Evening star., 1939-08-13
Leqion|s Members Entitled
To Wear FIDAC Medal :,
Decoration Marks 18th Anniversary
Of International Society's Founding


are entitled to wear the FIDAC
Anniversary Medal, which was is
sued to commemorate the 18th an
niversary of the founding of the
society, according to word received
here from national headquarters.
The medal is cast in bronze and
is suspended from gray ribbon,
the official color of the FIDAC. The
reverse side has place for en-
craving name or initials. The medal
is issued in three sizes: One and
one-half inches in diameter for
uniform dress, three-fourth inch for
civilian dress; five-eighths inch for
evening wear.
United States Treasury Post, at a
meeting Tuesday night at the New
Colonial Hotel, was presided over
by Comdr. Robert D. Beeton.
Officers were nominated. They will
be elected at the September meet
ing. They are: For commander,
Robert. D. Beeton, William Lowen,
Kenneth B. Bovay. Mary M. Beck
er and John L. Maddocks; for senior
vice commander, Ralph I. Graves,
William Lowen, Basil Swales and
Walter Gallagher; for junior vice
commander, Mary M. Becker, Jo-
seph P. S. Roberts, C. o. Patter-
son, Mary Anne Kennedy, j. Lee
Wilkinson, John N. Hickey, Ed
Merzereau and John c. Marceron:
for finance officer, Walter Gallagher
and Alex Stern; for master at arms,
James Gill and John DWarshuis;
for sergeant at arms, James Gill,
Ralph Riley and William Barr; for
surgeon, Basil c. Zickafoose; for
historian. Oscar Kibbey, L. D. Con-
way, N. E. Hubel and Florence A.
Hall; for chaplain, T. v. Walker and
L. D. Conway; for judge advocate.
N. E. Hubel, Lyman Guilford and
Fletcher Sebastian; for alternate to
department Executive Committee,
Charles Daley, Samuel Harris and
c. o. Patterson.
Fort Stevens Post cruise to Indian
Head on the S. S. Potomac will be
held August 18 at 8:45 pm. All
tickets will be sold at the dock.
Frank Bloom and Timothy Nc
Dowell are in charge of arrange
ments.
President George L. Norton, senior
lr11r,, orI hI1o1n
special routine is being studied in
contemplation of entry in the ma
tional drum and bugle corps contest,
the national American Legion pa
rade and the Forty and Eight parade
during the Chicago convention in
September. The corps led the dele
cation from the Department of the
District of Columbia in the st. Louis,
Cleveland and New York convention
parades and has made % public ap-
pearances during the last year.
Nominees for Office to be elected
September Z are: Commander, Ed
win l.. Donaldson, Robert M. Ken
nedy and Joseph A. Walker; senior
vice commander, Michael j. Lyons;
second vice commander, Harry Hun
gelman, Ernest Pullman and Carl
Eittenhouse; junior vice commander,
Ross E. Amos and Levin M. Price;
chaplain, Nathan Cosel, Don Long
and James T. Sullivan; sergeant at
arms, Clarence P. Gray and Joseph
T. Oliver; Executive Committee,
William Hays Hargrave, John
Thomas Long. George Washington
Phillips and George Hobson Smith.
At the last meeting of Sergt. Jas
per Post, No. 13, the following Off
GERS were nominated: Commander,
Douglass o. Reed; first vice COM
mander, John P. Lester; second vice
commander, Henry A. Weaver; third
vice commander, Martin A. Schu-
bert; chaplain, Victor j. Farrar.
The Junior Legion baseball team,
sponsored by the post, managed by
Dan Paterson and coached by Mark
Jackson, won the department cham