The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-11
Membership Has New Reached sixty
five and Plans are Made to In
crease That Number
Considerably.
NEW ADJUTANT ELECTED
Resignation Of Nicholas Mckenzie as
Post Adjutant Accepted and
Leo G. Mckinley
Elected.

! Keokuk post Of the American
Legion has started OF with stride
that is encouraging to the new ON
GERS.
The first regular meeting held
since the organization was COM
pleted was held at the court house
last night and definite steps We're
taken to not only get every man who
is eligible to membership into the
organization, but also to make the
Legion OF some value to its members.
New members are being secured
at each meeting, and the member
ship of the post is now sixty-fiye.
1t is not known definitely how
many men are eligible to member
ship, but an estimate has placed it
at four hundred. That makes the
objective of the post a membership
of the same number.
The committee appointed to make
recommendations to the Legion for
a membership campaign consists of
Van Hayden, DR.. Frank NJ. Fuller
land Rolla o. Erdman. These men
/ will report their findings to the next
regular meeting.
! Has a New AdIutant.
| Nicholas Mckenzie, who was
elected post adjutant at the last
meeting, handed his resignation to
Post Commander DR.. II. A. Gray
with the request that it be accepted
Immediately. He stated that he did
not expect to remain in Keokuk for
l,,+ va q
/ further reason that he felt that the
Office should be given to one who
was in better position to handle
the detail work. The resignation was
accepted.
! Leo G. Mckinley, who acted as tenn
porary adjutant during the time the
was elected to the Office to fill the
Mr.. Mckenzie.
a committee will be appointed to
make report to the next meeting
regarding permanent meeting place
The members of the committee were
not named last night.
I The bylaws which were drafted by
the committee appointed for that
purpose were submitted and adopted
| The keokuk Bylaws.
The bylaws as adopted are as fol-
| lows:
Article 1.
NAME.
| Sec. I. This organization shall be
known as Keokuk Post No Al, Ameri-
can Legion.
Article 2.
! MEMBERSHIP.
| Sec. l. The membership of this post
: shall be limited to those persons who
are eligible to membership under the
constitution of the American Legion,
/ az adopted at st. Louis at the meet
! ing in May, 1919, as same may be
amended from time to time Such
membership to be further subject to
compliance with the bylaws of this
Post.
Article 8.
OFFICERS.
Sec 1. The officers of this Post
shall be: One post commander, one
post ice-commander, one post adju-
tant, one post finance officer, one
/
master-at-arms.
Sec. 2. The duties Of these officers
shall be such as may be prescribed by
the national organization from time to
time.
| Sec. 3 The adjutant and finance Off
Ger shall be allowed to supply them
selves with all necessary material to
properly conduct the affairs of their
1ff m he 1oiI -
! the funds Of the post by vote OF the
post.
Sec. 4. The finance officer shall
| keep a ledger account of all moneys
of the post, and an account with each
mem.er of the post.
Sec 5. The post adjutant AMI p.st
finance officer shall receive for their
services one dollar for each regular
meeting that they attend.
Article q.
DUES.
Sec. /. The dues shah be one dollar
per year, payable TO the finance Off
Ger annually in advance.
Article 5.
FINANCES.
Sec. THE funds of the post shall
be held by the finance officer, and by
him disbursed only on warrant OF the
adjutant, countersigned by the post
| commander, ordered by vote of the
post, and such warrant shall be suffi.
cient voucher for such Payment.
Sec. g. No funds Of the post ehAll be
expended or debts contracted in tha
name of the post, by any committee.
officer OF comrade of the pos., unless
specially authorized by youe Of the
post at regular meeting, ex ,ept as
| provided in these bylaws.