Evening star., 1936-08-13
LEGION Will URGE
PAY RESTORATION
ANDPENS|ONGA|N
Convention Move Concerns
Partial or Non-Service
Disability Cases.
FIGHT between TWO
FOR D. C. COMMANDER
Lineberg Of Police Force and
0'Connell of Railway Mail
Candidates Before Session.

the compensation of World War vet
erans, especially in the partial or nom
service disability cases. and increased
pensions to widows and orphans Of
veterans who have died as result of
service disabilities, will be requested
in resolutions to be offered at the an
nual convention of the District Depart
ment of the American Legion opening
tonight at the Mayf1ower Hotel A COL
ortul military parade from Fourth
street and Pennsylvania avenue to the
Mayfiower will precede the opening
session.
The fight for post Of commander of
the District Department, it is believed.
will be waged between Lieut.. Horace
w. Lineberg of the Metropolitan Police
and John H. O'Connell Of
the Post Office Department Railway
Mail Service. These probably will be
the only nominees. An even closer
fight is expected between Joseph j.
Malloy, retiring departmental COM
mander, and James O'Connor Roberts,
past department commander. for the
post Of national executive committee
man. Elections will take place Sat-
urday.
Opening Session Speakers.
Col John Monroe johnson, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce. and Gen. Al
bert Cox. Army Reserve. will be the
principal speakers at the opening ses-
sion at $50 tonight. Commissioner
Melvin c. Hazen will deliver an address
Of welcome, to which Comdr. Malloy
will respond.
The parade Is to begin moving from
Fourth street at tbs o'clock this eve
ming, with Col. j. M. Wainwright, new
commanding officer of Fort Myer, Va,
as grand marshal. Ray L. Zwinglas will
be Legion marshal. The column will
move west on Pennsylvania avenue to
Thirteenth street, north on Thirteenth
to K street, west on K street to Con-
necticut avenue and north on Connec-
ticut avenue to the Mayfower Hotel,
disbanding after passing the hotel.
The reviewing stand will be located
on the south side of K street between
street and Connecticut
avenue. This stand will be occupied
by Legion guests, Government officials,
officers of the Army. Navy and Marine
Corps; visiting Legion department
and leaders of the aux
Hilary and their stats.
Judges Are Announced.
Judges of the parade will be Alex
ander Morris, assistant leader of the
Navy Band: Paul Leman, director of
the Catholic University Band, and
Merlin Crawford of the National
Orchestra for the musical
and Gen. Frank T..
Hines, administrator of veterans af-
fairs; George w. Offutt. president of
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
and Watson B. Miller, director of the
National Rehabilitation Committee of
the Legion, for the floats and march
ing units.
Maj George H. Milholland, Sd Cav
airy. will be assistant marshal in
charge of the first division, which will
be led by the Army Band. There will
be nine parade divisions.
The first division will be COM
posed of military units, among them
Battery A, 18th Field Artillery: the
Sd Cavalry Mounted Band; a detach-
ment of the United States Coast
Guard; the 26Oth Coast Artillery
Anti-Aircraft Unit, and the 5th
Battalion, Fleet Marine Reserve, with
the battalion band and drum and
bugle corps. This will be the final
formation of the battalion
which will leave Sunday at 10 am
for Camp Ritchie, Md, by motor
truck train.
Second Division Formation.
The second division will be headed
by Department Comdr. Joseph J..
Malloy and his staff and will include
visiting department commanders of
the Legion from Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia and Pennsylvania, who
will be escorted by marching units
from their respective departments
Units of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, the Army and Navy Legion of
Valor. and the Military Order of the
Purple Heart, will follow in automo-
biles.
The other divisions will be COM
posed of Legion posts, civic and pa
triotic organizations. Several bands
and drum and bugle corps will &C
company these organizations. Men,
bers of the American Legion Auxiliary
will march in the fourth division un-
der leadership of Miss Nicie Perrell,
president. The Metro
politan Police Boys Club Band will
lead this section.
The formation area for the parade
will be bounded by John Marshall
place, Seventh street, Indiana avenue
and Pennsylvania avenue.
The local department has more
than $500 members. There will be
l73 accredited delegates attending the
convention sessions. It is the first year
the local department has reached the
6 900 mark and, as a result, Comdr.
Malloy has been notified by national
headquarters of the Legion that the
local department has entered the
four-star class.
The opening session of the conven-
tion will be held at the Mayf1ower at
$50 o'clock tonight. Sessions also
will be held at the Mayfiower tomor-
row night and Saturday night.
CoIors to Be Massed.
Tonight's ceremonies will open with
of the colors under direc-
tions of Richard A. Viancour and
of the colors by Fort Stevens
Post Drum and Bugle Corps and the
American Legion guard of honor.
The invocation will be by Rev. Howard
e. Snyder. Award of II trophies
and prizes will be announced by
Past Department Comdr Paul j. Nc
Gahan. Visiting department COM
manders will be introduced by Comdr.
Malloy, and a response will be made
by Department Comdr. Charles Houck,
r., Of Baltimore.
Among the guests will be Senator