Evening star., 1934-08-06
Floats to Add Color to
March, Which viii Open
D. c. Convention.
COMMANDER ELECTION
STIRS LIVELY INTEREST
National Head of Organization to
Address Delegates on First
Night of Session.

With National Commander Hayes of
the American Legion as It's most dis
tinguished guest, the District Of Co
lum5ia Department, American Legion,
will open its annual convention We'd
nesday night, with parade through
the Georgia avenue section, past a re-
viewing stand OF offlcials, to the Paul
Junior High School. where sessions
will be held Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday night.
Plans announced by the grand mar
shal Col. Kenyon A. Joyce. 3rd Cav
airy, commandant Of Fort Myer, divide
the parade into six divisions including
Army. Coast Guard, and patriotic or
ganization units. business organiza-
tions and some fraternal bodies, with
number of floats.
Lively interest centers on the cam
paign for election of a new department
commander to succeed Rice w. Means,
the present commander, former United
States Senator. The two outstanding
candidates are James O'Connor Rob-
erts, attorney, formerly Of the Vet
erans' Administration, and Joseph j.
Malloy, attorney, who Is now COM
mander Of Sergeant Jasper Post.
139 Delegates.
Principal feature Of the first nights
session will be the address by Hayes.
At this meeting, distinguished guests
Of the evening also will be introduced.
and there will be report by the
Credentials Committee Officially cred
tied to the convention will be 139 del
egates from the various posts.
The parade which is expected to be
one Of the most elaborate ever pre-
sented by the local department. will
start at Park road and Georgia ave-
nue. at tbs pm. II will proceed north
on the east side Of Georgia avenue to
Peabody street, turning east to Eighth
| street, and then south Of Eighth
street, passing Paul Junior High
| School.
Col. Joyce. Comdr. Hayes and other
distinguished guests, including officials
OF the Georgia Avenue Business Mems
Association, viii be in the parade until
they reach the reviewing stand, when
they viii take their places in the stand
to review the parade. Among these
| officials will be the grand marshal, the
marshal for the American Legion,
Robert A. Ralph: the marshal for the
Georgia Avenue Business Mems Asso-
citation, w. A. Finkel; the department
commander, Rice w. Means; visiting
| department commanders, Caesar l..
Aieilo Of Hyattsville, Md, and Homer
X. Bowen of Wytheville, Va, and
others.
Stand at GaIlatin Street.
The reviewing stand will be on
Georgia avenue at Gallatin street.
Marching units should prepare at
| Georgia avenue and Farragut street,
at the Colony Theater, to pass the re-
viewing stand, the orders state.
The Inspector of Traffic Bureau, B.
A. Lamb, has requested that after the
parade starts to move, the various
units viii, in so far as possible, keep
| of the street car tracks in order to
permit free passage of street cars on
Georgia avenue. Street cars on Up
shur street and Kennedy street will
be permitted TO cross between units of
the parade in such a manner as not
to interfere seriously with the move
ment Of the parade.
In case of passing fire apparatus, &C.
cording to the parade orders, all in
dividuals will withdraw to the right
hand sidewalk and will reform imme-
dtately after the apparatus has passed.
Marshals for the six divisions are as
follows: First, Robert A. Ralph, mar
shal; Paul H. McMurray, assistant
marshal, formation area, on Georgia
avenue starting at Park road and ex-
tending south to Irving street. Sec
ond, William A. Kilerlane, assistant
marshall; formation area, on Newton
street facing Georgia avenue and ex-
tending TO Park place. Third, William
P. Kershner, assistant marshal; for
nation area, on Otis place facing
Georgia avenue and extending to Park
place. Fourth, Andrew Manger. as
sistant marshall formation area, on
Princeton place, facing Georgia ave-
nue. and extending to Park place.
Fifth, Ronald G. Thring, assistant
marshal; formation area, Quebec place
facing Georgia avenue and extending
to Park place. Sixth, w. A. Finkel.
marshall formation area, Warder
street facing north, extending from
Quebec place to Irving street.