Evening star., 1946-09-08

II. 4. Leglonnalres
To Take Special
Train to Session
AS result of the assigning of a
small number of rooms for the Dis
trict Of Columbia Department men,
bers at the national convention of
the American Legion at San Fran
cisco, Calf. from September % to
October 4, Edwin w. Luther, chair
man Of the Transportation Com
has arranged for a special
Pullman train to carry the District
members.
The train will be stationed seven
blocks from the convention head
quarters SO the members can occupy
the berths at night.
The train will make stops en- route
for sightseeing purposes, an all-ex-
pense tour. They will leave here
September Is, stop at Cheyenne
Wyo., on September AZ for a special
ceremonial before the Governor of
the State and the following day will
stop at Reno, New, arriving at San
Francisco on September 20.
Returning, the party will leave the
night OF October 4, stop at Mercer,
Calf, the following day and make
stops at other points, reaching here
October II.
Reservations may be made with
Mr.. Luther at department head
quarters, 2437 Fifteenth street NV,
or at 1850 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Delegates to the national con-
vention from the District Depart
ment are: Comdr. Guy C.
Nadeau, Herbert j. jacob, Madge
Fitzgerald, Walter A. Jackson, Edwin
w. Luther, Watson B. Miller, Fred
G. Fraser, Theodore Cogswell,
Joseph Davidson, r. J. Lands, Frank
Coleman, c. L. Dawson, Henry
Hodges, Gail T. Judd, Lee CARING
John Donovan, Cloyd I. Dixon, A
B. Belk, Carroll r. Stack, Joseph
l. ,Idler. F. s. K. McGrath, C. r
McGrathy. John D. Fitzgerald. Joi1r
Lewis Smith, jr.; Thomas Ryston
Warren A. Hillsary, Charles Kohell
j. Fred Burns, Emily j. Carey
William p. Hershiner, Leon B. Lam
bert and Charles w. Duffy.
Barry Post No. 81 will hold election
OF officers ut SIS pm. Wednesda,
ut st. Aloysius' hall, North Capito
and k streets NV. no..
Department Comdr. Guy C. Ma.
deau accompanied by the Depart.
ment Staff and escorted by the Ma.
tional Guard Of Honor in command
Of Capt. Gail r. Judd installed Of
fcers Of George s. Patton Jr.-Tank
Corps Post last week as follows
Commander, H. Richard McCamant;
first vice commander, VILLA m
Brandt: second vice commander
David Wall; third vice commander
Thomas M. Beckman; adjutant,
Graham T. Motley; finance off1cer
James Williams; sergeant at arms,
George Puckett; historian, Ralph
Warner and surgeon, Claud c. Cay
lor.
A resolution was adopted urging
President Truman to appoint q
woman veteran Of World War II to
fill the vacancy on the Civil Service
Commission resulting from the re-
cent resignation of Commissioner
Lucille Foster Mcmillan. It was
urged that such woman be famil-
lar with Government procedure and
interested in veterans affairs.
At the last meeting of the
Sergeant Jasper Post officers elected
were: Commander, Harold j. Nc
Laughlin; first vice commander,
Charles X. Dunn: second vice COM
mander, William L. De Prez; third
vice commander, Paul I. Crumbaugh
and chaplain, Albert A. Dun.
Delegates to the national conven-
ton are: Joseph J. Malloy,. Fred
Fraser, William p Kershner, G.
Francis Mccarthy and Frank Platz
Of1cers of the Second Division
Post were installed by the depart
ment commander and members OF
his star as follows: First vice COM
mander, r. c. Chamberlain; second
vice commander, H. p. Kelly; chap
lain, c. L. Dawson; sergeant at
arms. Eugene Salser; executive COM
mittee, r. c. Snow. w. w. Sibert
and j. w. Stranahan.
The newly elected commander,
M. H. Cunningham being out of the
city will be installed later.
The department commander and
his stan installed officers of Fort
Stevens Post as follows: Comman-
der. Thomas B. Collins; first vice
commander, James B. Munro; Sec
ond vice commander, Lewis r.
Blair; third vice commander, John
Lyon; chaplain, Edward L. Potter;
adjutant, James r. Quade; finance
ofncer, Russell Barbour, and SER
geant At arms, Joseph Mirabello.
The post Is planning q celebration
in honor Of its new officers to be
held at a date following the national