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Evening star., 1940-03-31
Army Day Boil
Of Forty and Eight

The Army Day ball of Grande
Voiture. Forty and Eight. will be
held next Saturday at Indian Spring
Country Club at 10 pm. Guests
will include National Vice Comdr
James Blaine Fitzgerald. National
Historian Thomas Owens, jr:
Chapeau Rationale E. Louise War
rem; Department Comdr. William
T. Slattery and staff, National Exec
utive Committeeman Joseph J. NAL
10y. Department President Mrs
Mary B. McMillin, Chapeau Depart
mental Mrs. Edith Landvoigt, Grand
Chef de Care of Maryland John
johnson, Grand Correspondent
Henry L. B. Parlett, Chef de Care
Bernard j. Cassell of Voiture 265
Grand Publiciste of Virginia j. C
Cord. Grand Cheminot Oscar j
Myers and Alvin w. Poppen. chef
de gare of Voiture 934.
c. T. Milne is general chairman
and Philip Blake vice chairman, in
charge of tickets.
Grand Chef de Care w. H. Har-
grave, staff and Grande Voiture
colors will attend memorial serv-
ices commemorating the entry OF
the United States into the Worlc
War at st. Johns Episcopal Church
tonight at 8 o'clock.
The Grand Cheminot will meet
in the Portner Apartments at pm
April 10.
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Spanish War Veterans
Auxiliary

Meetings this week are: Monday,
Admiral George Dewey Naval,
Northeast Masonic Temple; Tues
day. Col. John Jacob Astor. 92l
Pennsylvania avenue Sc: Wed
nesday. Department. Pythian
Temple. pm; Friday, Gen Henry
w. Lawton. Pythian Temple.
The Admiral George Dewey Naval
Auxiliary held a ST Patrick's party
March ID. The auxiliary will hold
its annual chicken dinner April 3 at
Northeast Masonic Temple.
Gen Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary was
presided over by President Emma
Barker. The auxiliary will hold a
rummage sale April l8 and an eve
ming of games April e. Emma Neal
was elected assistant conductor and
was installed by the National As
sistant Conductor Tilhe Mae Roth
The next meeting April IL will be
the department presidents vista
ton
Miss Eugene Renouf. president of
Gen. Henry w. Lawton Auxiliary
entertained members of the auxiliary
and other friends at tea in her
home on Easter Sunday.
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Eiqht and Forty

New members recently obligated
were: Clarie Smithson and Marie
Totten, Nash Unit; Rosetta Wells,
Potomac Unit, and Rae r. Zaontz,
Cooley Mccullough Unit.
Appointed to serve on the Joint
committee for May Day observance
at the District World War Memorial
are Chapeau Edith Landvoight,
Ellen Louise Warren, Mabel F.
Staub, Helen NJ. McCabe, Catherine
Crompton, Virginia Mccarthy and
Dorothy B. Harper.
The salon will honor Department
President Mary B. Mcmillan and
those officers and department chair
men who are 8 and 40 members at q
luncheon at the Army and Navy
Club on May 4.
The Child Welfare Committee
distributed Easter baskets to vet
erans' children and gave baskets,
dressing robes and slippers to the
children in Gallinger tubercular
ward.
Eight and Forty will participate
with the auxiliary in child welfare
program at the United States Cham
Der of Commerce Auditorium on
April 10.
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Meeting 10 Be Held
By Officers Of
428th Infantry
Administration and
Correspondence to Be
Topic Tomorrow

Officers of the 428th Infantry will
take up administration and cor
respondence at their conference to-
morrow evening. On Tuesday eve
ming infantry officers will discuss
staff exercises, signal officers will
take up plant and traffic, and Air
Corps officers will discuss modern
pursuit aviation tactics. The con-
duct of fire will be the subject of
the field artillery conference at
Fort Myer, Va, Wednesday eve
ming. Calvary officers will take up
the organization of the new in
fantry division. organization of the
cavalry division and horse cavalry
reconnaissance Thursday evening.
A map exercise for District medi-
cal officers will be held Friday at the
Lee House. Also scheduled are a
school Of tactics and technique, at
which will be taken up the use of
the infantry regiment with light
tank company in attack: and a
pistol competition between the field
artillery and infantry teams. to be
fired on the range of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. District
cavalry officers will meet at Fort
Myer at $50 am next Sunday for
instruction in horsemanship.
Capt. Edmund w, NJ, Malczewski,
who has been promoted to major,
will remain assigned to headquarters
of the 9th Division. and First 1t.
George E. Monk. promoted to cap
tain, will remain assigned to the
306th Cavalry.
Local Reserve units will participate
in the Army Day parade next Satur-
day. 1t will be followed in the eve
ming by banquet at the Mayflower
Hotel Members should wear tuxedo,
civilian full dress or blue uniform.
1t Col E. w. Bethlehem. 1900 I
street NV, is taking care of reser-
vations.
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Militia Officers Hit
Proposed Physical Tests

National Guard officers through
out the country declare that the
proposed regulations being drawn up
by the War Department, for the
induction of the National Guard
into the service in time of national
emergency. do not carry out the
purposes of the National Defense
Act. Under it there will be two
armies, the Regulars and the Army
of the United States. whereas, the
militia officers point out, there
should be but one army in the field,
with no conflicts in order to carry
on successful field campaign. One
of the greatest complaints is that
the proposed new regulation singles
out the National Guard for rigid
physical examinations and inspec-
tions after they are called into the
service.
Brig. Cen Raymond H. Fleming
of Louisiana says that there is no
sound military reason, and there
is every reason from the viewpoint
of the National Guard why it should
not be singled out from the rest of
the Army of the United States for
examinations and inspections over a
single period. He said that the mill
tia went through such a period in
1917 and that if the regulations and
the plans backing it up are properly
prepared, in accordance with the
law. the Guard should be able to
complete the processes of induction
and reach its training centers as
fast or faster than it goes to its
field training camps every summer
1t was pointed out that the two
main things which will prevent a
speedy induction, under the present
proposed regulations, are the physi-
cal examinations and the compli-
Gated system Of setting up disburs-
ing officers in regiments and similar
units. 1t is apparently intended, it
was said. that the Guard will be
carried through an extra rigorous
examination. through which the
other components of the Army will
not have to go. Aside from a brief
preliminary physical examination
to detect disease the present setup
requires the main physical examina-
tions to be held at the training
centers. Officers say that there Is
nothing in the National Defense
Act which contemplates such extra
thorough examinations over and
above those that the rest of the
Army of the United States will have
to undergo.
Physical examinations at the
home stations of the Guard units,
it was held, will not slow up the
progress of induction. Corps area
commanders, it was said, should,
upon induction make at least one
medical officer of the Army avail
able to every 4,500 units of the
Guard. These medical officers. 1t
was urged, should have authority to
obtain the services of physicians of
| good standing in order to form
boards of three medical officers for
each unit. Then 1t was recommend
ed that these boards should carry
out the physical examinations. The
examinations for officers, it was
added, should be the same as those
required for annual physical tests,
and those for enlisted men should
be the same as required under the
selective service. AS the new regu-
lation is written, it was said. it will
be possible, in many cases, for off,
GERS and enlisted men to be dis
charged and later to be picked up
| In Selective service. This feature
is strongly condemned.
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OrutoricdI Contest Finals
To Be Held in Boston April IS
D. c. Winner to Compete in Region 2
For Chance to Go to Little Rock, Ark.

The final competition Of the 1910
national high school oratorical con-
test of the American Legion, in
which more than 100000 students in
Al States and the District are en-
tered, will be held in Boston, Mass,
the night of April Is.
The winner in the District will
compete in Region 2, which includes
Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey,
Virginia and West Virginia. The
winner IL. this contest will compete
with those of Regions 3 and 4 April
II at Little Rock, Ark.
The first prize will be $4,000
scholarship to any. college or uni
versity of the champions choice.
There will be second prize of
$1,000 scholarship and third Of
$500 scholarship.
All State winners must be carti-
fled to National Americanism Di-
rector Homer l.. Chaillaux at Min
neapolis not later than April 8.
The contestants may select any
subject they choose. but it should
be related to the Constitution or the
Bill ST Rights.
The local zone contests will be
held as follows:
Zone A at Western High School at
8 pm. tomorrow, with the following
schools participating: Western
High, Wilson High, Alice Deal Jun
ior High.
Zone B at Eastern High, PM,
April 2, with the following schools
participating: Anacostia High,
Eastern High, Gonzaga High.
Zone c at Mckinley High, pm.
tomorrow, with the following schools
participating: Mckinley High, JET
ferson Junior High. Langley Junior
High, Taft Junior High.
Zone D at Mcfarland Junior
High. tomorrow. with the following
schools participating: Roosevelt
High Powell Junior High. St. Johns
High and Holy Cross High.
The winners of these zone con-
tests will then compete on April 4
in the finals for the city champion
ship. The finals will be held in the
auditorium of the National History
Museum.
Those who will compete in the zone
contests include Leonora Ryan,
Frederick Kraft. Ellen Watson. Will
liam Owens, Mildred Norton. Rich
ard Barkley, Eugenia Burrows,
Nancy Lee Abreo, Nathan Ehrlich,
James D. Kennedy, Adele Temin,
Jean Offterdinger Robert Irons.
The Legion will participate in the
Army Day parade next Saturday
The chairman of the Army Day
| Committee, Jerome B. Mckee, as
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Army and Navy Union

Members of the Army and Navy
Union are requested to telephone
Atlantic 5000 or Emerson 0430 for
tickets for the tacky dance and am
ateur show being given by the. Presi-
dents Own Garrison on April 13.
Richeleine Rainey, former Holly
wood child star will support the
entertaining cast. Lois and young
Foster Touart are preparing string
numbers. The show starts at 8 pm.
and dancing at 10 pm.
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MEETINGS THIS WEEK.

"> 4 AA~0o AAAAC "LChs
Today - Sergt. Jasper Post
sponsored church meeting, st.
Johns, 8 pm.
Monday - Stephen P. NC
Groarty Post, Soldiers and
Sailors Club.
Tuesday-George Washington
Post, 2l08 Sixteenth street
NV; Vincent B. Costello
Post, 4l4 Ninth street NV:
Cooley Mccullough Post,
Seventeenth and L streets
NV; I'd Division Post, Co.
lonial Hotel.
Wednesday-Sergt. Jasper Post.
Pythian Temple; Columbia
Post. Soldiers and Sailors
Club.
Thursday Jane A. Delano
Post, 1746 K street NV; Fort
Stevens Post. Stansbury Hall;
Labor Post, 2o9 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc.
Friday-Agriculture Post, room
1899, Department of Agricul-
ture: Victory Post. 4l4 Ninth
street NV: Labor Post,
dance, Mayflower Hotel.
Saturday-40 and 8, dance, In
dian Spring Club.
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Roinbow Division Veterans

President James E. Witherite ap-
pointed a Nominating Committee
to present a slate of new officers at
a supper meeting at the Capitol
Park Hotel on May %. They will
be elected at a similar meeting at
that hotel on June is.
Members are planning to attend
the national reunion at Mont
gomery, Ala, July IL. 13 and IA.
National President Elmer F. Neable
of this city will preside.
The 22d annual spring ball will
be held April ~ at Hotel 2400. Box
and table reservations may be made
with Bernard v. Rhodes, Dupont
815G.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Third Division News

Men of the Sd (Marne) Division,
In the United States, are organizing
a Last Mans Club of the Sd Divi-
sion. William Shoemaker, past presi-
dent of the Washington branch, is
the organizer. Membership is limit
ed to 100, when the membership
list will be closed. All eligible are
requested to write to Mr.. Shoemaker,
38ll Twenty-Afth place N E., WASH
ington, D. G.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Naval Reservists
Here 10 Cruise
Aboard Wyoming
Annual Seq Truininq
Duty to Be Taken
In EorIy September

The 1st Battalion, District Naval
Reserves, will take its annual cruise
this summer aboard the battleship
Wyoming, it was announced last
week. The three divisions will go at
one time.
The cruise will start on September
7, the local contingent going from
Washington to Philadelphia, by
train, where they will board the ship,
which is part of the Atlantic training
squadron. Because of the foreign
conditions. the ship will stay close
to the coast of the United States, as
the libert port to which the men are
taken on the week end in the middle
of the cruise has been designated as
Charleston, S. C.
Local Reserve officers have no in
formation as to why they were
ordered to battleship duty, in
stead of aboard destroyers, on which
they are supposed to report hl
mobilization day. but believe it was
because practically all of the avail
able destroyerS are now engaged on
active cruising service in connection
with the neutrality patrol off the
American coast line
The late cruising date for the local
naval contigent as fixed for the Navy
Department has halted the proposed
participation of rifle team par
Iicipating in the national rifle
matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, in
September. Several months ago, the
Navy Department announced that
for the lirst time Naval Reservists
would be permitted to have team
at Camp Perry, and active prepa-
rations had been made here to train
men from which the best shots
would be picked from the local
Naval Reserve team.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
D. c. Guard Target Shooting
Plans for Year Announced
Locol Units to Fire Scores
On Sundays During Summer

dered directly to their homes. ON
GERS Of the Guard have been asked
to inform brigade headquarters
whether they will be able to attend
the course.
Pvts. Raymond Brown, Battery F.,
260th Coast Artillery. and Marion v.
Churchill, band, 260th Coast Artil-
lery. have been placed on the mac
tive lists because OF business inter-
ference with military duty.
Pvt. Woodley F. Abel, Battery. D,
260th Coast Artillery, has been HIN
orably discharged to permit hin to
enlist In the United States Md Inc
Corps and Pvt. Carlisle L. d hn,
Battery D. 260th Coast Artillery to
permit him to enlist in the United
States Army.
Three enlisted members of the
260th Coast Artillery have been au-
thorized to attend. as students, the
class at the Coast Artillery School,
Fort Monroe. Va. April IS to June
Is. They are Sergts. Edward M.
Bashita, Battery D; Howard M. Dev-
onshire. Battery c, and Francis M.
Dorsett, Battery B, 260th Coast
Artillery.
The 1st Battalion. 372d Infan-
try contingent of the local militia
brigade, has been removed from the
29th National Guard Division, which
is composed Of troops Of this city,
Maryland and Virginia, under orders
issued by the Militia Bureau. They
are no longer part of the 1st
Army Troops. but have been placed
in what is called the General Head
quarters Reserve. This is the same
group to which the 26Oth Regiment
Of Coast Artillery of the local brig
ade Is attached.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
District VT. W. Posts
To Elect Officers
During April
EquoIity-WoIter Reed
Meeting Thursday
In Python Temple

Posts of the District of Colum-
bia Department, Veterans of For
eign Wars, will hold election Of Of
ficers In April.
The schedule Is as follows: April 4,
Equality-Walter Reed and H. L.
Edmonds Posts: April 5, Advance
and United States Treasury Posts:
April 8, Front Line Post: April Q,
National Capital Post and Admiral
Robert E. Peary Ship; April 10. Po-
lice, Fire, Columbia and Washing
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Regular Veterans
Association

Harry G. Ritner, press representa-
tive of Gen. Malin Craig Post,
has received from the Quar-
termaster General letter stat
ing that any man whose last serv-
ice was honorable is entitled to
burial in Arlington or some other
national cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias j. Bennett,
jr., won the waltz prize.
Walter P. Boehm, commander, will
speak at 1903 Fourteenth street
NV, on April 2. Paul Gray, Roy
D. Hopgood, Victor Devereaux and
Frank Sobolewski will also speak.
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Fleet Reserve Association

Branch No. 4 meets every third
Monday night In Pythian Temple.
An oyster roast and dance will be
held In Pythian Temple on April q
for the benefit Of the philanthropic
work. On May Is dance. with re-
freshmehts, will be held there. The
auxiliary will be guests.
Evening star., 1940-03-31

olStCo Ny " IL
liam P. KerSh-
ner, assist a n t
m a + S h a !, and
H a m p t on D
Percy. L ou i S
G o ! d b e r G,
George w ell S
and Capt. Guy
c Nadeau, aide
to the COM
mander. h a v e
secured a d d j.
tional prizes: A
loving cup, a
flag case and 10
noun I'D G of
oo~Ix,
Evening star., 1940-03-31

OrOereo prepa-
rations be made
for the annual
target practice
at Camp Simms,
a t Con gre SIS
Heights. D. c.,
and for the ap-
preaching field
service. AS yet,
1t Is still un-
d e t m Inc d
W h e t h er the
troops will 60 to
a base camp or
a gain partici-
pate in field ma
Evening star., 1940-03-31


The American Legion and its affil-
iates will fall in at Delaware ave-
nue., south of B street S.W., at
1:3o pm.
The judges will be assigned by
Maj David c. Barr. Headquarters
Washington Provisional Brigade
Senior Vice Comdr. Haywood N.
Saunders will represent the Legion
at the head of the 4th Division.
Department Comdr. William T.
Slattery and his staff will head the
American Legion section, followed
by past department commanders,
the Fort Stevens Drum and Bugle
Corps, the guard of honor. the
Forty and Eight and the posts.
The prizes in the membership
contest, which closed on March Is,
were won by Comrades Ellis of
Europe Post, Madden of Nash Post,
Saunders, Dwyer and Dyer of Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing
Post, Florey and Kirshner of Jas
per Post and Allies of Roosevelt
Post. The present, which runs from
March 16 to April Is, is the last
monthly membership contest to run
The Membership Committee decided
that the grand prize of a complete
uniform would be disposed of in
July. 1t is urged that all posts aid
in this final drive, as the position
in the parade at the national con-
vention will be determined by the
membership as of May l.
United States Department of Az
riculture Post will meet in Room
1899 South Building on April at
$50 pm. Comdr. Elmer L. Venner-
drow will preside.
Stephen p McGroarty Post will
meet tomorrow at 8 pm. at the
Sailors Soldiers and Marines Club,
There will be a speaker and re-
freshments.
Vincent B. Costello Post will meet
at the District Building Tuesday
night
A meeting of the Executive Com
mittee was held March 26, with spe-
cial emphasis laid on the reorgan-
ization of the Sons of the Legion.
Chairman Henry Heine will organ
ize it and will also act as athletic
director for the PRONUNCIATION of the
Junior baseball team
The Advisory Council of the U.
S. S. Jacob Jones Post will meet
April at o'clock at the home of
Grace Byrne, BIT Seventh street
NE, with Madge M. Fitzgerald and
Deborah Brennan as co-hostesses.
The Braille class will meet at the
Red Cross Building, 1730 E street
NV, at $50 pm. on Tuesday.
Fort Stevens Post will meet in
Stansbury Hall on April 4 at BIS
pm. Community service will be fea-
tured. the program being in charge
Of Capt. Ernest H. Pullman, inter-
civic relations officer. Officers of all
citizens associations OF the north
west area and of the Department of
the District of Columbia, American
Legion, have been invited.
A meeting of the Executive Com
mittee and the Ways and Means
Committee will be held in club
rooms tomorrow at pm. The S. A.
L. Squadron met Friday night with
Capt Crowell presiding, entertain
ment and refreshments having been
provided py the Advisory Council.
To be eligible for participation at
the national convention to be held
in Boston, Mass, next September.
applications for membership in the
senior drum and bugle corps should
be filed with President Joseph A.
Purks prior to May l. Only World
War veterans holding District of Co.
lumhia cards of the American Le-
gion are eligible The corps prac-
tices each Tuesday night In Roose-
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vice presidents are requested to sub
NIT reports for the last three
months
Mrs McMillin and her staff made
an official visit to the James Reese
Europe Unit last Tuesday night and
the End Division Unit on Wednesday
night
Senior and junior members of the
auxiliary in uniform will participate
in the Army dav parade Saturday
forming at 130 pm. on Delaware
avenue Sc, south of B street.
The Girls Nation will meet at 2
pm. Saturday at GA E street NV
with President Mary Catherine
Ware presiding.
A silver tea will be given by the
Grace Darling Siebold Chapter,
American Gold Star Mothers. at the
home of Mrs. McMillin. 4915 Lin
mean avenue NV, next Sunday
from to 7pm. All auxiliary men,
bers are invited.
Vincent B. Costello Unit will meet
Tuesday at pm at Mary Deery's
Dance Studio, 1921 M street NV
All members are urged to attend to
express their opinion on this hall
for the future.
The unit will hold its annual
birthday dinner and dance April 4
at 7 pm. at 727 Fourteenth street
NV. For reservations call Mich
igan 1894 or Michigan 224l.
Mrs. Louise Goodacre. general
chairman of Sergt. Jasper Units
18th birthday party on April II at
the Roger-Smith Hotel at pm.
will hold a meeting of her commit
tee on April at the auxiliary head
quarters at 8 pm.
President Imogene Gallagher
visited ward ID" at Mount Alto
Hospital on Easter Sunday and dis
tributed cigarettes and an Easter
card to the patients. A gift, and an
Easter card was presented to the
women veterans at Mount Alto and
private sanitoriums in and near the
city.
The juniors of Kenna Main Unit
celebrated their first anniversary
with dinner at the home of their
junior chairman, Mrs. Edna Wright,
$50 Eleventh street Sc.
The department vice president,
Mrs. Myrtle Spudis, obligated May
belle Lockwood and Jacquline Nc
Intyre.
A silver offering tea will be held
today from to pm. at the home
of Mrs. Myrtle Spudis. l713 Mime
sofa avenue Sc. for the benefit of
the juniors blood bank. Auxiliary
members are invited.
James Reese Europe Unit will
sponsor a party at Glendale Hospital
today at 5 pm. for the adults and
children. under the direction OF Mrs.
Marie Gardner, child welfare chair
man. The Drum and Bugle Corps
and the Marching Club of James
Reese Europe Post, will present
program OF music and entertain
ment. Fresh fruit and clothing will
be distributed among the patients.
Mrs. Gardiner will be assisted by
the members of the unit and post.
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Executive Committee
Of Legion Auxiliary
Meets Tomorrow
Reports for Last
Three Months Are
Requested

The Executive Committee of the
Department of the District of Co.
lumbia, American Legion Auxiliary
will meet at 7:30 pm. tomorrow at
the Y w. c. A., GA E street NV,
with the department president, Mrs
Mary B. McMillin. presiding. Com
mittee chairmen and department
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MEETINGS THIS WEEK.

Monday-Council of Admins
tration. District Building;
Overseas Military Band, Ma
tional Guard Armory; Junior
Drum and Bugle Corps. Ma
tional Guard Armory.
Tuesday-Military Order of the
Cootie, 935 G place NV.
Thursday - Equality Walter
Reed Post. 1912 Ninth street
NV; H. L. Edmonds Post.
Hamilton Hotel.
Friday-Advance Post, TOO l.
str -et NV; U. S. Treasury
Post. 1015 l. street NV.
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Meetings This Week.

Tuesday-Vincent B. Costello
Unit, 1921 M street NV, 8p.m.:
Cooley Mccullough Unit, GA E
street NV, 8 pm.
Wednesdav-2d Division Unit,
New Colonial Hotel, 8 pm:
George E. Killeen Unit. 1901 M
street NV, 8 pm: Kenneth H.
Nash Unit, Washington Hotel,
8pm.
Saturday-Girls' Nation, GA
E street NV. 2p pm.
Evening star., 1940-03-31

On April 10
Comdr. A. B.
McCrary, U. S.
N, director of
Naval Reserve in
the District of
Columbia, will
lecture to the
Naval Reserve Of
hcers on the bat
tie between the
British cruisers
and the pocket
battleship Graft
Spec. He will be
introduced by
1t. w. Croft