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legion Auxiliary
Convention Called
ForAugust9and 10
Membership Data
Must Be Sent in
By Wednesday
Die 15th annual convention of
the District Department. American
Legion Auxiliary, has been called
for August 9 and 10 at the Com
merce Department Auditorium.
Each unit is entitled to one dele
gate for the charter and one for
each 15 members, or major frac
tion thereof, whose current dues
have been received by the depart
ment treasurer 15 days prior to the
convention. An equal number of
alternates will be elected.
Units desiring to present resolu
tions to the converftion must have
them in De
partment Le
gion Auxiliary
h e a d q u arters
not later than
15 days prior to
the convention.
A11 member
ship must be in
the department
h e a d q u arters
not later than
midnight,
Wednesday, or
that postmarked
prior to that
midnight will be
accepted. Mr*. Kaeci.
Mrs. Dell Rocca is chairman of the
department convention banquet Au
gust 8 at the Mayflower Hotel at 7
p.m. Assisting are Mrs. Hilda Chris
tian, Mrs. Myrtle Spudis, Mrs. Alecia
Kohrt, Mrs. Agnes Hazard, Mrs.
Julia Rochford, Mrs. Vesta Rod
ruck, Mrs. Mary Palmer. Mrs. Edith
Quarren Quinn and Mrs. Mildred
Holdt. Mrs. Rocca and her com
mittee will meet with the general
chairman of the Convention Com
mittee, Miss M. Edna McIntosh,
Tuesday at room 416 Denrike
Building, when final plans will be
discussed.
Any member, Legionnaire or friends
wishing to make reservation for the
banquet call Mrs. Rocca, Chestnut
2186. All reservations must be in
by August 7.
Kenna-Main Unit. No. 37, elected
the following officers: President,
Mrs. Eva Carrico; first vice presi
dent, Mrs. Jerry Love; second vice
president, Mrs. Edna Wright; chap
lain, Mrs.*Myrtle Spudis; historian,
Mrs. Catherine Moore; sergeant at
arms, Mrs. Catherine Fields; color
bearer, Mas. Myrtle Sabine.
Delegates to the department con
vention are Chairman, Mrs. Carrie
Brooks. Mrs. Eva Carrico, Mrs. Jerry
Love, Mrs. Edna Wright and Mrs.
Marie Welborn. Alternates are Mrs.
Mae Blair. Mrs. Phoebe Bailey. Mrs.
Lelia White, Mrs. Katherine Fields
and Mrs. Dorothy Johnson. Mrs.
Marie Laing was appointed a page
to the convention.
A prize to the senior member
bringing in the most new members
for the year was won by Mrs. Jerry
Love, and the prize to the junior
member for bringing in the most,
new members was won by Mias Alii*
Belle Wright.
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The United States Department of
Commerce Unit, No. 45, was presided
over by the president, Mrs. Mildred
Holdt. Delegates to the depart
ment convention are Chairman Mrs.
Mildred Holdt and Mrs. Helen L.
Bintz. Alternates are Mrs. Mary
Friend and Mrs. Josephine McCur
ley. Mrs. Anna Mae Smith was
appointed a page. Comdr. Joseph
R. Moore of the United States De
partment of Commerce Post, No. 45,
6poke.
Sergt. Jasper Unit, No. 13, met
July 9 and elected the following del
egates to the department conven
tion: Chairman, Mrs. Imogene Gal
lagher: vice chairman, Mrs. Louise
Goodacre: Mrs. Gertrude Pierce.
Mrs. Emma Donnor, Mrs. Ella Hook,
Mrs. Marie Carrico, Mrs. Louise
Segrest. Mrs. Sylvia MacLaughlin,
Mrs. Hilda Clarkson. Mrs. Kathleen
Abreo, Mrs. Mildred Eckles, Miss
Et.hle Hodges and Mrs. Frances
O'Hearne. The alternates are Mrs.
Christine Riley, Mrs. Lillian Howard,
Mrs. Ruth Latta, Mrs. Lucille Mus
tian. Miss Iva Smathers, Mrs. Ruth
Orlosky, Mrs. Anna Elloitt, Mrs.
Emily Schuler, Mrs. Clara Searcey,
Mrs. Hedvig Almfeldt, Mrs. Ola D.
Lee, who declined, thereby Mrs.
Mary McCabe was nominated in the
place of Mrs. Lee; Mrs. Lillian Bot
kin and Mrs. Dorothy Walker. The
delegates were instructed to vote
for Mrs. Myrtle Spudis, a candidate
for the office of department presi
dent.
Miss Mary Ann Thornton was
elected as a page.
Mrs. Frances O’Hearne, unit child
welfare chairman, was indorsed for
the Lillian -M. Luther Memorial
Trophy, awarded ■ annually to the
member having the best record in
auxiliary activities for the 11 months
succeeding each department con
vention. Mrs, Imogene Gallagher,
unit president, was indorsed for the
Viola Hines Fones Good-Fellowship
Trophy, awarded annually at the
convention to the unit in whose
membership is found the person
contributing the greatest achieve
ment in the promotion of good fel
lowship among the membership and
the units of the department in that
administrative year.
It was voted that no transfers
from other units in the District of
Columbia department will be ac
cepted by this unit for at least one
year.
Mrs. Genevieve Stone of the
American Legion Welfare and Re
lief Office appealed for clothing for
needy veterans and their families.
Any member of the unit wishing
to attend the department convention
banquet on August 8 at the May
flower Hotel make reservations with
Mrs. Louise Goodacre, Woodley 8660.
Meetings this week are—Tuesday,
James Reese Europe Unit, Gamett
Patterson High School, 8 pm., and
Department Convention Committee,
Denrike Building, 7:30 pm.
American War Mothers
The District of Columbia State
* Chapter on July 24 will hold a picnic
at Colonial Beach, Va. Mrs. Edith
Puge is chairman of arrangements.
The S. S. Potomac leaves at 9 am.
and returns at 7:30 pm.
The chapter will celebrate its 21st
anniversary on September 29.
Mrs. Roscoe L. Oatle.v organizer of
the American War Mothers in the
District of Columbia, the first presi
dent and the first State president, is
In charge of arrangements.. Further
announcements will be made early
Ib September,
Legion Citizenship Awards
To Be Presented August 1
Committee Arranging Convention
To Hold Final Meeting Tomorrow
The annual American Legion
citizenship awards for 1940 will be
presented by Zeb Hamilton, Amer
icanism chairman of the District
of Columbia department, on August
1 at the Mayflower Hotel, the open
ing night of the department con
vention, which will be continued
through August 3.
Those to whom the awards will
be made are: Frank B. Noyes, pres
ident of The Evening Star Newspa
per Co.; Miss Maude Aiton, prin
cipal of the Americanism School;
Stephen P. Porter, chief of the Dis
trict of Columbia Fire Department;
Gordon Hittenmark of the National
Broadcasting System and Represent
ative Martin Dies of Texas.
These citizenship awards are made
annually “to persons not eligible to
membership in the Legion, but who
by their private lives exemplify the
traits so necessary to further the
American principles of citizenship.”
The final meeting of the General
Committee arranging the convention
will be held tomorrow night at de
partment heackiuarters in the Den
rike Building. Convention programs
and badges may be obtained from
Mrs. Fraser at headquarters.
Pre-convention meetings have
been set for July 29 at 8 p.m. at
the Mayflower as follows: Resolu
tions, Seventeenth street parlor,
with Seywood Saunders as tempor
ary chairman; rules, north room,
with Annee Frame, temporary chair
man, and credentials, in the Pan
American room, with John J. Mul
vey as temporary chairman.
Marshals who will assist Parade
Chairman William Leo Collins are
Gerald J. Lawler, John R. Weitzel,
William P. Kershner, Edwin L. Don
aldson, Ernest F. Dwyer and Roy S.
Musick.
National Comdr. Raymond J. Kelly
has issued an official call for the
22d national convention of the
American Legion to be held at Bos
ton, Mass.. September 23 to 26.
Announcement from national
headquarters at Indianapolis, Ind..
was that’300,000 Legionnaires, their
families and other visitors, are ex
pected to attend the convention. It
will be the second time the conven
tion has been held in Boston
Each of the 58 departments of
the American Legion will be entitled
Lt. Comdr. Strine,
Lt.W.L. Shafer Win
Marine Corps Medals
Awards Are Made
For Long Service
With Reserve
Lt. Comdr. Howard H. Strine and
Lt. William L. Schafer. Medical
Corps, United States.Naval Reserve
attached to the 5th Battalion, United
States Marine
Corps Reserve,
have been
awarded the
Marine Corps
Reserve Service
Medal, with star,
for services with
the Marine
Corps Reserve
from 1930 to
1938, and from
1931 to 1939,
respectively.
First Lt. Karl
F. Haworth,
Company D, 5th
B a 11 alion. has Lt. Haworth,
been detached from the battalion
and ordered to continue active duty
with the regular establishment.
This continued active duty is in
connection with the present limited
emergency. He will report to the
Rifle Range Detachment at Marine
Barracks. Parris Island. S. C.
Pvts. William P. Hartley and Don
ald J. Van Dorn of the Battalion
Headuqarters Company, have com
pleted bookkeeping courses of the
Marine Corps Institute and have
been presented with certificates of
qualifications.
Battalion Headquarters announced
that the highest scores for small bore
qualification in the battalion has
been turned in by Corpl. Henry F.
Stille with a score of 337, and Sergt.
Albert E. Fisher with a score of 333.
Enlistments for the quarter end
ing June, 30 have shown a 90 per
cent increase over the quarter end
ing March 31. To fill the few re
maining vacancies in the battalion,
only men with previous military
training will be accepted. This limi
tation includes men with previous
service in the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, Coast Guard or National
Guard, graduates of military acad
emies and former members of R. O.
T. C. units and similar organizations.
Battalion Headquarters announced
the enlistment of the following:
Elbert P. Skpp, Philip W. Beamer,
Vincent E. Giovannetti, William L.
Oliver, Benjamin T. Rollins, Jr., and
Claude S. Sutherland.
There are a few vacancies in
Companies A and C and the band.
All young men between the ages of
17 and 35 are invited to obtain addi
tional information at 458 Indiana
avenue N.W. on Tuesday or Wed
nesday between 8 and 10 p.m.
First Sergt. Robert C. Walker of
the Rockville unit, was discharged
to accept a commission as second
lieutenant in the Volunteer Marine
Corps Reserve.
Regular Veterans'
Association
Comdr. Walter P. Boehm of Gen.
Malin Craig Post announces the
awarding of a silver cup to the
member securing the largest num
ber of recruits. This is in addi
tion to the $25 award contest be
ing conducted by Harry G. Ritner,
publicity director.
At a meeting last Tuesday at 1508
Fourteenth street N.W. a Resolution
was adopted requesting the War
Department to seek legislation to
overcome a decision which denies
pay to soldiers sick in a hospital
after expiration of the term of en
listment. A. A. Unnenbroger was
elected junior vice commander.
With newly-appointed officers he
was installed by National Comdr.
R. D. Hopgood. .
Recruits obligated were: John G.
Bugbee, William F. Scrogin, K. R.
Britton, Isaac Ask in, John P. Wal
dron, Frank Sedlock and John
Deems.
Meetings This Week.
Monday—Department Con
vention Committee, headquar
ters, 8 pm.; Tank Corps Poet,
Soldiers and Sailors' Club; In
ternal Revenue Post, Hayloft.
Tuesday—National Cathedral
Post, Reno-Ester Hall; James
Reese Europe Post, Elks Lodge
Wednesday—Nash Post. S.E.
Veterans' Club; Henry C.
Spengler Post. Hayloft.
Thursday—James E. Walker
Post, C. Y. M. C. A.; Executive
Committee meeting, District
Building.
to five delegates at large, plus one
additional delegate for each 1,000
members or major fraction thereof,
who have fully paid their dues as
of 10 a.m. on August 24.
Comdr. William Slattery of the
District of Columbia Department
will head a large delegation from
this city. Many of the members
have planned to go by special train
while others will go by automobiles.
Port Stevens Post, No. 32, had as
guests recently ladies of the G. A. R.,
Mrs. Jennie Thomas, patriotic in
structor, Department of the Poto
mac, making a short address on the
anniversary of the Civil War battle
of Port Stevens. New members ad
mitted were Eddie Clarence Ruth,
Railway Transit Corps. 26th Divi
sion; Claude S. Bush, Company B,
26th Infantry, and Ernest G. Houge,
U. S. A.
Comdr. Edwin L. Donaldson is
chairman of the delegation to the
department convention. Delegates
are William H. Hargrave, John T.
Long, Joseph A. Ashi, Robert M.
Kennedy, Floyd G. Caskey, Frank
Bloom and Joseph A. Walker. Al
ternates are Leo J. Reel, George W.
Phillips, Ernest M. Renshaw, Abra
ham Miller, Charles J. Warren.
Charles Heller, Roy Ponton and
Harry Hungelman.
Grand Voiture No. 174, Forty and
Eight, will enter a special marching
unit in the department convention
parade on August 1. Grand Conduc
ted Richard A. O’Brien to act as
marshal. Time and place of the an
nual grand promenade will be
shortly announced.
The annual fishing party of Sgt.
Jasper Post is being held today at
Deal. Md. Members will meet at
the Peace Cross in Bladensburg at
1:30 pjn.
Delegates to department conven
tions are A A. Dibble, Charles M.
Flanagan, Thomas J. Frailey, Ferdi
nand G. Fraser, Daniel M. Good
acre, Hiram W. Hummer, William
P. Kershner. John P. Lester. Paul
Ludwig, A. L. Llifrio, Edward L.
Marthill, C. F. McCarthy. Charles
H. Pierce, Martin A. Schubert and
Henry A. Weaver. Comdr. Douglas
O. Reed is chairman of the dele
gation. Alternates are Russell W.
Clarkson. Justus C. De Booy. George
Lee,. Harold J. McLaughlin, Paul
H. McMurray, Fred p. Money,
Stephen O'Hearn, Daniel M. Pat
terson, A. B. Quackenbush, Ross J.
Sifigrqy, John J. Snyder, James F.
Sturgis, Harold B. Thompson, Harry
N. Ware and James T. White.
Athletic Officer Daniel M. Good
acre announces the post team will
play the last regularly scheduled
game against the National Cathedral
on the Ellipse today at 1 p.m. on
the north diamond. Sgt. Jasper’s
team won the city championship
every year since the league play
started three years ago.
Kenneth H. Nash Post. No. 8, met
in its clubrooms. 209 Pennsyl
vania avenue S.E. Comdr. George
Grommet was unanimously elected
chairman of the delegation to the
department convention, with Junior
Vice Comdr. Edwin W. Luther serv
ing on the Resolutions and Consti
tutional Amendments Committee
and Adjt. William H. Lossman on
the Credentials Committee. Comdr.
Grommet will also serve on the
Rules Committee.
The delegates are: George Grom
met, William H. Lossman, Ted Lu
ther, George E. Seiders, William
Talbott and William E. Ritter. Al
ternates are: Harry E. Hovermill,
Guy U. Cogswell, Everett A. Totten,
Robert E. Lee, Joseph Goldberg and
William D. Mulkey.
The next meeting will be held in
the clubrooms Wednesday evening.
Loyal Order of Moose
Ethan R. Thompson, delegate
from Columbia Lodge, to the 42nd
international convention at Des
Moines, Iowa, made his report at
the last meeting. Officers elected
were: Supreme Governor, Francis J.
Clohessy, Waverly, N. Y.; supreme
junior governor, Senator Matthew
M. Neely, Fairmont, W. Va.; su
preme prelate, Frank J. La Bell,
Watertown, Mass.; supreme treas
urer, F. W. Zable, Aurora, 111., and
supreme councilman, Gov. Charles
W. Bowers, Des Moines, Iowa. Wil
liam B. Bubbs, sergeant at arms, also
spoke of the convention.
The next meeting will be July 23
at 8 pm.
Women of the Moose.
Columbia Chapter met, with the
new senior regent, Mrs. Anna S.
Gilbert, presiding, at 1414 I street
N. W. The application of Mrs. Mar
garet Fitch will be acted on July 26.
The following committee appoint
ments were ratified: Ritualistic,
Mrs. Anna Wagner; Mooseheart,
Miss Otela Woodie; library, Mrs.
Delphine Driscoll; emblems, Mrs.
Clura Jones, and reception, Mrs.
Grace Clark, assisted by all past
regents
Dolores Thompson won the Senior
Regent Marie A. Clark membership
award for bringing in the mo6t new
members last year. The attendance
prize was won by Senior Regent
Anna Gilbert.
Daughters of America
Officers bf Anacostia Council In
stalled were: Councilor, Mrs. Nora
Lee; associate councilor, Mrs. Agnes
Frye; vice councilor, Mrs. Helen
Lashlee; associate vice councilor,
John James; junior past councilor,
Mrs. Mary Plumb; associate junior
past councilor, Mrs. Ida Parker;
recording secretary, Mrs. Mary P.
James, re-elected 20th year; assist
ant recording secretary, Mrs. Alice
Fowler, re-elected second year;
treasurer, Mrs. Ella Smith, re
elected 24th year; financial secre
tary, Mrs. Pearl Tomey, re-elected
11th year; conductor, Mrs. Lucille
Tomey; warden, Mrs. Geraldine
Meade; inside sentinel, Mrs. Nettie
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Naval Reserve
Message Unit
Gets New Head
Lt. J. H. Nicholson
Assumes Commend of
Communications Unit
The demand for naval Reserve
officers for active duty with the
fleet has necessitated another
change in command among the
units of the District Naval Reserve.
Lt. Morris Weinstock, who has been
in command of the Naval Reserve
Communications Division for about
two years, has volunteered for active
duty and has been called into the
service in connection with the plans
for mobilizing as many radio op
erators as possible to man the
Navy’s intricate communications
system.
The response to active duty call
by Lt. Weinstock has necessitated
the assumption again of the com
mand of the communications unit
here by Lt. J. H. Nicholson, who re
linquished the comipand of the divi
sion several years ago because of the
pressure of private business. How
ever. even since he left the com
mand, he has taken an active part
In the affairs of the local unit and
has watched the activities from the
sidelines as a counselor.
Lt. Nicholson said he wanted to
impress on the personnel the fol
lowing: Attend drills every Thurs
day, be in uniform, bring code
speeds up to at least 25 words per
minute, practice use of the type
writer and to study the communica
tion instructions diligently.
Lt. W. Croft Jennings, command-,
er of the local battalion, announced
a change in the training program
for the weekly Tuesday night drills.
Effective throughout July the pro
gram will call for less emphasis upon
battle problems and more upon the
ever-present practical details of life
at sea. During the past month the
weekly drills have been arranged
so as to give each of the three
divisions battle problems every drill
night in order to give the division
commanding officers experience in
meeting new tactical situations and
the other officers and men experi
ence in the teamwork required to
operate a naval vessel as a battle
unit.
This emphasis on battle problems,
although extremely valuable, it was
explained by Lt. V. C. Royster,
necessitated a reduction in the
training periods allotted for gen
eral instruction and training. Dur
ing recent months there has been
a high rate of turnover in both
the enlisted and officer personnel
as many of the most experience
men have volunteered for active
duty, both ashore and afloat with
the neutrality patrol. As a result,
it was said, enlistments have been
: heavy and a somewhat larger pro
| portion of enlisted personnel than
I is usual are apprentice seamen.
| For this reason the battalion officers
feel that, despite the value of the
battle problems, the unit as a whole
! can prepare itself better for the
annual cruise in September by
shifting the training emphasis,
temporarily at least. '
Under the new schedule, more
time will be available for- training
in the manual of arms, the emer
gency drills such as fire and colli
sion, lifeboat handling, first aid, and
instruction in naval customs and
the many varied subjects a knowl
edge of which is important to a
modem man-o'-war man. Addi
tional time will also be available
for advanced training of men in the
specialist branches. Depletion of
the ranks by the departure of ex
perienced men for active duty has
created unusual opportunity for ad
vancement, but all men seeking pet
ty officer ratings art required to
pass strict, professional examina
tions made up by the Navy Depart
ment. The shift in the training
progra mis expected to materially
, assist men in obtaining the training
i necessary to pass these examina
i tions.
Whether this training program
I will be continued through August
or whether the battalion will re
sume the emphasis on battle prob
lems as the cruise date approaches,
is undecided.
Officers report vacancies exist in
all three divisions for promising
young men who are interested in
naval life. Men with special train
ing in civilian life, such as machin
! ists and electricians, are especially
| desired, but such experience is not
I required. There are a few vacancies
! also in the officer personnel.
I Under the present program of the
! Navy Department for building up
reserves of naval officers for gen
eral duty afloat there are two ways
in which young men with no sea
going experience can obtain re
serve commissions as ensigns in
the line. Graduates of recognized
colleges, less than 25 years of age,
can obtain probationary commis
sions, if otherwise qualified. These
probationary ensigns, it was said,
are required to study intensively
such subjects as navigation, seaman
ship and gunnery and pass a pro
fessional examination within two
years from the date of appointment.
A system has also been developed
whereby young men with only two
years of college work may obtain
commissions by undertaking a
three-month training period, a
major portion of which is to be
spent at sea. Four hundred appli
cants for these commissions sailed
from New York last week on the
U. S. battleship Wyoming. Appli
cations for the training in Wash
ington area are being handled by
the Naval Reserve Office at the
Washington Navy Yord, of which
Comdr. A. B. McCrary, U. S. N., is
in charge.
The training ship of the local
battalion cruised down the Potomac
last week, manned by a crew from
the 3rd division, of which Lt. F. S.
Kirk is in command.
Smith, and *18-month trustee, Mrs.
Mary Plumb; representatives to the
State Council sessions, H. M. Beall,
Nettie Anderson and Nora Lee.
Fidelity Council—Councilor, Miss
Mae Morgan; associate councilor,
Mrs. Ida Wlldman; vice councilor,
Miss Marion Talbert; conductor,
Miss Eleanor Bunch; warden, Miss
Elibabeth Bunch; inside sentinel,
Miss Marie Marts; outside sentinel,
Miss Dorothy Robinson; junior past
councilor, Miss Florence Cox.
8sther Council gave a party re
ception in honor of the 26th anni
versary of Mrs. Bessie Pearson as
recording secretary and its newly
installed officers.
The Past Councilors’ Association
held a beach party yesterday at the
summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Conner.
1
D. C. Foreign Wars
Veterans Appoint
New Committees
Honor Guard Votes
To Join Legion for
August 1 Parade
At a meeting last week of the
Executive Committee of the District
of Columbia Department, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Comdr. Leonard
Bacon announced the appointment
of several department committees as
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
Armpry.
Tuesday — National Capital
Post, 1015 L street N.W.
Wednesday—W ashlngton
Post, 1700 L street N.W.
Thursday — Potomac Post,
Northeast Masonic Temple.
follows: Legislative, Thomas A.
Pace; by-laws, John L. Fowler; hos
pital visitation, Charles Kohen; re
cruiting. Stephen T. Nichka, and
deputy inspector, Edward T. Sped
den.
An Invitation to participate in the
parade sponsored by the American
Legion on August 1 was accepted by
the Honor Guard, Top Notch Tent
of the Military Order of the Cooties,
the Junior Drum and Bugle Corps j
and the Overseas Band.
At the last meeting of the Na
tional Capital Post the following
delegates and alternates were elected
to the national encampment at Los
Angeles, Calf.: Delegates, William
P. Cavanaugh, Thomas W. Dixon,
Oscar W. Hollingsworth, Dr. John L.
De Mayo; alternates, Edward J. Sul
livan. John W. Gill, Reuben C.
Nuschlitz and Louis W. Margullis.
The post elected to membership
Walter W. Lowe, who served with
the 3d Machine Gun Battalion, 1st
Division, A. E. F., France.
Senior Vice Department Comdr.
Leon B. Lambert and Junior Vice
Department Comdr. Richard A. Bur
ton spoke.
Due to resignation as post advo
cate of James F. Bird, an election
was held to fill the vacancy and
Martin G. Geldner was elected.
At the last meeting of Potomac
Post the following delegates were
elected to the National Encampment
at Los Angeles, Calif.: George War
ren and Harry Krichton. The mem
bers were invited to attend a picnic
given by the auxiliarv to celebrate
its anniversary at Deal Beach on
July 28.
Senior Vice Comdr Dunn is com
pleting plans for a boat ride down
the Potomac for the post in August.
At the last meeting of Advance
Post, held at 1700 L street N.W.,
guests were Department Comdr.
Leonard Bacon, Senior Vice Comdr.
Leon Lambert and Junior Vice
Comdr. Richard A. Burton. They
discussed the Armistice 6ay bail
drive
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Follow Me-Defense Post met
Thursday evening, with Comdr. Sid
ney R. Snider presiding. Senior Vice
Department Comdr Leon B. Lam
bert, Junior Vice Comdr. Richard
A. Burton, Chief of Staff Stephen B.
Nichka, Judge Advocate John L.
Fowler and Relief and Liaison Offi
cer Oscar W. Hollingsworth spoke.
Ross L. Spencer, who served in
the Supply Company, 60th Regiment,
Coast Artillery Corps and George
M Barnard, formerly of Company
B, 74th Engineers, we’-e admitted to
membership.
Junior Vice Comdr. Neville Thomp
son conveyed to the post the cup
awarded during the department en
campment parade as being the best
appearing unit in line of march.
The past will sponsor a moonlight
ride on the S. S. Potomac on Au
gust 16.
The captain of the post degree
team, William A. Downs, will call a
meeting shortly to elect officers.
At the last meeting of Equality
Waiter Reed Post, at Pythian Tem
ple, Comdr. Jack Holliday presided.
Charles Woodring and George C.
Plapp were elected to membership.
John J. Driscoll wai obligated by
Department Comdr. Leonard Bacon.
L. B Southworth was reinstated.
Past Department Comdr. Daniel
Campbell gave a talk on the Semi
nole Indians.
The monthly meeting of the de
partment auxiliary will be called to
order by Department President
Ethel Sendlak tomorrow at Pythian
Temple at 8 pm. Department Con
ductress Rose Reiley has requested
that all members taking part in the
floor work report at 7 o’clock. It
will be past department presidents'
night and special honors will be paid
to them.
The department Budget Commit
tee met last Saturday with Chair
man Dorothy Lohman and com
pleted the budget.
National Capital Auxiliary was
called to order by President Hersie
Thompson at the Washington Post
Club. The following committee
chairmen were appointed by the
president: Publicity, Ethel Orme;
home fund. Ethel Sendlak: sick,
Florence Grubb; rehabilitation,
Edith Hires; hospital, Edith Hiser.
President Josephine Welch pre
sided over Federal Auxiliary at the
Thomas Circle Club last Friday. The
auxiliary will aid the post to enter
tain the Federal juniors at Marshall
Hall today. It was decided to hold
a picnic at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Hershberger in the near future.
Equality-Waiter Reed Auxiliary
met at the home of President Flor
ence Armstrong. Hie auxiliary
will hold a wiener roast at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Nordquist in Merri
fleld, Va., on July 27 for the mem
bers and their husbands. The next
meeting will be held at 2015 Massa
chusetts avenue N.W.
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Irish War Veterans
District of Columbia Post, No. 17,
was honored at its last meeting with
the presence of National Comdr.
Coyle of Philadelphia, together with
the other national officers and the
National Board of Directors. Ar
rangements were made for the an
nual convention, which will be held
here from September 18 to Septem
ber 21.
Past National Comdr. Ferry of
Newark. N. J.; Past National Oomdr.
Haggerty of Philadelphia, Pa., who is
now commander of Poet No. 23 in
Philadelphia, and 20 members from
that post also attended.
District Troops to Get
Pre-Maneuver Field Training
Units to Make Long Treks
On Week-End Drills
As a prelude to the heavy ma
neuvers which the District militia
will face next month in New York
State, a number of the local or
ganizations are planning to take to
the field for one or more days of
training to familiarize themselves
with the equipment which they will
use. Some of this has come only
within the past few weeks, to replace
much of the obsolete equipment with
which they have been working.
The trek into the nearby areas by
the local troops already is
being planned. The 260th Regi
ment of Coast Artillery has
proposed to brigade headquar
ters that it take at least one
trip before the field training camp
and possibly two. The local anti
aircraft regiment proposes to go
either to Port Monroe, Va., its usual
base training camp during the sum
mer or to the Aberdeen, Md., proving
ground of the Army, for instruction
in connection with the operation of
the new equipment which has been
issued to it. It is proposed to make
the long trips over the road on
week ends, as that is the time when
most of the members of the regi
ment will be able to go, because of
the Saturday half holidays.
The Headquarters Detachment
and Combat Train of this regiment
will go on a march today. This
unit will take instruction in the
operation of field radio, setting up
the instruments in the field and
establishing communication with
National Guard and Army stations.
It also will familiarize itself with
survey instruments, and train itself
in camp operation, including field
cooking, incident to the preparation
of meals on the march.
The Headquarters and Service
Company. 121st Engineers, less a
detail which was sent to Pine Camp,
N. Y., last Sunday, went to Camp
Albert C. Ritchie at Cascade. Md.,
on a motor convoy operation, in
preparation for the long overland
movement of motor vehicles "from
this city to the theater of operations
in New York, Particularly, the
march was made for the purpose of
giving the assistant drivers of motor
vehicles as much instruction as pos
sible before the long march begins.
With hundreds of motor vehicles
to be on the roads as the various
units of the 1st Army from the
entire Eastern seaboard wends its
way to the "war” scenes in North
ern New York for the most gigantic
maneuvers in peace-time history,
elaborate plans are being formu
lated by the 3d Corps Area head
quarters for the movement. The
roads will be closely policed by the
military to see that the various
; motor trains move smoothly and
| without congesting the roads for
I private traffic which will be using
I thp areas at the same time.
| An elaborate schedule is soon to
be issued, by which all movements
will be controlled. Each of the
States will be assigned a central
point to which they will report their
trains upon arrival, after which the
Regular Armyjforces will pick them
up and takaj^harge of the mo
ment from tnese central points on.
The plans call not only for the
movement of the vehicles, but also
for servicing and repairing them
en route as well as for the supply
of gasoline and oil and, of codrse,
for night parking and vivouacing
of the troops engaged In the oper
ation.
A corps of officers and men in
the 121st Engineer Regiment here,
which is the 29th Division Engineer
Unit, is working
on the prepara
tion of maps of
the area which
will be occupied
by the 29tli Di
vis io n, near
Renssalaer Falls,
N. Y„ during its
participation in
the war games.
A crew, under
command of Col.
John W. Oeh
mann, com
manding the
regiment, flew
to the scene Col. Oehmann.
last week. The planes came here
and picked up the local map-mak
ing and surveying detail at Boll
ing Field and returned them upon
completion of the survey. The
data is being worked into maps
which will be drawn here and re
produced by the unit, so that conies
will be sent to every commanding
officer in the division. This will
enable these officers to be abie to
know just where they are going to
as soon as they arrive on the scene,
whether by train or motor trans
port.
In addition to Col. Oehmann,
those on the detail were Capt. Ed
ward A. McMahon, commanding the
Headquarters and Service Company
of the Engineer Regiment; First Lt.
Howard W. Burd, in direct charge
of the map and reproduction sec
tion: Sergt. Willard C. Jensen, Sergt.
James E. Foley. Pvt. John C. Oeh
mann. son of the regimental com
mander.
With the party also was Capt.
Cooper B. Rhodes, representing the
division headquarters, and the pro
vost marshal, who made a study of
the roads within the area to be
occupied by the 29th Division, for
the purpose of collecting data with
which to formulate plans for traffic
control in the sector.
The allocation of details for the
advance parties which will precede
the main body of troops to camp and
which will proceed on August 1,
three days ahead of the main col
umn, were announced by Brigade
Headquarters.
The advance and rear guards were
allocated as follows: Special Troops,
29th Division. 3 officers and 12 en
listed men; * 104th Ordnance Com
pany. 1 officer and 3 men: 121st En
gineers, 4 officers and 24 men: 104th
Quartermaster Regiment. 3 officers
and 12 men. and 260th Coast Artil
lery, 4 officers and 36 men.
In its efforts to recruit the regi
ment to full strength before de
parture for the field maneuvers. Col.
Walter W. Burns, commanding the
260th Coast Artillery, has ordered
that the recruiting statipn, estab
lished laJJttJVoodJvacd BuUtBnr. be
kept open through July 27. The
station is to be open daily, except
Sundays, from 9 a.m. until 10 pm.
Officers and enlisted men will be on
duty to explain the advantages of
service in the guard, and particular
ly with this anti-aircraft regiment.
HONORED—Mrs. G. Steuart
Bingman, who was re-elected
supreme trustee of the Ladies’
Auxiliary, Knights of St. John,
at the 22d annual convention
in Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Bing
man is serving her 10th year
as president of St. Joseph’s
Auxiliary in Washington.
—Buckingham Photo.
Knights of Columbus
To Take River Cruise
The 9th annual Knights of Colum
bus showboat cruise will be held
tomorrow at 8:30 o’clock on the
steamer Mount Vernon. There will
be games, refreshments and a floor
show.
State Deputy Alfred A. McGar
raghy announced at a recent meet
ing of the state officers the Rev.
Aloysius E. Puller, assistant pastor
of St. Aloysius’ Church, was elected
state chaplain.
Washington Council, under the
direction of Grand Knight Joseph
M. McKenna, will meet in the club
rooms Tuesday evening. There will
be refreshments.
Por the benefit of its members
and their families the Supreme
Council maintains a correspondence
school in which more than 21,000
students are enrolled. Instruction
is available in 100 subjects. For
members who desire taking advan
tage. of this type of study they are
advised to communicate with the
supreme secretary, New Haven,
Conn. J
Sons and Daughters
Of Liberty
True Blue Council met with
Councilor Sue Youngman presiding.
Installation of officers was held with
Harriet Falrall, deputy, as installing
officers. They were—Councilor, Ella
May Walton: associate councilor,
Dora Pletcher; vice councilor, Lil
lian Reynolds; guide. Ida Hewett;
recording secretary, Floda M. Rea
gan; inside guard, Marie Anthony:
18-month-trustee, Madge Mills. State
Councilor Ethel Fowler. Past State
CouncilorBelle Gibson and Ira Gib- j
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Odd Fellows to Take
Moonlight Cruise July 26
The Independent Order of Odd
Fellows will hold the annual moon
light cruise on the steamer Mount
Vernon on July 26 for the benefit of
the I. O. O. F. Home.
Installation of officers are: Lang
don. noble grand, Fred W. Doak;
right supporter to noble grand. Har
ry V. Vincent; left supporter to no- |
ble grand, Joseph E. Osborne; vice -
grand, Walter D. Scott; right sup
porter to vice grand, Roswell M.
Woodruff; left supporter to vice
grand, W. S. Fitchett; warden, R.
B. Thomasson; recording secretary,
Grover C. Sexton; financial secre
tary, Fred N. Davis; treasurer,
Walter B. Randell; conductor, J. V.
Woodruff; chaplain, William I.
Jenkins; inside guardian, A. L.
Foster; outside guardian, William
F. Dowell; right scene supporter,
Harry A. Newman; left scene sup
porter, Richard E. Oliff; custodian,
William F. Dowell. Past Grand A.
L. Soloman and staff officers of
Covenant Lodge will officiate.
Friendship: Edward Watts, noble
grand; J. Burton Kincer. right sup
porter to noble grand; William F.
Becker, left supporter to noble
grand; Harvey M. Heokman, vice
grand; Andrew Episcopo, right sup
porter to vice grand; Kenneth C.
Burgess, left supporter to vice grand;
Robert S. Clark, warden; Edgar W.
Parks, recording secretary; Thomas
Becket, financial secretary; Har
ry K. Johnson, treasurer; Charles
Studds, conductor; J. A. Donn,
chaplain; O. W. Everett, inside
guardian; Ernest Prey.outside guar
dian; Raymond L. Shoemaker, right
scene supporter; William J. Thorn
hill, left scene supporter; Edgar W.
Parks, custodian.
Maj. Charles B. Lampe requests
the names of those who desire to
participate in the parade and other
activities yt the Sovereign Grand
Lodge session in Huntington, W.
Va., in September.
Col. A. S. Fuger to Lead
3d Division, A. E. F.
The Society of the 3rd Division
A. E. 7., at its 21st annual reunion
at Philadelphia, elected the follow
ing officers: President, Col. Albert
8. Fuger, retired, of Cape Elisabeth,
Me.; vice president, Charles J. Mc
Carthy of Philadelphia, Pa.; secre
tary, George B. Dobbs, Belmont,
Man.; treasurer, Robert E. Craig of
Penn Wynne, Pa.; sergeant at arms,
John T. Sharkey, of Philadelphia,
Pa.; chaplain, the Rev. John J.
O’Leary of Shavertown, Pa.
Brig. Gen. Edmund L. Daley, U. 8.
A., D. 8. M. commander of the De
partment of the Caribbean, is hon
orary president.
Lt. Col. George B. Du Bois of
Washington, D. C., was appointed
legislative officer.
Officers elected to the Last Man’s
Club were: president. Ralph Hen
shaw, Philadelphia; vibe president.
Arch Wilson, New YorkCttg; secre
tary and treasurer, William A. Sho
maker, Washington, D. C.; sergeant
at arms, J. D. McDonald, Dorches
ter, Mass., and chaplain, the Rev.
J^hn J. O’Leary, Shavertown, Pa.
District Officers
Ordered to Train
At Heuvelton, N. Y.
Will Take Part in
1st Army Maneuvers
Beginning August 4
District officers who applied for
active duty training in the 1st Army
maneuvers, to be held in New York
State in August, began receiving
their orders last week. Beginning
August 4. the following will report
at Heuvelton, N. Y., for a period of
21 days’ training and will be as
signed to the units indicated: To
the 103d Engineers, Pennsylvania
National Guard, Maj. Matthew R.
Beebe, headquarters; Second Lt.
Leonard A. Wagner. Company A;
Second Lt. John H. Costinett, Com
pany C. and Second Lt. Floyd A.
Curry, Company B. To the 112th
Infantry, Pennsylvania National
Guard, Capt. John G. Ladd and
First Lt. Ralph McT. Graham to
headquarters company, 1st Battal
ion; First Lt. John H. Mitton, head
quarters, 1st Battalion; Capt. Mor
gan MacM. Gilbert, Company C; and
First Lt. Thomas B. Jordan, Com
pany D.
Assigned! to the headquarters of
the 28th Division will be Capt. John
T Pearson, Capt. Kenneth T.
Wright and Capt. James D. Cun
ningham. First Lt. Edson A. Edson
to the headquarters and headquar
ters company of the 56th Infantry
Brigade. Second Lt. Fred R. Fran
zoni. jr.. will begin on August 4 a
period of 21 days active duty with
the 51st Signal Battalion in the
maneuvers.
Report in New York.
On August 11 the following Dis
trict officers will report at Heuvelton,
N. Y„ for 14 days’ active duty with
the Pennsylvania National Guard in
the 1st Army maneuvers: Capt.
Farrand Flowers to 108th Field Ar
tillery: Maj. Hallock P. Long and
First Lt George Kerr to the 53rd
Field Artillery Brigade; Capts. Fred
erick S. Lee. George L. Hart. Jr.:
Julian T. Cromelin to the 166th
i Field Artillery. 22d Cavalry Division;
Capt. James E. Dawn to headquar
ters battery and combat train. 1st
Battalion of 108th Field Artillery;
Capt. Omall C. Morris to headquar
ters battery and combat train, 1st
Battalion of 109th Field Artillery’:
Maj. Edward L. Potter to headquar
ters, 1st Battalion of 213th Coast Ar
tillery fAA) and First Lt. Green R.
Gaillard to service battery of that
same regiment.
To the 176th Field Artillery, 29th
Division, for 14 days beginning Au
gust 11 will be First Lt6. John H.
Stokes, William R. Swarm, John S.
Bridgeman, Ernest F. Randall, Jr.;
Thomas E. Adams, Andrew Ka
marck. John F. Kerkam. and Second
1 Lt Edward Soo. Capt. Komnenus M.
Soukaras will begin on August 1 28
1 days’ active duty in the maneuvers.
He will be assigned to the 51st Sig
nal Battalion.
Additional officers residing in the
Washington area have been assigned
; to active duty with Regular Army
for a year as follows: Second Lts.
| Ralph S. Eldridge to Fort George G.
1 Meade. Md„ and William P. Cas
sedy to Fort Myer, Va.
Recent Transfers.
Capt. Harold H. Shaller and Sec
ond Lt. Ross A. Wright to quarter
master general. War Department;
Second Lt. Fred L. Yeatts to Wash
ington Quartermaster Depot; Sec
ond Lt. Walter L. Miller, jr., to
Arlington Contonement, Va., and
Second Lt. Ralph W. Lowe to 12th
Infantry, Fort Howard, Md.
First Lt. Everett A. Luckenbach
to 3d Cavalry, and First Lt. Howard
D Dodge to 16th Field Artlllerv,
both at Fort Myer. Va.; First Lts.
William G. Downey. Willard C. Mills.
3d: Ralph W. Ruffner and Second
Lts. William A. Connolly, jr.; Paul
M. Burtis, William B. Davis, John
P. McGrath, William H. McManus,
jr.; John K. Shipe. and Thomas B.
Tighe. all to Fort George G. Meade,
Md.: Capt. Jean K. Stacy to Wash
ington Quartermaster Depot; First
Lt. Jack B. Hardin to 16th Field
Artillery, and Second Lt. Charles C
Clark, jr., to 3d Cavalry, both at
Fort Myer, Va.; Second Lt. Anthony
R. Bayer of Fort Monroe. Va.; Sec
ond Lt. Robert J. Downey to 28th
Engineers. Barksdale Field, La.; and
second Lt. Ralph W. Lowe to 12th
Infantry, Fort Howard, Md.
National Association
Of Regulars
National Defense Post met at 1015
L street N.W., last Monday evening.
The following officers were installed
by Ralph E. Updike, national legis
lative officer: Phillip R. Belt, com
mander; Henry Gilbert, senior vice
commander; Lamar Chamberlain,
quartermaster, and John T. Quinn,
chaplain. Mr. Updike spoke on the
legislative program of the N. A. R.,
Adjt. Gen. Edgar H. Taber on re
habilitation, and John Arthur Shaw
on the efforts of the N. A. R. to
place former service men in national
defense Jobs.
The post passed resolutions ask
ing Comdr. George M. McNulty to
be a candidate to succeed himself
to grant a permanent charter to the
post and to issue a convention cal]
setting forth the fact that one votn
shall be had by each State for each
50 members or part thereof.
B> P. 0. Elks
The 76th annual Grand Lodge
reunion was held in Houston, Tex.,
last week. Joseph G. Buch of Tren
ton, N. J„ was elected grand exalted
ruler.
Prominent Washington Elks at
tending the reunion included Ex
alted Ruler and Delegate L. Martin
Young, Grand Lodge Pardon Com
missioner Philip U. Gayaut, Es
teemed Lecturing Knight Leonard
L. Pearce and Nathan Frank.
Lodge sessions will be held August
14 and 28 and the regular weeklj
sessions will begin with the first
Wednesday in September instead ol
In October.
A softball game will be held toda\
at 2:30 at Fair lawn Field, with
Hagerstown Lodge opposing Wash
ington Lodge. The Elks’ Boys Bant
will furnish music. At the conclu
sion of the game supper will b<
served at the Elks Club for Elki
and their friends.
A skeet and trap shoot is helc
every 8unday at 10:30 am., a1
O’Donnell’s on the Marlboro pike
Members and their friends are wel
come.
The State Association Conventiot
Committee at Annapolis has pre
pared entertainment for the annua
reunion at Annapolis, August 4 to 7