The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-24
Second Annual Entampment
 Of VFW Will Be Held Here;
 Many Notab|es Are Coming

annual Veterans of Foreign Wars Encampment, which will be on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday
 Chief guest at the encampment will be Major Gen. Howard A. Craig, USAAF, Commandant of the Alaskan Department With It. Col Clayton Wells, his Public Re- lations Officer, and one other of ficer, Major Gen Craig is expect ed to fly to Juneau from his An chorage headquarters in his spec ial plane, which has a five-man crew.
 Two plane loads of delegates and visitors from the Anchorage post of the VFW are expected on Fri day. One, possibly two plane loads of delegates will arrive from Fair banks and Nenana. The SIS II, under Skipper Larry Doig of Shell don Jackson Junior College, will bring the Sitka delegation, and an- other boat will bring the group from Ketchikan ana Metlaka5ia.
 Coming From South
 Due to arrive with Pan American Airways on Saturday are Ray H. Brannaman of Denver, Colorado, National Senior Vice Commander Of the VFW. With him will be Dr. George c. Plaugher, Inspector Gen eral of the Military Order of Coot- ies.
 Dr. Plaugher will install some Cootie chapters in Alaska, one of which will be in Juneau.
 Invitations have been acknow- ledged by Rear Adm. F. A. Daubin, Commandant cf the 17th Coast Guard District at Ketchikan. Both have said they will come if pos sible.
 First encampment of the VFW was held at Anchorage last year Officers elected there, who will pre- side at the meetings here in the Elks Hall, are Harvey J. Smith of Anchorage, Department Command CT; Harold E. Mayo of Juneau, Senior Vice Commander; Donald c. Coate of Fairbanks, Junior Vice Commander; and Chaplain William c. Chaput of Sacred Heart Church at Seward.
 Parade Monday Night
 On Monday evening, there will be parade of all VFW delegates, led by the Juneau City Band. The Ju- neau Volunteer Fire Department, Post of the American Legion, the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts will also be in the parade.
 The parade will form at 7:15 pm. on Second Street north of the Baranof Hotel. The band, un- der Joseph Shofner, will head the line of march; next the VFW posts will march in individual order, and the Auxiliarics.
 The Fire Department, the Amer ican Legion and the Boy and Girl Scouts will follow
 Line of March
 The parade will move down Franklin street to Front, along Front to Main, up Main to Fourth, and do column right to pass in front of the reviewing stand on the Federal Building steps. An other column right will be made at Seward Street, down which the parade will march to Second Street, where it will disband.
 On tile reviewing stand will be the visiting Army personnel, Mayor Waino Hendrickson, and other of ficials.
 Two meetings in the Elks Hall on Sunday will be open to the public At 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon will be the General Assembly. Acting Governor Williams will give the address of welcome to the delegates, and Mayor Hendrickson will fol- low Department Commander Smith will respond, and will introduce the guests of honor.
 Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock will be the Memorial Service for departed comrades of the VFW. The Department officers will pre- side over the ritual, and the VFW quartette will sing. The Rev. Willis R. Booth will give the address. Ev- eryone is cordially invited to at tend both on the Sunday meetings.
 Business sessions will occupy Monday and Tuesday, and Tues
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