Evening star., 1940-07-28

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necticut avenue, ~
then north to M
street, where it y
will diSband. 1t.
Col. Harvey Comdr. slattery.
Miller, commanding the 5th Bat
talon. Marine Corps Reserve, will
be the grand marshal, with Comdr.
Gerald j. Lawler of Quentin Roose-
welt Post as marshal of the Amer
ican Legion section.
William L. Collins, parade chair
man, has issued orders for all par
ticipating units to form at the start
ing point at 6:45 o'clock.
The official dress for the Legion
members participating will be the
American Legion uniform, or, Amer
lean Legion cap, white shirt, white
pants, black tie and black shoes.
| The parade will be subdivided into
seven sections. The reviewing stand
will be located in front of the May
flower Hotel Maj Walter Welch
and Capt. Hugh Everett of the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard,
with Past Department Comdr. Wat
son B Miller will act as judges of the
participating unit. Prizes will be
awarded the following: Best march,
ing unit, best boys band, best sons
of the Legion drum and. bugle
corps, Legion post with highest per-
centage of membership, exclusive of
music: Legion post with highest
number of marchers, including
music; best senior drum and bugle
corps. best military band. cita-
ton for each boys band participat-
ing, citation for each outstanding
marching unit.
At $50 pm. the convention will
open with Department Comdr. Will
liam T. Slattery presiding. Former
| Assistant Secretary of War Louis
Johnson will be the principal
speaker.
The Rules, Credentials and Reso-
lutions Committees of the conven-
ton will meet in the Mayflower
Hotel tomorrow evening.
! Fort Stevens Post meeting has
been postponed by Comdr. Edwin
I L. Donaldson until August s, to
avoid conflict with the opening of
the department convention at the
+ Mayf1ower Hotel Delegates have
been appointed to serve on conven-
ton committees as follows: Joseph
A. Ashi, resolutions: John T. Long
credentials, and Floyd G. Caskey,
rules. The delegation goes in
structed to vote for Past Comdr.
William H. Hargrave. indorsed as
a candidate for the Office of depart
ment commander.
Members of the drum and bugle
corps and post will assemble at
Tenth and K streets NV. at GAS
pm. Thursday to participate in the
convention parade.
Grande Voiture, Forty and Eight,
will participate in the American
Legion convention parade. Members
are requested to assemble Thursday
at 6:45 pm. at Tenth and K streets
/ NV. Grand Conducteur Richard A
| O'Brien will be marshal of the Sec
ton and announces the uniform to
be smocks and chapeaux.
Nominated at the last meeting
for Offices designated are: Grand
chef de gare, G. Francis Mccarthy;
grand chef de train. Richard A.
OBrien; grand conducteur, John B
Keller and Fred F. Money; grand
commissaire intendant, Fred G.
Fraser; grand correspondent, Fran
els Gauges; grand advocat, Thomas
R. Callahan; grand garde de la
porte, Michael J. Lyons; grand
commits voyageur, Henry Heine;
grand amonier, Joseph Koehl;
/ grand medicin. DR.. Charles Tegge;
grand garde aux chevaux, Harold
Britain; grand lampiste. Ward
Wright; grand historien. Porter L.
Bush; grand publiciste, Albert Pop
klns; grand drapeau, Robert Hetzer
and John Moss; cheminot rationale.
William H. Hargrave, and alternate
cheminot rationale, Horace w.
Lineburg
Nominated for the grand chem
mot are: Alexander MacKinnon.
Paul j, McGahan, John j. Mulvev,
Louis Allwine, Edward Marthill.
Philip L. Blake Henry F. Hodges
and George Fox.
Nominated for delegates to the
rationale promenade are: Milton
Landvoight, Francis Gauges, Ed
ward Minter, John B. Keller. Rich
ard A. O'Brien, Paul J. McGahan.
Horace w. Lineburg, Hampton
Percy, Haywood Saunders, Gail
Judd, Albert Popkins. Harry Ware
and Howell OBrien.
Cooley Mccullough Post will take
part in the convention parade on
Thursday.
The final game of the second half
Junior baseball will be played VS..
National Cathedral Juniors. TODAY
at l pm. on the North Diamond of
the Ellipse.
! Sergt. Jasper Post went on record
as indorsing William Hargraves of
| the Fort Stevens Post for the office
of department commander for the
coming year and Joseph J. Malloy
a member of the post, for the office
of national executive committeeman
to succeed himself. The post in
structed its delegation to vote for
these candidates.
The members of the post are re-
quested to form for the parade on
Thursday at Tenth and K streets
NV. not later than GAS pm.
Nomination of officers for the
coming year will be made at the
meeting on August 7. Election will
be held at the September meeting.
Columbia Post, American Legion
Juveniles, continuing the regular