Evening star., 1936-08-02
VI. v. OFFICERS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Comdr.. McCathran'S List
Includes P. F. BiggInS,
Judge Advocate.

n,ander. District of Columbia Depart
ment, Veterans of Foreign Wars, last
week announced his appointive officers.
They are: Judge advocate, P. F. Big
gins Front Line Post; surgeon, DR.. j..
L. De Mayo, National Capital Post;
chaplain, Rev. H. E. Snyder, Equality
Walter Reed Post; chief of staff, H. E.
Shilling, Columbia Post; inspector, N. H
Edwards, U. S. Treasury Post; deputy
inspector, E. E. MCGOWAN, Federal
Post; historian, T. j. DAILY Edmonds
Post; patriotic instructor, S. T. Nichka,
Federal Post; liaison and relief officer.
o. w. Hollingsworth, National Capital
Post; employment officer, o. G. Jones,
Eouality-Walter Reed Post; aides TO
department commander, c. B. Jen-
nings, Front Line Post; T. E. Fawcett,
Columbia Post, and DR.. H. j. Bryson.
Front Line Post: athletic director, l.
B. wetherall, McKimmie- -Catterton
Post; musician, Frank Topash, Front
Line Post; bugler, L. P, Harsh, Front
Line Post color SergeantS. Christian
Scheible, National Capital Post; w. L.
SNYDER, Equality-Walter Reed Post,
and Emory OBerry, Front Line Post;
color sergeant. Herman King. Follow
Me Post: color guards, Rudolph Al
bright. Front Line Post, and Wllham
j. Keefe, Front Line Post: sergeant at
arms, Frank R. Heise, Potomac Post.
The Council of Administration will
meet tomorrow night at the board
room Of the District Building. Officers
and council members will be sworn
In.
The Coolies held a scratch" last
Tuesday and was commanoered ny
Head Seam Squirrel Bacon.
P. J. Daily OF H. L. EdmondS Post
and P. w. Graves of McKimmie-Cat-
terton Police and Fire Post were
initiated.
Washington Post met last Monday
evening at Duffy's Sea Grill with
Commander John j. Reardon presid-
ing Department Commander NC
Cathran and Department Adlutant
Homer c. Kelso spoke.
The following were initiated:
Richard B. Gilliland. Louis F.
Schwartz. John F. Smith, Carl Nor
gan. Samuel E Guyon. John F. Hay
and Master Sgt. Frank Lanckton,
U. S. A. retired). Sgt. Lanckton was
orderly to Gen. Pershing during the
war.
The posts annual family picnic
will leave the Army War College
wharf this morning at 10 o'clock on
the steamship General Rucker for
Fort Washington, Md.
The athletic program will feature a
soft ball game between teams cap
tanned by Fred w Wacker and Earl
N. McKeown. Other contests for men
will be in charge of Harry D. Rice,
Walter Kimry, Charles Jarboe and
Earl Schryer Ladies events will be
in charge of Mrs. Fred Wacker, Mrs.
George Stuart, Mrs Charles Jarboe
and Mrs. Paul Gray. The children's
program will be handled by Mrs
H. D. Rice and Mrs. Emma Boehm
Prizes will be awarded. Dancing and
refreshments will be in charge of
Archie Turner and Joseph A. Kar-
vajna, assisted by Mrs. John J. Kee-
han.
The program will close with an ex-
hibition drill by the Sons of Veterans
Unit, in charge of Capt Roy Keesee.
Comdr Roy D. Hopgood will head
the delegation from National Capital
Post to the national encampment at
Denver. With him as delegates will be
Senior Vice Comdr Richard D. Dear,
Quartermaster Ernest Wickstand,
Council Member A. B. Quackenbllsh
and Past Post Comdr. Walter j.
Yebens.
Among other members who will ac-
company the delegation will be Past
Department Comdr. Oscar W. HollingS-
worth Past Comdr. Harry Coope.
Comrades Cavanaugh, Rosetta and
Bruger who will serve as alternates on
the delegation.
Follow Me Auxiliary held a social
at the home of Matte Queen Ewing,
1924 New Hampshire avenue, Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Monte Ewing of Amory,
Miss, and her son Richard were
among the guests. Refreshments were
served.
A pre-convention rally was held by
Front Line Post last Monday night
at Moose Hall. 1t was in charge of
Comdr. Topash and Comrade CUTLER
main, chairman of the Entertainment
Committee.
More than so members have signed
with the post quartermaster to make
the trip to Denver for the 1886 " F.
W. convention.
The Ways and Means Committee
announced the night of August IL
has been selected for the crab feast
at Morans open-air park in Cottage
City, Md.
Edward K. Inman, commander of
the District of Columbia Department
during the last year, was honored at
the recent department encampment
when the convention voted to indorse
him for the post of National Council
member, representing the fourth dis
trict. which comprises, besides the
District Of Columbia, Maryland, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia.
Order of Alhambra.
Joseph M. McKenna. grand COM
mander of Alcantara Caravan. an