THE SFXDAT OREGOXTAX PORTLAND, DECEMRER TI, 1921 22 1 Or QtizeiLVeierari BY HARRY B. CRITCHLOW. WHEN the American Expedition ary Forces had turned their bucks on the shores of France and headud homeward there was sad ness in a thousand little cafes, where the Yank had been a familiar char acter and the madames had come to regard him as their own. Those strange young men from across the seas had been difficult for madame to understand. Her own coun trymen with their horizon blue uni forms and bulging haversacks, she was accustomed to. They came into her little cafe, spent a few centimes for a bottle of wine and enjoyed the evening chatting among themselves. When the Yank entered her place he was seemingly loaded down with money. He was a millionaire Amer ieaine." He spent his money with a lavish hand. Expenses meant noth ing to him. When he paid for a glass of cognac with a sliver franc and shoved back the copper clackers he had received in change, as a tip, madame marveled at the extrava gance. Those clackers were fortunes to her. When a crap game started in her back room and she saw hundreds of the precious francs she loved change ownership with one pass of the dice, she was horrified. Soon she realized that the stack in her cellar was being rapidly reduced by the ever thirsty Yank. He had displayed his utter disregard for money. She raised her prices. Nc complaints were made and the tips continued as large as they were be fore. Little Andre and Rene had been afraid of the noisy visitor who had taken possession of mother's cafe, but they soon became acquainted. They found him a big-hearted brother who permitted them to crawl over him. sit upon his knees, and take the place of little brothers or sisters he, perhaps, had left behind. They learned to love him and the madame loved him, too. When orders came to go to the front the Yank discarded his extra blankets and cautiously presented them to the madame. His extra shirts and other articles from his equipment which would make his load heavier than necessary, also were bestowed upon her. Leaving time came and sorrow filled her heart. Her husband, who had gone out with the first call was either dead, disabled or still fighting at the front for the tri-color he loved. She knew what war meant; long years she had suffered, denying herself of everything possible, to save her money for the little ones. She realized that soon the Yank would he facing the enemy, danger and perhaps death for France. She filled his empty canteen with his fa vorite cherry brandy- The children flocked around him and kissed his sunburned and browned cheeks as the tears coursed from their eyes. Then, as he was turning to go with that ever-present smile upon his face, madame threw her arms around his neck, kissed him a farewell, then hid her face in her apron as he marched away to Join his outfit. In a recent issue of the American Legion Weekly there appears a poem which was written by C. C. Shan felter. It will appeal to all men who became acquainted with madame overseas. It is as follows: I guess ynu thought me funny with my easy, breezy waj'i, And I know you thought me crazy at the tint; While the way I handled money you 11 remember all your daya. As well a certain cuaa-worda, and my thlrat: But the day the younnater came and climbed upon my knee Without a bit of coaxln'. or a bribe. You threw away suspicion and you called me "mon ami," And you took my word aa gospel for my tribe. I knew you wern't wealhty, for it took a lot of franca With Pop all crippled up and the klda at school. But you said Ood made you healthy and you gave that aame Ood thanka. You still could work and had no time to fool. I remember you a-smtlln" as you aaked . me If I knew That heavy loads grew light for wlllln' And In manner quite begullln' you swore luck had ttayed with you For health waa wealth that paid no income tax. There was some who didn't know you as they really should have done. They didn't undoratand, and acted rough; But when I thought It harmful you would swear 'twas all In fun 'Cause lads like thoae, at heart, was never tough. You're a ploddtn' peasant woman, but a amllln' female Job. You're bound to win with half a fightin' chance ; I've never seen your equal in my travela 'found the globe. So here's to you, iladame for you are France!" During the war Eugene Oppen helmer was a lowly "gob" in the navy. He mopped decks, stood watch and cussed the fates responsible for the war. He had never quite for given the navy. Last Saturday night he was seated in a Portland restau rant. A friend In company with Commander Wilson of the Pacific fleet entered the place, and seated themselves not far from Oppen helmer's table. "Come on over and meet the com mander," Invited the friends of the ex-"gob." "Nothing doing." replied Oppen holmer. "If the commander wants to see me let him come over here." Commander Wilson was taken to Oppenheimer's table, was Introduced and began discussing the activities of the navy during the war. "Commanders are not so bad after all." declared Oppenheimer, "but It has taken me. four years to get as close to one as I have been tonight." Andrew Koerncr, secretary of the 91st division association, is making an effort to increase the attendance of members of the organization at the Friday noon luncheons in the Washington street Hazelwood. For the last four months an average of 20 Powder River men have been at tending these luncheons. Koerner is making an effort to double the num ber of attendants. 3Irs. James E. Poole, 6028 Seventieth street, widow of Sergeant Poole of the 381st Infantry, who died here last May. has been awarded $10,000 gov ernment insurance, a pension of $25 a month and $2000 in disability com pensation, according to an announce ment of the United States veterans' bureau Poole died is the result of wounds received when with the 91st division in the Argnnne. No special Holiday activities are contemplated by the Canadian veter ans, according to the sense of their l:ist meelng Thursday night. They are managing to enre for any unfortunate comrades after a fashion, but J. Brown Strang, secretary, who can be reached by phone at Broadway 380. says that he frequently has need for work for British or Canadian veterans and would appreciate any Jobs that can be thrown his way. . There Is a possibility that Portland may send a representative to the ceremony attending the burial of the "unknown" Canadian soldier in Ot tawa some time In the next few months. The Armistice-day concert and II T John A. Beckwith. wii serve on the executive com- miner or Portland post or tne American Legion during 10: the . dance proved to be a financial success and the chances are that the next winter feature will be held some time late in January. Tom Skeyhill. the Australian sol dier lecturer, drew excellent crowds to his talks in Portland last week, and few who heard him had dry eyes as he described the Anzacs' sacrifice when storming the Dardanelles. The day of the flat-footed man who was disdained by the infantry has arrived. Veterans of the world war who became possessed of flat feet during the War are to be given voca tional training if the disability has proved vocational handicap, according to an announcement that has been made by the veterans' bureau. Belief that Senator Watson, Geor gia, had "strayed Into the wrong army" when making his charges be fore congress of alleged hangings in the A. E. F. has been expressed by "W. S., Scranton, Pa" in a letter to American Legion national headquar ters. "W. S." details the only casualty in his "outfit" other than those in flicted by the boches. "A corporal swallowed some coffee which a dizzy K. P. had held a lantern over, letting a couple of drops of kerosene fall Into It. The corporal didn't feel like eating for a week and washed his mouth out with commissary soap." In further declaration of the "sad rack of hangings, drawings, quarter ings 'and draggings downhill in nall llned barrels by horses going four different ways," the author hates to admit that "of all the men who went to war from my town, not one of them was shot at sunrise or any other time for wearing boots at reveille." "Of the eight men In his squad, W. S." declares that seven escaped the war unhanged. "The eighth rests in an honorable grave on the slopes below the village of Romange. He died of a machine-gun wound in the face of the enemy not, Senator Watson, of a taut rope In the presence of a lot of gawk ing lieutenant-colonels (I don't sup pose they'd let the privates in on a thing like that.) "But there's one thing they would have let us In on. They might not have let us see all the company pun ishment executions Senator Watson tells about, but don't you suppose the underground wireless of soldiery would have spread the news around?" "If pardon Is granted to Debs or others fairly convicted of treason or sedition during a time when the na tion's very life was at stake, the lives of those boys who lie on the fields of France and those who lie broken in hospitals have Indeed been sacrificed In vain," Hanford MacNider, comman der of the American Legion, has tele graphed President Harding, request ing that "no leniency be shown those traitors who stabbed us in the back while we were giving our all to this country." Fifteen cents buys a meal for needy ex-service men and families at the American Legion restaurant. Toledo. The menu Includes steak or chop, po tatoes, bread, butter and coffee. The difference between the cost of the food and the price at the counter is made up by employed legionnaires. .- The examination of Boy Scouts in Minneapolis has been entrusted to members of the Raoul Lufberry post of the American Legion. A board ap pointed by the post will have charge of the examinations in 60 subjects and will make recommendations as to the awarding of merit badges. Receipts from the entertainments given by posts of the American Le gion or its auxiliary are not taxable under the new revenue law passed by the extra session of the 67th congress. Such receipts, even when the proceeds of the entertainments were given for charitable purposes, were taxable un der the entertainment tax of the old revenue law. There have been many times dur ing the last year when Henry Boyd has felt that his efforts in behalf of Portland post were not appreciated. He never has hesitated to take a de cided stand when such a stand was necessary, and naturally he has made some enemies who never have hesi tated to attack him fnr hio -i.- -o commander. Boyd led the executive ) ,UHMi,iU,-e cilkvi last -vionaay ntgnt with a vote of 414. This should con vince him that the great majority of the members of the legion in Port land appreciate his work. Doughboys, will you ever forget: When G. H. Q. made you send your relatives a postcard on which it said that you were holding your war risk' Insurance because General Pershing advised you to? The Old Frenchman who put cognac In your coffee and then filled your cup with more cognac every time you took a swallow? Those British breeches they passed out before you left France? The "all-wool" coat your supply ser geant gave you. that refused to re tain its original size after an appli cation of rain? How uncomfortable those "tin hats" were in the rear, but what friends they became at the front? Those town-criers who used to wake you up mornings with the news that the butcher would have fresh meat for sale? How tp In Belgium you accepted an invitation to eat dinner with a fam ily and after the meal was over you were told that the meat was artillery horse? The men who served under Yank colors during the world war are scat tered to all parts of the globe. This Is shown by reports from the United States Veteran's bureau, on compen sation claims. Each month 4447 checks are going to claimants in Italy, 1124 to Ireland, 99 to China, 26 to Japan, 8 to Trinidad, 11 to the Bar bados five to Asia Minor, lour to j Egypt and one to Esthonla. A total of J3336 Is being sent monthly to men under compensation in Germany. Ex-service men of the world war who want to be first, second or third class United States postmasters are to be given a 6 per cent advance on their civil service ratings and credit for time spent In sesvlce. President Harding's executive order putting the provision into effect was recently promulgated at the instance of the American Legion. A few things the officers missed: The 1ns and outs of kitchen police. Having to carry a pack. Taking what the supply sergeant saw fit to give them. Snipe shooting. Call-downs by the top sergeant. The thrills that came with a pro motion from buck private to corporal. Lineup for cootie Inspection. Byron J. Beattie, who was tbnwn as a member of the executive com mittee of Portland post of the Ameri can Legion last Monday night, was an ensign in the Atlantic fleet during the war. He was on a submarine chaser most of his time at sea. Beat tie is secretary of the Progressive Business Men's clu-b. George Dow, who was a member of the old naval militia and served on the Marblehead during the war, is now paymaster on board the Pacific Mall liner Granite State, according to John A. Beckwith, to whom Dow has written. He runs between San Fran cisco and India. "I am reminded of a summary court proceeding when I observe how the investigation of the charges against Dr. N. E. Wayson of the United States public health service are being made." said a veteran who prefers to have his name withheld, a few days ago. "Dr. Hugh de Valin and Dr. Duncan MacCalman. both public health serv iceofficers, are in charge of the in vestigation. That is rather a funny thing. It seems to me that it would have been best to have the Investiga tion conducted by one public health service official, one veterans' bureau man and one representative of the public." Robert A. Sawyer, who has com manded Scout Young camp of the Spanish-American War Veterans, was honored by the organization when, at the annual election Tuesday night, he was re-elected for the year 1922. For the first time since 1904 the camp re elected a commander. Other officers for the year are: Leo A. Harms, senior vice - commander; Thomas R. Hamer, Junior vice - commander; Albert L. Love, officer of the day; John Roy. officer of the guard; Roy Dobie, trus tee; Scott Brown, property man; L. E. Beach and Joe Glessner, members of the hall committee. Commander Sawyer has announced the following appointments: Harry V. Reed, adjutant; W. E. Eddy, quarter master, and F. M. Rich, chaplain. An ex-buck private who signs his letter "A Kicker" has taken mild ex ception to the statement made In last Sunday's Citizen Veteran that the "lost battalion" was composed of men (rom the Jewish quarter, the bowery 'and other parts of 'New York City, and calls attention to the fact that many of the men In the unit were from the 40th division, a replacement organization composed of western troops. He declares that other sec tions of the country in many cases received the credit for work per formed by western men. This is true. The 41st division, com posed of national guard troops, was disorganized and broken Into re placement units when it arrived In France, and the same was true of the 40th. Thousands of the 41st men went to the 1st and 2d divisions and by their gallantry at the front helped make their organizations famous. Many of the 40th division men went to the 77th and to other divisions and aided In the successes of these units. The 1st division is regarded as a regular army organization. It was at the start of the war. At Cantigny and Soissons its losses were so great that by the time replacements had been made it was more than 50 per cent national guard and national army. At the end of the war not to exceed 10 per cent of the strength was composed of regulars, yet the "regs" have all the credit for the achievement of the organization. The replacement man lost his iden tity when he was sent to a strange unit. His work gained for the section of the country from which the regiment or di vision originally came. His work brought little mention for his native state, but It added glory to the United States and, after all, it was the United States he was fighting for. Warren ("Pewee") Edwards of Eugene, who during the war was a member of the 361st (University of Orgeon) ambulance company and dis tinguished himself as a motorcycle rider and all-round handy man, spent a few days in Portland during the week. He is now ia business in Eugene. The annual election of Portland post of the American Legion resulted in the selection of James J. Crossley as commander for 1922. E. V. Stretcher will be vice-commander, Douglas Mc Kay adjutant, and E. C. Mears. finance officer. The executive committee was elected as follows: Henry Boyd. John Beckwith, Byron J. Beattie, W. R. Bald, W. N. Beverldge, Kenneth Cooper and Jerrold Owen. More members of the organization attended the meeting than ever was noted at a previous gathering of the post. Politics was played by all fac tions in the fight. Those who were backed by the strongest organization won out. Now the fight is over and ahead lies a year of hard work. The man who becomes a member of the legion simply to participate in the an nual election Is not worthy of mem bership. Cliques and factions are nat ural in election campaigns. They are unhealthy elements after the election is over and there are difficult tasks to perform. As they pulled together in 1917-18, let the members of Portland post pull together in 1922 and make the post recognized as a power for better Americanism In Portland. Dr. Dwlght E. Miller, known to his old buck privates of the 361st am bulance company as "Duke," was in Portland during the week. He is now located at Huntington, where he is practicing medicine. When the 316th sanitary train was in France It was admitted by all that "Duke" had the finest pair of boots in the organi zation It required no particular knowledge to be a cook in the army; at least one would imagine so from the method often employed in choosing cooks. George H. Otten was a member of one of the companies of the 23d en gineers. One morning his command ing officers called him to the orderly room. "Otten, the cook-s are all drunk or sick." he said. "You must get dinner." Captain, I can t cook," declared Otten. "I never mixed a mess of food In my life. How will the company survive?" "That doesn't make any difference." waa the retort, "You can read, can't you? There's a cookbook out there somewhere." Otten became a cook and the fact I that not a man died in the company after he took charge of the kitchen shows that he was successful. Junior league girls and members of the American Legion auxiliary will ! aid in making successful "A Night in Paris," to be staged in the munici- j pal auditorium by Portland post on New Year's eve. The main floor of; the auditorium will be used for danc- lng and vaudeville. In the basement the Junior league girls will have charge of the festivities. There the street scenes of Paris with their cafes, cabarets and street characters will be reproduced. According to Fred S. Cook, ar rangements are being completed to bring Mme. "Flfl," the famous dan seuse of the Follies Bergere. to this country for participation in the 'Night in Paris." A cablegram announcing her departure from the shores of her native France is being expected dally. Fried chicken will be the main idea of the bill of fare that will be placed before the members of the recently organized pest of the American Le gion when they meet this week at Pilot Kock In a grand ' blovout." There will he a short programme of entertainment. The post was the last one organized in the state. Linn Ncsmith, who during the war was regimental sergeant-major of the 23d engineers, is back in Portland after having Epcnt a year in North Dakota In the employ of the Warren Construction company. He is at the home of his uncle. John H. Burgard. Disabled veterans of the war and their dependents are to be remem bered on Christmas day. Lane Good ell, state commander of the American Legion, has sent word to all legion posts of the state and the 55 auxil iaries asking them to make a house-to-house canvass of their respective vicinities to locate all needy families of men who served during the war. The members of the legion have been asked by Goodell to "make it a 100 per cent Christmas for the disabled men and their families." a Grant county at present has one post of the American Legion, the Ellis Tracy post. However, posts are being organized at Dayville, John Day, Prairie City and Canyon City. The work of organization Is being carried on under the direction of T. E. Knox, adjutant of the existing post The state committee now has the or ganization of additional posts under consideration. Since the national convention held in that city, a special staff of Ameri can Legion men has been kept busy enrolling new members for the or ganization in Kansas City. Before the convention the membership of the le gion In Kansas City was 5000. Now, after a few weeks have passed, it has passed the 90O0 mark. An average of 200 men a day has been reached. No former service man with a rat ing of "good" will be thrown out of government civil-service employment, according to a recent Interpretation of a ruling made by Attorney-General Daugherty. President Harding has instructed all departments to make efficiency ratings. C. F. Faust has been elected com mander of, the reorganized post of the American Legion at Nyssa. Rob ert Browning was chosen as adjutant. Committees have been appointed to carry on the Work of the post during the coming year. It is planned to have an auxiliary formed in the city. Efforttf-are being made by Portland post of the American Legion to locate Roy S. Lucero, who was discharged from Vancouver barracks six months ago. His mother, who lives In Cuervo, N. M., Is anxious to get Into communi cation with her son. . . . Hanford MacNider, national com mander of the American Legion, is to be the recipient of a life membership in Portland chapter. Disabled Veter ans of the World War. A silver life membership card has been made by the local organization and Is being sent to MacNider. It Is signed by Guy H. Pickins. commander; Leslie E. Howell, secretary, and John F. Haley, treasurer. ' a Joe Mlnton, at a recent meeting of Capital post of the American Legion. In Salem, was elected commander for the ensuing year." He has been active In legion affairs since the post was organized. PARIS JAIL TO BE SHOWN Military Prison to Be Depicted In Legion Show Xcw Years. The old "brig" in the Hqtel St. Anne, the sorrow of many of the members of the American expedition ary forces gone on A. W. O. L., will be reproduced on New Year's eve, when Portland post of the American Legion stages its "Night in Paris" In the municipal auditorium. Fred M. West and Cicero Hogan, who had headquarters in the famous "hoose gow," will be in charge of the repro duction. In addition to the "brig." Pat Allen with the assistance of junior league girls will reproduce the Cafe de les Palx. 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