Evening star., 1937-08-29
CALL for the nineteenth ma
tionAl convention of the Amer

~ ,e.n Legion. to be held in New
4 York City Septembe. 20 to %,
has been received by Thomas Mason,
jr., commander, District OF Columbia
Department.
More than 500 local members have
already signed for reservations at the
local Legion headquarters in the Bond
Building. Comdr. Mason expects more
than 1900 members and their fami-
lies will attend the annual session.
Headquarters for the District delega-
ton will be at the McAlpin Hotel,
while national headquarters will be
at the Pennsylvania Hotel. Local
offcials have also arranged for quar-
ters at the George Washington. Taft
and Grand Hotels.
The Forty and Eight will be quar-
tered in the New Yorker and ma
tional headquarters of the auxiliary
will be in the Astor Hotel.
The official delegates from the Dis
trict will be: Department Comdr.
Mason, Past Department Comdr
Horace w. Lineburg, National Execu-
tive Committeeman Joseph j. Malloy,
Eleanor Maynard, William P. Kersh-
ner, Theodore Cogswell, P. A. Sugrue
William j. Barrett, j. Franklin Wilson,
George w. Phillips, A. E. Giegengack,
Samuel Holston and Joseph J. Idler
The alternates are: Alternate National
Executive Committeeman Paul j. Nc
Gahan. James F. Kehoe, Jane r. Cox
John j. Mulvey. Charles Daley Dom
aid w. Smith, Charles E. Wolfe, WAL
ter D. Cunyus, o. C. Halloran, Grover
Tribble, r. A. Burton. John R. An
derson and H. B. Pollock.
Five local drum and bugle corps will
also attend the convention. They are:
Fort Stevens Post, Columbia Post,
James Reese Europe Post, Costello
Post and the Department Sons of the
Legion Corps.
The opening session of the conven-
tlon will be held Monday at the Madi-
son Square Garden, after which the
sessions will be held in the Metro
pohtan Opera House. Sessions of the
Forty and Eight will be held at the
Manhattan Opera House and those
OF the Legion Auxiliary at the Astor
Hotel.
The largest parade in the Legion's
history will take place Tuesday. 1t
expected to take nearly 48 hours
to pass the reviewing stand. Business
sessions will be held Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday. The new ma
tlonal officers of the Legion will be
elected and installed the last day.
Immediately following the close Of
the convention a delegation of more
than 200 members of this department
will boarG ocean liners and 20 to
many European countries to attend
the Legion's Post Convention Tour.
Reservations for this tour of foreign
countries may also be made at the
Iegion's headquarters in this city.
Col Julius I. Peyser, past depart
ment commander of the District, has
been appointed as one Of the limited
official delegates to the Federation
1nterallies des Anciens Combattants
Congress, which will be held in Paris,
France, early in October.
The Rainbow Division, known as the
AID, will hold their reunion dinner
and dance September %, at the le5th
Regiment Arnory, New York City
The Father Duffy Chapter of the
division will tender this dance to for
mer members of the division visiting
in New York.
Second Division Post OF New York
welcomes all former Second Division
men at their club rooms, one block
north Of the One Hundred and
Tventy-Fifth Street Station of the
Broadway-Seventh avenue I. R. T.
subway. A dance will be held in the
Center Hotel September %.
Columbia Post, No. "a, minstrels
start rehearsals this week All pros
poets should get in touch with Charlie
Plunkett. The post drum corps has
six vacancies in the orchestra.
Second Division Post met at the
New Colonial Hotel on August II and
elected the following officers: A. M.
Berthiaume. commander; Walton E.
Terrell first vice commander; Leslie
B. Lord, second vice commander; Will
liam E. Spcer, adjutant; Maurice Fol-
som, chaplain, and Barney Berlinsky,
sergeant at arms. Dept. Coritr.
Thomas Mason jr., will install the Off
GERS September 8 at the hotel.
Fort Stevens Post No 80 will elect
ohcers next Thursday night in Stans-
bury Hall. Comdr George w. Phillips
will preside
John T. Long for commander and
George Norton for senior vice COM
msnder are unopposed Lewis K. Hile
and Roy c. Ponton are candidates for
second vice commander: Jerry Graham
and Harold Britain, junior vice COM
mander; Don Long and Carl Ritten-
house for chaplain and Arthur A.
Connolly and Harry Hungelmann for
sergeant at arms.
-Four executive committeeman will
be elected from the following mem
bers: Leo j. Reel. Alfred c. Harmon.
John D. Kiley, Nathan Cosel, Ernest
Pullman, r. H. Viancour, Harold
Friend and w. H. Hargrave.
Department Comdr. Thomas Mason.
jr, will install the officers immedi-
ately after election.
On September II the post will hold
q dance at Indian Spring Country
Club.
Sergt.. Jasper Post will meet at
Pythian Temple next Wednesday eve
ming for election of officers. Those
on the ticket are: For commander.
Daniel M. Goodacre and Harold Nc
Laughlin; first vice commander Doug
las o. Reed and James T. White; sec
ond vice commander, Harry Ware;
third vice commander, Harry Bell,
and chaplain, Charles Koenig.
B. Michael Thomas, former COM
mander Of Camp Anacostia Of the
bonus army" was elected commander
Of Victory Post, No. 4, at a meeting