Evening star., 1940-05-19
Legionnoires to Take Part
In Arlington Mass Sunday
Boot Excursion Planned Tomorrow
For Benefit of Junior Baseball Program

The District of Columbia De.
partment, American Legion, viii
participate in the solemn military
field mass at the Arlington Nationa
Cemetery Amphitheater next Sun.
day at II o'clock, under the auspices
of the knights of Columbus anc
the combined Catholic societies
of Washington. The national chap
lain, the Rev. Patrick McDermott
will be the celebrant
The department is sponsoring a
boat ride on the Potomac River
Line tomorrow, leaving the Seventh
street wharf at $3.50 pm. Arthur
p Gill is chairman, assisted by
Mr.. Lossman and Mr.. White. The
funds will be used for the junior
baseball program.
The tickets for general admission
to the Memorial Day services at
Arlington May 30 have been re-
ceived by Department Comdr. Will
liam Slattery and will be available
at headquarters on May % at any
time during the day.
Word has been received from ma
tional headquarters the goal of l.
100000 was not quite reached In
the membership roundup on April
%, but there is little doubt that
1t will be reached before the year
has ended. The District Depart
ment was one of the departments
exceeding this years quota, having
a percentage OF 10l99.
William Hargrave announced that
the Convention Committee meet
ing called for May 20 has been
changed to May 27.
Fort Stevens Post will hold me-
mortal services in st. Paul Meth
odist Church, Thirteenth and Crit
tenden streets NV, May Is at
8p.m. The Rev. Charles F.. Phillips
will deliver the sermon. Other ar
rangements include the assistance
of the National Guard of Honor, the
senior drum and bugle corps and
the S. A. L. Squadron. Department
Comdr. William T. Slattery and staff
have been invited. All Legionnaires
and friends are welcome. Joseph
A. Walker heads the committee in
charge.
A meeting of the Executive Com
: mittee will be held in the clubrooms
on Wednesday at 8:l5 pm, with
Condr. Edwin L. Donaldson pre-
siding.
A dance will be held in Stansbury
Hall on May 80 at 10 pm.
Cooley -McC Cullougn Post met at
the home of the Junior vice COM
mander Arrangements were COM
pleted for memorial services to be
held at the grave OF Vincent G..
Cooley. Members will meet at the
entrance to Arlington Amphitheater.
Arrangements were made to have
the posts colors at the memorial
services at Arlington on May 80 and
the Washington Hebrew Temple on
May "a.
The junior baseball team will meet
the police nine on the Ellipse, west
diamond, today at pm.
Kenneth H. Nash Post met at the
Southeast Veterans Club, 209 Penn
sylvania avenue Sc, with Comdr.
George H. Grommet presiding. The
ritual team of Grand Voiture 174,
headed by Grand Chef de Care Will
liam H. Hargrave and directed by
Grand Chef de Train Francis Nc
Carthy, conferred the obligation on
Edward B. Lowrey, Carl F. Mahoney,
Paul P. McGill Max F Moore, Har-
vey B. ODell, William J. Schaffer,
James H. Webster, Rubin Whitman,
Earl j. Autin, Law1 ence v. Bell,
Stanley Du Halfway, William E. Ed
wards, Allan G. Evans, James E.
Flynn, Clay E. Wilson, William E.
Ritter and William H. Talbot, jr.
The application for membership Of
Eddy Oscar White was accepted.
The next meeting will be held
May %.
A mothers night sponsored by
Kenneth H. Nash Squadron and the
juniors, will be held tomorrow eve
ming in the clubrooms at pm, with
Mrs. Smithson, director of Nash
juniors, in charge.
The following applicants were ac-
cepted into membership: Robert
Thornton Urban, Robert James
Francis, jr.; Thomas L. Redd, jr.,
and Harvey B. ODell, jr.
The Detachment Softball League
schedule provides for games today
on diamonds and 10 at Twenty
first street and Constitution avenue
NV, with Nash Squadron VS.. Sergt.
Jasper and National Cathedral VS..
Potomac at pm. and Killeen
Squadron VS.. Police and Fire at
3p.m.
Quentin Roosevelt Post will not
meet until May q, the postpone
ment of one week being made to
avoid conflict with the District De-
partment river excursion tomorrow
night.
The George E. Killeen Post ami
versary banquet will be held May
81 dU p.lil. az Inv ! Ao6 o6oAAP'
Department Comdr. Slattery and
his staff, National Executive Com
mitteeman Joseph Malloy and Capt
Horace Lineberg of the National
Guard of Honor and the following
first officers of the post will be
guests: Bernard Buscher, Augustus
Hess, Louis Beauregard, Arthur
Probey. Charles Hess, Ignatius
Fealy, Charles L. Dugan, Leonard
w. Lindner, Wilbur Burrows and
Rein H. Darby. 1t will be a stag
affair. All Legionnaires are invited
The post, with the auxiliary, will
hold the annual memorial exercises
at the cross in the Grace Episcopal
Churchyard on May 26 at 6 pm
The program Will consist of music
and an address by National Vice
Comdr. j. Blame Fitzgerald There
will be representatives from the
Georgetown Lions Club, George