Evening star., 1940-08-25

G. M. PleW and Michael Casey; for
second vice commander. Finance
Officer E. A Stephan and Michael
Casey; for third vice commander,
Mabel M Amiss.
The nominations will be kept
open until election, at the meeting
on September II.
Department Comdr. w. H. Har-
grave, upon return of the 5th Bat
TALON Marine Corps Reserve, to
Washington from its training
camp at Lakehurst, N. j., will pre-.
sent a medal, on behalf of the lie.
gion, to the best corporal.
Further appointments by Comdr.
Hargrave are as follows: Assistant
department adjutant, Jane M.
Breen of U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post;'
department bugler, Harry Hungei.
man of Fort Stevens Post; cere-
monial officer, Alexander Bolker OF
Department of Commerce Post: de-
partment chaplain, Msgr. Louis /.
Vaeth of Potomac Post; color bear
ers, w. E. Brown of Government
Printing Office Post and l.. H.
Pierce; entertainment officer,
Charles Kohen of Cooley y-McCul-
Iough Post; graves registration OF
ficer, Henry T. Thomas OF DEPART
ment of Commerce Post; Independ-
ence Day officer. Emmett R. Car
roll of National Cathedral Post, re-
appointed; chairman of Law and
Order Committee, George Grommet
of Kenneth H. Nash Post; legisla-
tive officer, Edwin w. Luther OF
Kenneth H. Nash Post, reappoint-
ed; aeronautics officer. Frank EI-
vidge of Costello Post.
The entire Internal Organiza-
ton Committee has been reappoint-
ed. as follows: Joseph Walker,
chairman; Raymond M. Peak. Pres
ton E. Peterson, Alex Stern and
John D. Fitzgerald.
At the last meeting of Kenneth
H. Nash Post, Department Men,
bership Officer Haywood Saunders
outlined the membership campaign.
The following appointments were
accepted into membership: Luther
A. Trunnel, Roland c. Paul. Harry
F. Dillon. Max Eurillo and Ernest
E. Brook. by transfer.
Nominations for officers OF the
post will be made at the meeting
next Wednesday evening, with cleo
ton to be held at the first meeting
in September.
At the last meeting of the Sergt.
Jasper Post at the Pythian Temple
Haywood Saunders, department
membership officer, presented the
post with a quota of 800 for the
coming year and praised the post
for having enrolled the largest
membership of any post in the Dis
trict of Columbia Department for
the last seven consecutive years un-
der the guidance of Membership
Officer William P. Kershner.
The post voted to present Mr..
Kershner with token of its appre-
clatlon at the meeting on Septem-
Der 4. Mr.. Kershner then asked the
post to sign up IS per cent of this
quota or 120 members before Sep
tember %, to be turned over to
Department Comdr. William H.
Hargrave, who expects to have a
total of 500 to turn over to the
newly elected national commander <
at the coming national convention
to be held at Boston, Mass.
James T. White requested all
members to save all old newspapers
and let him know when collections
could be made by Sons of the Le-
gion. BY the sale of these this or
ganization expects to raise sufficient
funds to send its drum and bugle
corps to the national convention
and enter it in national competition.
A letter was read from ]. Edgar
Hoover accepting the aid of men,
bers of the post when needed. and
called on and inviting them to re-
port violations of subversive organ
izations.