Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07

Board of District Commissioners, will
make the address Of welcome for the
goth annual convention of the District
of Columbia Department, the Amer
lean Legion, when 1t convenes Thurs
day night at the Mayflower Hotel.
The response will be by Thomas Ma
son. jr., department commander: Phil
Conley, national vice commander;
Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper, auxiliary de-
partment president; Ferdinand G.
Fraser, chef de chemin de fer, Forty
and Eight; John E. McCabe, grand
chef de gere, Forty and Eight, and
Helen McCabe, chapeau, Eight and
Forty, will also speak.
The sessions will be preceded by an
elaborate parade, starting from Penn
sylvania avenue and John Marshall
place NV. at pm. 1t will move to
Thirteenth street, to either K or L
streets and thence to Connecticut ave-
nue. and disband at the hotel. Col.
John NJ Wainwright, commandant Of
Fort Myer. will be the grand marshal,
with Leo Collins of Bunker Hill Post
as Legion marshal.
The invocation, with the opening of
the sessions, will be given by the Rev.
Louis c. Wealth, department chaplain.
The annual awarding of trophies 70
posts and individuals will be made
the opening night by Paul McGahan,
department of trophies and wards
chairman.
Department Comdr. Mason will
make a number of awards to several
citizens of the District Of Columbia,
for outstanding work rendered to the
Legion during the past year. They
are: Maj. E. w. Brown, superintendent
of the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment; Edgar j. Hoover, chief of the
Bureau of Investigation: Isaac Cans,
member of the Alcohol Control Board;
Benjamin G. McKelway, managing ed
itor of The Evening Star; Robert I.
Fleming. president of the Riggs Ma
tional Bank.
The principal address will be deliv-
cred by Gen. Albert L. Cox, command
ing the District of Columbia National
Guard. The Fort Stevens Post cham
pion Drum and Bugle Corps will rem
der selection and the visiting de-
partment- commanders will be intro
duced by Department Comdr. Mason
and William F. Smith, Department OF
Pennsylvania, will make the reply.
This will be followed by selection by
the Sergt. Jasper Junior Glee Club.
Benediction will be rendered by the
department chaplain, the Rev. Louis
v. Vaeth.
On Friday night the convention will
again convene. The Capitol Male
Chorus, sponsored by the James E.
Walker Post, will render selections.
Nominations of officers will be made.
The session will close with selections
to be rendered by the James Reese
Europe Drum and Bugle Corps.
There will also be held on Friday
at 7:30 pm the annual child welfare
conference with DR.. Cook, area B
chairman, as presiding officer. Miss
Elenor Maynard is the department
child welfare officer.
The convention will close Saturday
night when officers will be elected and
installed.
Following the adjournment the
Forty and Eight will hold a buffet
supper and reception to the new off,
GERS.
At the last department Executive
Committee meeting the Committee on
Trophies and Awards announced that
the annual Watson B. Miller Award
to the Legionnaire Of this department,
who had rendered the most outstand-
ing service to the Legion during the
year, would be made to Owen c. Hal
loran, department Americanism officer
who was responsible for conducting
the first annual Soap Box Derby. as
we'll as a number of other activities.
He will be presented with a plaque
during the convention, while the
Stephen P. McGroarty Post which
sponsored him will also receive silver
loving cup.
Meetings Of department convention
subcommittee OH resolutions, rules.
credentials and seating of delegates
will be held in rooms 236, 237 and 238
at the Mayfower Hotel tomorrow,
commencing at 1880 pm.
United States Bureau of Internal
Revenue Post met at the Hayloft Club
with Acting Comdr. John A. Long pre-
siding. The following delegates were
elected to the department convention:
Comdr. Charles E. Wolfe, John A.
Long, James w. Yokum and Charles
w. Curran. The alternates are: Ar
thur J. Thomas, Mckinley w. Kriegh,
Maurice Alexander and Theodore Hal
stead. A resolution was passed and
sent to Gen. John j. Pershing ex-
pressing the sincere wish of every
member of the post for his speedy re-
covery from his recent illness.
Gen. U. G. McAlexander Post 80
will nominate officers in the meeting
Wednesday evening. Election of Off
GERS will be held in the September
meeting.
Delegates and alternates to the de-
partment convention were elected as
follows at the last meeting: Com
mander, David L. Gilsinn, chairman;
Henry L. Tunis. delegate; David
Brakeman and Arthur Byron, alter
mates.
Department citations for meritorious
,,,enohorshin activity were awarded to