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COL L W. HERRON
Will Command District
Reserves in Army Day
Celebration.
District, Reserve units, comprising
the 3d Division in the Army Day
parade next Wednesday; will be com
manded by Col. Leroy W. Herron,
who has been designated marshal of
that division. Serving on his staff
will be Maj. Virgil O. Barnard and
Capt. Frederick S. Lee, both of the
313th Field Artillery.
District Reserve units participating
will include the J55th Field Artillery
Brigade. 306th Calvary. 320th Infan
try, Air Corps unit, 913th Coast Ar
tillery (anti-aircraft!, 622d Coast Ar
tillery (harbor defense!, 343d Engi
neers, 376th Engineers, 1320th Serv
ice Unit, 1321st Service Unit, 1322d
Service Unit. 428th Infantry and 429th
Infantry. Officers of the services par
tiepating in the parade include those
of the Ordnance Department. Quar
termaster Crops. Signal Corps, Finance
Department, Chemical Warfare Serv
ice and the Medical Department.
Members will assemble at 1:30 p.m.
on the south side of E street S.E..
facing west, the head of the column
to be formed at E street and New Jer
sey avenue. The uniform will con
sist of the regulation cap, breeches,
coat, belt, yellow gloves, white shirt
and collar with black tie, medals and
badges. Sabers and overcoats will not
be worn. Cotton olive drab w:ith boots
is preferred, but any authorized uni
form may be worn.
Military correspondence will be the
Subject of the 428th-429th Infantry
conference tomorrow evening. In
fantry officers on Tuesday evening will
take up combat principles and the
machine gun section., and signal offi
cers will discuss corps and division
radio nets and the operation and
technique of frequency assignments.
On Wednesday field arti'lery officers
will take up instruments and tele
phones. Brig. Gen. H. S. Hawkins,
U. S. A., retired, will discuss the
cavalry arm of the service at the
cavalry meeeting Thursday evening.
Other speakers will include Lt, Col.
Stout, who will discuss combat in
telligence, and Capt. Daniel, who will
discuss machine guns. The cadre
school and the adjutant general's sec
tion will be the subject of the 1322d
Service Unit conference Friday eve
nmg. District cavalry officers will
meet at Fort Myer, Va. April 10. j
8:30 to 11 am., for equitation and!
drill and pistol marksmanship.
Col. John V. Richards, commanding
officer of the 320th Infantry, has ap- j
proved a reassignment of officers to j
his regiment. In addition to Col.
Richards, regimental headquarters j
consists of the following officers: Maj. |
Victor H. Dent, executive officer: Maj.
Lloyd E. Kelly, plans and training
officer; Capt. Clifford L. Johnson, ad
jutant; Capt. Nelson Bennett, intelli
gence officer; Capt. Eric C. Metzeroth,
assistant plans and training officer;
Capt. Acors R. Thompson, supply offi
cer, and First Lt. Leroy F. Nicholson,
munitions officer. District officers as
signed to the Headquarters Company
include Capt. Arthur Skarry, com
manding: First Lts. Harry E. Ratcliffe,
Ralph W. Watt, Oscar K. Williams,
jr, and Second Lts. Archibald U.
Turner, Adolf A. Morell, James J.
Schwartz. Robert B. Edwards. B. J.
Camp, Dallas S. Barnes and Howard
M. Bradbury, jr.
District officers assigned to the
Sendee Company include First Lts.
Kenneth H. Sheeler, Edward W. Solo
mon. Charles H. Jourdan and Donald
C. McGovern, and Second Lts. Mil
ton M. Price. Alexander E. Susong,
Robert T. Van Uden, Oscar H.
Adams, Richard W. Axtell, Charles T.
Butler, jr, and John J. Cook.
District officers assigned to the
Hnwdtzer Company are Capt, Edka
C. Moore, commanding; First Lts.
Bush W. Locknane, Howard K. Chap
man, jr.; Newton O. Wood, jr, and
Fred L. Eberz, and Second Lts. Harry
W. Frantz, Richard P. Drennan,
Monty Ereza, Francis P. Wells, John
O. Woods and Mark D. Woodward.
Attached personnel to the regiment
Includes Maj. Leslie T. Gager, regi
mental surgeon; Chaplain Earl Tag
gert, regimental chaplain; Assistant
Chaplains Arthur E. Kernahan, Wal
ter P. Plumley and Edward B. Wilcox.
MARINE RESERVES
TO SEEK RECRUITS
Fifth Battalion's Campaign for
Members Will Continue
Through June 1.
The 5th Battalion, Fleet Marine
Corps Reserves, has inaugurated a
recruiting drive which will continue
until June 1. It is pointed out that
appointment to the United States
Naval Academy may be gained
through enlistment in this Reserve.
The office of the inspector-instruc
tor, at 458 Indiana avenue N.W.. is
open from 9 a.m. Monday through
Friday and from 9 a.m. to noort Sat
urday.
Battalion headquarters announces
the following new enlistments: Com
pany C, Ray E. Law; Company D,
Ernest W. Reid, Paul J. Heath, jr.;
Joseph W. Scott and William E. Glad
stone, jr.; Company E. Stanley R.
Graeff and Willis L. Graeff.
Re-enlistments are: Douglas E.
Studdiford, re-enlisted and re-ap
pointed a sergeant in Company C;
Karl E. Becker, re-enlisted and re
appointed a sergeant in Company F.
Company D will hold a party at
the Knights of Columbus Hall on
April 22.
A party was held for Company C
by its commanding officer. First Lt.
Henderson A. Melville, after drill
Tuesday night. The battalion com
mander and inspector-instructor were
also present.
Marine Corps League.
The National Capital Detachment,
Marine Corps Leagtfe, will hold a get
together of marines and former ma
rines at the Willard Hotel on Friday
at 8:30 p.m.
The Marine Corps League is the only
all-marine veterans’ organization in
the United States. The National Cap
ital Detachment has Willard W. Si
bert, a 30-year marine, as its com
mandant. The national convention for
1938 will be held here September 2,
3 and 4 at the Willard Hotel.
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Purple Hearts.
A business meeting of Mount Ver
non Chapter, No. 22, Military Order
of the Purple Heart, will be held at
1414 Eye street N.W^omorrow.
i
District Legion’s Annual Ball
Is Set lor Tuesday at Willard
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Sponsor
Event to Which HighOfficials
Are Invited.
The Legion will participate in the
Army Day parade next Wednesday to
start from the Capitol. The division
in which the Legion will march will
form on Delaware avenue at C street
S.W. at 1:30 p m. Legionnaires are re
quested to parade in uniform or caps,
and all posts are requested to have
their post colors present.
At the last Department Executive
Committee meeting a resolution was
adopted as being unalterably opposed
to any change, transfer, alteration or
abolishment of the Veterans' Adminis
tration or any functin thereof as is
now prescribed or may be prescribed
by law, and a copy of the resolution
was forwarded to national headquar
ters, asking that body to concur in
this action.
The resignation of Department Ath
letic Chairman Joseph A. Ashi was
accepted, and George Royal was ap
pointed to take charge of the junior
baseball activity. The league will
start play on May 1 and will play
each Sunday thereafter with the same
teams that took part in the league
last year again participating this
year.
United States Bureau of Internal
Revenue Post, No. 39. had its last
meeting with Acting Comdr. John A.
long presiding. The Entertainment
Committee held a "Big Lairs” contest,
which was won by Executive Commit
teeman McKinley Kreigh. Lloyd
Burkey of the Department American
ism Committee showed the new Na
tional American Legion safety films.
Past Senior Vice Comdr. Arthur
Thomas was elected a lieutenant in
the Guard of Honor. Comdr. Charles
E Wolf has returned from Los Angeles
and will preside at the meeting on
April 11, at the Hayloft Club.
Sergt, Jasper Past will meet Wednes
day at the Pythian Temple, with
Comdr. Daniel M. Goodacre presiding.
Pied G. Fraser, head of the Forty and
Eight, is expected to make an ad
dress.
Final action on the proposed
changes in the constitution and by
laws will be taken.
The Department of Agriculture Past
will hold a smoker next Saturday at
the Odd Fellows’ Hall, 419 Seventh
street N.W., at 8 p.m. All veterans
and their friends are invited.
At the last meeting the post ac
cepted the applications of Everett
Wilcox and Lloyd A. Palmer.
Members of the James Reese Europe j
Post will assemble at the foot of Dela
ware avenue and C streets S.W., at ;
12:30 p.m . to participate in the Army
day parade. Comdr. Robert Williams j
requests all be present with full uni
forms and white gloves.
The annual military ball of the
District of Columbia Department of
the American Legion, which will be
sponsored by President and Mrs.
Roosevelt, will be held Tuesday night
at the Willard Hotel from 9:30 to
1:30 o'clock.
Many members of Congress, Army
and Navy and high Government offi
cials have been invited. James F.
Kehoe is general chairman. The Le
gion guard of honor will act as an
escort for the distinguished guests.
Members of the Legion will partici
pate in church services tonight at
8 o'clock at St. John's Episcopal
Church. 16th and H streets N.W. to
commemorate the twentieth anniver
sary of the entry of the United States I
into the World War. Dr. Oliver J. i
Hart, the rector, will preach the ser- I
mon. The services will be non-sec- |
tarian.
The front portion of the church has 1
been reserved for members of the I
Legion and its auxiliary.
The James E. Walker Post, No. 26. |
held their 19th birthday celebration at
the Y. M. C. A. on March 24.
The department membership officer
presented the post, through Comdr. J.
Franklin Wilson, a framed “meritor
ious citation" for its efforts in in
creasing the post's membership. Sev
eral members of the post also received
individual citations for bringing in
ever 10 new members each.
Capt. Arthur Newman was master of
ceremonies. Col. West Hamilton gave
i brief history of the post. Capt. Cole
man called the roll of the charter
members.
Talks were made by Judge Almond
Scott of the Municipal Court and Dr.
Howard Long, assistant superintendent
)f public schools.
The Ladies' Auxiliary, through its
president, Mrs. Epps, presented the
oost with a birthday cake.
Comdr. Charles W. Garlock will pre
side at the meeting of Lincoln Post
iomorrow at 8 p.m., in Arcade Hall,
Fourteenth street and Park road N.W.
rhis will be Spanish-American War
Veterans’ Night. The department
commander, with his staff, will be
’resent. All Spanish-American War
Veterans are invited. Several newly
elected Legionnaires will be initiated,
rhe Forty and Eight degree drill team
will present the degree work. The
Bugle and Drum Corps of the Sons
sf the Legion will also be present.
Prizes will be awarded winners of
:he 1938 National Post history con
gest, according to National Historian
rhomas M. Owen, jr.
First prize will be a 17-jewel, 14
karat., white gold-filled case wrist
watch. Beneath the curved dial will
oe embossed the Legion emblem in
colors and the watch will have a
genuine, natural pigskin strap. Sec
end prize will be a 14-karat solid' green
told ring with midget emblem, black
enyx stone and hand-carved eagles.
Third prizse will be a handsome set
ef miniature colors made of heavy
eanner silk. The flags will be 12 by
18 inches in size.. The base will be.
ef highly polished walnut. An en
graved plate will carry the winner’s
name, his post, department and the
late.
col. Randall, president, has called
i meeting of the Past Commanders’
Association next Thursday night. Din
ner will precede the business, place
to be announced shortly. Members,
their wives or husbands and past
commanders eligible to membership in
the association will attend.
Fort Stevens Post will meet in
Stansbury Hall on April 7, 8:15 p.m.
Officers of citizens’ associations of
the northwest area and the com
manding officer of No. 6 precinct of
the Metropolitan Police Department
will discuss community problems. En
tertainment and refreshments.
The color squad and members of
the post will participate in the Army
day parade. Ed Donaldson is ar
ranging a dinner-fence in Stansbury
Meetings This Week.
Today — American Legion
church service. St. John's Church,
Sixteenth and H streets N.W., 8
p.m.
Monday—Lincoln Post, Arcade
Building, 8 p.m.; Stephen P. Me
Groarty Post, Raleigh Hotel, 8
p.m.; Guard of Honor, National
Guard Armory, 8 p.m.; Costello
Post Drum and Bugle Corps, Na
tional Guard Armory, 8 p.m.; Co
lumbia Post Drum and Bugle
Corps, Registers Building, 8 p.m.;
Nash Post Drum and Bugle Corps.
209 Pennsylvania avenue S. E., 8
p.m.; Internal Revenue Post
Band, Internal Revenue Building,
8 p.m.
Tuesday — George Washington
Post, Admiral Club, 8 p.m.; 2d
Division Post, New Colonial Hotel,
8 p.m.; Cooley McCullough Post,
8 p.m.; Fort Stevens Post Drum
and Bugle Corps, Roosevelt High
School, 8 p.m.
Wednesday—Army Day parade,
formation. Delaware avenue and
C street S.W., 1:30 p.m.; Sergt.
Jasper Post, Pythian Temple, 1012
Ninth street N.W., 8 p.m.; Colum
bia Post, Soldiers and Sailors’
Club, Eleventh and L streets
N.W., 8 p.m.
Thursday—Fort Stevens Post,
Stansbury Lodge Hall, 8 p.m.;
Jane A. Delano Post, Nurses'
Registry, 8 p.m.
Friday—Sons of Legion Drum
and Bugle Corps, National Guard
Armory, 8 p.m.
Saturday — Agriculture Post,
stag party, Odd Fellows' Hall, 8
p.m.
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j Hall on May 8 for the benefit of the
squadron uniform fund.
Abraham Miller is chairman of the
I Carnival Committee. A meeting of
| the Constitution Committee has been
called for April 12, 428 Peabodv street
N.W., 8 p.m.
U. S. S. Jacob Jones Advisory Coun
cil will meet next Thursday evening
at the home of Department Vice
Comdr. Jane Cox, 1621 H street S.E.,
with Past Comdr. Mabel Staub and
Charlotte Berry as co-hostesses.
Members are requested to meet in
uniforms at 1:30 p.m. at Delaware
avenue and C streets S.W., to partici
pate in the Army Day parade on
April 6. They are also asked to attend
services tonight at St. John's Church,
Sixteenth and H streets N.W., at
7:45 o'clock.
Arrangements are being completed
by the Executive Committee of the
District of Columbia Detachment of
the Sons of the American Legion for
the annual entertainment and dance
of the detachment at the Mayflower
Hotel, April 30, 1938. A floor show,
including an exhibition drill by the
installation team of the detachment
and the detachment drum and bugle
corps, will precede the dancing. De
tachment Comdr. Charles E. Johnson
has appointed committees and invi
tations have been transmitted to dis
tinguished guests. The proceeds will
be used to defray the expenses in
cident to equipping the members of
the drum and bugle corps with uni
forms and instruments.
Vincent B Costello Past. No. 15. will
meet tomorrow at the Carlton Hotel, i
Entertainment will be provided by El- !
wood V. McNelley and refreshments
will be served.
Preceding the meeting. Coach Milton
Lewis and the boys of Costello Post's
victorious ball team of last year will
be tendered a dinner. Comdr. Julius
I. Peyser will preside, at Wesley Hall. |
Tony Wakeman, radio commentator, I
will be a guest and will present the
■Wakeman trophy to the post. The
members of the team will be given
American Legion championship medals
by Comdr. Peyser.
The post dance will be held May 10
at the Hotel Washington.
The Stephen P. McGroarty Post will
meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines' Club,
1015 L street N.W., for nomination
of officers.
A dance will be held April 30 at
La Fayette Hotel.
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Spanish War Veterans
The Department commander re
quests members of his staff to report
to the chief of staff at 8 p.m. tomor
row on the third floor of the Arcade
Building, near Fourteenth and Park
road, when an official visit will be ;
made to Lincoln Post of the American
Legion.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp was
convened by Comdr. Charles C. Lewis.
William P. Leverin, 1st N. Dak. Vol
unteer Infantry; Pomeroy P. Clark,
1st District of Columbia Volunteer In
fantry, and O. P. Haag, 1st District of
Columbia Volunteer Infantry, were
mustered in. Camp Surgeon Hill pre
sented the camp with a new Bible.
Department Comdr. Victor L. Wool
ridge. Past Department Comdr.
Charles W. McCaffrey and James B.
Freeland spoke.
The Military Order of the Serpents
held a "crawl” last evening, when a
large class of candidates were re
ceived. Grand Gu Gu Elvin H. Luskey
presided.
The Department Auxiliary will meet
in Pythian Temple on Wednesday
evening. Following, a bingo party will
be held.
President Alice M. Huyck presided
over Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary
when Department President Myrtle
Moxley and her staff made the official
annual visitation. President Huyck
presented the department president
with a gift from the auxiliary. Mrs.
Hattie Ludwig was elected historian
and Installed by her daughter, Past
President Gretta W. Ludwig.
Col. John Jacob Astor Auxiliary will
be host to the department president
and her officers Tuesday evening for
the annual official visitation. Presi
dent Rebekah Pedigo convened the
meeting. Members later made car
nations for use on Memorial Day. The
application of Emma F. Noyes was ap
proved and she was formally in
ducted by President Pedigo.
Meetings this week are: Monday,
Gen. Henry W. Lawtcffi and Col. John
Jacob Astor Camps; Thursday, Lt.
Richard J. Harden Camp; Friday,
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp; Monday,
Admiral George Dewey Naval Auxil
iary; Tuesday, Col. John Jacob Astor
Auxiliary; Wednesday, Department
Auxiliary; Friday, Gen. Nelson A.
Miles Auxiliary.
Columbia Auxiliary Unit
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Officers elected in this American Legion body were:
Front, left to right, Mrs. Dorothy M. Mawhood, president,
and Mrs. Myrtle Drew, second vice president. Back row, left to
right, Mrs. Grace Clark, sergeant at arms; Mrs. Ruth Brandon,
secretary, and Mrs. Gertrude McDonaugh, treasurer.
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D. C. Department Will Join
Rites at Stephenson
Monument April 6.
Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper, depart
ment president, American Legion
Auxiliary, Department of District of
Columbia, will place a wreath at the
exercises to be held by the Women's
Relief Corps, Department of the Po
tomac. April 6, at noon at the monu
ment erected in memory of Benjamin
Franklin Stephenson, founder of the
Grand Army of the Republic, at
Seventh street and Pennsylvania ave
nue N.W. The department colors also
will be presented by Mrs. Helen Ware
and Mrs. Isabell Steinbreaker, depart
ment color bearers.
The Kenneth H. Nash Unit, No. 8.
will meet April 6 at the Y. W. C. A ,
614 E street N.W. The department
president. Mrs. Dorothy B Harper, and
her staff will make their official visita
tion.
Mrs. Ann Seiders, child welfare
chairman, will distribute Easter bas
kets to a number cf children.
The unit will hold a party at the
home of Mrs. Sarah Kohen, 1900 F
street N.W, next Saturday evening.
A meeting of Girls’ Nation was held
Saturday afternoon at the Hayloft,
with Mrs. Virginia McCarthy, depart
ment chairman of juniors, presiding,
assisted by Mrs. Harper. Each junior
represented a deputy to the Constitu
tional Convention held in Philadelphia
in 1787. Mary Catherine Ware, as
George Washington, was unanimously
elected chairman of the pseudo con
vention and presided over the session.
The Girls’ Nation will hold a bingo
party' at the Killeen clubroom on
April 8 at 7:30 p.m. to raise funds to
finance them through the Easter week
study of the United States Govern
ment and the Senate and House Office
Buildings.
The department will have a box at
the American Legion ball at the Wil
lard Hotel next Tuesday.
Washington Police Unit will meet
April 8 at the Y. W. C. A., 614 E street
N.W., at 8 p.m. The national organi
zation has designated the month of
April as child welfare month, and in
this connection the unit will have as a
speaker Mrs. Florence T. Conlin, a
social service worker of the American
Legion welfare department.
The Vincent B. Costello Unit enter
tained Costello Post with a dance and
buffet supper at Stansbury Lodge Hall
last Wednesday. The unit is having a
membership drive, which began March
19 and will end May 31.
The members are now making scrap
books to present to the children in the
hospitals at Easter time. Plans are
now under way by the unit to take
part in the Department Fidac program
In June.
The unit will meet Tuesday at the
American War Mothers’ Home, 1527 i
New Hampshire avenue N.W.. at 8
p.m., after which the members will at
tend the Legion ball. m
Army and Navy Union
Ralph H. Werner, commander in
chief of the M. O. F. S., the honor
society, issued an order with the fol
lowing assignments and promotions:
Lt. Gen. Charles E. Smithson, as
signed to the general staff; Brig. Gen.
Frederick M. Dryden, promoted to
lieutenant general and assigned adju
tant general; Brig. Gen. John A. Mai
gret, promoted to lieutenant general
and assigned 2d Corps commander;
Brig. Gen. George Hunter, promoted
to major general and assigned to gen
eral staff; Brig. Gen. Joseph Jones,
promoted to major general, unassigned,
and Brig. Gen. William Kolodin, pro
moted to major general, unassigned.
Comdr. Jack Lynch presided over
Special Troops Garrison last Friday
night. National Councilman Freder
ick M. Dryden, Department Comdr.
Charles E. Smithson and Commander
in Chief of the Military Order of the
Firing Squad Ralph N. Werner spoke.
The following were mustered in: G. C.
Rush, Russell McMahon, W. S. May
keantz, Morris Molin, A. B. Brown,
W. H. Woodend, P. B. Daley, James
Woodburn, Phillip Gellman, W. T.
Townsen, John Ellis, James Stough,
D. K. Stephens, H. B. Cockrell, Louis
Berlinsky, Edward T. Mulvantez and
James Morris.
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Third Division.
Washington Branch, No. 7, will hold
a dinner meeting April 27 at 7:30 p.m.
at Hall's Restaurant, Seventh and K
streets S.W. William A. Shomaker
heads the Entertainment Committee.
Members are requested to bring ladies.
Harry Cedar, secretary, announced
there will be installation of officers.
Thirtieth Infantry.
Lt. Joseph P. Guilett, 2308 Ashmead
place N.W., secretary of the 30th In
fantry Association here, would like
any one who served in the 30th Infan
try communicate with him. He an
nounced the annual reunion will be
held at the New York Athletic Club,
New York^ty, on April 8, at 6:30 pjn.
RUES HERE MARK
ARRAS BAHLE DAY
Head of Local D. A. V. Will
Be Present at Services in
Arlington Saturday.
Exercises In observance of the 21st
anniversary of the Battle of Arras, a
World War epic, in which the Cana
dians distinguished themselves at
Vimy Ridge, will be held at the Cana
dian Cross in Arlington National
Cemetery next Saturday at 4 pm.,
when Comdr. Earl D. liarrell of Na
tional Capital Chapter. District of Co
lumbia Department Disabled American
Veterans of the World War. will head
a delegation. A wreath will be placed
at the base of the cross.
The Canadian Cross was dedicated
by the Dominion Government in hon
or of Americans who lost their lives in
the service of Canada. Department
Comdr. John T. Chesdester and mem
bers of his staff are expected to at
tend.
The D A V. Guard of Honor will
participate in the Army Day parade
next Wednesday. Capt. John E.
Egense will be in command, while a j
detail will carry the department and i
chapter colors. The main body will !
ride in automobiles.
comdr. John E. Zetts announces a
meeting of Rea Chapter. No. 5, will be
held at 1700 L street N.W., next Thurs
day at 8 p.m. The commander ad
vises disabled veterans living in Rock
ville and nearby Maryland that he
will give them information on veteran
affairs upon request. He may be con
tacted evenings at the Rockville Inn.
• Bring a new member" is the slogan
for the next meeting. Mrs. Anne
Kennedy, adjutant, has resigned.
The final meeting of the Depart
ment Membership Committee will be
held tomorrow night at the McGill
Building, when E. Claude Babcock,
chairman, will announce that the de
partment, in exceeding its quota of
1.000 members, has broken all records
and placed the local group far in the
lead of all units throughout the coun
try on a percentage basis.
In celebration of the successful ter
mination of the drive, a "Victory Din
ner" will be held at the Fuhrman Stu
dio on April 29. when those who have
rendered outstanding service in secur
ing members will be presented with the
National Commander's Medal of Ap
preciation.
Attention of national headquarters
has been called to the distinguished
services rendered to the organiza
tion by Mrs. Suzanne Miller, junior
vice comdr of the Woman's Auxiliary.
Mrs. Miller has won recognition in D.
A. V. circles for her work along hu
manitarian lines, chiefly visits to bed
ridden hospital patients, help to dis
tressed families, and contributions to
the welfare of the organization.
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POST-GRADUATE SCHOOL
PLAN STIRS INTEREST
Surgeons for Army and Navy
Would Be Provided by
Proposed Institution.
Considerable interest is being taken
in the proposal to establish, probably
in the District of Columbia, a post
graduate medical school to provide
surgeons for the Army and Navy.
Graduates of accredited medical and
surgical colleges would be admitted
to the school upon designation by
Senators and Representatives, one ap
pointment per year for a Representa
tive and two per year for a Senator.
Students would receive $1,200 a year
while in attendance at the institute.
The school would be under the con
trol of a board of regents, consisting
of the surgeon general of the Army,
the surgeon general of the Navv, the
surgeon general of the Public Health
Service, ex officio, and four members
from the American Medical Associa
tion, College of Surgeons and College
of Physicians, and the American
Dental Association. Special clinics
would be conducted each year for the
benefit of all reserve officers of the
Medical and Dental Corps. All grad
uates would have a preferred status
for any vacancy in the Army or Navy
Medical Corps.
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Forty and Eight
At the last meeting of D. C. Salon
No. 14, La Boutique des Huit Cha
peax et Quarante Femmes, held at the
Washington Hotel, an obligation waa
given 12 new members, under the
direction of Le Chapeau Helen Mc
Cabe.
A party will be given at Glenn Dale
Hospital for tubercular children on
April 22 at 5 p.m. Easter baskets will
be sent to many children again this
year under the direction of Mrs.
Amelia Boberg, child welfare chair
man.
Mrs. McCabe was unanimously in
dorsed as a candidate for Le Demi
Chapeau National for the eastern divi
sion. Her name will be presented at
the National Marche to be held in Los
An«i September 19, 30, 31.
U. S. Army Inspectors Condemn
Guard Armory Facilities Here
Lack of Drill Hall Pointed Outas Well
as Inadequate Protection for
Government Property.
While members of the 121st Engi
neers of the District National Guard
received very fine reports on their
training and the care of equipment
from the Regular Army officers who
examined them during their regular
armory inspection, the report con
tains much derogatory comment on
the armory, now located in the old
National Hotel, at Sixth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NW.
After reading the comment on the
armory conditions and the reports on
the results of training and the appear
ance of personnel arid equipment, the
officers have cause for much rejoicing.
For the armory problem is wholly
beyond their power to correct, al
though they have made continued ef
forts to convince Congress the guard
is seriously handicapped in its work
by the lack of a suitable building. As
an individual report is made out for
each unit which is inspected, every
one of the papers contained the com
ment on the lack of proper armory
facilities.
It was pointed out to Guard officers
and to the War Department, which
also will get copies of the reports, that
the drill hall and other armory facili
ties are not adequate for the units
inspected. There was held to be utter
lack of adequate storage space and oth
er protection for the hundreds of thou
sands of dollars’ worth of Army equip
ment which is loaned to the militia for
both armory and field training pur
poses. Adequate fire protection was held
not sufficient. Guard officers said they
have fire extinguishers in the hallways,
but that the inspecting officer un
doubtedly felt that owing to the fire
hazards presented by the old build
ing there should be additional pro
tection in the company and storage
rooms. Because of the inflammable
condition of much of the equipment,
such as uniforms, tentage, etc., it was
probably believed a small fire might
get considerable headway before the
present extinguishers could be hauled
to the scene.
The inspecting officers held that
there was no space for a drill hall
sufficiently large enough to train the
larger units. The largest room in the
building, which formerly served as a
ballroom in the hotel, it wras asserted,
has posts down the center, where it
is even difficult to maneuver a platoon
of four squads, yet company, bat
talion and regimental close-order drills
are supposed to be held at frequent
intervals during the armory drill pe
riod which takes up the greater part
of the year.
The Army officer pointed out that
it is an old brick and frame building
which is depreciating rapidly, adding
that the plaster Is falling throughout
the building. He found the floors are
settling, the roof leaks, causing con
siderable damage. The supply and
locker rooms are too small, he said.
In making such a derogatory report
on the armory, the officer, however,
points out to his superiors that the'
matter is entirely beyond the power
of the regimental commander to cor
rect.
In reporting on the regimental staff,
which Is headed by Col. John W.
Oehmann, who also commands all the
militia here, the administration and
records were given a mark of excellent.
He said a map exercise, which was
participated in by the regimental staff
as well as the two battalion staffs, in
volving the duties of engineer troops
in withdrawal and defense, was execut
ed effectively and with suitable deci
sions by all parties concerned.
Reporting on the Headquarters and
Service Company, it found that the
company had the high average at
ELECTIONS SLATED
BY V. F. W. POSTS
Defense Follow Me and Federal
Units to Choose
Officers.
Meetings This Week.
Monday—Council of Adminis
tration, boardroom, District Build
ing.
Tuesday — Follow Me Post,
Northeast Masonic Temple, Mili
tary Order of the Cootie, 935 G
place N.W.
Wednesday—Federal Post, 1326
Massachusetts avenue N.W., Over
seas Military Band, National
Guard Armory.
Thursday — Equality - Walter
Reed Post, Pythian Temple: H. L.
Edmonds Post, Hamilton Hotel.
Defense Post of the District of
Columbia Department, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, will have election of
officers April 13 at Odd Fellows’ Hall,
2022 Rhode Island avenue N '£., at
8 p.m.
At a special meeting last Wednesday
in the twelfth precinct police station
the following were initiated: Frank
Drake, John Clerc, William Jacobs,
H. R. Burton, William E. Brown,
George M. Cummings and Walter W.
Cole. Those reinstated were: Wil
liam B. Calvert, Ernest M. Boss and
Walter J. Reck.
Follow Me Post, No. 1830. will meet
in Northeast Masonic Temple, Tues
day evening, for election of officers.
They will be installed in the North
east Masonic Temple on April 23.
Federal Post, No. 824, will meet
Wednesday evening at the Thomas
Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts ave
nue N.W., for election of officers. The
chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, Comrade Joseph Diskin, is
completing arrangements for a dance
to be held at Fort Washington, Md.,
during the latter part of April, which
will be known as veterans’ night.
Washington Po6t met Wednesday at
1700 L street N.W., with Comdr. Fred
W. Wacker presiding. The post will
sponsor an open house at its club
house on Army Day April 6, from 3
to 6 p.m. Free refreshments will be
provided for all veterans participating
in the official parade.
Election of officers will feature the
meeting April 13. Comdr Wacker
announced he will not accept another
term.
The fourth annual Derby day ball,
sponsored by the post, will be held
at the Cairo Hotel on the evening of
Kentucky Derby day. May 7, with
dancing from 10 to 1.
Calendar reform has been advocated
for Marly 100 years.
tendance for the year of 91.8 per cent.
Its equipment was found to be in
excellent condition, the map section
was well equipped and performed ex
cellent work, and the personnel was
found to be of high type and excel
lently trained. This unit is com
manded by Capt. Walter S. Welsh.
The band, commanded by Warrant
Officer Meyer Goldman, showed an
average attendance of 84 per cent.
The comment was that its playing
was excellent and well conducted.
The average of the attendance of
the Medical Department detachment,
commanded by Maj. Joseph J. Grten
law, also was 84 per cent. The
demonstration of a layout of a first
aid station was held to be very good
and the personnel was found to be
well trained.
The First Battalion headquarters Is
commanded by Maj. Ralph S. Childs
and the second by Maj. Clarence S.
Shields. It said that they maintained
effective training supervision over the
companies in their organization.
Company A, commanded by Capt,.
James R. Quade, had 100 t>er cent
attendance. Its engineering mnetion
ing was held to be very good. Company
B. commanded by Capt. William I.
Mushake, was commended for an out
standing demonstration of its en
gineering function.
The average attendance of Company
C, commanded by Capt. William F.
Jorgensen, was said to be low, but
the engineering demonstration was
held to be very good. In Company D,
commanded by Capt. Samuel R. Tur
ner, the inspector found that there
was a larger percentage of enlisted
men possessing full knowledge of the
nomenclature of the rifle and auto
matic rifle than any other unit in
the command. The uniforms and
equipment were held to be in excel
lent condition.
The engineer demonstration of Com
pany E, commanded by Capt. Walter
A. Knight, was marked very good, as
was that of Company P, commanded
by Capt. George W. Johns.
It is probable Guard officials will
call to the attention of the District
Commissioners and the National Capi
tal Park and Planning Commission
conditions of the armory. Both of
these official branches of the Gov
ernment have given the local Guard
much support during the current Con
gress in an effort to have the site
for a new armory acquired, but with
out success. In view of the fact that
the provision for an armory site was
thrown out of the District bill on
account of House objections to the
site, it is probable the agencies con
cerned with selecting a site will have
to study the matter further. The
site selected by the Park and Planning
Commission was a part of a general
scheme for the treatment of the east
ern terminus of East Capitol street,
adjacent to Anacostia Park. Whether
the study of other sites can be com
pleted in time to have a special
appropriation sought during the cur
rent Congress cannot be determined,
at this time, but there is doubt
whether this is so.
In the light of the action taken by
Congress there is little likelihood, in
the opinion of those familiar with the
situation, that anything will be done
to relieve the present armory condition
here until something definite is done
concerning the use of this site for
the erection of a new Public Library.
When that is finally decided, of course,
the armory will have to be razed and
then will have to find new quarters
somewhere. However, it was asserted
that the new quarters should be found
before the necessity arrives of moving
the Guard to make way for the new
building.
TESTS ABOLISHED
FOR OFFICER GROUP
Candidates for U. S. Guard
Commissions Now Only Have
to Furnish Certificate.
Opportunity for young men who are
possible officer material to get com
missions in the National Guard of the
United States, without the rigid educa
tional tests which have been required
heretofore, will be given as a result of
a decision last week by the local
Guard headquarters. It is probable, as
a result of this decision, there will be
greater interest shown by young men
desiring to get commissions which will
come into being upon a declaration of
war, but have no effect during peace
time.
The commissions are in the National
Guard of the United States. Young
men, particularly enlisted men of the
Guard, who desire these commissions,
although still remaining as enlisted
men in the Guard, because of the ab
sence of vacancies in the commissioned
grades, there, theretofore have had to
take the educational tests. It is pro
posed now to recommend such appli
cants for commission if they furnish a
certificate to the effect that they have
had two years of high school instruc
tion.
Any enlisted man in the Guard is
eligible.
There is no limit in the number of
men in any command who can be com
missioned. but thus raises the question
as to whether the active Guard com
panies would not be depleted upon
mobilization when these young men
assumed their commissions in the in
active branch of the Guard. Officers
of the headquarters pointed out it is
the duty of the company commanders
to keep their units up to full strength
and maintain enough men in the Re
serve to bring the units to war strength
upon the call on mobflization day.
However, it is admitted these inactive
men would not be as well trained as a
unit as the active forces now drilling
weekly and attending camp once each
year, but nevertheless it was pointed
out that in any mobilization there will
be an imperative need for thousands of
officers and the Guard is the logical
force to supply them.
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Forty and Eight.
Grand Voiture. No. 174, will meet
in the Portner Apartments the night
of April 11. Grand Chef de Gare
John E. McCabe will preside. New
members inducted last week will be
issued their equipment. Plans for busi
ness of the Mid-Atlantic Promenade
will be made. This sectional conven
tion is scheduled to be held in Newport
News, Va., on May 19, 20 and 21.
Voyageurs desiring tickets in the
Forty and Eight box for the American
Legion departmental ball on April S
tahould contact C. Frank McCarthy..
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REGULARS PRAISE
0. C. RESERVE UNIT
Naval Inspection Board
Gives Local Contingent
High Rating.
Members of the 1st Battalion, United
Stater Reserves, in the District of Co
lumbia, last week received, at the local
headquarters, the report of the board
which recently conducted the annual
inspection of the three divisions com
posing the local contingent. The in
spection was made by a board of Reg
ular naval officers headed by Capt. I.
H. Mayfield, U. S. N.
It showed the organization came out
with flying colors. While the report
was praiseworthy, the organization, of
; course, will not know its relative
standing among the other battalion*
of the country until the Inspection
i board completes its examination of
other units, which will be about July
1. But the men believe they will be
j well toward the top and hope to get
! the trophy which is awarded each year
' to the battalion having the highest
figure of merit.
| ‘'Thus battalion shows good spirit
: and has a healthy competition be
| tween divisions,” the repor. said, and
was outspoken in Its praise of the
manner in which the units conducted
the drills.
Much of the praise for the present
i state of efficiency, according to those
1 who have closely followed the organi
1 zation’s work, is due the present com
manding officer, Lt. James E. Sullivan.
The progress that has been made Is
said to be due to his firm and excel
lent leadership and his general compe
tence. He was selected to command
the organization after a long down- „
ward move subsequent to the World
War. When he assumed the office it
was close to the bottom of the list,
and just prior to his appointment
there were reports that the depart
ment was giving consideration to dis
banding the unit because of Its- ap
parent inefficiency.
But this condition no longer pre
vails. From the moment Lt. Sulli
van assumed command the organi
zation has been on the upgrade, de
veloping into one of the most effi
cient and smoothest functioning units
in the country. Of course, some of
the results are due to the division
commanders and their assistant* who
have worked tirelessly with the new
commander in his efforts to build
the organization up to the Navy De
partment's requirements. These offi
cers were selected by Lt, Sullivan and
he was fortunate enough to have
available both fleet and volunteer
officers of unusually high caliber who
were willing to assist him in attain
ing the marked improvement which
has been shown.
The members of the organization
are hoping that the fine report will
indicate to the department that the
organization is deserving of having
a training ship assigned here per
manently. But even while waiting
for the department to find such a
vessel, there is a hope one of the train
ing division destroyers will be sent
here in a short time to be used for
drill purposes, so that the men can
get some actual shipboard training i
prior to the annual cruise.
There is a hope also that they
might be given an opportunity to
make a spring cruise of short dura
tion. The annual cruise this year
will be aboard a battleship some time
in September. But much valuable
training, according to members of
the unit, could be obtained by a short
cruise during the spring. This erui.se
would be purely voluntary, the mem
bers receiving no compensation for it.
It was said the morale of the organi
zation is so high that the men are
so much interested in their work that
they are willing to give their own
time and services if the department
will supply the opportunity by send
ing a destroyer here for this purpose.
Furthermore, it was pointed out
that this organization will assist in
inaugurating the new system of target
practice which has been outlined for «
the Reserve gunners this year, and a
spring cruise would give them an op
portunity to prepare for this ordeal
by using the fire control svstem on
the destroyer. It would give them
much valuable practice which the
officers say will serve them well when
they actually get on the range at
Guantanamo. Cuba, the midcruise
liberty port of the coming battleship
cruise.
Some indication of the efficiency
of the members of the Naval Com
munications Reserve is contained in
the report of a recent receiving com- *
petition conducted by the Amateur
Radio Relay League. It was reported
653 radio amateurs participated, of
which 341 were members of the Naval
Communication Reserve. Of the 341
Communication Reserve members,
202 submitted perfect copies of the
message broadcast, as against 72 per
fect copies submitted by the other
312 participants.
In the naval district competition
between Naval Communication Re
serve units, the local communication
division finished fifth with a percent
age of 73.90, according to figures just
made public. The competition for the
quarter covered by the contest was
won by the 1st Naval District, with *
an average score of 81 90. The other
units and their scores are as follows:
11th District. 79.50; 13th District,
77.70; 4th District, 75.25; 15th Dis- ,
trict, 73.40; 12th District, 71.10; 3d *
District, 70 60; 8th District. 68.05;
14th District, 67.95; 9th District,
67.13; 6th District, 66.20; 7th District,
60.75, and 5th District, 60.50.
With a view to ascertaining the ex
tent of material available for issue to
Naval Reserve units for use in the
training work in their armories, the
Navy Department has announced it
has assigned an officer to make a tour
of inspection of navy yards and naval
stations, as well as the armories.
While the inspection will not cover
the entire country, it will pretty
thoroughly reach many points in the
East.
However, as a result of the findings
of the first inspection, the department
expects to prepare certain instruc
tions so that further inspections may
be made under the direction of the
commandants of the various naVal
districts.
The object of the survey is to de
termine material suitable for use in
armories which is on hand at navy
yards and stations and by inspection
of armories ascertain the most bene
ficial distribution of such material.
Lt. H. S. Covington, U. S. N„ haa^
been assigned to this duty as material
officer, and has already commenced
his tour of inspection. In his first
inspection he is to proceed generally
through the 1st, 3d, 4th, 8th, 8th, 7th,
6th and 8th naval districts.
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