Grants Pass daily courier., July 23, 1921, Page 2, Image 2

NATI IlHAY, JILY IM, Itoti,
GRANTS 1‘AHN DAILY CUM'HIER
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LEGION
<C»py for Thia Department Suppli®4 hy
th® American L«<ion Nm S«nrtcfi. )
Grants Pass
one-pounder shell hit hlin a glancing
blow on the cbtn before It exploded
When It went off almost under hliv
22 pieces of shrapnel peppered his
body- He remained on the battlefield
.Nd hours befiwe he was picked up.
-But I’m happy just the same,”
Evans says. "This job keeps me from
being a loafer and pays just enough
with my government compensation
for me to get married. I guess I
was born lucky.”
The Wardrobe Cleaners
©LEGION©!
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EMERY THE NEW COMMANDER
Altering, Relining, Repairing
Master Cleaners and Dyers
Grand Rapids (M eh.) Official Is Els-
voted to Succsed th* Lata F.
W. Galbraith, Jr.
Maj. John Garfield Emery of Grand
Rapid», Mich., was unanimously elec-
ted national commander of the Ameri­
can Legion at a meeting of the nation­
al executive committee held lu In-
dlanapollx.
He succeeds the late Frederick W.
Galbraith. Jr., who was recently
fatally injured In an automobile acci-
deut at Indianapolis.
Major Emery was one of the five
vice commanders of tlie Legion, hav-
Ing been elected to that position at
the Cleveland meeting of the organ-
•set Ion
Thomas J. Hannigan, of Hartford,
ftwi. was elected vtce-coounander,
aarceedlng Mr. Kmery In that position.
Major Kmery saw much fightlug dur­
ing the World war. He entered the
second officer*' training camp at Fort
Sheridan August 27, 1917.
After flnlahlug the course he was
wwmlssloned a captain of Infantry
We Clean Everything That is Possible to Clean
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507 E St., Opposite Colonial, Phone 147
WE WILL CALL
IS BUSY LEGION ORGANIZER
Vic*
Benefit Performance.
Fur arnie time the benign old gen­
tleman sat watching the novice tn his
LEGION MEN LIKE HIS TYPE vain attempts to land a fish. Finally
the angler was reduced to his last
State Adjutant of Minnesota Mado worm and still no catch.
Numerous Efforts Before Ac­
"Cheer u|1. son,” said the old gen
cepted for War Service.
tieman. "They're biting well for you
at any rate.”
Horace G. Whitmore began serv­
“No, they ain't,” retorted the other
ing under Pershing early. He was aggrievedly. "They're bltln' for their
holding down a own personal benefit, that's what they
pivot tn the cadet are.”—American Legion Weekly.
battalion at the
University of Ne­
The Latest Alibi.
braska in 1895
The Boss—Well, what excuse this
when the future time? Grandmother dead again. •
«neral was a suppose?
command a n t
The O. B.—No sir! Grandmother
there. Incidental­ wants me to take her to the game
ly Mr. Whitmore and point out all the best-known play­
and General Per­ ers.—American Legion Weekly.
shing formed a
friendship on the
• ampus which en­
dures to the pres­ LEGION ROLLERS UNDER THEM
ent day and which found expression
after the armistice, when the C-ln-C, Ex-Service Men Promptly Halt
ploitations of Pro-German
inspecting the One Hundred and Fifty-
T roublemakers.
first field artillery in Germany, left
a crowd of generals, walked over to
In response to the warning issued
a stubby little first sergeant, thrust
by their national commander, r. w.
out his hand and said:
Galbraith, Jr., American Legion mem­
"Whitmore. I am glad to see you.”
Whitmore was born In Dayton. O.. bers in many parts of the country
tn 1873; was brought up on a farm have been active in lighting against
tn Nebraska, and graduated from the efforts of pro-German* and other
hyphenated persons to drive a wedge
State university there In 1885.
He was a contractor tn Minneapolis Icetween America and tier allies in th»
In 1817, when he presented himself World war.
Twenty-five thousand patriotic Citi­
for admission to the first series of of­
ficers’ training camps. He was re­ zens of New York attended the “All
jected as being overweight. Back to American Meeting for God and Coun­
the farm went Whitmore. In four try,” which was hel<l in Madison
weeks he took off 20 pound* and Square Garden under the auspices of
asked to be admitted to the second the Legion, as a protest against a pre­
•erles of training camps, but the sur­ vious pro-German meeting, said to be
geon said: "Too fat to flghL” An­ for the purpose of creating sentiment
other examiner said: “Too old.”
against the alleged "Horrors on thé
Whitmore went from r»-«rultlng of­ Rhine.”
fice to recruiting office until he be­
When word was received in Phlla
came a private In Battery B, One Hun­ del ph la that Dr. Edmund von Mach.
dred and Fifty-first field artillery, notorious German propagandise was
Forty-second division. He went over- planning to hold a meeting in that
sea* with the outfit and served with city, Legion members and other pa­
It through the war, participating in triotic citizens opposed the proposi­
every engagement In which the Rain­ tion and succeeded In blocking the
bow* took part.
scheme.
When discharged he was Induced to
Similar action was taken by the
become state adjutant of tne Ameri­ Legion and various societies in Indian­
can Legion for Minnesota. He has apolis. Among the organizations co­
done much for the development of operating with the legion was the na­
the Legion in the Northwest Mr. tional executive committee of the
Whitmore recently resigned from that American Gymnastic union, composed
position to accept the directorship of of a large memicership of citizens of
a company formed for the manufac­ German extraction, which Insisted
ture of an automobile accessory de­ upon unhyphenated citizenship and
vice which he Invented.
scored Von Mach and George Sylve*
ter Viereck. On the same day the In
dlanapolis board of public works an
WAS BORN UNDER LUCKY STAR nounced it would not permit the UM*
of It* large convention hall for tbe
Indianapolis Legion Man Sustained
proposed Von Mach meeting.
Twenty-Six Wound* During His
Learning that Louisville was on the
Service in War.
proposed* Itinerary of Doctor Von
Mach, the Kentucky department of
Wounded 26 timer
glad It
the Legion Instructed post* to use
wasn’t 27. William
Todlan- "every lawful means practicable to
spoils, Ind., still
«top the threatened invasion of Bo*he
believes he
propagandist*.” The Kentucky Legion's
born under
bulletin also warned against the ac­
lucky star.
tivities of Viereck.
He walked Int*
Legion posts have also opposed the
national
head
hyphenates in Chicago, Cleveland,
quarters of th*
Omaha. Cincinnati and Milwaukee.
American Lesdnt.
the other day
Seeking "just any
Cost of Living in Paris.
kind of work that
The coat of living In Paris Is not
will keep my mind
exorbitant for an American, who is
occupied.”
H e
paid in American dollars, according
sal*! he wa-* an
to a letter from a member of the Parts
oveiseas veteran.
Post of the American Legion.
"I'm still a 1.1
"Beware the big restaurants and
"I was wounded.”
duck Into the side streets unfrequent­
When pressed for detail* he owned ed by tourists.” the veteran warn*,
up to 26 wounds in four major of­ “I had a fine meal today for 8.50
fensives. A job wa* made for him, franc*. or about fifty cents.
clerical work that would “keep his
“The menu Included : Fritüre de la
mind occupied” but which would 1« Loire, 1.50 francs; omelette cham-
consistent with 26 wounds.
plgnons. 2.25 francs; Chateaubriand
Evans was a private la the Twenty­ (which is fried spuds and watercress),
eighth Infantry, First division, A ma 2.50 francs; celeri braise, 75 centimes;
chine gnn got him at fiintlgny, a macaroni, 75 centimes and fromage,
bayonet came next at Moissons; he 75 centimes.
was strtick by shrapnel In the St.
"And after the meal, cafe cognac
Mlhlel push and In the Argonne a for 95 centimes!”
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Commander of Body In New
York Perfects One of the Mott
Powerful Units.
Believing that the county ' organila
timi la n vital part of the A merleau
Legion. »Millam F.
Ileegnn. first vice
commander of the
Legion In New
York, has perfect­
ed In Bronx coun­
ty one of tlie most
lowerful
Ia*gl<>n
units In the coun­
try.
Among the ac­
complishments <>f
the Bronx coun­
ty organization Is
the
placing of
bronze plaques on 950 tree* as a
memorial to the World war dead;
employment provliled for hundreds
of ex service men by the era-
ploytnent committee, and relief to sick
and wounded veterans In New York
city hospitals from the Legton’s
fare committee.
Mr. I •vegan. when asked to
■onie of his working principles, said:
“I insist upon every post being rep­
resented st a county meeting held once
a month. I visit every post at least
once or twice a month and for the
benefit of Legion nn I res have arranged
for a legal committee to tuke up the
principal troubles of the boys, without
cost. I find that le-g'on men have
absolute confidence In their officers.
provided they know that they do not
wk polltlm! office at their expense.
To that end I make every effort to
keep the organization free from men
holding iipisiliitlve office*.
"Personal contact with your post is
absolutely necessary — telling them
what Is going on, listening to com­
plaints and abolishing wherever | hho
slble parliamentary procedure, becauae
delegates oftentimes will come to meet­
ings and fear to apeak on a subject
which Is vital to the Interests of the
organization, because they do not know
whether they are In order.”
During tlie war Mr. In-egnn »as at-
tnched to the stuff of Gen. George W.
Goethals and was assigned to Inspect
the army bases along the Atlantic
const and inland army depots,
wa* discharged a major In 1919.
dßk À
JOI..4 G. EMERY
to France with
group of Americana. He at
assigned to the railway transportation
office at Blots, France, and remnlned
there until February 20, 1918. Later
he attended the First corps school ut
Gondrecourt until March 24. when he
took charge of company F, Eighteenth
Infantry. First brigade. First division.
Major Emery participated In all the
major actions with his regiment in
1918. at Cantlgny In April, May and
June; at St. Mlhlel In September, and
in tlie Meuse-Argonne offensive In
September and October. He was com­
missioned a mnjor of Infantry August
30. 1918.
On October 9. 1918, during the Meuse-
Argonne drive. Major Emery was
wounded in the left arm and was In­
valided home, being discharged at
('amp Custer. Soon after hfs return
to Grand Rapids, he was elected a
member of the Grand Rapids city corn
mission, a position he has held since
that time, Before entering the «ervice
he was a real estate and Insurance
broker.
Major Emery wa* born July 4. ISM,
In Grand Rapids.
As vice-commander of the American LEGION MAN ON LONG HIKE
Legion Major Emery was n do«e
friend and confidant of Commander Sergeant Sylvester of Indiana
Scheduled to Walk 737 Mlles to
Galbraith.
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Boost Training Camps.
WORKER FOR THE AUXILIARY
Devil’s Lake (N. D.) Woman It Elect
ed First Vice President for
Her State.
When the United State« declare*!
war against Germany her son was op
orating a large
ranch In North
Dakota. The son
volunteered. His
anther hurried to
blm arxl with her
husband took over
the task of man­
aging that strip
of fertile land
which would pro-
vide bread and
beef for the
armies.
Mrs. E n g e n e
* emoji, lievil s Lake, N. D„ played no
■'pectacular part, therefore. In the
world conflict, but she learned the
service of sacrifice. There were time«
when the ranch was running smoothly
enough and she spent the hours mak
Ing bundle* of comfort kits and kn't
ting sox and sweater«.
When the mothers, sister* and
wive* of ex-service men organized a
women's auxiliary to the American
I-eglon In her city, Mrs. Fenlou was
chosen president The organization
furnished clubroom* for their boys at
an expense of $2.000 during her first
administration. Mr*, Fenlon recently
was elected first vice president of the
Women's auxiliary of North Dakota.
Former doughboy* will reflect long
Upon the sad case of Bergt. Hurley O,
Sylve« ter, who
likes the walking
brunch of the
service so well
that he volun­
tarily agreed to
hike hii average
of IkVIi miles «
day for 40 days
to tell tlx- peace­
ful citizenry why
tix*y should learn
to fight.
When official*
of Fort Benjamin
Harrison, Ind., looked about for the
representative type of American sol­
dier to advertise the citizens’ military
training camps to be held during th*
summer, they found Sergeant Sylve*
ter, oversea* veteran and member of
the American Legion at the military
post, still In the service.
Sergeant Sylvester Is scheduled to
cover 737 mile* during the 40 «lay*.
He I* visiting town« and cities In In­
diana, Ohio and •Kentucky. He car­
ries light marching equipment avxl Is
the guest of his buddles In tlie Legion
post* along the dusty route.
Ilie American Ix-glon will asslat In
obtaining recruits for the citizens’
military training rumps, according to
l resolution adopted by the military
policy committee of the ex-service
men's organization.
Engraved card*—Courier office.
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