Evening star., 1941-05-18
Spanish War Veterans
To Hold Exercises
On Memorial Day

Representative Smith of Wash
ington will be the principal speaker
at annual exercises at the mast of
the Battleship Maine in Arlington
Cemetery on Memorial Day at IL 80
am. The Elks Boys Band will play.
The ceremonies, under the auspices
of Admiral George Dewey Naval
Camp, U. S. w. v, will be directed
by National Aide Harry Nolan, Past
Comdr. Harry C. Schafer and Chap
lain William M. La Roche. Dept.
Comdr. Calvin B. Lucas will lay a
wreath at the base of the mast.
Wreaths will also be placed at the
Spanish War Monument
at services conducted by District
department auxiliaries, Daughters
of '98, Sons of Veterans and camps
at 11:10 am.
On May 25 flowers will be strewn
on the Potomac at the Water Gate
by members of the auXiliaries
At the United States Soldiers
Home exercises directed by Vice
Comdr. Elvin M. Luskey will be held
May 80 at 9 am. Col. John Jacob
AStor Camp will offlciate.
Annual memorial rites will be held
at Hitchcock Hall, st. Elizabeth's
Hospital, at 2:30 pm, directed by
Past Comdr. Nelson B. Durfee The
United States Marine Band Orches-
ira will play.
On the morning of May Is vet
erans' graves in all District ceme-
teries will be decorated with fresh
flowers
On May 20 about $4,000 carna-
tions will be laid on graves in Ar
lington under supervision of Dewey
Naval Camp, the Sea Scout Reserves,
President Mckinley Camp, Sons of
Veterans and members of the Dis
trict camps.
Meetings this week: Tomorrow
Col. John Jacob Astor Camp, United
States Soldiers Home. Admiral
Dewey Naval Auxiliary, Northeast
Masonic Temple. Wednesday-Gen.
M. Emmet Ure1 Camp and Urell
Auxiliary, Pythian Temple. Thurs
day-Daughters of '9S, birthday
party, 921 Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Friday-Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp
and Miles Auxiliary, Pythian Temple.
Mrs Pauline A. Thompson, de-
partment president. announced
services will be held at the Water
Gate on May 25 at 1890 am.
Music will be played by the Navy
Band; there will be a soloist, and
after "Taps" are sounded the serv-
ices will conclude with the strewing
of fresh flowers or the Potomac.
The department auxiliaries will par
ticipate in the parade on Memorial
Day and in services in Arlington
National Cemetery at the monu-
ment erected to the memory OF
those veterans who lost their lives
during the Spanish-American War.
Following these services, the de-
partment president with the organ
national flag and banner will par
ticipate in the services in the
at the Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
The Gen. Nelson Miles Auxiliary
will hold social on May %. There
will be an entertainment. The price
of admission will be pair of mems
socks, sizes 91a to II, and these
socks will be sent to Mount Alto
Hospital for the veterans who are
in that hospital.
At the last meeting Of the Col.
James S. Petit Auxiliary Mrs.
Ethel E. Finn, Junior vice depart
ment president, was Endorsed for
the position of senior vice depart
ment president, and Mrs. Gertrude
E. Miles, department historian, was
indorsed for patriotic instructor
at the department convention to be
held in June. The application for
Of Mrs. Irene Ferguson
was favorably received.
The Capitol City Fort of the
Daughters of '98 will celebrate their
at 921 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc. at 8 pm. May %. The
president and her staff,
the department commander and
his staff. the Camp of the Sons
Of Spanish War Veterans and the
members of all auxiliaries and
camps are invited.
The Gen. M. Emmett Ureu Auxil-
iary VIII meet on May a.