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Evening star., 1940-01-07
National Association
Of Regulars

At the last meeting of National
Defense Post held at the Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines Club, Adjt.
Gen. Edgar H. Taber read the legis-
lative program for this session Of
Congress. Chief of Staff Ralph N.
Werner announced plans for a ma
tional honor society for those men,
bers who render outstanding service
to the N. A. r. Comdr. Earl Hamil-
ton Smith led in the initiation of IL
new members. A resolution was
passed expressing regret and SYM
pathy for the death of Robert
Fechner, former director of the
Civilian Conservation Corps.
Adjt. Gen. Taber announced the
N. A. r. is compiling a list of all
Washingtonians who are serving or
have served In the Regular Army,
Navy, Coast Guard or Marine Corps,
and asks that all who wish to be
included in this book, for which there
will be no charge, send him card to
907 G place NV.
Regular Service, national monthly,
will be out tomorrow. Copies may
be obtained at 907 G place NV.
John Arthur Shaw, national
publicity director, has sent a letter
to Representative Robert Ramspeck,
chairman of the House Civil Service
Committee, requesting that he in
troduce legislation providing that
where the regular Government pay
day falls on a Sunday or holiday all
Government workers be paid in full
on the last regular working day Of
the pay period.
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Ladies' Auxiliary, A. O. H.

Division No. 7 elected officers at
its January meeting at the home
of Miss Walsh as follows: Presi-
dent, Miss Kathleen Leckey; vice
president, Miss Margaret Walsh;
treasurer, Mrs. Agnes Flanagan: re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Ellen T.
Stanton reelected: financial Sec
retary, Miss Catherine Larkin;
chairman of Irish history, Miss
Emily Quinn reelected; mistress
at arms, Mrs. Frances Rafferty, re-
elected; sentinel, Mrs. Margaret
Bladen; chairman of Standing Com
mittee, Miss Cecilia Craven re-
elected. They will be installed at
the meeting Of the board at the
Mayflower Hotel by the district
president, Miss Mary E. Cleary.
Division No. 6 will be hostess at
the meeting of the Irish History
Study Club January IA, 8 pm, at
the home of the district chairman.
Mrs. Nellie B. Kelser. 1900 Newton
street NE. The public Is invited.
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Army ond Navy Union

The Department of the Potomac
will meet in the District Building at
8 pm. January II, when Mrs. Marie
]. Boulaye Anderson will present the
department colors to Department
Comdr. Milton ]. Eckert. Officers of
the Presidents Own Auxiliary will
be installed. The Committee on
Civic Relations will be appointed.
Department Adjt. Leo D. Ramm re-
ports a letter of approval has been
sent to Representative Melvin Mas
Of Minnesota for his bill H. R. IS,
which has been introduced to pro-
vide an armory for the District of
Columbia Naval Reserve.
Ralph N. Werner, commander in
chief of the M. o. F. S. has Just
issued a general order urging all
musketeers Of the order to write
or telegraph their Representatives
and Senators to vote for the con-
tinuance of the Dies Committee on
Un-American Activities. Thomas
H. Harvey has been appointed adju-
tant general of the Military Order
Of the Firing Squad.
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Marine Reserve Unit
To Honor PIoyfuir

Corpl. George Playfair, who is be-
ing discharged from the 5th Bat
talon, United States Marine Corps
Reserve, because of regulation con-
flicting with his military status. will
be honored at $3.50 pm. Tuesday
when the battalion will hold a for
nation at the Hecht parking build
ing. Corpl. Playfair is a civilian
employe of the Navy Department.
The battalion has several openings
In the four line companies. Applica-
tions should be made at the head
quarters, 4S0 Indiana avenue NV.
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Regular Veterans
Association

At the meeting on January 2 at
the Logan Hotel, the Gen. Malin
Craig Post initiated the following
new members: John Aberle Smith,
Tony Anschler, Benjamin Bivens,
Arthur Long and Cedric johnson.
Roy d. Hopgood will speak at
the Logan Hotel on January % at
8 pm. on "The Importance of Full
Cooperation Between Accredited
Veterans Organizations and the
Veterans Administration"
Regular Williams was discharged
as flag chairman and the quarter
master was ordered to purchase q
new set of post colors.
Victor E. Devereaux plans q re-
union with all retired enlisted men
living in Washington next month.
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Knights Of Pythios

Rathbone Temple, Pythian Sisters
installed Mrs. Sue Newcomb as most
excellent chief. Mrs. Alice Jones
was the installing officer, assisted by
Mrs. Freda Stine as grand manager
and Mrs. Emma Motyka as grand
senior.
Mrs. Flossie Sollenberger was in
stalled as the most excellent chief OF
Friendship Temple, Pythian Sisters
the installing officer being Mrs
Ethel Poole, assisted by Mrs. Gussie
Aylward as grand manager, and Mrs
Cora Linscott as grand senior.
Calanthe Lodge will meet tomor-
row night. Supreme Representative
Edward j. Newcomb will install the
officers.
Grand Chancellor Charles E. Stoll
will be in attendance at Syracusians
Lodge Thursday evening to install
the officers.
Grand Keeper of Records and
Seal William A. Kimmel, announces
a session of the Grand Lodge will
convene at the Pythian Temple on
February 19, at 7:30 pm. This being
the 18th Annual Convention of the
District of Columbia Grand Lodge
and the 18th anniversary of the
founding of the order. which oc-
CURED in this city on February 10,
1864. Sir Knight Franklin D.
Roosevelt, President of the United
States, will be invited to make the
opening address.
Jessee Tucker has been elected
superintendent of the Pythian
Temple.
A meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Knights of Pythias Hall
Association will be held Wednesday
evening.
c. M. Whitaker was installed as
the chancellor commander of Web
ster Lodge. The installation was
conducted by the Grand Chancellor
Charles E. Stoll, assisted by Grand
Master at Arms Eugene Kirby, and
Supreme Representative Edward j.
Newcomb.
Syracusians Lodge will celebrate
its I'D anniversary on February 8
with a program and banquet. Frank
McNinch, former chairman of the
F. C. c., will be the principal
speaker.
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Forty and Eight

Grande Voiture, No. 174, will hold
its annual oyster roast at the Poto-
mac Boat Club on January 81, COM
mencing at pm. There will be
dancing and entertainment.
The Grand Cheminot will meet
Wednesday in the Portner Apart
ments at pm. and an "old timers
meeting will be held in Stansbury
Hall on January II.
Last Thursday 80 veterans were
initiated into Fort Stevens Post by
the ritual team, which will also serve
Government Printing Office Post in
the same capacity at the New Colo
NAL Hotel tomorrow night. Post
commanders seeking the services of
the team should contact Grand Chef
de Train c. Francis Mccarthy.
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Meetings This Week.

Monday-U. s. s. Jacob Jones
Post, 1926 Massachusetts, avenue
NV: Lincoln Post, Arcade Hall.
Fourteenth street and Park road
NV; Bureau of Engraving and
Printing Post, 200 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc; Government Print
ing ONCE Post, 809 Monroe
street NE.
Tuesday-James Reese Europe
Post, Fifteenth and @ streets
NV; George E. Killeen Post,
1904 M street NV; United
States Treasury Post, Colonial
Hotel.
Wednesday - MacAlexander
Post, Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club; Potomac Post,
Palisades Field House; Nash
Post, 209 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc.
Thursday-James E. Walker
Post, 1916 Twelfth street NV.
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Meetings This Week.

Monday-Front Line Post, 100
L street NV: Equality-Wal-
ter Reed Post. Junior Drum
and Bugle Corps, National
Guard Armory.
Tuesday-N National Capital
Post, 1015 L street NV: Ad-
miral Peary Ship, Hamilton
Hotel.
Wednesday Columbia Post,
1926 Massachusetts, avenue
NV: Defense Post, 2020
Rhode Island avenue NE;
Washington Post, l700 L
street NV; Overseas Mill
tary Band, National Guard
Armory.
Thursday-V. F. w. Honor
Guard, 100 L street NV.
Friday - Federal Post, 1926
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
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Local Coast Artillery Unit
Reorqunized Last Week
Bond and Service Company
Made Separate Units Of Regiment

The 260th Regiment Of Coast Ar
tillery was reorganized, as Of Janu-
ary I, to conform to new Army
tables of organization for anti-air-
craft coast artillery units. Each of
the gun and searchlight batteries
will have some changes in personnel,
but the principal change was the
separation of the band and service
battery.
The service battery has been re-
designated as the supply platoon
and maintenance section of the
Headquarters Battery, while the
band becomes q separate unit. 1t
was ordered by the War Department
that all records under the old Or
ganization be closed as of midnight
Of December 81 and the new organi-
zation details be Immediately
taken up.
The brigade headquarters has
been flooded with inquiries concern
ing the possibilities of appointment
to the United States Military Acad-
emy from the ranks of the National
Guard. 1t was indicated a number
Of young men desirous of obtaining
the education at West Point and
entering the military service are
seeking to realize their ambitions
through the Guard, which, as a rule,
gets one appointment each year.
Many Of those entering this service
go in with the idea of competing for
the appointment, and the selections
are made largely through COMPETE
tive examination, although there are
other matters that count in figuring
the final score.
One of the principal ones of the
requisites is that of service in the
Guard and regular attendance at
the drills during the period Of en-
listment. For this reason the offi-
GERS at brigade headquarters assert
that those desiring to enter the
competition should not wait too late
in the year before enlisting. Even
though a man may pass highest in
the educational examinations, which
are conducted by the United States
Civil Service Commission, his length
of service and drill attendance may
be too short, and thus bring his total
average down to the point where a
man with lower educational mark
but with more service might win the
coveted appointment.
Although members of the Guard
enlist for a period of three years, If
a man passes the examinations and
receives an appointment, he is given
a discharge from service in the
Guard so that he might accept the
appointment, 1t was explained.
Corpl. Garrett P. Warmenhoven
has been promoted to sergeant in
Company D. l2lst Engineers. while
Pvt. First Glass; John P. Buckley
was named corporal in the same
command. Promotions have been or
dered in Battery H, 260th Coast Ar
tillery. as follows: Corpl. Albert A.
Menaker to be sergeant, and the fol-
lowing privates. first class. to be
corporals: Harold C. Hammond, Jo-
seph Levin and Stanley K. Tyler, jr.
Maj. Just c. Jensen, Ordnance De-
partment. in charge of rifle practice
for the local Guard. announced that
he is interested in obtaining matches
with rifle teams of the city, whether
military or civilian, to fire matches
with the Guard team in the gallery
of the Guard at the Pennsylvania
avenue armory. Competing teams
must furnish their own rifles and
ammunition, it was asserted.
Preparations are being completed
for the annual military service for
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the local militia brigade at the
Washington Cathedral. The entire
brigade, it was announced, will at
tend the services, being taken to the
vicinity Of the Cathedral grounds in
trucks and there forming for the
march into the edifice. It will be
strictly a National Guard service
which will be celebrated for the
militiamen. 1t is to be held at pm.
January 81. The transportation ia
cilities will be under the direction of
Maj. Fletcher F.. Bernsdorff, COM
manding the 104th Quartermaster
Battalion.
The following have been placed on
the inactive list because of either
business interference or temporary
physical disability: Sergt. Claude T.
Johnston and Pvt. John w. Kenlon,
Headquarters Company, 104th Quar-
termaster Regiment; Pvt Robert L.
Wright. Company B, same regiment;
Pvts. First Glass; George H. Boyd
and Kenneth L. West, 10Th Division
Military Police Company.
Pvt Seymour j. Gross, 29th Divi-
sion Military Police Company; Pvt.
William I. Wilkins, Company A, l2lst
Engineers. and Pvt. John r. Co.
mulada, Company F, 121st Engineers,
have been returned to the active lists.
Orders were received last week
from headquarters of the Sd Army
Corps at Baltimore that the annual
armory inspections of the local
Guard units will begin March 4 and
end March 26. They will be made
by officers of the Regular Army sent
here from various parts Of the Sd
Corps Area, and will cover the train
ing of the local Guardsmen as well
as survey Of their equipment.
Pvt. John F. Amend, Medical De-
partment Detachment, 1O4th Quar-
termaster Regiment, and Pvt. Joseph
L. Cleaveland. Company B, same
regiment, have been placed on the
inactive lists of those units because
VI UuSlllCoo lllCCI 1ClC CllCC.
Staff Sergt. William S. Maykrantz.
Headquarters Detachment, Special
Troops, 29th Division, has been hon.
orably discharged upon his own re-
quest. il.
Pvt Harry B. Pollack, Company
A. 12lst Engineers, has been honor
ably discharged because of removal
from the city.
Honorable discharge has been or
dered for Pvt. Harold K. Goodwin,
Company F., 12lst Engineers, to per-
init him to enlist in the United
States Marine Corps.
The Legislative Committee of the
National Guard Association has been
directed to take the necessary action
to have the National Defense Act
amended to provide that officers be-
low the grade of ajor not belonging
to organizations shall receive one
thirtieth of the monthly base pay
for each period of appropriate duty
performed, the number of such pc
riods not to exceed the number of
drill periods authorized for organ
izations, and that officers above the
grade of captain shall receive the
same amount for each period of
appropriate duty performed, with a
minimum of $125 to be paid for each
quarter.
The association pointed out that
it is highly desirable to provide for
additional training for field and staff
officers on the same basis as is now
provided for organizations which
have been ordered to extra duty in
connection with the national defense
plans.
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ton Hotel when
r e p resentative
Joe E. Starnes
Of Alabama will
be the principal
s sp e a k er. His
topic will be
what Has the
Dies Committee
Done to Pro-
mote National
Defense?" Gen
Peter G.. Harris
national chair
man of war Or
phans of the
American Le-
cyioy, ord CO1
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Merchant Marine
Reserve Gets Chance
For School Training
Personnel to leurn
Convoy and Other
Duties in Emergency

Plans have been perfected by the
Navy Department to prepare the
officers of the American merchant
marine who are members of the
United States Naval Reserve to
handle their ships for defense pur-
poses in time of a national emer-
gency. A school has been ordered
set up aboard the United States
cruiser Seattle at New York. to
which members of the merchant
marine reserve may volunteer.
Although the proposal for such a
school was made as early as 1887,
and it was authorized, 1t took the
war in Europe to stress its impor-
tance and bring it into reality. The
reason given for the three years
delay was that there were no funds
with which to carry on the school.
Capt. Harry E. Shoemaker, COM
mander of the Seattle, has been
placed in charge of the training.
The Maritime Commission will
make arrangements to grant fur
loughs to any of the officers of its
ships who volunteer to take the
course, which will be without pay
and allowances for the officers.
Training Lasts Eight Weeks.
The course of training. it was
said. will consist of eight weeks in
struction in subjects pertinent to
merchant ship defense. Only mer-
chant marine reserve officers of the
deck and engineering classifications
will be eligible. Student officers,
while attending the school, will be
subject to naval discipline and rou-
tine. The course will be based on
instruction in those defense meas
ures vital to merchant marine oper-
alton, and, it was said, will include
gunnery, both surface and anti
aircraft; anti-submarine and anti
aircraft tactics, convoy instructions
and tactics, mine defense and dam
age control, communications, navy
regulations and customs and gas
defense procedure.
The fact that thorough course
in signaling and communication
will be given, it is expected, will
attract more officers to the course,
as the Bureau of Marine Inspection
and Navigation of the Department
of Commerce has just published
new regulations which provide that
merchant officers coming UP for
examination, either for third mates
licenses or for increases in their
present license limitations, will be
required to pass most complete
examination in signaling in all its
branches, including semaphore, flag
hoists and blinker lights, which use
the international Morse code. The
bureau announced that as a result
of the war conditions it has become
apparent that the merchant officers
are in need of such training, in
order to be able to understand sig
mails, and as well to send UNDER
standable signals in an emergency.
Convoy Duties Stressed.
The Navy Department said that
the benefits to the Navy of such
training consist primarily in the
indoctrination of merchant marine
licensed personnel in all their duties
in connection with convoy. The
Bureau of Navigation of the Navy
Department has expressed the hope
that full advantage will be taken
of the cooperation Of the Maritime
Commission in affording oppor-
tunity for the training of a large
number of officers for a longer
period than the Naval Reserve can
normally provide, which u two
| weeks.
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District War Mothers

Mrs. George S. CARL will preside
at the meeting of the District of Co
lumbia Chapter, to be held next Fri
day at 1:30 pm. at the Thomas Cir
Gle Club. 1926 Massachusetts ave-
nue. NV.
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Capt. George Johns
Heads Honor Guard
OF District Y. F. ".
William A. Downs
And E. S. Campbell
Named lieutenunts

Capt. George H. Johns heads the
newly organized Honor Guard of the
District of Columbia Department.,
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, with
william A. Downs and Edgar S.
Campbell as lieutenants. Walter c..
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Hotel. Th ere
will be two days
OF business ses-
sions, with q
luncheon on the
a t t e rn on Of
Saturday, when
Admiral Harold
r.. Stark, chief
of Naval Opera
tions, will ad-
dress the dele
gates. Although
his subject has
not been an
nounced, it Is
understood that
A. AT-l ~
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Legion Receives $4,000 More
For Junior Baseball Program
Season Will Open on June 80;
Three Major Rule Changes Made

Another grant of $780, 900 has been
made by the Baseball Commission
to the American Legion toward the
support of the junior baseball pro-
gram. This brings total contribu-
tions of $4,000 by the two major
leagues since 1928.
The money each year is used by
the Legion to defray the transporta-
ton of the championship teams to
the regional and sectional tourna-
ments and to the junior world series.
The Junior baseball season will
open June 30.
Three important changes in rules
have been made for 1910.
As the first change, two rules will
govern recruiting of junior baseball
teams by Legion posts in cities of
more than $4,000 population. The
first rule applies to cities which do
not have specifically zoned high
school districts. In such cities a
team may be drawn by a post from
two high schools within the city
limits, but one of these must not
have an enrolment of more than
300 boys as of January /. Any boy
enrolled in either of these two high
schools. who is eligible to play Junior
baseball, but who lives outside the
city limits, can play on the team re-
cruited from the school he attends,
or he can join a team organized in
the rural district where he lives.
In cities which have specifically
zoned high school districts, an
American Legion post, under the
second rule, may recruit its players
from one high school only. The
rule provides. however, that any
eligible boy whose legal residence is
within any given district can play
with the Junior baseball team drawn
from that district regardless of what
high school he attends.
Another change provides that dur
ing 1910 no birth certificates of a
player will be accepted unless it was
recorded with the Bureau of Vital
Statistics or the Department of
Health by January l.
Rule II was amended to read mo
department will be permitted to en-
ter team in a national regional
tournament unless there was held
an official State tournament with
four or more regularly certified
teams participating to determine
that championship" Last year this
rule called for a tournament of only
two teams.
Fort Stevens Post met in Stans-
bury Hall last Thursday with Comdr.
Edwin L, Donaldson presiding.
Initiation ritual was conducted by
Grand VOiture. Forty and Eight and
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Naval Reserve
Annual Convention
Here This Week
locoI Officers
Placed in Charge
Of Meeting Details

The annual convention Of tho
United States Naval Reserve Ofh-
GERS Association will meet next Fri
day and Saturday at the Hamilton
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Sfarnes 10 Address
Legion Auxiliary
Conference Today
Dies Committee to Be
His Topic as Sessions
Come to Close

The Presidents and Secretaries
Conference of the District Depart
ment American Legion Auxiliary,
will close this morning at the Carl
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Whitcraft, former chief of staff, is
adjutant. Washington Post will fur
nish a drill sergeant from one of
the former Regular Army members
on its rolls.
The Guard will meet next Thurs
day night in department headquar-
tiers to make final arrangements Tor
the visit of Commander in Chief
Otis N. Brown to this department
to attend the annual recruiting rally
on January 80 at Stansbury Hall.
Department Comdr. George Nc
Leish appointed David Brakeman
of H. L. Edmonds Post as chairman
of the Legislative Committee to re-
place James B. Hogan OF Front Line
Post, who resigned.
Comrade Breheny of Equality
Walter Reed Post is planning to Or
ganize glee club in the department.
-Four or five members have indicated
they would be interested. Post COM
manders are asked to submit the
names Of any members of their posts
who would care to join. There win be
no financial obligation. An accom-
panist will also be needed.
Department Relief Oncer Hol-
lingsWorth sent an appeal to all
persons to send their discarded
clothing and apparel to department
headquarters, 1700 L street NV, or
call him at Metropolitan 4489 and
arrangements will be made to call
for same.
Past Department Comdr. David B.
Herman addressed the last meeting
of National Capital Post. The next
meeting will be held Tuesday at the
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club,
10l5 L street NV, at 8:15 pm.
Columbia Post will be called to
order by Comdr. Thomas E. Fawcett
next Wednesday evening at 1926
Massachusetts ave. NV.
Police-Fire Post will meet at the
clubrooms of the Bunker Hill Post,
800 Monroe street NE, tomorrow at
8:15 pm. Comdr. Richard A. Burton
will preside. Refreshments will be
served.
Due to a prearranged schedule of
the Sherwood Presbyterian Church,
in which play will be staged on
the evening originally chosen for
the meeting of Follow Me Post,
Comdr. Thompson announces the
regular meeting will be held Janu-
ary 18 at 8:15 pm. At that time the
Ways and Means Committee. headed
by Junior Vice Comdr. Miles E.
Myers, will propose the schedule of
activities of the post for the winter
spring season. Walter c. Whitcraft
will be installed as trustee.
The post will hold a public initia-
ton of recruits February 8 at 8:15.
Follow Me Auxiliary entertained
about 100 patients at Mount Alto
Hospital during Christmas week
with bingo party. They were
served refreshments, as were some
Of the bed patients of the various
wards.
Hospital Chairman Bessie Haislip,
together with several other men,
bers, made their monthly visit to G
ward. Cigarettes and many other
useful articles were distributed, as
well as refreshments.
On Christmas Eve Blanche Melton,
cheerio chairman, with Hospital
Chairman Haislip, visited the Chill
dren's Hospital, leaving more than
dozen scrapbooks. Later they
called on Willie Kelly at Walter
Reed Hospital, member of Follow
Me Post, taking him q basket Of
fruit.