Evening star., 1919-11-16
WORLD-WAR VETERANS
A Column Devoted to the Interests of the Men Who
Defended the Nation on Land and at Sea.

quality to pattern not in use in the
Army, 1t is manifest that the COM
mittee has no intention Of aiding the
legion to become an independent
Another bill (H. R. 1o47s) just in
troduced would award to all officers
and enlisted
More Bills to perso nnel of
Reward Soldiers. Navx Marin.
Corps and nurses (female) who have
been honorably discharged from the
service in the present war SIS a
month for each months service, not to
exceed twelve months. in addition to
regular pay, including the $50 bonus.
but no payment should be made to
any one not serving more than two
months. This bill is one of many OF
similar general character introduced
in Congress. 1t possesses the merit Of
making better provision for the man
OF long service than for the one who
merely looked into a camp. An at
tempt has been made in the House to
group all these bills and put them be-
fore a committee to- put them into
shape, and to divide the "honors"
among the numerous representatives
who are willing to be known as the
friends of the soldier. Thus far no
favorable result has come from either
the introduction Of such bills or from
the proposed committee; and it seems
TO be quite evident that no action will
De taken 1.-THE present session.
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Most of the District of Columbia
delegates to sthe national convention
of the Ameri-
Declare Success can Legion in
of Legion Shown. -a,,a ~ neaponS 'a
terday and Friday. and though frank
ly disappointed at the failure of
Washington to obtain the national
headquarters of the Organization,
they are much enthused over the sue
cess which marked its first repre-
sentative meeting.
tion must feel that the American Le-
gion is one of the biggest things in
the country today" said Miss Rose
francis Stokes. commander Of Jacob
Jones Post, No. 1, and one of the dele
gates to Minneapolis. we were
" hh6 duu Ody Ine con-
Vention was in session, and most of
US did not even have time to attend
the dance given in honor Of the dele
gates on Tuesday night. e
On Monday and Tuesday the con-
vention was in session most of the
tinued half the night. Wednesday,
the last day of the conventien, the
session began at g o'clock in the
morning, as usual, and did not ad-
1ourn until 10 o'clock that night"
me most far-reaching thing ac-
said Miss Stokes. was the introduc.
t1on OF the resolution asking that
Victor Berger, who was refused n
seat In the House Of Representatives.
after being elected from Wisconsin.
oe banished from the country and
tnat the record OF the one smember
VINO voted to seat him be investi-
gated.
distinction also was shown the Dis
trlct OF Columbia by placing Com
mander Z. Lester Jones Of this de-
partment, In charge of the committee
ipstcst wstcn Drew up the constitution. that
instrument as adopted being largely
the work OF Commander Jones. The
same ofhcial was also honorably mem
toned for national commander ..a-
The conRention declined to act on
the question whether bonus should
De given ex-service men, but ex.
pressed a willingness to abide by
whatever course Congress took in
that respect. It did, however, indorse
the Morgan bill, which would enable
discharged soldiers. sailors or ma
rines to borrow $4,000 from the gov
ernment to buy farm or home.
The small size of the District of CO.
lumbia proved handicap to the dele
cation in some instances. for though
IT ranks as separate department.,
just as one of the states, it had but
nine votes In the convention. compar-
ed with so and 65 votes cast by other
delegations.
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The fight to bring the national head
quarters of the American Legion to