harold, master at arms; Abe Sherman
| quartermaster; Rev. Father Francis J.
Hurney, chaplain, and Maj. James F.
| Coupal, former physician to late Presi-
dent Calvin Coolidge, post surgeon. The
first regular meeting in the next month
was postponed and special committee
was appointed to arrange a program
for the installation of the officers at
meeting october II.
The post adopted a resolution, pro-
posed by Ray Queenin, requesting the
exemption from the provisions of the
"married-workers" clause of the econ
omy law of the wives of enlisted men
of the military branches.
| Members of the post. accompanied by
| the Costello Drum and Bugle Corps anc
| headed by Comdr. Norman r. Grant
with the newly-elected Comdr Al Tats-
paugh, will leave for the national con-
vention at Chicago next Saturday.
Entertainment plans for members o1
Fort Stevens Post for the Fall and Win
| ter season are being made by a commit
| tee headed by William H. Hargrove. A
| golf tournament Is being arranged fol
early next month at nearby country
| club. A post bowling league is also
being formed. The post will also be
represented in the Legion League.
| number of members are planning
to attend the national convention at
Chicago next month. Adj. Joseph N
! Parks is in charge of the arrangements
Committee reports will be made at the
next meeting October S.
The James Reese Europe Post, No. S
| will hold election of officers next Tues
| day night at its meeting at the Y. M
| C. A Twelfth street branch. On last
4 Friday night the Post held midnight
benefit performance at the Howard
| Theater to obtain funds for sending its
Drum and Bugle Corps to the national
convention in Chicago next month.
William A. Kilerlane of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission was
elected commander of the Bunker Hill
Post, No. 81, at the meeting Tuesday
| Other officers are: A. j. Manger, first
| vice commander; Chester Wolf, second
vice commander, and Robert r. Spriggs
| third vice commander. With the
| finance officer they will constitute the
| Executive Committee.
Other officers elected included Thad
| A. Bean, finance officer; Rev. Richard
Fitzgerald, chaplain; L. j. Fitchthorn,
] Judge advocate; John Weitzell, his
/ torian; Zebb T. Hamilton. American
| ization officer; w. A. Hans and Leo
| Collins, color bearers; Albert Forrest,
quartermaster; John McCabe, sergeant
| alarms.
| Retiring Post Commander Robert A.
Ralph will head the Membership Com
| mittee for 1884 and Raymond A. Eich-
horn will continue as post welfare
| officer