Evening star., 1933-10-22

President Roosevelt, and with National
Comdr. Edward A. Hayes of the Ameri-
can Legion will speak at the ceremonies
to be held in the Ampitheater at Arling-
ton National Cemetery on Armistice day
November IL.
President Roosevelt will place wreath
on the Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier
at ii O'Clock that day He will be i'm
mediately followed by the placing of
wreaths by National Comdr Hayes on
behalf of the National Organization of
the American Legion and Department
Comdr. Rice w. Means for the Depart
ment OF the District of Columbia.
At the conclusion of these brief cere-
monies at 11:10 o'clock the program
Will be started in the Ampitheater. The
| ceremonies will be presided over by De-
partment Comdr. Means and will open
with the invocation by Rev. Robert j
White, national chaplain of the Ameri-
can Legion. On the occasion of his
visit here few days ago National
Comdr. Hayes, In company with Depart
ment Comdr. Means and Past Depart
ment Comdr. Norman B. Landreau
visited the White House and extended
an invitation to President Roosevelt to
participate in the exercises on Armistice
day at Arlington. Music will be fur
nished by the United States Marine
Band.
Past Comdr. Landreau. who is chair
man of the Armistice Day Committee
VIII be assisted in the arrangements by
Past Department Comdr Amos A. Fries
Past Department Comdr. and National
Executive Committeeman John Lewis
smith, Department Vice Comdr Robert
A. Ralph, Charles W. Swan, Bernard S
Buscher. Past Department Adjutants
Z. w. Browning and Crawford Sloan
Charles C. Allies. Samuel Rose. William
N. Morell and Charles Demonet.
AT o'clock Armistice night ball
will be held in the Mayfower Hotel
| number of persons prominent in So
/ clal and military circles will be pres
ent, in addition to the various veteran
organizations. William N. Morell is the
| chairman Of the ball committee. Invi-
| tatlons have been extended to mem
| bers OF the cabinet, diplomatic corps,
Senate and House and veteran Organi-
zations to participate in the activities
both at Arlington and the Mayfower
| Hotel
| The local department of the Amer
lean Legion will cooperate with the
| national organization in filing the
| burial places of World War veterans
| in the archives of the American Legion
! at the headquarters in Indianapolis.
! Ind, under a plan developed by the
/. Legions National Graves Registration
Committee. A graves registration COM
mlttee is TO be appointed in each State.
with graves registration officers in each
county. Permanent records will be
| maintained in the State headquarters
of the Legion, listing the name of every
deceased World War veteran. together
| with the location of his grave. his war
service record of other available data
The work of locating the graves of
veterans, marking and decorating them
will be carried out by the American
Legion posts of the locality A plat
| of each cemetery with the exact loca-
tion OF veterans graves marked on it
is also to be obtained and recorded.
The graves registration plan is the re-
suit of two years work and has al
ready been started in % States and
ere long will cover the entire country.
Several of the posts in the District
have compiled such records which
they have been using on Memorial Day
in locating and decorating graves of
veterans not only of the World War
! but other wars.
National Workmanship Director
Frank SCHNEIDER requests each depart
ment commander to appoint marks
! manship director or chairman at once
to report to the national adjutant. Gal
| lery shooting begins in November.
At the last meeting Of the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing Post No. %,
at Red Mems Hall, the following officers
were installed by the department COM
mander, Rice w. Means: George Obern-
doerfer, commander: Albert Somers,
senior vice commander. Robert V.
Montgomery junior vice commander;
Nathan Williams, chaplain; Thomas
McDonough, finance officer: Maurice
Shultz, sergeant-at-arm The follow
| ing members were elected for the Exc
| cutive Committee: James F. Kehoe,
Harry Hunt. Hugh B. Marsh and
Michael Redman. Helen Oberndoerfer
was appointed adjutant.
| Many distinguished guests were pres
ent among them Department Comdr.
Means Junior Vice Comdr. of the
Department Michael Ralph; Frank
Connally. department membership Of
| ficer; Mrs. Edith O'Connor, depart
| ment president of the American Legion
| Auxiliary; vice president of the
Auxiliary. Miss Mcintosh; treasurer of
Comdr. Killerlane of the Bunker Hill
! Post.
The installation of officers and the
admission Of eight new members fea.
tured the last meeting of Sergeant
Jasper Post No. l3, held at Thomas
| Circle Club, 1926 Massachusetts, avenue.
| The newly elected officers are: Capt.
Joseph j. Malloy, commander; Russell
| w. Clarkson, first vice commander
! Fred F. Money, second vice commander;
| Daniel M. Goodacre. third vice COM
| mander: and Max Rosedale, chaplain.
| The installation ceremonies were con-
Quoted by the department commander,
Rice W. Means.
| The new members admitted are:
| Frank Roy McDermid Ernest Pakes,
| Angelo Martino, Lewis E. Holland,
| Harry HornStein, Hiram Walter Hum
ner. William Montgomery Smith. Daniel
| F. j. Lynch
Senior Department vice Comdr
William A. Kehoe, William r. Beall,
| alternate delegate; Edward r. Marthill,
J alternate national executive committee
| man; Daniel NJ Goodacre, John j. Or
losky. Russell w. Clarkson and Past
| Department Comdr. Ferdinand G.
| Fraser. who attended the national con-
| vention of the American Legion in
| Chicago, made report. Condr
Paul H. McMurray presided. Follow.
| ing the business session the members OF
| the Sergeant Jasper Unit of the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary provided refresh
ments. Dancing followed.
The James Reese Europe Post, No. 5
meets every second and fourth Tuesday
at the Twelfth street Y. M. c. A. at
BIS pm All colored World War vet
erans are invited to visit meetings and
| become members. The drum and bugle
corps rehearses at the Garnet Patter-
son School, Tenth and U streets, the
| first and third Tuesdays Of each month
! and every Thursday at z o'clock.
U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. q met
at the Shoreham Hotel on Monday
| evening. Department Comdr. Rice w
| Means and his staff installed the fol-
lowing officers: Kate K. Briggs, COM
mander: Elsie M. Pinney, senior wee
| commander: Estel1e Richardson. junior
| vice commander. Lillian Caldwell, chap