Evening star., 1946-12-08
American Legion
Reports 1,570,341
Members Enrolled

All ADVANCE eIlTOilfneuJ IOr 1871
of ,570,341 was reported to National
Comdr. Paul H. Griffith of the Amer
ican Legion by the assembled COM
manders and adjutants at their 18th
annual telegraphic membership roll
call at national headquarters in
Indianapolis. This exceeded the l945
roll call by 58,875.
The national quota is 3,979,136.
Nevada was the only department
this year to report a 100 per cent
advance enrolment.
The District of Columbia Depart
ment was stood in 18th place in the
quota, which was reported by Comdr
Guy G. Nedeau. having an advance
list of 10000 with quota Of 1888.
The Executive Committee has in
dorsed Joseph j. Malloy for the
Office of national commander for
the year 1918
Mr.. Malloy has held every Office
in Sgt. Jasper Post; has served as
its department commander and is
now serving his sixth consecutive
2-year term as Its national execu-
tive committeeman.
The committee granted a tenn
porary charter to new group re-
siding in the Parkview area upon
the recommendation of C. Francis
Mccarthy, chairman of the Legions
Charter Committee
The new post will be known as
the Fort Totten Post No. 81 and is
made up mostly of World War II
veterans.
The War Department today at
2 pm. will salute the American Le-
gion and its volunteer army re-
cruiting program on its Warriors
of Peace" radio broadcast heard
locally over the facilities of the ABC
network.
Oscar Jones, department employ
ment officer reports the Postoffice
Department will employ all veterans
who desire to work during the
Christmas holidays.
Mrs. Madge Fitzgerald, chairman
of the Legion's Gifts for Yanks Who
Gave campaign, reports the program
is receiving favorable results from
the public, but some of the Legion's
posts are confusing the campaign
with that of the Gift Shop" oper-
ated by the American Legion Auxil-
iary.
The new officers of the Navy De-
partment Post were installed by the
commander and his
staff, escorted by the national guard
of honor, at the Washington Club
last Tuesday evening.
They are: Commander, Pierson P.
Brown; first vice commander, ]. Gra-
ham Holland; second vice command
er, Paul F. German; third vice COM
mander, James c. Kelley; sergeant
at arms, Anthony c. Amcry; finance
officer, Robert M. Adams, jr... his
torian, Max H. Rose, and chaplain,
Benjamin H. Dosier.
The national guard of honor and
the guard entertainers will entertain
veterans at the Fort
Belvoir Hospital at 7 o'clock tonights
Costello Post held its annual tes-s
timonial last Tuesday evening at the
Odd Fellows Hall honoring Past De-
partment Comdr. Julius I. Peyser
who was presented with the Ameri-:
can Legion Medal of Merit.
y sses AZ /
Meetings this week: E
; Monday-Lincoln, F. B. l., Jacob
Jones and Treasury Posts, Legion
Club; Woodbridge Post, 2022 Rhode
Island avenue NE.
Tuesday-Department of Labor,
Capital Transit and Halloron- Muir
ray Posts, Legion Club; j. r. Europe
Post, 1914 Vermont avenue NV;
George E. Killeen Post, 1904 M
street NV; Fort Dupont Post, Min
nesota avenue and M street Sc.
Wednesday-Police and Fire, U. G.
McAlexander Posts, Legion Club;
Nash Post, 209 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc; Potomac Post, Palisades Field
House; Barry Post, st. Aloysius Hall.
Thursday-James E. Walker Post,
Twelfth Street YMCA.
Friday-Department of Agricul-
ture, GPO Post, Legion Club.