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Demand Increasing
For Naval Reserve
Officers Afloat
Efforts Being Made
To Increase
Commissioned Personnel
Demand for officers and men to
man the increasing number of ves
sels being added to the active naval
fleet has served to increase the
tasks of the local Naval Reserve
contingent, as well as the Regular
officers assigned to this unit. This
task has piled on top of another
which started when the hostilities
in Europe began, which caused a
number of men to seek commissions
in the Naval Reserve in an effort
to get a fixed status so as to be
ready in the event of a call to arms.
It was said that the President
plans to develop 5,000 more Reserve
officers to man the expanding naval
operations, including activities afloat
and in the air. The Washington
Navy Yard Reserve office is working
overtime in an effort to assist in
this task. There is also a great
demand for enlisted personnel of
all classes, but particularly those
with special lines of training, in
cluding radio operators and signal
men.
In an effort to obtain commis
sioned personnel and have the of
ficers ready as the ships are placed
in commission, it was said that the
Naval Reserve is inviting young men
to enlist for training and ultimately
be promoted to ensigns. The pro
gram also includes interesting young
men in the colleges taking courses
during their college year, dealing
with naval subjects, and then being
commissioned ensigns when they
obtain their degrees.
The Navy also is seeking young
men for Reserve commissions who
have not completed college. In order
to obtain commissions in the Naval
Reserve, unless a man is a spe
cialist in a particular line, an ap
plicant must have had at least two
years of college work to his credit.
However, it was indicated that there
Is a possibility that in the event
that the Navy is unable to obtain
sufficient men with this requirement,
that it might be necessary to re
duce it even to a high school course.
Regardless of the requirements,
scores of men have made applica- !
tion for commissions at the local
Reserve office. Their applications!
are being filed for future use.
Lt. Morris Weinstock. commander
of the Naval Communications Re
serve Division, is making every ef
fort to round up every radio operator,
amateur and otherwise, in the city,:
to interest them in entering the
Naval Reserve. The Navy is in much
need of radio operators and, al
though the men will be enlisted in
the Reserve, they will be given active
duty afloat immediately if they
apply for it.
If there are any young men who
do not have operator training and
are desirous of entering the com- I
munications branch they will be
taken on active duty as seamen and
given a course of instruction so that
they can be sent to vessels of the
fleet as rapidly as they become pro
ficient with radio operation and the
methods of naval procedure.
Those interested in this work
may apply at the Naval Reserve Ar
mory on Eleventh between M and N
streets S.E., and observe the work
of the communications division.
Those who apply for this duty must
be between the ages of 17 and 35
years.
The training ship of the local bat
talion went dowm the Potomac River
on a cruise last week, ending at Co
lonial Beach. The men were the
guests of the American Legion,
which was holding its annual con
vention there. The Reserve officers
were headed by Comdr. A. B. Mc
Cracy, U. S. N„ director of Naval
Reserve activities in this area. The
vessel was in command of Lt. (junior
grade) H. Arthur Lamar, formerly
attached to the local battalion, but
who now is on active duty in the
office of the Naval Reserve co-ordi
nator In the office of the Chief of
Naval Operations, Navy Department.
While complete figures have not
yet been tabulated, it was estimated
that about 20 members of the local
battalion will try for the United
States Naval Academy in the class
to be admitted next July.
It was said that 33 members of the
local battalion have already been
admitted to the academy this year.
This number may be increased by
taking them in for several months.
As soon as the total number of
men who intend to take the exami
nations for appointment is known, it
is expected that they will be formed
into a special division, under com
mand of an officer who will direct
their activities with the view of get
ting them ready for the appoint
ments. In the past this division has
been commanded by Lt. H. Arthur
Lamar. However, he has been called
to active duty in the Navy and al
though he retained command of the
division after he was ordered to
active duty because he was sta
tioned in Washington, it is not
known whether he will be available
to handle the Naval Academy divi
sion this year.
A new supply officers’ course for
Reserve officers has been organized
for training. The officers of the
Reserve Supply Corps who are in
terested in taking this training at
tend lectures at the armory every
Thursday night. Capt. H. C. Cope,
Supply Corps, U. S. N., is directing
their activities, assisted by other
supply officers on duty in Washing
ton.
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D. A. V. Still Receiving
Scholarship Applications
Dr. Walter C. Hess, commander,
District of Columbia Department,
Disabled American Veterans of the
World War, announces there is still
time for applications for scholar
ships open to veterans. They are
for either law or accounting and
also are open to sons or daughters
of veterans. They are available in
two universities here. Applications
should be sent to the Scholarship
Committee of the department in
the Munsey Building in care of Dr.
Hess.
Arrangements are being made for
the department convention in Sep
tember.
Rea Chapter will meet July 11 at
the Wardman Park Hotel.
Past Department Comdr. Prank
Haley is in charge of the special
train which will take members to
the annual convention at Green
Bay, Wis.
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D. C. Guard Engineer Group
To Map Maneuver Area
Detail of Officers and Men
Will Fly to War Game Center
Preparations for the prompt set
tlement of the troops of the 29th
National Guard Division in the
maneuver area in New York State
next month will be made by a detail
of officers and men of the 121st
Engineers, who will leave here by
plane next Friday. They will make
a complete survey of the area in
which the 29th Division troops are
to be quartered, and make detailed
maps, so that tWe troops may be
sent promptly to their base stations
as soon as they arrive from their
home sections. «
Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord,
commanding the division of which
the District militia is a part, re
quested Col. John W. Oehmann,
commanding the local engineer
regiment, to detail the necessary
officers and men for this task. The
general has made arrangements
with the 104th Aero Squadron of
the Maryland National Guard to
provide the planes for the trip to
and from New York.
Officers of the local Guard have
just returned to Washington after
a two-day conference of division
officers at the Virginia State Camp
at Virginia Beach, Va.t with Ma).
Gen. Reckord. Much of the discus
sion involved the movement of the
local troops as well as the other
troops of the division from their
home stations to the theater of
operations. The troops will be de
trained at Renssalaer Falls, and the
carloads of supplies dumped at
Heuvelton. .
Plans for the allocation of camp
sites were tentatively outlined in the
area, which for the 29th Division
troops, is about 4 miles long and 3
miles wide. Various camp utilities
will have to be planned, such as
water supplies, lighting, as well as
storage tents for the supplies. It
was disclosed by Gen. Reckord that
the training period, which is to ex
tend over a period of three weeks,
will be in three phases. The first
part will cover a week, and will be
separate training for the brigades
and regiments, as well as the
separate units. The second phase
will embrace the division as a
whole, following by the climax
which will involve the operations
of the Army Corps and the whole
1st Army. This latter phase will be
the real test of the maneuvers, as
it will indicate to the Regular
Army observers whether the militia
is sufficiently trained and thorough
ly equipped for a campaign in the
field under modern war conditions
as exemplified by the armies in
Europe during the past few months.
Gen. Reckord also outlined plans
for standard procedure for handling
orders and messages, in order that
the devision may be on a smooth
running basis from the time its units
are assembled in their home sta
tions until their return after the
“war" is over. A tentative order for
the division movement was pre
sented to the officers. Certain
Transfers Provided
For D. C. Officers*
To Enter Ordnance
Year of Active Duty
Will Be Arranged for
Number in Reserve
Instructions were issued by the
War Department last week au
thorizing the transfer of District
officers of other arms and serv
ices to the Ordnance Department
Reserve for extended active duty.
Under the expansion program, the
Ordnance Department will require
the services of a number of quali
fied officers in the company grades
for duty in connection with pro
duction, inspection and proof work
of ordinance materiel. Duty will be
for one year with provision for ex
tension for an additional year if
the needs of the service require.
To assist in procuring the neces
sary number of qualified officers,
the requirement of a certificate of
capacity for the grade and section
to which transfer is desired has
been temporarily suspended for
those selected for extended active
duty with the Ordnance Depart
ment under the provisions of the
1941 Army Appropriation Act only.
Officers of other arms or services,
not above the grade of captain, de
siring a transfer to the Ordnance
Department Reserve for the pur
pose of accepting this extended
active duty will not be required to
secure a certificate of capacity for
transfer in grade if:
(a) They are recommended by
the Chief of Ordnance for the
transfer and for extended active
duty. (b) They are physically
qualified for extended active duty,
(c) The chief of arm or service
from which transfer is sought rec
ommends favorably.
District officers desiring transfer
to the Ordnance Department for
this duty should meet the follow
ing essential qualifications: (a)
Must be in the grade of captain
or lieutenant (no reduction in grade
will be made for this duty); (b)
graduate of a college or univer
sity, and (c) during the last five
years or for a lesser period, if
graduated subsequent to 1935, must
have been actively engaged in a
pursuit which, in the opinion of
the chief of ordnance, qualifies
him for the position for which he
is desired. This includes practical
production, engineering, research
and other duties similar to the
production, inspection, storage and
maintenance of ordnance.
Another group of service unit of
ficers of the District will begin to
day a period of 14 days’ active duty
training at the Holabird Quarter
master Depot, Baltimore, Md. Of
ficers of the 1,300th Service Unit
who will begin this duty include:
Lt. Cols. James H. Defandorf and
Alfred A. Williams, Majs. Tirrell
J. Ferrenz, Herbert L. Armstrong,
Robert S. Du Bois, William H. Bell,
jr„ and Hugh Higgins; Capts. Carl
A. Baumann, Gilbert H. Davis, Al
bert T. King, Ellis R. King and
First Lt. David G. Sippel.
Others include: Maj. George F.
Wohlgemuth, First Lt. Chauncey
W. Karstens and Second Lt. George
C. Steinman of the 1308th Service
Unit; Maj. Altus G. Moore and
Capt. Alvin T. Basford, 1333d Serv
ice Unit, and Second Lts. Proctor L.
Dougherty, Jr., and William R.
Spates of the 1338th Service Unit.
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changes were made and a final draft
will be issued to the division within
a short time.
Artillery units will have their
target practice at various times. The
260th Coast Artillery of the local
brigade, an anti-aircraft regiment,
will participate in target firing at
Fort Ontario, Oswego, N. Y„ while
en route to the maneuvers.
The Washington officers who at
tended the conference were: Lt. Col.
Peyton G. Nevitt, assistant adjutant
general of the local Guard and
adjutant of the division; Col. John
W. Oehmann, commanding the 121st
Regiment of Engineers: Maj. Sidney
Morgan, Inspector General’s De
partment: Maj. William T. Roy,
commanding the Special Troops,
29th Division: Maj. Walter S. Welsh,
Judge advocate of the local brigade,
and Capt. Hugh Everett, Jr., En
gineers.
All regimental and separate or
ganization commanders have been
directed to submit to brigade head
uarters, prior to next Friday, requi
sitions for supplies to carry their
troops from their home stations to
the destination.
The 260th Regiment of Coast
Artillery will leave here on August
3, and, after having target practice,
to reach its bivouac area on the
afternoon of August 11. The 104th
Ordnance Company will leave on
August 3, stopping at the Aberdeen
Proving Ground from August 4 to
12 to engage in ordnance training.
It is scheduled to reach its bivouac
area on August 14.
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The Rainbow Division Veterans’
Rifle Marksmanship Medal, offered
by that organization, will be awarded
to the soldier who has never before
qualified as a marksman or better
or for a prize in a District National
Guard rifle competition and who
makes the highest score in a regu
larly ordered practice of the Guard
for the calendar year. Regimental
and separate organization com
manders have been ordered to sub
mit to brigade headquarters, not
later than December 1, next, the
name of the individual in their
organization qualifying for the
medal.
The 260th Coast Artillery Regi
ment has opened a recruiting office
in the Woodward Building. Fifteenth
and H streets N.W. World War tro
phies and other paraphenalia have
been installed anfl men will be con
stantly on duty to acquaint pros
pects of the advantages of an en
listment in the Guard.
One of the most interesting ex
hibits is a gun which was captured
by the 1st District of Columbia Vol
unteer Infantry, a militia unit, at
the battle of Santiago, during the
Spanish-American War.
Sergt. Howard M. Devonshire.
Battery C. 260th Coast Artillery, has
returned to his organization, after
completing a course at the Coast Ar
tillery School at Port Monroe, Va.
More than 325 enlisted men now
on the inactive lists of the various
units of the Guard have been or
dered to an active status, in a sweep
ing move of the brigade officials to
have as many men on the active list
as possible in preparation for the
maneuvers. It was explained that
many of these men have been on the
list for months, having been placed
there for various reasons, including
business and educational interfer
ence with the performance of mili
tary duty and temporary removal
from the city.
The general order for all men to
be returned to the active list will
give the unit commanders an oppor
tunity to make a check to ascertain
whether there has been any change
in the status of the men. Those who
still have a valid excuse, such as one
of the three reasons given above,
will be returned to inactive status,
while the others will be required to
remain on the inactive list and par
ticipate in the approaching ma
neuvers.
Second Lt. Stanley E. Travis,
Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 104th
Quartermaster Regiment, was ap
pointed a first lieutenant in the
Quartermaster Corps.
Capt. Simpson B. Daugherty,
Headquarters, 121st Engineers, has
been ordered to report to Col. Oeh
mann, president of an Officers’ Ex
amining Board, for examination for
promotion to the rank of major,
Chaplain Corps.
Promotions in the 260th Coast Ar
tillery have been ordered as follows:
Pvt. Glenn R. Bostian to be a staff
sergeant in the Headquarters Bat
tery: Pvt. Jesse E. Arbuckle to be a
sergeant in Battery C; Pvt. Robert
D. Arnold to be staff sergeant and
Pvts. George S. Blanchard, jr.;
David W. Hoover and Harry A. An
derson to be privates in Battery D,
and Robert L. Harriman to be ser
geant in Battery D.
Spanish War Veterans'
Auxiliary
Meetings this week are: Monday,
Col. James S. Pettit; Friday, Gen.
Nelson A. Miles.
The Col. James 8. Pettit Auxiliary
met with President Nettie V.
Thompson presiding. The president
welcomed the newly-elected depart
ment president, Pauline A. Thomp
son, and her staff of officers; also
the newly-elected department pres
ident, Ethel Sendlak, of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary,
who is also a member of this auxil
iary. The newly-elected department
Commander, Calvin B. Lucas of
Pettit Camp, with his staff of of
ficers, was given the highest honors
by his wife, Marie A. Lucas, a past
president.
The Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxil
iary met June 28 with President
Emma Barker presiding. The auxil
iary welcomed the newly-elected de
partment president and her staff of
officers. Other guests were the na
tional president, Lou Ella Allen; na
tional historian, Bertha Finke; na
tional assistant conductor, Tillie Mae
Roth; national secretary, Louise
W. Williams; national treasurer,
Lottie Daugherty; Jennie Rhodes,
president of Dewey Auxiliary; Le
nora Rosetta, president of Gen. M.
Emmet Urell Auxiliary. Emma
Barker and Rose Osterman *were
elected delegates and Vivien Friedel
and Mayme Wright, alternates to
the National Convention at Detroit,
Mich., August 18-22. The auxiliary
will hold an evening of games July
26 instead of a meeting.
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HOTEL GREETERS AUXILIARY—Officers recently elected were.
Seated, Mrs. Robinson Lappln, president, and Mrs. Harvey T.
Black, secretary-treasurer. Standing, Mrs. Anne Neal, sergeant
at arms; Mrs. Hazel Wood, first vice president, and Miss Lottie
Taylor, second vice president. —Star Staff Photo.
V. F. W. Presents
Two With Citations
For Service
Sons of Legion Drum
Corps Is Awarded Prize
For Part in Parade
Leonard J. Bacon, commander
District of Columbia Department,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a
meeting of the Council of Admin
istration last Monday night at the
District Building, presented to
Charles Kohen and Walter C. Whit
craft citations for meritorious serv
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Meetings This Week.
Monday: Front Line Post,
1700 L street N.W.: Overseas
Military Band. National Guard
Armory: Junior Drum and
Bugle Corps, National Guard
Armory.
Tuesday: National Capital
Post. 1015 L street N.W.
Wednesday: Columbia Post,
1326 Massachusetts avenue
N.W.; Washington Post, 1700
L street N.W.
Thursday: Follow Me-De
fense Post. 2020 Rhode Island
avenue N.E.; Equality-Waiter
Reed Post, 1012 Ninth street
N.W.
Friday: Federal Post. 1326
Massachusetts avenue N.W.
ice in the interest of the organiza
tion. Past Department Comdr.
George G. McLeish was presented
with a past department command
er’s badge in recognition of his
service for the past year.
Representatives of the Sons of
the American Legion, Detachment
Drum and Bugle Corps were present
to accept the trophy awarded to the
best drum and bugle corps in the
line of march during the annual
encampment parade. Master John
Ebaugh received the trophy from
Department Comdr. Bacon.
Washington Post at its last meet-'
ing contributed to the American
Red Cross War Relief Fund. De
partment Senior Vice Comdr. Leon
B. Lambert was one of the honored
guests.
Ilijah S. Ikard was elected to
membership and given the obliga
tion by Comdr. Philip Anton.
Timothy McCarthy has organized
a basket ball team. Roberts fencing
team is getting daily practice at the
y. M. C. A.
The matter of organizing an aux
iliary to the post has been consid
ered and action will be taken at a
meeting in the near future.
Internal Revenue Post held a spe
cial meeting June 29. The following
delegates and alternates to the na
tional convention were elected: Del
egates, Hampton D. Percy, Fred C.
Stello and Leon B, Lambert; alter
nates, Chester A. Ferris, R. H. Ja
mieson and George H. Green.
Department Senior Vice Com
mander Leon B. Lambert spoke.
The Follow Me-Defense Post de
gree team officiated at the annual
Fourth of July ceremonies at Lang
don Park last Thursday morning.
The team, under the direction of
William A. Downs, had charge of the
Flag raising and was assisted by the
Department Guard of Honor, which
was in charge of Capt. George H.
Johns.
The regular monthly meeting will
be held at the clubrooms, 2020
Rhode Island avenue N.E., next
Thursday evening.
The annual outing sponsored by
the post will be held at Idlewild
next Sunday. All members and
their families are invited to make
the trip1 and bring picnic lunches.
Athletic events, including the base
ball game, will be conducted by the
committee, headed by Samuel Mas
tin. Prizes will be awarded.
Department Auxiliary President
Ethel Sendlak and National Legis
lative Chairman Roberta Fawcett,
accompanied other auxiliary mem
bers to Baltimore, Md., to the
annual encampment of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars in that city.
Department President Minnie Fan
ning of Baltimore was presented
with a gift.
Equality-Waiter Reed Auxiliary
gave a surprise party to “Mother
Steed” on June 25, in honor of her
45th wedding anniversary and pre
sented her with a pair of- candle
sticks.
National Capital Auxiliary will
meet July 11 at 1700 L street N.W.
Potomac Auxiliary will Initiate
two new members at their meeting
on Tuesday,
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Odd Fellows' Tribute
At Tomb of Unknown
Takes Place Today
Patriotic Pilgrimage
Will Leave Temple
Early This Afternoon
The Odd Fellows annual pilgrim
age to the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier will be held today. The pro
cession will leave the temple at 1:45
p.m. Transportation to Arlington
will be provided for those w^ho need
it. The I. O. O. F. jewel, represent
ing the highest honor of the order,
the Grand Decoration of Chivalry,
were to be placed in the Hall of
Trophies.
Participants will assemble at the
west gate, Fort Myer entrance,
where the line of march will being
at 2:30 p.m., led by the Elks Boys’
Band, the Patriarchs Militant and
the Ladies, Auxiliaries. The Na
tional Capital Junior Lodge and the
Columbia Theta Rho Girls' Club
will carry 60 American flags. At 3
p.m. services will be held in the
Amphitheater, with an address by
| Grand Sire Judge George S. Star
rett of Columbia, Mo.
Plans have been completed to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of
Columbia Lodge. The celebration
will start July 11 at 8 p.m., with roll
call and conferring of the initiatory
degree on the semiannual graduate
class of 1940. On July 14 members
and their families will assemble at
7:45 p.m. for devine services at the
Church Emmanuel. Tenth and D
streets S.W. The Rev. Charles A.
Shreves will deliver the sermon. On
July 16 members and their wives will
be guests at the anniversary banquet
at the Raleigh Hotel at 7:45 p.m.
Representative Cartwright of Okla
homa will be the guest speaker.
Friendship Lodge installed as of
flecers: Edward Watts, noble grand:
Harry Heckman, vice grand; Edgar
W. Parks, recording secretary;
Thomas A. Becket, financial secre
tary; Harry K. Johnson, treasurer.
Encampments will hold Installa
tions of officers this week as follows:
Fred D. Stuart Encampment, Tues
day: Charles L. Cooper, jr., chief
patriarch; Hiram Heffly, high
priest; John Covan, scribe; Charles
Lane, treasurer; Robert S. Shannon,
senior warden, and Edgar W. Pitt
man, junior warden.
Magenenu Encampment, Tuesday:
Ralph E. McConomy, chief patri
arch; John J. Kelly, high priest;
Roscoe Jenkins, scribe; George A.
Murrison, treasurer; S. R. Candano,
senior warden, and Otto Yateman,
junior warden.
Columbia Encampment, Wednes
day: Elmer Mothershead, chief pa
triarch; William C. Ingleton, high
priest; Frank D. Seiffort, scribe;
Guy F. Glossbrenner, treasurer; Ru
fus B. Colvin, senior warden, and
Earl D. Harrell, junior warden.
Regular Veterans'
Association
At a meeting of the Gen. Malin
Craig Post on July 2 at 1508 Four
teenth street N.W.. S. A. Willey
succeeded E. J. Bennett, jr., resigned,
as senior vice commander. George
Williams. B. C. Hagner and Harry
G. Ritner were elected delegates to
the national convention at San
Diego. Calif., September 10 to 13,
inclusive.
The R. V. A. Social Club was re
organized as a part of the post.
Prizes will be awarded at all future
Saturday night dances.
3d Division Society, A. E. F.
Col. Albert S. Fuger, U. S. A., re
tired, vice president of the National
Society of the 3d Division Society,
A. E. F., has assured William A.
Shomaker, chairman of the “Bring
the Convention to Washington in
1941,” that Washington will be the
scene of the 22d annual reunion
if enough men from this area attend
the convention in Philadelphia July
11, 12 and 13.
At the convention the subject will
be taken up as to whether the
Marne Division will meet annually
in convention in July or meet with
the American Legion in September
and eliminate the July meeting,
which is usually held on the anni
versary of the Second Battle of the
Marne, which took place July 15 to
18, 1918.
Eastern Star News
Areme Chapter announces a crab
feast at the home of Associate Ma
tron Helen Rubenstein, 4921 Eighth
street N.W., tomorrow at 8:30 pm.
All members and heir friends are
invited.
The Bethany Su_nine Committee
will join Bethany Boosters and Star
Point committees on an outing at
the cottage of Harry Duchanne,
Happy Acres, Md., next Sunday.
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Legion Citizenship Prizes
Presented to Four Students
Agriculture Post Plans to Hold
Moonlight Dqnce Cruise July 16
Victor Goldklnd and Martins
Stephanos of the graduating class of
the Jefferson Junior High School
and Stanley Robert Anderson and
Irma Wardell Baker of the gradu
ating class of the Shaw Junior High
School were awarded the American
Legion school prizes by United
States Department of Agriculture
Post, District of Columbia Depart
ment, American Legion, for having
the highest rating in qualities of
citizenship. The presentations were
made at the schools by Lloyd A.
Burkey, post Americanism officer.
The post will hold a moonlight
dance cruise on the S. S. Potomac
July 16 at 8:45 p.m.
The next meeting of the post will
be held in room 1039 South Building,
July 19 at 8:30 pan.
There will be a meeting of the
Department Convention Committee
in department headquarters, Den
rike Building, tomorrow at 8 p.m.
William Leo Collins, chairman of
the Parade Committee, will discuss
final plans for the parade and re
viewing stand.
A meeting of the Grand Cheminot
will be held in the Portner Apart
ment on Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. to dis
cuss plans for the annual grand
promenade to be held in August.
Grand Chef de Gare W. H. Har
grave will preside.
The Grande Voiture will meet in
Stansbury Hall on July 17 for nomi
nation of officers. Equipment for
recently-admitted members may be
secured from Grand Commissaire
Intendant Fred G. Fraser.
Fort Stevens Post, No. 32, will
meet in Stansbury Hall on Thursday
at 8:15 p,m. The occasion marks
the anniversary of the Civil War
Battle of Fort Stevens and an ap
propriate program has been pre
pared. There will also be nomina
tion and election of delegates and
alternates to the department con
vention in the Mayflower Hotel on
August 1, 2 and 3. Comdr. Edwin L.
Donaldson will preside.
Vincent B. Costello Post met
Monday evening at Henderson’s,
2108 Sixteenth street N.W. Special
attention was given to the support
of the Soap Box Derby and the
junior baseball team. Applicants
accepted for membership were Allan
H. Ayars and Arthur W. Hamy.
Government Printing Office Post,
No. 33, will meet In the Bunker Hill
I clubrooms, 809 Monroe street N.E.,
tomorrow at 8 pjn. Delegates to the
j convention will be elected. Polls
will close at 9 pjn. Refreshments.
On Friday evening a moonlight
Marine Reserves'
Training Schedule
Near Completion
Fifth Battalion Will Be
Merged With Regulars
At Quantico
The 5th Battalion, Marine Corps
Reserves, will be housed under
canvas for field training this year
and merged with the 1st Battalion,
5th Marines, 1st _
Brigade, Fleet
Marine Force,
at Quantico, Va.
The training pe
riod is August
18 to Septem
ber 1. The train
ing schedule is
nearing comple
tion.
The Marine
Corps Reserve
Medal, with
bronze star, has
meen issued by
the major gen
eral comman
Lt. Comdr Knowlton.
dant to Lt. Comdr. Don S. Knowl
ton, battalion surgeon of the 5th
Battalion for service for 1930 to
1938.
Comdr. Knowlton, co-organizer
with Lt. Col. Harvey L. Miller of
the local unit of "the Marine Corps
Reserve in 1930, has not missed drill
nor been absent from any field
training periods during that time.
His organization repeatedly has won
the highest commendations and has
been certified for immediate active
field duty.
The battalion and band will take
part in the American Legion de
partment encampment parade on
August 1.
Capts. Ben M. Stern and Leon
Brusiloff of the Severn and Poto
mac District. Volunteer Reserve,
have reported to the battalion for
field training.
Battalion Headquarters announced
the enlistments of the following
men: Company A, Robert S. Hall,
Peter J. Dorsey, Oma F. Evans, Jr.;
William C. Hutchison. William A.
Pierce, William J. B. Trittipoe;
Company D, Charles M. Buell, Wil
liam E. StempeU Daniel A. Carroll,
Earl C. Kingrey, Henry F. Smith:
Company F, Elias W. Howes, and
Company G, Francis B. Shelor.
There are vacancies in the band
and battalion. Any one interested is
Invited to obtain information at 458
Indiana avenue N.W. on Tuesdays
or Wednesdays from 8 to 10 pun.
D. C. Rainbow Veterans
To Attend Convention
Elmer Francis Neagle of this city,
national president, Rainbow Divi
sion Veterans, will preside over the
22d national convention at Mont
gomery, Ala., July 11 to 14.
The District of Columbia Chap
ter will send the largest delegation
in its history. The delegates are
Col. Davis G. Arnold, Joseph M.
Cohan, William H. Kay, Dr. Albert
M. Kloczewskie, Bentley Mulford,
Bernard Valentine Rhodes, Irving
H. Silverberg and James E. Wither
ite, chairman. Also going from the
District Chapter are Col. John
Monroe Johnson, M. Manning Mar
cus, Walker H. Colston, Edward J.
Mahan, Charles H. Smith and Har
old Barnhardt Rodier.
The delegation will go by train,
leaving at 4 pjn. on July 10.
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Meetings This Week.
Monday — Department Con
vention Committee, headquar
ters, 8 pm.; U. S. 8. Jacob Jones
Post, Thomas Circle Club; Lin
coln Post, Arcade Hall; Bureau
of Engraving and .Printing Post,
209 Pennsylvania avenue 8.E.;
Government Printing Post, 809
Monroe street Ni.
Tuesday—Sons of the Legion
boat ride, U. 8. 8. Potomac,
8:30 pm.; James Reese Europe
Post, Elks Lodge; George E.
Killeen Post, 3204 M street
N.W.; United States Treasury
Post, Colonial Hotel.
Wednesday—D epartment
Membership Committee, head
quarters, 8 p.m.; Nash Post, 209
Pennsylvania avenue S.E.; Mac
Alexander Post, Willard Hotel;
Potomac Post, Palisades Field
House.
Thursday—James E. Walker
Post, C. Y. M. C. A.
Friday—Gas Light Post boat
ride, 8. 8. Mount Vernon, 8:30
pm.
Saturday—Soap Box Derby,
10 am.. Eighteenth and 'Penn
sylvania avenue S.E.
excursion will be held on the
Steamer Potomac at 8:45 p.m.
The Police and Fire Post. No. 29.
will meet in the Odd Fellows Tem
ple, 419 Seventh street N.W.. on
Wednesday at 8 p.m. There will be
election of delegates to the depart
ment convention and final arrange
ments for the annual boat ride. Re
freshments will be served.
Cooley-McCullough Post met Tues
day at the home of Vice Comdr.
L. F. Zaruba. The delegation to
the department convention was in
structed to introduce and support
a resolution urging congressional
action to vindicate the late Gen.
William Mitchell whose forethought
prompted him to advocate adequate
air power for our national defense.
Past Comdr. P. A. Sugrue was
presented a trophy by staff captain
of the national guard of honor and
senior vice commander of the post.
Guy C. Nadeau, as a token of
appreciation for obtaining the most
new members. Other prizes were
won by George Toth, George Le
Dane, Carl Kuldell and L. F. Zaruba.
all donated and presented by Vice
Comdr. Guy C. Nadeau.
The junior baseball team has new
uniforms, presented by Comdr.
Charles Kohen. P. A. Sugure do
noted a glove and a dozen bats:
other members of the post donated
generously toward the support of
the team. The team will play the
Potomac team today at 3 o'clock
on the Ellipse north diamond.
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Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13. will
meet Wednesday evening in the
Pythian Temple, with Comdr. Doug
las O. Reed presiding. This meet
ing was postponed from July 3.
There will be an election of dele
gates and alternates to the depart
ment convention. Post Comdr.
Douglas O. Reed will be the chair
man of the delegation.
The post will sponsor two boys
in the American Legion-Evening
Star annual Soap Box Derby next
Saturday. They are John Ellis of
3026 Wisconsin avenue N.W. and
Edward Rodill of the Georgetown
Boys’ Club.
The U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No.
2, will have as its representative in
the Soap Box Derby Robert Mol
lonee, 731 Kentucky avenue S.E., who
is a member of the Sons of the Le
gion Drum and Bugle Corps.
Past Comdr. Mayme Smith was
appointed chairman of the post's
"Iron Lung" Committee, with all
members of the Advisory Council as
helpers. The object is to raise
enough money to donate an iron
lung to one of the local hospitals.
Madge Fitzgerald distributed 135
pieces of clothing during June to
needy persons.
Election of delegates and alter
nates to the department convention
will take place tomorrow at the
meeting at the Thomas Circle Club.
Kenneth H. Nash Post met in its
clubrooms, 209 Pennsylvania avenue
S.E., with Comdr. Grommet presid
ing. Department Comdr. William T.
Slattery and Department Junior
Vice Comdr. John J. Mulvey spoke.
Joseph E. Kline was accepted into
membership. The 1939 national con
vention pictures were shown and re
freshments werejserved.
The election of delegates and al
ternates to the department conven
tion will be held at the regular
meeting next Wednesday.
The Detachment Sons of the
American Legion will hold a moon
light cruise on the steamer Potomac
next Tuesday at 8:45 o'clock. Tickets
may be obtained from members of
the detachment and squadron chair
men. The proceeds go to the va
rious squadrons to carry on activi
ties within their organizations.
The softball league has concluded
its schedule, with National Ca
thedral Squadron winners of the
majority oi games.
The Washington Gas Light Co.
Post, No. 44, is sponsoring a moon
light cruise on the steamer Mount
Vernon on July 12 at 8 o’clock for
the benefit of the District of Colum
bia Department’s iron lung fund.
The boat leaves at 8:30 o'clock.
Tickets are available from Mrs.
Fraser at department headquarters.
William R. Brennan, department
membership officer, announces at
the membership meeting on July 10
there will be a drawing for the
official uniform of the American
Legion to be awarded to some mem
ber of this department who either
collected the 1940 dues of 15 mem
bers or brought in the five new
members for the year now closing.
The contest closed on July 1, and
all members eligible to participate
must have their names in depart
ment headquarters on or before July
10. Posts are reminded that July
16 is the deadline for the counting
of members for convention dele
gates.
Masonic News
The annual Ashing party and out
ing of the Master’s Association of
1936 will be held July 11. They will
entertain the men of the Masonic
Home. Automobiles will assemble
6 a.m. at Eleventh and Pennsylvania
avenue BE., and go to Past Master
Harry Benson's cottage at Hopei's
Point, Md. Past Master August 7.
Bertram is in charge.
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Legion Auxiliary's ;
Reports Studied by
Awards Group
Kenna-Main Unit Plans
To Present Library of
500 Books at Camp
Mrs. Catherine Mills, chairman of
the District of Columbia Depart
ment, American Legion Auxiliary,
Committee on Trophies and Awards,
MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
Monday—Kenna-Main Unit,
Hitchcock Hall, St. Elizabeth's
Hospital, 8 pm.; United States
Treasury Unit, New Colonial
Hotel, 8 p.m.; Lincoln Unit,
Central High School, 8 p.m.
Tuesday—Sergt. Jasper Unit,
^Grafton Hotel, 8 p.m.; James
^Reese Europe Unit, Gamett
Patterson High School, 8 p.m.
Wednesday — G o v e r nment
Printing Office Unit. 8 p.m.
Friday—Police and Fire Unit,
3072 M street N.W., 8 p.m.;
James E. Walker Unit, Gamett
Patterson High School, 8 p.m,
announced last week the committee
is considering unit reports in prepa
ration lor awards to be made at the
department convention, August 9
and 10 at the Department of Com
merce auditorium.
Mri. Mill*.
The K e n n a
| Main Unit, No.
37, will present
and dedicate a
library of 500
books, Including
bookcases, at the
Bald Eagle Camp
next Saturday at
6:30 pm. Mrs.
Ernest R. Grant
of the Tubercu
losis Association
[ will be the prin
I cipal speaker.
[Mrs. Myrtle
Spudis, past unit
president, now
serving as department president,
will preside. All members of the
American Legion and Auxiliary are
invited.
Vincent B. Costello, Unit No. 15.
met Tuesday at the Y. W. C. A., 614
E street N.W.. with Mrs. M. Green
burg presiding.
Delegates and alternates to the
department convention were elected
as follows; Delegates, Mrs. M.
Greenburg, chairman; Mrs. J. E.
Watson, co-chairman: Mrs. F. Cas
sedy, Mrs. S. Deery, Mrs. G. Pugh,
Mrs. K. Mills. Mrs. E. Pilgrim, Mrs.
S Bachafer, Miss M. Garry and
Mrs. C. Campbell.
Alternates are: Mrs. Nina Pem
frey, Mrs. Irene Sullivan, ^Irs. Ann
Gambling, Mrs. Mary Murray and
Mrs. May Miller.
Mrs. Charlotte Campbell was ap
pointed as page from the unit.
A special meeting of the Sergt.
Jasper Unit. No. 13, will be held
Tuesday at the Grafton Hotel at 8
p.m. to elect delegates and alternates
to the department convention. The
president, Mrs. Imogene Gallagher,
will preside.
Cooley-McCullough Unit met Tues
day night at the Y. W. C. A. with the
president, Mrs. Edith Warren Quinn,
presiding.
The following members were ob
ligated. Mrs. Ethel G. Lynch. Miss
Mae Bowers, Mrs. Ruth I. Malczew
ski, Mrs. Elizabeth Stone and Mrs.
Ethel Broughton.
Miss Elizabeth Thorpe of Oppor
tunity House, 78 I street N.W., spoke
on the work done for underprivileged
children and needy families at this
settlement house.
A special meeting has been ar
ranged for July 22 at the Y. W. C. A.
614 E street N.W.. when delegates
and alternates will be elected for
the department convention in Au
gust.
Mrs. Quinn appointed the junior
president, Miss Helen Zaruba, as
page for the convention.
Mrs. Ellen Louise Warren, chapeau
national of the Eight and Forty, left
Washington on Wednesday for a
Western trip. Official visitations
will be made in Michigan. Idaho,
Utah. Nevada. Oregon, California,
Washington, Montana and South
Dakota. In Reno, Nev., Mrs. War
ren will present a national scholar
ship award to a war orphan for
furtherance of education; also she
has been asked to dedicate the new
salon colors.
In Couer d'Alene, Idaho, a new
salon will be organized and another
scholarship award presented in
Pocatello. Idaho, by Mrs. Warren.
In Detroit, Mich., the national sec
retaire, Mrs. Pauline Rairdon, will
meet Mrs. Warren and confer on
plans for the national convention to
be held in Boston in September. In
Johnstown, Pa., a meeting will be
held with the national chairman of
finance, Mrs. Haws. After visiting
the World's Fair in San Francisco,
a tour will be made by motor to
Yosemite Valley with the California
members. A delegation from the
State of Washington will visit Mount
Rainier following the visitation to
Portland, Oreg.
In Watertown, S. Dak., Mrs. War
ren will address the department
convention of the American Legion
and American Legion Auxiliary.
Mrs. William Corwith, national pres
ident of the American Legion Auxil
iary, spent last Sunday in Washing
ton with Mrs. Warren and will also
meet Mrs. Warren in Watertown bn
July 29.
The major achievement of this
administration under the leader
ship of Mrs. Warren will be the es
tablishment of an Eight and Forty
child health center at Tucson, Ariz.,
for tubercular children of veterans.
On her visit there early this year
she found children suffering from
tuberculosis from 37 States besides
the District of Columbia and Mex
ico.
National Association
Of Regulars
Adjt. Gen. Edgar H. Taber has
addressed a letter to President
Roosevelt suggesting that civil serv
ice requirements be waived for for
mer service men in the filling of
positions in the War and Navy De
partments during the present na
tional defense emergency.
It is suggested that any former
service man who desires advice on
the ways and means of obtaining
a position under the present $4,000,
000,000,000 national defense program
call at national headquarters of the
N. A. R., 907 G place N.W., and
talk with John Arthur Shaw.
National Defense Post will meet
at 1915 L street N.W. on the eve
ning of July 15.