Evening star., 1934-09-23
Veterans of Foreign Wars
TO Urge Enfranchisement
Seventy Washington Delegates to Leave Next
Saturday by Special Train for
Louisville Convention City,
. NFRANCHISEMENT for the
l. District of Columbia will be one
of the important pieces of leg
. islatiOn urged at the thirtY-


Of the important pieces of leg
IL islation urged at the thirty
fifth national encampment of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars at
Louisville, KY, by the District of Co.
lumbia delegation.
Headed by Department Comdr.
Nathan D. Goldman, many members
of the District will leave here next
Saturday afternoon by special train.
The sessions will convene September
80 and continue through October 5.
There will be 10 delegates in the
District delegation. They will join
the commander in chiefs special train
at Harrisburg, Pa.
Delegates and alternates from the
District are:
National Capital Post-Delegates
Comdr. Harry Coope, Daniel ]. Leahy,
| Ernest Wickstrand, Walter J. Yebbins,
DR.. John L. De Mayo and Michael
Guiffre. Alternates: Louis Margullis,
Charles A. Musselman, William W.
Burnett, William G. Bond, Tony
Rosetta and Grato Angiono.
Equity Walter Reed PoSt-Delegates:
Comdr. Howard w. Woerner, William
T. Snyder, Daniel E Campbell and
Gust A. KarresS. Alternates: Leonard
j. Bacon, Arthur C. Fowle, David
Friesel and Robert F. Sims.
Federal PoSt-Delegates John G.
! Strobel, Louis C. Vogt and John H.
Edge. Alternates: Samuel B. Lapin,
Stephen T Nitchka and j. Fred Chase.
Columbia Delegates: Harry
E. Shilling and Stanley r. Nash.
Alternates: Sam Berlin and Thomas
E. Fawcett.
Potomac Post-Delegate: Comdr.
Frank r. Heise. Alternate: Wilson
Jones.
Front Line Post-Delegates, Ed
ward K. Inman, Joseph F. Lynch,
Herbert ]. Bryson and Victor c,
| Guillermain; alternates Frank Topash,
Joseph B. Gardella. Emory O'Berry
and Harvey L. Miller.
Follow Me Post-Delegate. Ira T.
Byram; alternate, Lloyd E. Kelly.
Maj. Gen. C. R. Edwards Post
Delegate, Byron G. Carson; alternate,
AeaS4i!O-Iu D. SRuttll4H.
Advance Post-Delegates Orville F.
| Sandefur, Lloyd Graham and Hubert
P. Sanford: alternates. Ernest Perry,
Herbert Borchardt and Thomas O.
Adams
Defense Post-Delegates Raymond
| A. johnson and John w. Winner: al
ternates, George w. Dawson and Glenn
L. Shinn.
Washington Post-Delegate, James
Johnson; alternate, Walter E. Megaw
| U. S. Treasury Post-Delegates
Charles w. Blush. Irving T. Johnston
and Bernard S. Bladen; alternates,
Anthony Waselinsky, Stanley D. Har-
man and Joseph Perron.
Herbert L. Edmonds Post-Delegate
David Brakeman; alternate, Earl w
Engleman.
Internal Revenue Post-DeIegates
Comdr. j. N. McCollum and T "
| Walker; alternates, w. E. Marshall
and G. G.. Davis.
Police-Fire Post-Delegate, Comdr
Preston C. Wheeler; alternate, George
H. Chrisman.
The District delegation will sponsor
veterans civil service preference, in
creased rehabilitation facilities in thu
national Offices here, optional retire
ment of civil service employees. ade
quate national defense and an armor.
for the District National Guard.
Every effort is being made by De
partment Comdr. Golden to raiS'
funds to take the Overseas Militar,
Band, Drum and Bugle Corps to tht
encampment 10 participate il tht
competition Of randS drum and bUglt
corps.
On October 2 a parade will b,
featured 1t has been declared lega
holiday in Kentucky by Gov. Laffoon
who will review the parade.
The official program announces tn
following features: September 80. V
F. w. special services at all downtown
churches, bus trips to places Of his
torical interest in Kentucky, organ
recital at War Memorial Auditorium
and in the evening memorial serv
ice at the War Memorial Auditorium
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday business sessions viii
be conducted. On Monday afternoon
there will be V. F. w. handicap a
Churchill Downs race track, Depart
ment officers School of Instruction
evening dinner, reception and dancu
for commander in chief and diStin
guished guests at the Brown Hotel
II pm, torchlight parade and pub
! lie demonstration of the Military
Order of the Coolies, and at midnight
jubilee session of Supreme Scratch
with grand ball. On Tuesday, annua
military parade, Louisville jamboret
at Fontaine Ferry Park, State dinners
On Wednesday, band, drum and buglt
corps contest at the armory. Thurs
day, a conference of department anC
State officers, State dinners, maSsin!
of the colors ceremony at the armor.
, and annual ball at the armory with
the election and joint installation
ceremonies on the concluding day O.
the encampment.
The Overseas Military Band. Drum
and Bugle Corps, under the Leadership
Of Capt. Alvin I. Lorig, rendered {
program Wednesday night at the Ma
tional Guard Armory to raise funds II
defray the expenses of sending tn
corps to the encampment.
United States Treasury Post me
September IA at the Soldiers, Sailor.
and Marines Club. Comdr. Franz
E. Hagen presided.
Nominations were made of the fol
lowing officers: For commander, Ar
thur M. Berthiaume and Norman
Edwards; senior vice commander
Francis R. Ihrie and Francis E
Draley; junior vice commander
Joseph Perron and A. j. Worselinsky
quartermaster, Bernard S. Bladen anc
George w. Ridgeway; chaplain, Irving
T. Johnston and Stephen st. ]. True
belen; officer of the day, James F
Stewart; judge advocate, Arthur M
Berthiaume and Arthur T. Quinn
surgeon, Arthur T. Quinn and Mere
dith Palmer. Further nomination.
will be offered from the floor at thl
next stated meeting of the post.
Comdr. Hagan attended the organi
zation meeting of the v. F. w. Bowl
ing League at the Georgetown Recrea
| NH, he vic