Evening star., 1942-02-12
President Joins
In Paying Honor
To Lincoln
Military Aide Places
Wreath at Statue
In Memorial

President Roosevelt joined Dis
trict patriotic and military organi-
cations in honoring Abraham Lin
coins memory in exercises today
commemorating the 133d annivers-
ary of the Great Emancipator's
birth.
The President remained standing
beside his automobile at the curb
facing the Lincoln Memorial as his
military aide, Co. H. B. Smith, and
two Army sergeants laid a palm
leaf at the base of Lincoln's statue.
Thirty four organizations also
placed wreaths at the shrine.
The guard of honor from the
176th Infantry at Arlington Can
tonment stood at attention in front
OF the memorial. A troop of colored
Boy Scouts stood in the memorial
grounds.
The President left for the White
House shortly after the palm leaf
was placed at the statue.
Because of war censorship, no ad-
vance notice of the Presidents visit
was made public.
Only Small Crowd Present.
AS a result, only small crowd was
present, compared with throngs at
tending this annual tribute in past
years.
The Army Band played and Navy
and Marine Corps detachments were
part Of the guard of honor.
Admiral A. w. Johnson and 1t.
Col. c. r. Bouve were in charge Of
the exercises. Delegations from more
than 80 organizations took part.
A luncheon meeting of the Dis
trict Commandery of the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States, which arranged the
program, followed at the Army Navy
Club.
There were no speeches as Col.
Bouve merely announced he had the
honor to receive a wreath from the
President of the United States.
whereupon Col. Smith and the two
sergeants marched up the long
stairway to deposit the tribute.
himy Ddhu i idyos
AS the President arrived the Armv
Band struck up Battle Hymn Of
the Republic" The playing of the
National Anthem concluded the ex-
ercises. President Roosevelt was
flanked by his naval and military
aides.
At 8 o'clock tonight a traditional
gathering sponsored by the Depart
ment of the Potomac, Grand Army
of the Republic, at the First Con-
gregational Church, Tenth and G
streets NV, will be addressed by
Representative Guyer of Kansas.
In addition, Radio Station WJSV
was to carry from $3.50 to 4 o'clock
the annual pilgrimage made by the
Illinois American Legion to Lincolns
birthplace at Springfield, Ill. Radio
Station WMAL will present an ad-
dress on the Emancipation Proc
lamation by Representative Plumley
OF Vermont at 8 o'clock At 10
o'clock WMAL will carry a Nation
wide address on Lincoln by Thomas
E. Dewey of New York
Second Vice Comdr. William r.
Brennan represented the District
Department of the American Legion
at the noon ceremonies. The Ma
tional Society of the Daughters of
the American Revolution was repre-
sented by Miss Lillian Chenowith,
vice president general, and the Dis
trict chapter by Mrs. Harry c. Ober-
holser, State regent. It's colors were
borne by Mrs. Charles H. Plotner.
chairman of the Correct Use of the
Flag Committee, and Miss Catherine
Mills.
Other Units in Ceremony.
Other organizations participating
were: Danes of Loyal Legion. Ma
tional Society; Women's Relief
Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army
OF the Republic; Ladies of the G. A.
R., Department of the Potomac:
Ladies of the G.. A. R., Lincoln
Circle, No. 3; Daughters of Union
Veterans of the Civil War: Sons
of Union Veterans. Cushing Post.
No. 30; Distrist of Columbia Chap
ter, American Red Cross: American
Gold Star Mothers; State Chapter.
American War Mothers; American
War Mothers; Veterans of Foreign
Wars; Auxiliary Department of Dis
trict Veterans of Foreign Wars;
Military Order of Foreign Wars;
National Sojourners, Heroes of '76;
Sons of the American Revolution,
National Society and District So
ciety; Aztec Club of 1847; Sd
Division Society, American Expedi-
tionary Forces: American Legion
Auxiliary; Irish War Veterans, Post
No. IT; National Auxiliary, United
Spanish War Veterans; District of
Columbia Federation of Women's
Clubs; Jewish War Veterans, Wash
ington Post, No. So; Navy League
of the United States; United States
World War Veterans; Women's
Overseas Service League.
The Woman's Relief Corps of the
District G.. A. r. is in charge Of
the ceremonies at the First Congre-
gational Church tonight. Everett F.
Warner is chairman, assisted by
Mrs. Della L. OBrien, Mrs. Addie
w. Hickman and Miss Mary A.
Howarth. The United States Marine
Band will play preceding the formal
program.
Last night the radio research
project of the Library of Congress
presented an original program, Lin
coin Speaks to the People and to
His Soldiers" drawn from original
manuscript material in its Lincoln
collection. Walter Huston took the
part of Lincoln, and the program
was announced by 1t. Douglas Fair
banks, jr., U. S. N. R.
An Americanism party to commem-
crate Lincoln's anniversary will be
held by the Washington Branch No.
4 of the Fleet Reserve Association at
8:15 o'clock tonight at the knights
of Pythias Hall. 1912 Ninth street
NV. The band of the United States
Navy School of Music will play.