Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-09
AMERICAN LEGION
TO HOLD CAUCUS
Aim Will Be to Make Influence
Felt in Federal
Policies.
ROOSEVELT SIGNS THE CALL
Request One-Half of Delegates
Attending Come From
Ranks.
tBy Associated Press +,

NEW YORK, April S.-A committee
whose officers declared it represented
every State in tho Union, every rank
in the army and navy and every shade
OF political belief, issued here, tonight
call for caucus in ST. Louis next
month TO elect preliminary organiza-
tions of the American Legion. to be
composed Of American veterans OF the
world war.
The caucus, 10 be held May 8. and
convention set tentatively for Novem-
per II, when the organization, in
tended to offer membership to all Of
states military or naval service be-
tween the date OF Americas declara-
tion OF wal, and the cessation OF hos
The caucus cali Was Vas signed h dne' by Lieu
temant-Goloncl Theodore Roosevelt. or
eeione, Ge% fose ssnno, shairman LieHtenant
vice-cha irman, and Lieutenant-CoIone
Eric Fisher Wood. Of Pennsylvania.
zoo eear5; corSmt t9se1nGr Isen %i.h upwards Of
commissioned and enlisted personnel of
III rne army; IN; may and marine corps. and
the District Of Columbia
VIII Not Enter Politics.
The legion will not interest itself
in politics. but will make it's influence
felt in regard to policies, Lieutenant
Colonel Roosevelt d. Jared in discuss
ing the embryo organization. 1t will
be strictly nonpartisan, he added. it's
sSes Ssns dSrnG 10 sbS &
serve the history OF the conflict and
TO maintain the principles for which
fought and died"
AS evidence of the proposed demo-
cratic character of the legion. il was
stated that the committee desires that
caucus be men from the ranks.
Urges All Take Action.
Colonel Roosevelt's committee urged
mat veterans OF the war communicate
from their s,ases ao that IN the
liminary State conferences ali may
have have vote in the selection OF dele
cations, from each State 1t was an
nounced. would be twice the size of
the representation in Congress.
In addition 10 the de1egates and
representatives of the veterans and
patriotic organizations already formed
would be invited to attend, together
with the Governors and adjutant-
delegates.
Temporary Committee Named.
Included in the temporary committee e
were the following:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., H. NJ Bad
ham. Birmingham.
80 MaJoF j. u. HarNson,
District of columb.a-co!onel E.
Lester Jones, Lieutenant Samuel Com
pers. Jr. Washington.
Brigadier-General A. H.
Banding, Barlow
Georgia-Colonel Alexander r. Law
ton. Jr., Savannah.
rigadier-Gencral Robert
L. Wood. Chicago: Rear-Adm;ral Fred :
er!ck Brewster Bassett. Great Lakes:
Major Thomas Gowenlock, Chicago;
Major Owsley Brown. Springfield
Major John Callan OLaughlin. Chi
cago; Captain Joseph Medin Patter-
son. Chicago; Captain Clark Nixon,
East st. Louis.
Louisiana-Captain Allen Cook. New
Orleans.
Observation-Disclosures General W. s.
Thayer. Baltimore.
Michigan = Lieutenant Commander
Truman III. Newberry, Detroit.
iss!ssippi-Major Alex Fitzhugh.
Vicksburg.
New iork-Major- G eneral John r.
Organ: Lieutenant Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt; Lieutenant Colonel Robert
Bacon. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles ".
Whittlesey.
North Carolina--L:eutenant r. W.
Glenn. Charlotte.
South Carolina-Major W. D. Work.
man. Greenville.
Tennessee-Colonel Luke Lea, Nash
willie.
Texas-Colonel H. D. Lindsley. Dali
las.
virginis-colonel Stuart Mcclure.
Richmond.
West Observation-Disclosures Colonel
Jackson a. Weston, Charleston