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Veterans' Aaaocistion la Launched by
Men Who Served In Va
rious Wars.
The old spirit of the A. E. F. and of
America's war-time army, navy and
marine corps broke out tn the halls
of the nation's congress in Washing
ton the other «lay. when veterans of
the World war who are members of
congress, joined by members who
»erved In the Civil and Spanish-Amer
ican wars, held a big meetlug and a
regular feed at the University club
and formed “The Veterans' Associa
tion of the Sixty-seventh Congress."
Two members of the United Stat«*s
senate and 32 members of the house
of representatives attended the dinner
gathering which resulted in the organ
isation of the congressional veterans
into a body Twenty-atx of the mem
bers of the house of representatives in
attendance were veterans of the World
war and members of the Anierleau Le
gion.
Representative Henry Z. Os
borne of the Tenth California district,
a veteran of the Civil war. acted as
toastmaster. He felicitated the coun
try upon the formation of the Ameri-
can Legton, saying ¡hat the “vets of
‘tn*’ were willing and proud to turn
the rein of patriotic endeavor sver to
the “boys of 17.”
In addition to ch<x>siug Congress
man Roy G. Fitzgerald of Ohio, pres
ident of the association. and Congress
man John E. Rankin of Mississippi as
secretary, and getting away with an
elaborate course dinner billed in rhe
still familiar doughhoy French of
“over there." the congressional vet
erans listened to a careful explanation
of the legislative program of the Amer
ican Legion in congress made by John
Thomas Taylor, vice chairman of the
national legislative committee of the
Legion, who was a special guest of
honor and the only person present not
a mem tier of congress.
Mr Taylor
went Into <letail«*d advocacy of the
consolidation, vocational training, hos
pitalization and emergency officer re
tirement bills prop«ise«l by the I-egion.
Kx-Patrlated Former Service Man Ro
mains Abroad and Serves In Im-
portant Capacity.
When the last of the American ex-
¡»editnmary forces left France, a con
aiderahle number
of exservice men
remained in that
country as repre
sentatives of
American fl r m »
and
In
various
other positions.
Among this group
was Col. Francis
K
Drake, com
mander of the de
pa r t tu en t
of
France, American
Legion.
T h e
ex-patri-
ated former service men found that
there were mutual ties binding them
together and the result was the forma
tion of the Legiou s department of
France.
Among the achievements of this <ls-
tached body of Legionnaires are: The
direction of the decoration of graves
o( American soldiers ou the battle-
fields and in the cemeteries of France
on Memorial day; aid to stranded vet
erans In France; the raising of a fun«!
to defend the American sergeants w ho
attempt««! to capture B«*rg<!oll. the
arch slacker, on German soil nnd co
operation with the French government
in furthering memorial plans of the
Amerteau Legion.
Colonel Drake lias returned to France
after a visit to America, during w hich
he effected arrangements for the dec
oration of all soldiers' graves on Me
morial day. 1921.
The Legiou «-otumunder attracted
national attention when his Investiga
tion of the alleged “Rhine Horror"
showed that there was no groun«l for
the assertion of prv-Geriuans that*
French negro troops are participating
in outrag«*s upon German women in
the Rhenish provinces.
CONVENTIONS OF 1921 OPEN
Program of Department Gatherings of
Ex-Service Men’s Organizations
Inaugurated in, Alaska.
When delegates from far-away posts
of the American Legion in Alaska
tnet at Vahlez on April 12, the pro
gram of department convention« of
ti«e ex-service men's organization for
1921 was Inaugurated.
Departments which have announced
the place and date of their 1921 con
ventions are:
Alabama, Florence.
June 10 and 11; Arizona. Prescixt, Au
WAR ON LEGION BACHELORS gust 8; Florida. Orlando. May 16 and
17; Iowa. Spirit Lake. September 1.
Women’s Auxiliary of Sunflower State 2 and 3; Kansas. Hutchinson, August
Issues Ultimatum to Unmarried
22, 23 and 24; Kentucky. Lexington.
Ex.Service Fellows.
September 2 and 3; Maryland, Ocean
City, September 12 and 13; Michigan.
War on bachelors has been declared Kalamazoo, September 6 and 7; Min
in Kansas. Women of the Sunflower nesota. Winona. August 1. 2 and 3;
State contend Montana. Lewistown. June 27 and 28;
unattached Nebraska, Fremont. September 29. 30
that
men
can't
get and October 1; New Mexico, Silver
along without City, September 22, 23 and 24; New;
them.
York. Jamestown. September 30 and
In furtherance October 1; Oregon, Eugene. July 1
of the flght, Miss and 2; South Dakota. Rapid City. Au
McCoy of Topeka. gust 23 to 26 ; Termes»«»*. Chat-
Department ser tanooga. July 8 and 9; Utah. Provo,
re’ary of
the June 10 and 11; Virginia. Norfolk.
Women's Auxil September 1, 2 and S; Washington,
ia r y of the Hoquiam. July 14, 15 and 16; Wis
American Legion consin, Eau Claire, June 28. 29 and SO
is spreading
Other departments which have an
broadcast
the nounced conventions, with the exact
battle cry ;
bachelor posts In date as yet undecided, are: Colorado.
Kansas." Every group of Legionnaire« Glenwotxl Springs, Octotier; Louisia
Is to have an Auxiliary, according to na. Bogalusa, early September; Ne
Auxiliary officials.
vada. Gardnerville. July; New HaFi|f-
"Who else can give you fine home shire, Weirs, last week In August ;
cooking «with your banquets? Who New Jersey. Ausbury Park, Septem-
else can straighten up the club house ber; Oklahoma, Enid, last week in
and give It a homelike appearance? September or first week In October ;
Who knows more about service than
between
Pennsylvania,
Pittsburgh,
the women?" the propaganda reads. September 15 an«l 30.
Legion prisoners captured in the Cam
paign are being treated to fried
chicken, pies, cakes and darnings and AMERICANISM BILLS GET 0. K
patchings.
Miss McCoy entered the burine»« Throe Measures Written by the Amer,
world as an assistant tn a Kansas
ican Legion Become Laws In
bank. During the war aha stepped
Oklahoma, Juno 29.
late a position vacated by a soldier,
hold it throughout hostilities and gave
Three Americanism bills written by
It back te the doughboy when he cam» the American Legion and Introduced
heme.
LEGION FLAG ADDS HISTORY
■x-Bervloe Men's Emblem Now Proud
ly Floats Where Five Others
Hold Sway.
The American Legion flag will fly
In a part of New Orleans that has
been under flve flags, for the city
administration has turned over a
building In the heart of the old French
quarter to poets of the Legion for
four years.
Not far from the Legion building is
the Spanish Cablido where the Spanish
colors flew In the breezes from the
Gulf of Mexico until they were re
placed by the French. The Louisiana
Purchase In 1804 resulted in the ap
pearance of the Stars and Stripes on
the ramparts. In 1812, the British
flag flew also In that vicinity for a few
days. During the Civil war the Con
federate colors waved proudly over
the southern city. When the wounds
of civil strife were healed the Stars
and Stripes again reappeared.
The Legion building will have an
auditorium, offices and clubrooms. It
will also house Ixtulsiana department
headquarters, the I-egion employment
and service bureau, local posts, the
Women's Auxiliary headquarters and
the Pellcanalre, official organ of the
Louisiana department.
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Dare Devil Louisiana Man Put Real
Thrills Into Campaign for
New Members.
dared
He entered the navy as an
ensign and was discharge! In April,
191ft. Hr continued In servi«« a» an
officer of the Merchant Marine until
December, 1920.
Do Not Have to Pay Poll Tax.
When Anthony Kelley was dls-
Ha«'ke<| by the American Legi«xi. a
charged from the navy In New Or-
law providing for the registration of
leans. La., he found the life of a land
lubber terribly devoid of thrill snd all riservi«-« men of all wars In
peril. He had been going to «ea sln«-e stale of Montana wait pu««««1 by
the age of flft«-eti an«l he miased the legislature. The new act exempts
axel tement of stormy nights in the ex-service men from payment of
dizzy heights of the crow's nest and poll tax and require* each «-ounty
hair-raising trip« on the rope« far seseor to keep a record of the names
and organizations of all veterans with
above the deck.
in his county. It le expected that otb
With the start of a membership
er state» w ill take similar acton »oon
campaign of Rollin post of the Ameri
can Legion In New- Orleans, Kelley
blossom«-«! out as a professional dare
Patience.
devil to assist his fellow Leglonnnlres
The need for heroism in our dally
in attracting attention. He cllmh«*d a liven may seem to he small, but surely
flag pole atop the city hall, several calls for patience are numerous
hundred feet shove the pavement and entr.gh, patience with slow-moving clr
rocked back and forth trying to break cun«iian<-cs, with the brother who does
the pole. A net stret«he«j below was not see truth as we see it. with th«
all that was between the daring le unreasonable people w ho must be
gionnaire and some exceedingly hard managed. If they are to go forward at
terrain.
all. Last. unxtt Important of all. we
Kelley was unable to break the flag need patfelKW with cur blundering,
in the Oklahoma state legislature at pole, however. So he scaled an eight enslly dlacouraged solve:«. After all.
the request of that organization, have • een-story building and hung from the It may t>e that from a greater height
been passed by the state lawmaking coping by his toes. Film companies and clearer vision than ours, puth-wo
body, signed by Governor Roberts«» rushed earners men to take motion Itself muy show ns a heroic virtue.
pictures of the feat and the legion
and will become laws on June 25.
House bill No. 383 provides that membership drive wss a success.
“None of It was as thrilling aa the
the American flag shall be dlsplaye«!
at all tiin«*s In every school room In ' four years and four moriths I waa in
the state—public, private and denomi the war zone." Kelley declares.
national—and that pupils shall be I
taught proper respect and reverence
for It by the state school superintend- I
ent. A penalty la provided far viola
tion.
American history and civil govern
ment are made compulsory subjects
for study in all schools of the state '
under house bill No. 384.
High schools, colleges, universities i
and normal schools must require at
least one full year’s work In Ameri
can history and civics of each student
WE CAN FI NNISH
graduated.
the most wholreome"botweenmeal
In the future, each teacher who is
food” In supplying you with our
a ranted a certificate to teach In Okla
homa must subscribe to an oath of
fresh-baked bread. And In so do
allegiance to the constitution of the
ing we are always alive to our ob
United States and of the state of
ligation to growing youngsters
Oklahoma under the terms of house
They need a full wheat bread and
bill No. 389. Teachers found guilty
we give it to them.
of public statements against the flag
or country shall have their rertlflcates
revoked.
The bills have been widely praised
Kelley Atop City Hall Flag Fela.
In the Oklahoma press and have been
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