MARYLAND VETERANS COMMISSION

Chairman: David E. Kaiser

Godfrey Child, Jarrett M. Ward, D.D.S. Frank Powers,
Vernon H. Randall.
Richard C. Manning, State Service and Executive Officer.

8 South Street, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Plaza 2-2000

The Maryland Veterans Commission is composed of five members
appointed by the Governor, all of whom must be veterans. The Com-
mission appoints the State Service Officer, who serves as administra-
tive director of the agency. The State Commanders of the American
Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Vet-
erans, and the Spanish-American War Veterans serve as an advisory
committee to the Commission.

The Commission administers a fund, appropriated annually, to pro-
vide the necessities of life to distressed veterans, widows of veterans
and their infant children, to provide medical care for those who are
ill, and funeral expenses for deceased veterans. The agency also
assists veterans and their dependents in securing federal aid to which
they may be entitled. The Commission is further responsible for the
maintenance of a permanent registry of graves of all persons who
served in the military or naval forces of the country in time of war
and are buried in Maryland (Code 1951, Art. 96%, sees. 3-7). The
Commission, in addition to its main office, has information centers
located in the following cities:

Baltimore: 709-C Veterans Administration Building
Cambridge: Highland Spring Valley
Chevy Chase: Recreational Center, 4700 Norwood Drive
Crisfield: Arcade Building
Cumberland: County Building, Union Street
Easton: Dover and Harrison Street
Frederick: Winchester Hall
Hagerstown: City Hall
Hyattsville: County Service Building
Salisbury: Gunby Building
Washington. D. C.: Veterans Administration, 1725 H St., N.W.

Appropriations 1953 1954
General Fund. $150,956 $130,038

Staff: 21.

WAR MEMORIAL COMMISSION

Chairman: Richard C. O'Connell, 1957

Appointed by the Governor: George D. Harman, 1954;
William F. Dawson, 1955; Harry C. Ruhl, 1956; Fred Z.
Nichols, Jr., 1958.

Appointed by the Mayor of Baltimore; Albert O. Rabassa,
1953; Abraham Watner, 1954; Paul J. Weidorfer, 1955;
James J. McGuirk, 1956; Paul C. Wolman, 1957.
Thomas G. Nicholas, Superintendent

War Memorial Building, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Mulberry 5-7530

The War Memorial Commission was created in 1924. The Commis-
sion is composed of ten members, five of whom are appointed by the
Governor and five by the Mayor of the City of Baltimore. The term