Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-21
LEGION PROTESTS
BONUS AT ARSENAL
Resents Payment Of $12o to
Civilians When Soldiers
Get Only 500
109TH INFANTRY HAS POST

Protest against the payment Of a S12O
bonus to civilian employees of the Frank
ford Arsenal is voiced in n resolution
OF Post No. 6S of the American Legion,
Of which DIR. Thomas r. Matlack. 1902
East York street. is the commander.
The bonus is based on an act of
Congress and is just twice the amount
received by the soldiers who served here
and in France upon their honorable dis.
charge. The soldier receives q 500 bonus.
Post No. dS inquiries way a civilian
employed in an arsenal in this coun.
try during the war should be doubly
rewarded
1t is the request of Post No. 6S that
the resolution be brought before the
Philadelphia county committee of the
legion at its meeting in the assembly
room of the Chamber of Commerce,
Widener Building. next Monday eve
ming, when the plan Of reorganization
will be passed upon.
referring to the civilian employees of
the arsenal the resolution declares in
part:
Men who were employed there and
enlisted are given Jobs when they re-
turn, but upon the least provocation.
such as curtailing help. they are the
hrst to be laid off and those who have
trnment during the war and should
be in better position to stand a Law
of are still kept on.
AS for the bonus. man who en-
hsted or was called into the service.
and was not taken off the rolls of the mr.
senal. but still kept on the list of
employees, does not receive his bonus be-
cause he was man enough to fight"
Ihia post is located in the Thirty
nsgl .t..
OF employees to the Frankford Arsenal
David B. Simpson has been elected
post commander OF the 109th Infantry
branch-Post No. 315-with head
quarters in the First Regiment Armory,
Broad and Callowhil streets. The most
has been named ''the Captain Walter
NJ. Gearty Post Other officers elected
are:
Post vice commander. James b. Cou-
sart, 5U3O Willows avenue; post adiu-
tant. Charles Wilson Fry. J31 Stan
wood street. Fox Chase; post finance
officer. Herbert o. Madara, GO12 Ker-
shaw street: post historian, Horace J
lnman, Norwood. Pa. (: executive COM
mittee, Roland c. Heisler. 50J Chest
nut street: Horace ]. Inman. William
7. Gammont. SiXtieth street and Bal
timore avenue; J. Henry, u. Van
Zandt, 1912 South Fifty first street
Rutherford NJ. Warren, 942 South Pax
son street legal officer. Roland G.
Heisler; employment officer. Thomas 4. /
Logue, 1913 Stephen Girard Building.
The tablet erected to the memory
of the world war veterans who went
into the service from the Fourteenth
division Of the Forty eighth ward ar
rived yesterday, according to the an
nouncement Of William +. Gushing. |
chairman of the committee. and for
merly chairman of Draft Board Dis
trict No. 81. This division had 1O1 |
men in the service out of total popu-
lation ranging between 400 and 800. !
said Mr.. Gushing. The tablet will be
erected on the front of the free library.
Twentieth and Skunk streets, me
simile having beer! dedicated October
10. The great majority of the service
men in this division are members of
Pos; 20.
Tonight Post No. 142, the State
Fencibles' post. will give dance in the
State Fencibles' Armory. and also will
tender a reception to Post No. 50. the
yoewomen's post. headed by Miss Mar
garet c. Thomas.
West Philadelphia Posts Nos. I. 20. |
81. Al. so. 81 and SO will parade |
from Fifty first street and Kingsessing |
avenue to Connell's Park. Sixty fifth |
street and Elmwood avenue, Sunday |
afternoon to take part in the unveilins
of monument by the Elmwood Ave
nue. Celebration Association in honor |
of the soldiers, sailors and marines who |
fought in the world war. The parade
will begin at o'clock.
James j Barry Post No. SO has |
adopted a resolution pledging the full |
strength of the post to down bolshe =
vism. The men pledge themselves to
take every means to down the radicals. |
even announcing their readiness to again |
don thei- uniforms to fight any group
that breaches bolshevism.
The following comrades have been
elected by Post No. SO TO serve during
the year beginning December l Will
liam Brooks, commander Clinton Wit
craft, vice commander: Walter J. Haf-
fey. post adjutant: Wesley r. Moore,
finance officer; w. II. Brown. historian
stephen J. Brown. corresponding secre
tary; Charles II. Hoff sergeant at
arms Lucien NJ Wiler, delegate to
the Philadelphia county committee: r.
J.. Briggs, alternate. and Norman Glis-
son, employment ;cer.
Members of the newly organized
George Fl. Imhof post in the Twenty
eighth ward will conduct n bazaar and
dance in the Second Regiment Armory.
December 4, 5 and g, to raise funds for
q permanent hall
Post 1J2 has adopted resolution |
to the effect that the De Valera ques-
tion. which recently stirred up the state
commandery. did not come within the .
scope of the Legion's activities and that !
erch matters should not be taken up
In the future.