Evening star., 1934-10-21
District Legionnaires
Scheduled to Arrive in
Convention City Today
James O'Connor Roberts. Department Com
mander. Is Leading Delegation to
Miami, Fla.

TINE District of Columbia dele
cation Of the American Legion
to attend the national conven-
L ton at Miami, Fla, which
left here late Friday night, is
scheduled to arrive there this morning.
Department Comdr. James O'Connor
Roberts Is heading the local Legion
naires.
Delegates and alternates represent
ing the District are: Delegates
James O'Connor Roberts, Rice w.
Means, Amos A. Fries, Kate K. Briggs,
B. G. MacNeil, Norman Grant, Mabel
L. Day, Early E. Person, Theodore
Cogswell and Howard S. Fisk; alter
nates-Emily j. Carey, Porter L. Bush,
Raymond j. Queenin, Thomas A. Cos
tello. George w. lie Dane, Paul ]. Nc
Gahan and Hugh S. Malone.
At an executive meeting of Fort
Stevens Post, No. 80, Tuesday eve
ming, presided over by Comdr.
Hargrave, it was voted the post spon-
sor community Christmas tree and
to make it an annual affair there
after.
Arrangements have been completed
for the Halloween dance at Indian
Spring Country Club, October 80.
Sergt. Coffey of the Army Medical
Center, Walter Reed Hospital, an
nounced arrangements completed for
the posts Armistice day celebration
at the center November II at 2:30
o'clock.
Stanley Church Depue Post, No. 80.
met at the Colonial Hotel last Mon
day when Department Comdr. j.
O'Connor Roberts installed the fol-
lowing officers: Commander, Ray L.
Zwinglas; senior vice commander,
Kenneth A. O'Connor; judge advocate,
Donald w. Smith; sergeant at arms,
Emil Muehlendorff; master at arms,
s. w. Bassler; three-year trustee,
Arthur Schnapp; two-year trustee, w.
Greer; one-year trustee, Bernard E.
Bee; junior vice commander, C. A.
FritSch; historian, Graham E. Wilson
quartermaster, Arthur Applegate, and
chaplain, A. B. Mustain.
Department Comdr. Roberts made
an address. Mr.. and Mrs. Depue,
Mrs. Nellie Depue and her son, Donald
C. Depue. were guests, and Mr.. Depue
made a short talk.
Comdr. Zwinglas appointed as his
new officers G. c. Luce, finance officer,
with N. B. Fields as assistant; J. P.
Duke as adjutant with Pearson V.
Brown as his assistant.
Clifton c. Anderson was installed
as commander of the James Reese
Europe Post, No. S. by the department
commander, j. O'Connor Roberts, last
Tuesday night at the Odd Fellows
Hall. The other officers are: L. w.
Williams, senior vice commander; 1;
Phillip A. Clark, junior vice COM
mander; Harvey L. Bean. adjutant;
Harry Wilson, finance officer; Alex
ander Mann, historian; Joseph Hill.
chaplain; John Farrell, senior color
bearer; o. Kenny, junior color bearer;
William c. Brown, sergeant at arms,
and James E. Lockwood, master at
arms.
Department Comdr. Roberts made
the principal address. Others who
made brief addresses were Past De-
partment Comdr. F. G. Frazier, Paul
]. McGahan, Col. West A. Hamilton,
E. A. Costello, Ira D. Scott, president
of District of Columbia Department of
the Federation of Government EN-
ployes; Vice Department Comdr.
Milne. Mrs. Julia Brown, Mrs. M. r.
Kelson, Mrs. z. Monroe and James w.
White, commander of Capt. William
Sloane Post, No. 5000, of Philadel-
phia, Pa.
A detachment of French seamen
from the battleship D'Enbrecasteaux
gave a brief felicitation in French.
Stephen D. Miller of the James Reese
Europe Post acted as interpreter.
Music was furnished by the Drum and
Bugle Corps, the Dixie Harmonies and
the French sailors, who led in the
singing of the "Marseilles" The post
magician, Clifton Randolph, gave a
performance. A purse of gold was
presented to the outgoing commander,
E. L. Person, by Past Comdr. George
H. Rycraw as token Of the posts
appreciation for his four years serv-
ice as post commander.
Kenneth H. Nash Post, No. 8, met
Thursday in Germans Hall. A re-
port was made on the post entry in
the Legion Bowling League. Post
Surg. Or. Frederick L. Benton spoke
on contemplated assistance to post
members during this year.
The second of series of entertain
ments, furnished by talent of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co., was given
Thursday at st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
The next meeting of the post will be
special october rs at Germans Hall.
lot Upshur street.
Officers of Sergt Jasper Post, No.
10, were installed by Department
Comdr. O'Connor and his staff Octo-
Der IL at the Thomas Circle Club as
follows: w. A. McCallum, COM
mander; F. Mccarthy, first vice COM
mander; D. Goodacre, second vice
commander, and D. Saunders, third
vice commander.
Appointments made by the new
commander include j. p. Herschid,
finance officer; F. Krottenbaker, adju-
tant; w. p. Boyer, assistant adjutant;
H. Hummer, judge advocate; j. P.
Duncan, employment officer; H. NJ.
Ware, athletic officer; T. j. Frailey,
historian; G. Lee, publicity officer; l..
Ard, Americanism officer; Max Rose
dale, sergeant at arms; S. Davids,
quartermaster sergeant, and w. P.
Kershner, chairman of Resolutions
Committee.
Mr.. Roberts and Charles Allies,
membership officer, made addresses.
Past Department Comdr. Fred Frazier
presented w. P. Kerschner an Ameri-
can Legion emblem for bringing in the
most members during the past year.