Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-28
GARDINER POST
AMERICAN LEGION
IS ORGANIZED

ne tEA11-7e- 2oEf Of the Amer
c2a -sgacn mad Is Lega- s1-e On
Thursday evening a. ne Grand
AIRY aa-. mere beng about *
present . became ccE-,a- members
A. -ns 1--sI meeting hel1 rne week
-s8 temporary organization Was
performed a1G a. me .aS, meeting
Z permanent organization was per
-aE-ac ana ne 1Dl-ow-lE officers
e.s.t-sc omnalds-. William -ucur
Gardner T,cs commander Lloyd O.
-a-cerwooC- e. u1a-- Era-e- L
Marry finance officer Norman Z
BROWN historian John Elcaa-as:
Ia plan, F-ank 1 Brown. Is soon
Is constitution ca1 be 1rawn ID !.
IS 7r0Da14s -Aa- r-s name WI be
somewhat changed Fur me pu--
pos- If drawing u re CONSTITUTION
M SIX nac wrn were elected as
officers were appointed as con-
l---.ae- Far ne present regular
meetings VII ne he4c every thurs
CAV evening a. CLOCK a. G : +
ea-L though la-er The meetings vii
probably be hslG ni-munrh3v
The purpose Of ne organ lzalon IS
most s1clenf-T Ga6 admiralty sx-
1r1ssec n ne following prean bic.
ana 81 VITO ere eligible for neu-
esrsn1Q should 21La1s men
W.T. ne order
E3r Coo aid Country We assoc
g-s OURSELVES IoEsle- <ar he foi-
loving purposes II uphold aaa de-
+=7l5 ne Constitution If ne Tnzreo
States Of America: u MAINTAIN law
ana or1er. = e0srar ana pe-0er,,a-
I5s per cent A-e--ca1.sn % --e-
serve re memories 4nc incidents IF
CIR ASSOCIATION n ne Er-ea. Wa
% t-cL1ca-s 4 sense IF -aC.v,rTaa1
ott4lEalGn n ne connu-zrv. s-a >
and aa2or. % ccraAz the ag-oc-ac,-
q ooIn re classes ana; ne masses
70 make -2E-1- me mas.a- Of night
y PROMOTE peace and good VII On
earth = safeguard and transmit %
2osta-irT ne principles u JUSTICE.
freedom In CEN oc-acy. . consa-
c:--4 md salnc--~T our cum aaesc-q
~ Cur DEVOTION q mu--.a- as3-fu.-
ness
re t14ow-lE Eave 5ecoDe mem
os.-s a-c were present ~ ne meet
.-E William Tudor Ea-C-ns- .arl
Richards. F.a1k Z --own. FED :
E-alev. Everett L Marry jan. :
SI--va-. Maurice Z Sr,sH. Thomas
T Ae:les Eeroe-- I Cray. CIV =
Dill. William 8 Sherman. Dwight
laT:s, Leon s Mann. Charles r Da-
rs. Cav BolEe- Norman z. Brown.
-ha-les L EaE-es. Ea-old Z -ur-..e
WloQ- P. ROBBERS Percy (. -pnc
William 4 Wal6-ol jain a Cole.
Frederick l. Downing Stsrhen q
Monaghan George !. Duncan. Fzc-
&c Il E-nklsv, George 4. Copeland.
Jam ?. AcOoncug.. Lloyd G ca-
1e-vocG. Lewis z. ELL. 9euoRns- 2
Delaware. Water Eooerx. v.s<-eS
Dels-s
TIA c-Ea-llcc WIS tentatively
Funded u Sa-E aau q convention
-ecsr-.r eeiG = St LOUIS a. VINO.
ever state Il ne -eacn Rcc --e
-i1sr-rr c. Columbia were repre-
sscraE- a. those who served uu-
country n ne military o. navas
service a. arr TINE between Ar.
tiLn. 1917 ana November IL -g1s
and a4s0 I'll 2ne-lcaa CITIZENS WIN
served n the army Or navy Of aar
CT ne a-llsd countries ano VINO are
now c.lEecs Of me Tinted Stu-es
are el1gzaie -or membership Those
c-snnno-anly discharged e-om such
se,-vice are barred The ora-aza-
Ton e strictly car-7a--sa1 and vii
support no particular religious de-
oom.nalon-
The annual 1E-onaI convention
viii be hei6 II Minneapolis. M.an..
on NOV. 10 Il and - of the pres
en- ysa- each state sending four
Delegates and AT additional dele
cara for aacn 1lo9 mem hers 4
weekly paper Il % pc published. TIE
Irsr lss0s g winch VIII appeal On
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