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Knights Of St. John
Ladies' Auxiliary

Rehearsal of the District No. l
drill team will be held in the
Knights of Columbus Club on We'd
nesday at pm, with Mrs. Blanche
Myers as director. Mrs. Eleanor
Quade will serve as grand mes
senger at initiation ceremonies for
new members in the 10 affiliated
auxiliaries to be held in the Knights
OF Columbus Club on May %
Holy Comforter Auxiliary has ar
ranged a card party to be held at
the K. c. Hall on May 81 at 8 PM.
for the benefit of the District build
ing fund. Holy Comforter juniors
will serve as markers.
District No. l will participate in
the services of the third annual SOL
emn memorial field mass to be con-
Quoted in the amphitheater at Ar
lington Cemetery at 10 am. on May
25. Mrs. Anna j. Light will arrange
for the wreath which District Presi-
dent Mrs. Wilfred P. Ross will pre-
sent in the name of the organization.
Holy Name Auxiliary at the quar-
terly District meeting presented
S100 as its contribution to the Dis
trict building fund.
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National Association
Of REGULARS

At a meeting of the National
Defense Post last Monday evening
IN the Victor Building, Comdr John
Arthur Shaw spoke in connection
with the formation of home guard
or other protective force for the
District of Columbia during this
emergency.
The post passed resolution
urging the National Executive
Council to name Washington as the
scene of the annual convention
next September and voted that all
future business meetings should
be held in the Victor Building head
quarters on the first Monday evening
Of each month.
Adjt. Gen. Taber requests all
Filipino veterans desiring assistance
in the matter of citizenship to call at
the Victor Building headquarters any
day between and 6 o'clock.
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Navy Plans
To Meet Peak
Officer Demand
Legislation Started
To Increase
Annapolis Middies

Anticipating that the peak de-
mand for officers, particularly line
officers of the Navy, will be during
the year 1915. steps are being taken
now to provide as many of these as
possible from the graduates of the
United States Naval Academy. AL
though it is not expected that the
school will be able to fulfill the de-
mand, many of the vacancies to be
created by the commissioning of
large number of new ships will be
available to members of the Naval
Reserve who are to be appointed
from among college graduates and
trained intensively for the Junior
officer positions.
One of the first steps to increase
the available officers is TO increase
the tempo of production at the
academy by reducing the ordinary
four-year course to three during the
emergency. The House last week
passed bill to provide for this, and
it is expected to be passed promptly
by the Senate, so that the class
entering on July will be able to get
into stride under the forced condi-
tions. Then. in addition to reducing
the time to be spent at the academy,
the number of appointees is to be
increased. and this will invlove the
construction of greater facilities at
the academy for housing and in
Struction. A larger instruction force
is expected to be created in order to
handle not only the increased stu
dent body. but for the stepped-up
course of instruction.
The House also passed bill which
would authorize the Secretary OF the
Navy to appoint not more than 20
midshipmen from among the honor
graduates of educational institutions
which are designated as honor
schools by the Secretary of the Navy.
Thousands of young men will be
given an opportunity to gain short
cut to naval officers career by en-
tering through the various lines pro-
vided for reservists. There will. of
course. be the colleges which have
Naval Reserve courses conducted by
regular naval instructors, which go
along with the regular college
courses, and upon graduation the
candidate not only gets his degree,
but a commission as an ensign in
the Naval Reserve. However, it was
pointed out that if the draft age is
to be 18 years, as is now being dis
cussed, these men might be subject
to the draft. 1t is believed this could
be prevented by enlisting the stu
dents in the Naval Reserve at the
time they agreed to take the naval
course. Being members of military
establishment, they would not be
subject to the draft.
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Commanding Officer Named
For Local Air Unit
Capt. Clifton 6. Hutchinson
Detailed to 121st Squadron

the armory here, and will spend
week ends at the flying field. These
drill periods will be on Sunday morn
ing or afternoon, or possibly both so
that the most men can be trained as
possible. Ground work instruction
will be given to large extent at the
armory.
Because the organization has not
received its automotive equipment,
it was pointed out it would be neces-
sary to resort to the Sunday training.
1t would be impracticable, it was
explained, to have the men form in
the evening at the armory and then
transport them to the flying field.
Most of the time allocated FOR the
drill period would Of necessity be
taken up with transportation of the
men between the armory and the
field with not many minutes left for
actual drill or instruction.
During the time that the Virginia
flying field is being used for flying
instruction, it was said that the
section headquarters and the sup
ply units would be maintained at
the main armory here.
The induction into the service, II
was said, is not dependent upon the
training efficiency of the new out
fit, but rather on tie availability of
quarters and flying facilities for ii
at Columbia, S. c., where it is now
scheduled to go. Although the unit
is part of the 29th National Guard
Division, which now is in training
| at Fort George G.. Meade, Nd, its
| training center will be some dis
| tance from the division. 1t is rot
known how long the unit will re-
| main South, or whether it will be
brought close to its division later g;
it perfects its training. In its train
ing work it probably will work ir
maneuvers with some other division
in the South, or if large maneuver
are held by the division at Meade
the flying unit may be ordered 70 6
flying field near there for participa.
ton.
In view of the fact that quarters
and hangers are being built for i
at the Agricultural Experimental
Farm at Beltsville, Md, there is
possibility that it might be ordered
there when these facilities are fin
lshed. But it was said that thes,
will not be available until we'll nea
the end of the current year, Whicl
would make it about the beginning
of next winter.
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James Melton 10 Sinq
AT Arlington Service
On Memorial Day
Brig. Gen. Hines to Speak
At Ceremonies to
Commence at ! PM.

James Melton of the Metropolitan
Opera Co. and radio star will be
the guest soloist at the Memorial
Day exercises in Arlington National
Cemetery, under the auspices of the
Grand Army of the Republic
Memorial Day Corp.
Arrangements are being COM
pleted for broadcasting the exer-
cises from l to o'clock in the
amphitheater, according to E. Claude
Babcock, general chairman of the
Committee on Arrangements. The
United States Marine Band will
furnish musical selections and ac-
company the guest soloist.
James G. Yaden, president of the
corporation, will preside.
The principal speaker will be Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines. administrator
of veteran affairs. The maSsing of
the colors will open the program
and will be participated in by vet
erans' organizations and their auXil-
iaries.
Gen. Logans order establishing
Memorial Day will be read and
Lincoln's Gettysburg address will be
repeated by Past Department Comdr.
Harlan Wood of the American
Legion. Prior to the opening of
! the exercises Capt. William F.
Santelman, leader of the Marine
Band, will give several selections
and at 1880 o'clock a bugler will
sound Assembly"
A parade will be held starting at
Gas am. from Ninth street and
Constitution avenue, along the
avenue to Eighteenth street. where
it will disband. The reviewing
stand will be at Sixteenth street
and Constitution avenue NV.
Wreath laying ceremonies will
start, following the placing of a
wreath by the President on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at
11:30 o'clock, after which the vari-
Gus organizations will place their
tributes of floral pieces.
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Hotel Greeters of America

Chapter No. 81 and Women's Aux
iliary No. 81 will meet at the Hay
Adams on Wednesday at $3.50 pm.
for nomination of officers. Dele
gates to the international conven-
ton to be held in Houston, Tex,
MAY 1923, will also be named.
With Louis Jackson as general
chairman, the committee named to
outline plans for the annual Greeter
showboat cruise June is met last
week.
Members of the auxiliary are
urged to study the proposed con-
stitution amendments concerning in
crease of dues and death benefit
fund clause, which will be presented
for discussion at the Hay-Adams
meeting subject to convention in
Houston.
Mrs. Edna Finney has been named
chairman of the Auxiliary Nomi-
mating Committee.
Reports of Delegates John Donley
and Eloise Black of the Middle At
lantic convention, which were to
have been presented at the April
meeting, will be given at the May
meeting.
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Spanish War Group
To Provide Wreaths
For Memorial Day
Campaign Planned
To Raise Funds
For Monument

The Council of Administration of
the United Spanish War Veterans
has voted to provide wreaths to be
laid at the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier of the World War, at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of
the Civil War. at the Colonial Danes
monument to the dead of the
Spanish American War, and at the
mast of the United States battleship
Maine in Arlington Cemetery on
Memorial Day.
James E. Smith, acting chairman
Of the committee to secure a site
for the proposed Spanish-American
War monument in Washington. and
to obtain legislation. was directed
to devise a plan to raise the required
| funds.
Meetings this week: Today,
Mothers Day service, United
Brethren Church, pm. Tuesday,
Col James S. Petit Camp, depart
ment headquarters. Wednesday,
Petit Auxiliary, roast beef feast,
Douglas Memorial Church. 430 to
II pm: G. A R. Memorial Day
Corporation Committee at Central
High School, pm. Thursday,
Richard j. Harden Camp, Pythian
Temple. Saturday, Military Order
of the Serpent and Military Order
of the Lizard, Pythian Temple.
Auxiliaries.
-he party of the Department
Auxiliary for the department COM
mander and his staff of officers,
members of the camps and auxll-
iaries, the Sons of Spanish War Vet
erans and the Daughters of '98 was
held in Pythian Temple on May 7.
Lantern slides containing songs OF
THE Gay COS" were shown. Solos
was also rendered. The department
president, Mrs. Pauline A. Thomp-
son, presented the Sons of Veterans
with badges for all their officers.
Arrangements were made to at
tend in a body the Mothers Day
services at the United Brethren
Church this evening.
The Col. John Jacob Astor Auxil-
iary, with Mrs. Mabel Hall presiding,
presented each past president with
a token and also the department
president.
The Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxil-
iary met with the president, Miss
Ann Palmer, presiding.
The Admiral George Dewey Naval
Auxiliary met with the president,
Mrs. Willie Cole, presiding. The
next meeting will be May 10 at
Masonic Northeast Temple.
The Gen. M. Emmett Urell Aux
iliary will meet May 81. The Gen.
Henry w. Lawton Auxiliary will
meet May 16. The Col. James S.
Petit Auxiliary will meet May IL.
The Henry w. Lawton Auxiliary
will hold an evening of games on
May 16 at 8 pm. at Pythian Temple.
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American Legion Membership
Now Exceeds ] 100000
District Of Columbia Department
Passed Its Quote for 1941

The American Legion not only
reached its goal of a million mem
bers at the roundup time on April
81, but exceeded it by many thou
sands, according to word received
here from national headquarters at
Indianapolis, Ind. The total was
1,009,157. 1t was the largest number
of cards ever flown to the head
quarters at the national aerial
roundup This is a gain of A ,899
over the membership a year ago.
On this showing it was predicted
by Assistant National Adjutant
Donald G. Glascott that the final
enrolment of 1941 next December
81 would be near 1,125,000. The de-
partment of the District of Columbia
was one of II that went over the
top in reaching or exceeding their
1941 membership quotas.
Sergt. Jasper Post met last
Wednesday evening at Fythian
Temple.
Winners of the recent baseball
contest conducted by the post were
announced by Chairman Martin
Schubert: Bernard Brumfield, Ed
ward Emerson, Douglas o. Reed,
Thomas E. Walsh and Harry Ridge.
The post was host to members Of
the several American Legion Junior
baseball teams with a showing of
the baseball motion pictures fur
nished by the American League OF
Professional Baseball Clubs, under
the direction of Thra1 Price, man.
ager of the post team.
The James Reese Europe Post will
decorate the grave of Col. Charles
Young in the Arlington Cemetery
on May 30.
The Bugle and DrlI~. Corps is
p,a..---,- --'- +-!ra out of town dur
ing June.
ley-McCullough Post will meet
at 802 F street NV. on May 20 at
8 pm. Comdr. Guy c. Nadeau will
preside. Chairman Charles Kohen
oof the Blood Bank Committee re-
ports ST. towards the blood bank
Evening star., 1941-05-11

With the goal of early induction
into the Federal service, where they
can make more rapid advance in
their training, members of the 12lSt
Observation Squadron, the new air
unit of the local National Guard,
are being rapidly being put in shape
for field duty.
Capt. Clifton C. HutchiSon last
week was appointed to command the
squadron. He is a civil acronautics
inspector. Maj. James H. Higgs, who
has been active and instrumental in
the organization of the unit, is on
active duty in connection with the
formulation of plans for the outfit,
but it was said he will not assume
command until the unit is formally
indicted into the Federal service,
just prior to its departure for the
South, where it is scheduled to be-
gin its training.
Some of the commissioned Of
ficers have been appointed, and in
preparation for the receipt of the
first training plane here, four care
takers have been appointed from
among the enlisted men. The organ
ization when it gets all its equip
ment including its group automotive
equipment, it was said, will be en-
titled to 81 caretakers. Although
these men are on a civilian pay
status, it is the practice to give the
jobs to enlisted personnel who are
interested, so that the men who
practice with the equipment also
are charged with the ddty in keep
ing it in the best of condition.
The new plane, which is scheduled
to be assigned here, it was said, is
known as a Bel, a basic combat
| plane, with a single engine and two
seats ,one for the instructor and the
other for the student.
1t was indicated that as soon as
| the War Department notifies the
local headquarters that the training
plane is ready an officer or two will
be sent to its location to accept de-
| livery and fly it to the training
field in Hybla Valley, Va, which will
be used as temporary base for the
organization until it is called into
the service.
When the training equipment ar
rives here, it was said, it is planned
to change the drill time to obtain
the most flying work. At that time,
| it was said, the organization will
spend two drill nights a month in
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Catholic War Veterans

Ten uniformed members of the
Father Francis j. Hurney Post
acted as honor guard to the Apos-
tolic Delegate at Mount St. Mary's
Seminary and College last Sunday
The mass was celebrated on the
college campus before more than
10000 persons, many of them being
school children of the Archdiocese
of Baltimore and Washington.
John v. Dean, Frank Foeckler,
Francis j. Cough, William Hickey
Henry Hodges, Samuel Mastin
Philip Proctor, Francis j. M. Par
dunn, Frank v. Tiernan and Rich
ard Ward formed the guard of
honor. Comrades Foeckler and
Proctor we're the color bearers for
the occasion.
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Modern Woodmen
OF America

The meeting of Central Camp on
May 16, will be reception in honor
of Robert w. Logan and in recog-
milton of his selection to represent
this jurisdiction at the quadrennial
meeting of the head camp in Chi
cago. A class adoption has been
arranged as a part of the program.
1t is expected Mr.. Logan and others,
who attended the State camp, will
report on that meeting.
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Jewish War Veterans

Auxiliary No. So will hold its 9th
annual Mothers Day celebration on
May IA at 1:30 pm. in the Cafritz
auditorium of the Jewish Commu-
nifty Center. An elaborate enter
tainment has been arranged by Mrs.
Philip Fran, chairman, and Mrs.
Joseph Goldstein, co-chairman.
Members are invited to bring their
mothers and mothers-in-law as
guests
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Forty and Eiqht

A meeting of the Grande Cheminot
will be held at the Portner Apart
ments May IA at ppm.
Preparations are being made for a
wreck" by Grande Voiture, No. 174,
early in June. Grand Conductor
John B. Keller will be in charge of
the crew.
Voyageurs are requested to get in
touch with the chairman of the Sick
Committee, Fred F. Money, so that
visits will be made members who are
in hospitals or otherwise on the sick
list.
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The Shepherds Of Bethlehem

Loyalty Lodge will meet tomorrow
at 7 Fourth street NE. Chairlady
Wallock announced an entertain
ment after the meeting.
Trinity Lodge will meet Tuesday
In the same hall. There will be
games.
Justice Lodge will meet Wednes-
day at 935 G place NV.
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and a special
tribute to the
Gold Star Moth
ers in the am
phitheater a t
Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery
where the Amer
lean War Moth
ers will hold
their 18th an
nual Mothers
Day services.
Mrs. Helen M.
McCabe, depart
ment president,
W i'll plac e a
wreath in the
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name of the auxiliary at the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier at pm.
Color bearers for the department
and units will carry the colors.
Mrs. Helen Mahoney. department
rehabilitation chairman. announced
that the annual boatride. sponsored
by the American Legion. American
Legion Auxiliary and Eight and
Forty, for approximately 900 hos
pitalized and disabled veterans will
be held May II on the City of Wash
ington leaving the wharf at pm.
Sandwiches. ice cream and cake will
be furnished by the auxiliary. The
Eight and Forty will supply the soft
drinks and coffee, and the American
Legion the transportation. Charles
Kohen, general chairman, is in
charge of the entertainment. which
will consist of the National Training
School Band, the Sons of the Amer
ican Legion Drum and Bugle Corps,
and others.
Mrs. Ellen Louise Warren. de-
partment membership chairman. an
nounces the national award Of $40
to be given to the department max
ing the greatest percentage of gain
between May l and July l will be
turned over to the unit making the
greatest percentage of gain over its
quota during this period. Special
awards of SIS each to the depart
ment making greatest percentage of
gain over quota 30 days prior to ma
tional convention and department
making greatest numerical gain 80
days prior to the national conven-
ton are offered by national. To the
unit membership chairman report
ing first unit making the depart
ment quota will be given a special
membership pin by Mrs. Warren.
The department quota for each
unit is: Victory, 80; Europe, BOG;
Nash. $50: Spangler, "A; Jasper, 224;
Costello, 1853; Lincoln. 46; Cooley
Mccullough, 149; Killeen, $50;
Walker, 1856; I'd Division, 81; Police
and Fire, 16O; G. P. O.. Sc; Treas
ury. 30; Agriculture, 50; Kenna-
Main. 90: Alexander, IS; Potomac,
62, and Department of Commerce,
40.
Cooley Mccullough Unit met at
802 F street NV. on Thursday. Mrs.
Hattie Byram, rehabilitation chair
man, announced a bingo party will
be held at Mount Alto Hospital on
May IA at 8 pm. Cash donations
were made by members of the unit
for cakes and prizes.
Mrs. Pauline Chambers, child well
fare chairman, reported that new
dresses were purchased for three
little girls and also some clothes
for little boy and that basket OF
food was donated by Mrs. Edith
Quinn, Mrs. Emma Warren and
Miss Ruth Lazar to needy family.
Mrs. Ann zaruba, poppy chairman,
reported that the Juniors made 500
poppies. Wreaths will be made and
placed on the graves of deceased
relatives of unit members on or be-
fore Memorial Day
Sergt. Jasper Unit, No. 13, will
meet tomorrow at 8 pm. at New
Colonial Hotel. There will be initia-
fiov, of y,nuJ y,oopahere
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Reserve Promotions
To Be Offered Under
New Authority
Men Who Met All
Requirements Before
Moy ! Affected

Reserve officers who met. before
May l, all requirements prescribed
by Army regulations for promotion,
but who have not been promoted
because vacancies in their particular
branch did not exist, will be offered
promotions under authority recently
granted. A survey reveals that only
1.424, or less than 1.25 per cent of
the active Reserve officers, are
eligible for promotions under this
authority.
In order to protect those now on
active duty who may find lack of
appropriate assignment if they ac-
cept promotion and to those not yet
on duty who believe their promotion
will jeopardize chances of being
called to active duty, the promotion
may be refused at this time without
sacrificing rights to the promotion
at a future date. Previous limita-
tions on promotions were set by the
peacetime procurement objective. A
new objective. however, is now under
study by the War Department.
District Quartermasters will meet
tomorrow evening in the Social Sc
curity Building for a review of the
work taken up the last several
months. Domestic disturbances will
be the subject of the Coast Artillery
meeting Tuesday evening. Cavalry
officers on Thursday evening will
discuss cavalry weapons. Officers of
the 343d Engineers on Friday eve
ming will discuss the attack of
river line. District cavalry officers
will meet at Fort Myer, Va, next
Sunday at am. for instruction in
equitation.
The promotion of Capt. Thomas
A. Lane to the grade of major heads
a number of promotions of Reserve
officers residing in the Washington
area. Maj. Lane will remain as
signed to the 376th Engineers. Other
officers advanced in rank include the
following: Second Its. Henry K. Nc
Harg, Sd, and Philip Firmin to be first
neutenantS and both to remain as
signed to the 32Oth Infantry; Second
Its. Mason V. De Castle and Rich
ard A. Jamison to the grade of first
lieutenant and both to remain as
signed to the 306th Cavalry; Second
Lit. William H. Eastman to be first
lieutenant and to remain assigned
to the 913th Coast Artillery, and
Second 1t. Raymond H. Martin to
hrst lieutenant and to retain his
assignment to the 306th Cavalry.
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VT. ". Poppy Sale
To Open Thursday;
Other Activities
Veterans Are Active
In National Defense
Program Here
MEETINGS THIS WEEK.

Monday-Front Line Post, 1903
Fourteenth street NV;
Junior Drum and Bugle
Corps, National Guard Ar
mory.
Tuesday-Potomac Post, TIA H
street NE.
Wednesday - National Capital
Post. 935 G place NV; Co.
lumbia Post, 1926 Massachu-
sets avenue NV; Washing
ton Post, 1903 Fourteenth
street NV.
Thursday-H. L. Edmonds Post,
Hamilton Hotel.
Friday-United States Treasury
Post, 1912 Ninth street NV.
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MEETINGS THIS WEEK.

NlLL AAN0S H1o vvLLAs
MISUNDERSTANDING Committee,
department headquarters, 8
pm; U. S. S. Jacob Jones,
1926 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, 8 pm; Lincoln, Arcade,
8 pm; G.. P. O., BOT Monroe
street NE, 8 pm.
Tuesday-Europe, 1886 Fifth
teenth street NV; George
E. Killeen, 1904 M street
NV, 8 pm; United States
Treasury, New Colonial Hotel,
8p.m.; Department of Labor,
807 Monroe street NE, 8 pm.
Wednesday-Nash, 209 Penn
sylvania avenue Sc, 8 pm;
Police & Fire, 4l9 Seventh
street NV, 8 pm: Nc
Alexander, Willard Hotel, 8
pm.
Friday-United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, room
1899, Department of Agricul-
ture, 8 pm.
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Legion S Auxiliary
To Honor Mothers
In Arlington Rites
Mrs. McCobe to Place
Wreath on Tomb of
Unknown Soldier

Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary, Department of the Dis
trict of Columbia. will pay respect
to the mothers of the Nation today,
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When the training equipment ar
rives here, it was said, it is planned
to change the drill time to obtain
the most flying work. At that time,
it was said, the organization will
spend two drill nights a month in