Evening star., 1945-01-07

Officers School
"Opens This Week


school for service officers will con-
vene Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights at the Legion club house. All
post commanders, service officers
and others lnterester, are requested
to attend.
Department Comdr. Lee r. Pen
nington made the following appoint
ments: John j. A. Ager, to fill
vacancy on House Committee OF
American Legion Club; Victor Far
rar, chairman. Sick Call and Relief
Committee, and Harry w. Brown
World War II Liaison Committee
chairman.
The Society of the Forty and Eight
will hold the annual Wreck" OF
Voiture 174 IN March, the date ano
place to be announced later.
United States Treasury Post will
meet tomorrow night at the Colonial
Hotel. The speaker of the evening
will be j. M MacCammon, chief
Rehabilitation and Education. Wash
lngton Office, who will discuss the
new opportunities in education and
rehabilitation under the CT Bill OF
Rights. There will be special movies
and refreshments. Legionnaires are
invited.
U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post at its
meeting at the Legion clubhouse
tomorrow will have report on pro-
curing kits of records for service
men in hospitals and camps through
out the United States.
The universal military training
bill. sponsored by the American
Legion, came up for consideration
By Congress last week. To present
the views of all interested parties
and organizations the nationa
commander of the Legion has calico
a meeting at the Hotel Statler al
8 am. January IA.
This is a regional meeting, al
which all middle Atlantic States
departments will be represented
and representatives from all patri-
otto, veterans and other interested
organizations will be invited to at
tend. All interested Legionnaires
are also invited. S. Perry Brown
of the National Defense Committee
of the Legion, will preside.
Department of Agriculture Post
will continue to meet on the second
Tuesday of each month, but tbs
meetings will be held at New Co.
lonial Hotel instead of the Legion
! clubhouse.
| Chairman Russell S. Jefreys OF
the Americanism Commission re E
quests all posts presenting Ameri-
can Legion school awards to the
Junior and senior high schools dur
ing January complete their ar
rangements with the school.
promptly. The medals and Ger.
tificates to be awarded are avail.
able at department headquarters.
The Sons of the Legion will NEE
January IA at the Legion clubhouse
Representatives from all posts are
requested to attend.
Gen. U G. McAlexander Post. il
conjunction with Father Hurne,
Post, Catholic War Veterans. vii
sponsor memorial mass at 7:31 m
wednesday at st. Patricks Catholic
Church for the late Staff Sergt
William F.. Gallagher, United State:
Marine Corps, who died on Guam
August 3 last.
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-James Reese Europe
Post, Fifteenth and Que street.
NV; George E. Killeen, 1904 N
street NV; U. S, Department Of
Agriculture Post. Colonial Hotel
Department of Labor and Capita
Transit Posts, Legion clubhouse.
! Wednesday-Kenneth H. Nasl
Post, 2o9 Pennsylvania avenue S E.
Polio eand Fire and McAlexande,
Posts, Legion clubhouse: Potomac
Post, Palisades Field House.
| Thursday-James E. Walker Post
Twelfth Street YMCA.