Evening star., 1944-08-13
American Legion
Membership Scars
To 1,388,138

IucHlDcTSnlp OF tne American lie.
gion has scared to o new record OF
l,388,138, 1t was announced by ma
tional headquarters at Indianapolis,
Ind. This represents q gain OF 245,-
587 at the same time last year.
Assistant National Adjt. Henry H.
Dudley In his report said, There Is
every basis for estimating that by
December 81 the national enroll
ment wpl exceed l,45o,ooo member
ships"
The Department of the District Of
Columbia reached an all-high rec
ord Of membership on July n. Ad-
vance l945 memberships are being
received in large numbers. This is
encouraged by the Booster Club
campaign. AL Legionnaires who
pay their 1945 dues prior to the
national convention, commencing
September lS, will automa tically be-
come a member OF the Booster Club
and those holding cards In this club
will be eligible to compete for seven
War Bonds and Legion uniform as
prizes.
Bunker Hill Post junior baseball
team, champions Of the District Of
Columbia, leaves today for Newark,
Del, where 1t will engage with the
championship teams OF Delaware,
New Jersey and Maryland in the
regional tournament.
Play begins tomorrow with a dou-
ble-header, drawings for the pair
ings being scheduled at the BANQUET
rendered this evening by the local
Newark American Legion Post. The
winners of Mondays games play a
single contest Tuesday for the
regional championship. According
to Lester H. Steinem, department
athletic officer, the winning team
Will return to its home city to await
the beginning of the sectional tour
nament, to be held somewhere in
New England, the date Of which has
not yet been announced.
Comdr Horace Hoctor, manager
OF the team, together with Coach
Mike Tracy and Lester H. Steinem,
are accompanying the team.
The team and other players in the
league were rendered a banquet last
Thursday evening by the Touch,
down Club of Washington.
Department Comdr. Pennington
with his staff installed officers of
George E. Killeen Post last week
as follows: Louis H. Schaumlefle.
commander: Harvey E. Knott, first
vice commander; Warren Hillary
second vice commander; Milton
Howard, adjutant; E. M. Lawton,
finance officer; William Baker,
chaplain; Arthur Probey. historian,
and A. A. Wood, sergtant at arms.
Past Department Comdr. c. Fran
els Mccarthy spoke.
Sergt. Jasper Post nominated the
following as candidates for officers:
For commander. William P. Kersh-
ner and Alvin E. Shonk; first vice
commander, John j. McMeel; sec
ond vice commander, Harold ].
mclaughlin; third vice command
er, Bernard o. Mead; chaplain, vir-
ginius F. Williams.
The election of officers will take
place at the meeting on Septem-
Der 6.
At the last meeting of the Depart
ment of Agriculture Post, at the
American Legion Clubhouse, there
were placed on display five, silver
trophies which had been awarded
to the post at the last department
convention for outstanding accom-
pllshments in membership.
The Sons OF the Legion will meet
today at the Legion Clubhouse.
Speaking under the auspices of
the Washington Federation of
churches at a conference held at
Walter Reed Hospital last week,
Comdr. c. M. Drury, chief of chap
lains Of the Potomac River Naval
Command, urged all chaplains of
the armed forces to join the Ameri-
can Legion on their return from the
war. He said, 1T is the duty of
every chaplain returning from the
war to join the American Legion"
Officers elected at the last meeting
OF Tank Corps Post were: Com
mander, Foster Wood; senior vice
commander, Harry F. Young. jr.:
Junior vice commander, Ralph J.
Boucher; adjutant, David E. Arm
strong; chaplain, Raymond T..
Haugh; finance officer, William C.
Brandt: historian, Frank L. Peck
ham: sergeant at arms, George P.
Frailey; quartermaster, Willard
Lake; color bearers. Joseph C. Fries
and Jack Katz; surgeon, DR.. Glade
c. Caylor.
Kenneth H. Nash Post on the
Wednesday evening unanimously
elected the following officers: Com
mander, Danvil A. Right; first vice
commander, Leo j. Wood; second
vice commander, William H. Tai
bott, jr., and judge advocate, Guy
Cogswell.
Meetings this week are:
Monday-U. S. S. Jacob Jones,
Lincoln and Government Printing
Office Posts, Legion Clubhouse; U. S.
Treasury Post, Colonial Hotel.
Tuesday-National Press Club Post.
Press Club; I'd Division Post, New
Colonial Hotel; Bunker Hill, U. S.
Maritime and Cooley -McC Cullough
Posts, Legion Clubhouse.
Thursday-Stanley Church Depue
Post, Legion Clubhouse; Kenna-
Main, 1910 Good Hope road Sc: In
ternal Revenue Post, Stansbury
Temple.
Daughters of America
Meetings this week: Monday, In
dependent, Progressive, Old Glory,
Goodwill; Tuesday. Fidelity, Liberty,
Star Spangled Banner, Mount Yer