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Evening star., 1937-05-30
N avail Reserve Gets
Good Inspection Marks
Regular Officers Find Local Battalion Has
Shown a Consistent Improvement
During Year.

n ESTABLISHING itself, by con-
~ sistent hard work and intensive
drill and class room instruc-
ton, as one Of the leading
battalions OF the country, the lst
Battalion, United States Naval Re-
serves, District OF Columbia, are
elated over the reports OF the recent
annual inspection by board OF
regular officers from the Navy Depart
ment. The report was said to have
been one Of the best ever received in
the history OF the local body since
it was organized subsequent to the
World War.
While the report definitely placed
the organization near the top, the
men have decided it means continued
Improvement and continuation of the
hard work. They are determined to
place themselves at the top of the
LIST, and thus capture one or both
Of the trophies awarded each year,
one to the battalion and another to the
division having the highest figure Of
merit as result Of the annual tests.
The report shows the organization
has continued to progress over the past
four years. The battalion commander,
Lieut.. James Sullivan. expressed great
pleasure at the showing made
IT the Naval Reserve is worth any
Of our time and effort, and 1t Ger
tainly is," Lieut. Sullivan said, "it is
deserving OF our best efforts at all
times. BY keeping this thought con-
stantly in mind, the battalion will
eventually reach the top where 1t
belongs. And this event is not far
away. 1t will not be long before the
local unit will be setting the pace for
the other organizations in the country.
while the efficiency of naval
reserve units Is not based entirely on
the showing at the annual inspection,
1t does, nevertheless, have considerable
effect In computing the relative
standing Of each battalion. Accord
ingly, in view OF the nne performance
Of each division at the inspection,
together with the other improvements
made over the course Of the year. the
battalion undoubtedly will move
further up the ladder"
While naval inspection boards are
not given to the use Of superlatives in
the comments on various activities,
nevertheless the remarks on the report
are considered by the reservists as
very good.
Some Of them were: General ap-
pearance Of the battalion, very good;
manual OF arms was an excellent
performance; at general quarters, men
moved quickly and quietly to their
stations and all stations were manned;
gun captains were considerably above
the average In performance OF duties;
engineering casualties handled especi-
ally well.
The battle problem, one Of the most
complicated of the tests, as 1t involves
q display by the division Of how it
would handle destroyer in action,
was reported to have been handled
particularly we'll by Lieut. J. B. Gle
land. Fire quarters and abondon ship
were well conducted. The abandon
ship provisions were said to have
been especially we'll represented.
All the guartermasters and signal
men held by the board to have been
well-instructed, and the same was
applied to knotting the splicing in the
deck force and general subjects in
the engineering branch. The bridge
force showed evidence OF conscien-
tious study.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Legion Posts Will Join
Memorial Day Services
Rites Will Be Held at Arlington-Graves
of Veterans Will Be
Decorated.
Meetinky This Week.

Meetings This Week.
Today-Jacob Jones memorial
service. White Cross, World War
section, Arlington Cemetery,
1890 am.
Main m mortal services,
Amphitheater. Arlington Gene
terry. 1890 pm.
Monday-Sergt. Jasper Post,
Pythian Temple, 8 pm.
Fort Stevens Post Drum and
Bugle Corps, Old Brightwood
School, 8 pm.
Tuesday-George Washington
Post, No. l, Admiral Club, 8 pm.
Costello Post, No. Is, pm.
Second Division, No. %, New
Colonial Hotel, 8 pm.
Wednesday-Columbia Post,
No. "a, 8 pm.
Thursday-Janes Delano Post,
SPIN.
Fort Stevens Post, No. 90,
Stansbury Hall, 8 pm.
Cooley y-McCullough, No. ~,
Departmental Bank Building, 8
pm.
Friday-Agiculture Post, No.
36, Moose Hall, 8 pm.
Sons Of Legion. Drum and
Bugle Corps, National Guard
Armory, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
OLD ENGRAVING PLATE
IS GIVEN SMITHSONIAN
Metal Used for Invitations for Old
Washington Light Infantry
Functions.

The Smithsonian Institution has
been presented with q steel engraving
plate which was used for q number Of
years for the printing of invitations
to balls and other festivities of the
Washington Light Infantry. It was
sent to the institution by Col. John
w. Oehmann, commanding the local
Guard, who said 1t was for a long
time in the possession of Maj. Stewart
M. Grayson, commander Of the Med
ical Department Detachment, 260th
Coast Artillery.
Col. Oehmann said he had received
q letter from ]. E. Graft, associate
director of the institution, who said it
was q desirable addition to the ma
tional collection and would be entered
as . gift from the National Guard
of the District Of Columbia. Last
year was the Tooth anniversary Of the
Washington Light Infantry.
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Fleet Reserve Association.

The Ladies' Auxiliary, Unit No. 4,
will meet Thursday, 8 pm, at Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines Club, 1015 L
street. Mrs. Gertrude Metz will pre-
side.
Mrs. Marion Bonamarte entertained
the members Of the board in her home
Tuesday, assisted by Mrs. Mabel Sally.
The unit will assist Branch No. 4,
Fleet Reserve Association, In its
annual Memorial day services tomor-
row at 11:15 am. at the Water Gate,
Potomac Park.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
AUXILIARY MEETS

A special meeting Of the Ladies'
Auxiliary, Presidents Own Garrison,
Army and Navy Union, U. 8. A., was
held Thursday. National Lady Comdr.
Caroline Toomey and Lady Comdr.
Elizabeth Ellis discussed preparation
Of plans for the national convention
to be held at the Willard Hotel, Au-
gust II to II.
Comdr. Toomey today will lay a
wreath on the Tomb Of the Unknown
Soldier and to take part in the cere-
monies at Arlington Cemetery.
She attended the Army and Navy
Union National Aviation day ban
quet, which was given In honor of
Representative James A. shanley,
Richard Merrill. John Lambie, Seua-
tor william Gibbs McAdoo and Sen.
ator Joseph T. Robinson ut the VIII
lard Hotel, Friday.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
VETERANS OF FOREIGN
WARS.

Washington Post met last Monday
evening In its club rooms, at Duffys
Sea Grill, with Comdr. John j. Kee-
han, presiding. The meeting recessed
at 9:15 pm. to admit the department
president Of the Ladies' Auxiliary
and her staff to visit with the ladies
Of Washington Post concerning the
formation Of an auxiliary to this post.
Department President Mrs. Roberta
Fawcett introduced the following
members of her staff: Edith Den
broder, chief Of staff; Edna McCutch-
en-, senior vice president: Adelaide
M. Grant, chaplain; Rose Luebkert,
secretary; Rose Kelley and Dorothy
Allen, color bearers; Bonnie Moore
patriotic instructor; Carrie Irving
and Buehla Draley, council members
and Mrs. Frances Van Houten, past
chairman Of the national home fund
Comdr. Keehan designated Mrs Paul
Gray to head committee Of women
to determine their wishes In the
matter.
Arthur c. Fowle, secretary Of the
G. A. r. Memorial Corp, which spon-
sors the services at Arlington Cemetery
on Memorial day also spoke. A large
delegation Of Washington Post mer-
bers, headed by the Sons Of Washing
ton Post, will be present at the services
today.
Refreshments were served by Mrs.
Jess w. Snyder, assisted by Mrs
Lorna Jarboe, Mrs. Ethel Rice, Mrs
Edna McKeown and Mrs. John J.
Keehan.
A "shavetail scratch" was held last
Sunday by Top Notch Tent, No. l,
Military Order OF the Cootie, at Joe
Morans filling station, Colmar Manor
Md, and plans were formulated and
adopted to hold a moonlight ride on
the steamship City Of Washington in
conjunction with the Government
Printing once Unit. No. /, United
Veterans OF American Wars. A LAS
sizes popularity contest will be held
on this occasion. with Asbury Ham
mond as chairman.
The cooties entertained members
of Potomac Post last Thursday eve
ming, and a mock trial was held with
Comdr. James Sheehan as defendant
Several OF the cooties left last night
for Norfolk, Va, to assist Ocean View
Crabs Pup Tent No. 2 conduct their
Memorial day ceremonies.
A scratch will be held at 935 G
place next Tuesday night, when plans
will be arranged for the block dance
June Is.
Evening star., 1937-05-30

leen Unit, will place a wreath on the
Unknown Soldiers Tomb.
Next Wednesday the unit is giving
bingo party in the Killeen club
room, 1904 M street, at 8 pm.
The regular meeting Of the unit will
be held June 9 at 1904 M street at 8
pm. The department president, Mrs.
Mary K. Killeen, and her star will
make their offlcial visitation and the
new members will be initiated at this
time. There will also b election Of
o6lcerx.
Evening star., 1937-05-30

1t was pointed out a number Of
petty officers OF the battalion, picked
At random from the ranks by tho
inspection officers, were given written
examinations In their special subjects.
The following were said to have made
outstanding marks:
T. B. Keen, gunner's mate. third
class and J. J. Meyer, electricians
mate, second class, both OF the lst
Fleet Division; E. s. Welsh, boats
wain's mate, second class, I'd Fleet
division; F. C. White, chief gunner's
mate, Sd Fleet Division.
Keen and Meyer, 1t was said, made
40 in their tests, which, according to
the naval standard Of marking, is .
perfect score.
The battalion was put through
another inspection last week, under
the eyes OF Lieut.. Commander, Charles
B. McVay, Sd, U. S. Navy, assigned to
the local battalion as inspector. These
tests will be kept up throughout the
year.
However, this inspection was brief,
and as an appreciation of the work
so well done during the year, the men
we're marched to the Receiving Station
in the Navy Yard where they we're
given a special preview OF Wings over
Honolulu
Classes are being continued and
the instruction is pushed with vigor
each Monday night. While the in
struction for armory inspection is
being kept up, the men now are max
ing preparations for their annual sea
cruises aboard destroyers.
Although they have a small training
launch which Is taken out each week
end it is the purpose of the officers TO
make every effort to have more Of the
destroyer cruises, in between the
annual cruises, such as the recent
nVe-day cruise which the reservists
took to Charleston, S. C.
The fact that a large number of
oft1cers and men volunteer for these
cruises is evidence. it was pointed
out, they want to perfect themselves in
their naval training. This is evidenced
by the fact that they do not receive
any pay for this duty, and they are
willing to take time of from their
civilian occupations in order TO get in
the training.
However, 1t was indicated that the
officers feel that nothing Will quite
take the place Of regular training
ship here. They assert that II
larger vessel were to be assigned here,
there would be more than enough men
each week to take week end cruises
down the Potomac River and into the
Chesapeake Bay for training purposes.
Omcers have been striving for soms
time to have the Navy Department
assign to the local reservists one OF
the small patrol boats which have
been turned over to the Navy by tho
Coast Guard. These boats are large
enough to give some excellent training
aboard, and yet are held to be econom.
tcal to operate.
Unless one Of these vessels can bs
obtained, or arrangements made for
periodical short cruises on destroyers
sent here for that purpose, the men
get very little ship operation training
during the period for annual cruises.
The vessel now here is small launch.
IL Is impossible to meet the demand
FOR applications each week end. The
result is each man only gets one
opportunity during the open season
to make training cruise.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Meetings Next Week.

Tuesday-Vincent B. Costello
Unit, War Mothers Home. 8 pm.
Wednesday-Kenneth H. Nash
Unit. Raleigh Hotel, 8 pm.
Friday-Lncoln Unit, depart
ment visitation, Powell Junior
High School, pm.
June 6-Sergt. Jasper Unit, de-
partment visitat ton, Lafayette
Hotel, 3 pm.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
SPANISH VETERANS
TO HONOR DEAD
Memorial Services Will Be
Held at Arlington Ceme-
terry Today.

Members Of the Spanish War Vet
erans will attend memorial exercises
today at Arlington National Cemetery.
Those having reserved tickets must be
In their seats at 1910 pm.
Memorial services were held FRIDAY
for veterans at the Washington
Hebrew Temple, with Rabbi Abram
Simon speaking.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp and
Auxiliary will hold brief services and
place wreath at the tomb of Gen.
Nelson A. Miles today at II am.
Comdr. Donovan presided over Col.
John Jacob Astor Camp. Fred w.
White, Troop K, 7th United States
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Catholic War Veterans,

A meeting of the Father Francis J.
Hurney Post will be held Wednesday
evening In the Knights Of Columbus
Club. Any Catholic. man who has
seen service in tho armed forces Of
the country y Invited
Evening star., 1937-05-30
c. N. T.C. BOOSTED
. BY D. c. AUXILIARY
Department Works to Send
as Many Young Men as
Possible to Camps.

Opportunities offered by the Citizens
Training Camps for young men has
been called to the attention OF citizens
by Mrs. Mary K. Killeen, president,
District OF Columbia Department,
American Legion Auxiliary. The
local department is actively working
to send as many young men as pos
sible to the camps this Summer. The
camps are open to boys over II years
Of age.
More than ten million red poppies,
the memorial flower Of the Legion
and Auxiliary. have been made by
disabled veterans and members Of the
Auxiliary this year Working in
Government hospitals and in work
rooms maintained by the Auxiliary,
they have transformed acres OF crepe
paper and miles OF wire into realistic
replicas Of the peoples which grew
Evening star., 1937-05-30

Ccl tIlOIlleS SkO1lSOIcO ny Ille MlC1llsdll
Park Citizens Association. Bunker
Hill Post color guards and color
bearers displayed the post colors at
these ceremonies. Following the cere-
monies the members Of the post and
their friends were entertained by Past
Comdr. r. A. Ralph, 1000 Michigan
avenue northeast, where refreshments
were served
A meeting of the Sons OF Legion
Squadron was held Tuesday at the
No. IL precinct under the direction
Of Sons Of Legion Ofdcer R. A.
Thrasher. The Squadron will hold
benefit dance June is at Masonic
Temple. Twelfth and Monroe streets
northeast
The annual Spring dance Of the
Lib Club was held at Beaver Dam
Country Club last Saturday.
Kenna-Main Post, No. 81, met May
20 in Anaoostia Temple A talking
picture, For All Our Sake," was
shown.
DR.. George A. Holm OF St. Eliza
beth's Hospital gave lecture on The
Dangers Of Social Diseases to the
Community"
Applications for membership were
made by Albert E. Simpson, George
Rufus Adkins and Franklin Tracy
Campbell.
Comdr. Harold A. Emery of Lincoln
Post and Mrs. Emery, and Adjt. Ralph
Chapman Of Lincoln Post, were guests.
The Americanism Officer E. A. Eslin
announced the names of the winners
OF the Americanism essay contest at
St. Teresa's School: Miss Mary A.
Thompson, first, and Miss Catharine
Hayden, second.
The James Reese Europe Post, No.
5. last Tuesday evening was enter
tanned with an illustrated lecture and
moving pictures on public safety and
the welfare OF the pedestrian who are
confronted with traffic dangers and
problems resulting from congested mo-
tor traffic. Lloyd Berkey, department
Americanism oficer: Policeman Bin
swanger of the Police Post, and E. A.
Essline Of the Killeen Post were the
principal speakers.
Department Membership officer Ed
ward Dixon presented citations to
Comdr. Robert P. Rhea, membership
officer; Harvey L. Bean and William
Lowe for outstanding work in mem
bership.
As a part of the Americanism pro-
gram, 1t was announced by American
ism Ofhcer Harlem Carter that awards
OF medals and certificates to the out
standing boy and girl who qualify for
this honor would be made at the
school designated by the committee.
The Drum and Bugle Corps, under
the leadership Of Frederick Dawes, will
appear at the Arlington Cemetery Am
phitheater today at the memorial
services.
Preparations are being made for
the pilgrimage to Baltimore to parti-
cipate in the celebration of the formal
opening OF the Walter Greene Posts
new home on June S.
Vincent 3. Costello Post will meet at
the Pythian Temple next Tuesday
evening. There will be a showing Of
the American League feature film,
PLAY Ball." together with several other
sport movies.
Nominations for delegates and alter
mates to the department convention
will be held with election at the
July session,
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Meetings This Week.

Tuesday-Col. John Jacob Astor
Auxiliary, 8 pm, 92l Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast.
Observation-Disclosures Aux
iliary, 8 pm, Pythian Temple.
Thursday-Richard J. Harden
Camp. 8 pm, Pythian Temple.
Friday-Henry w. Lawton Aux
iliary, 8 pm, Pythian Temple.
Evening star., 1937-05-30

Bunker Hill Community Post, No. 81,
participated in the parade and dedica-
ton Of the new. Michigan Avenue
Bridge on May %, 1T I pm, With
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has watched the march Of progress
destroy acres Of nesting places here,
but largely because Of its work some
species OF birds are on the increase.
The society has encouraged citizens
to erect nesting boxes and feeding
trays and children have been taught
the wrong Of hunting songbirds.
Joseph M. Van Schaick, jr,, editor
of the Christian Leader, Boston, Mass .,
ard a member Of the local Audubon
Society said that Warrington Is such
m ideal region for observing great
varieties Of birds that he maintains
an apartment here and commutes to
Boston.
"As Washington is q meeting place
for the flowers found only on the
coastal plain with those found only
in the Piedmont belt, so it Is the meet
ing place for birds of the North and
South" Van Schaick said.
Led by w. Howard Ball, members of
the society on their fourth walk of the
season last Saturday counted II spe-
cies of birds on the Carrow estate
opposite Mount Vernon.
Van Setback said that his wife has
counted 50 species of birds at various
times from the porch Of their apart
ment at 1910 Mintwood place.
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AUDUBON SOCIETY
MARKS FOUNDING
Three Of Original Members Pres
ent to Relate Realization
of Aims.

Fearful of what the future might
hold for the myriad species Of song
birds that nested in Washington, a
dozen earnest men and women met
here two score years ago and formed
the Audubon Society of the District OF
Columbia. pledging themselves to
work for bird protection and to stimu-
late interest in nature study.
Today, on the fortieth anniversary
Of the founding Of the organization,
one of the oldest Of its kind in the
country, three Of the original founders
will join with approximately 200 other
members in celebrating achievements
which have made Washington an ideal
region for the study of birds.
Formal celebration Of the anniver-
Sary will be held Saturday when the
members tramp on their last bird
walk" of the Spring through northern
Rock Creek Park and gather later at
the home of Miss Helen Childs, 590l
Connecticut avenue, Chevy Chase, Md,
who has been secretary of the organi-
Eation for the past 81 years.
Present at the gathering, it is ex-
pected, will be DR.. T. S. Palmer, preSi-
dent of the society since 1923; DR.. c.
Hart Merriam and Mrs. Florence Mer-
Ram Bailey, all of whom were members
of the founding group that met on May
18, 1897, at the home Of Mrs. John
Dewhurst Patten. Gen. George M.
Stenberg was the first president OF the
society.
Since its establishment the society
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Van Deua1,ter Tells of Plans
To Liue on MARYLAND Farm,
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Supreme Court Justice Willis A. Van
Devanter announced his retirement to-
day in the mellow surroundings Of his
study-amid the pictures Of old friends
and one of his ideals-Ab4,aham Lin
coin.
Looking down on the Spring morning
scene were autographed portraits of
Chief Justice Hughes and Justices Nc.
Reynolds. Sutherland and Butler.
These last three, with Van Devanter,
have been regarded by administration
oficials as the conservative" Justices.
Smokes Pipe.
He slowly pulled at his pipe as he
made public his letter to President
Roosevelt. The fairly large room was
crowded with law books. His nat
topped desk was Uttered with papers.
Consistently spurning the spacious
office suite in the new $4,000, 900 Su-
preme Court Building, Van Devanter,
like several other of the justices, pre-
fers to work at home.
The justices Capital home is a
fourth-floor apartment on fashionable
Connecticut avenue. When the an
nouncement came, warm morning
sun poured through the big window of
his study. The traffic below was Z
lazy drone.
He was dressed comfortably in
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ExTORTI0N CHARGE
CASE CONTINUED

An extortion charge against De-
tective Luther c. Wise, tenth precinct,
which was to have come before Police
Court Judge John P. Mcmahon today,
was again, continued until June l.,
with the understanding that the mat
ter would be acted Oh by the grand
jury
Wise, who was arrested several weeks
ago by Inspectors Edward ]. Kelly and
Maurice Collins and Lieut.. Walter H..
Thomas, all Of police headquarters, is
alleged to have accepted money from
Fred KoSma, proprietor of a restau-
rant in the 100 block of Massachu-
sets avenue Police said the money
given Wise was marked and turned
over to the proprietor, who previously
had complained that the detective had
demanded IS week to keep out Of
dema IS week to keep out Of
trouble"
There have been no papers filed
against Wise in Police Court, although
he is actually charged. His case has
been presented to the grand jury, but
as yet no action taken.