Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-10-04
ALLAN MUTT POST AMERICAN LEGION
ORGANIZED IN CLIFFSIDE IN HONOR
OF MEMORY OF GALLANT AVIATOR
Signal Honor Paid to Name of Fighting Grantwood Air
man Who Lost His Life Doing Battle Over Enemy
Lines in France in Closing Days of
Great Struggle.
NEW ORDER 100 PER CENT AMERICAN

tive of race or creed, and it Is, as de-
clared by the state organizer, mon
partisan, nonsectarian, nonpolitical."
Women, too, are eligible if discharg-
ed from the army as nurses or from
the navy as yeomen.
DR.. Brundage and Mr.. Munson few
days before they called the meeting
wrote out constitution, which on that
evening was adopted.
Notices were sent out to every man
who had been In the service to meet
at the Cliffside Park High School
DIR. Brundage presided as chairman,
and after temporary officers were
elected Mr.. Mullikin, the Bergen coun-
ty organizer, gave the address of the
evening.
The Legion's beginning was with
number of officers who were ordered
to Paris on special work early in 1913.
about 1000 altogether, with about 60
per cent from the rank.
They discussed the formation of q
Legion, and Teddy Roosevelt, Jr, and
Eric Fisher Wood organized it, and the
first convention was held in Paris
April g. With its organization in the
United States convention was held
on May 10, II and II of this year at
st. Louis. that city being chosen rather
than Chicago. wnosesmayor ilad noasG-
ed that he was mayor of the fifth or
sixth German city of America
The chairman of that convention
was Theodore Roosevelt. Jr, who
when he was nominated for the Legion
commander declined it, saying he was
going into politics and the Legion
should not countenance politics or be
used for political purposes. He was
cheered for one hour and 25 minutes
by the crowd assembled.
1t is an order of 100 per cent Ameri
canism. AS an instance of its impress
sion the incident was related of two
men who came from the Soldiers and
Sailors Council at Seattle (that anti
American body, sent to demand seats
at the convention, and they were re-
ferred to the credentials committee.
One was allowed to speak and gave his
credentials. He returned to the coun-
ell and wanted them to throw out the
Bolsheviki and rewrite the constitu-
ton. There are 100000 men of draft
age in the United States who evaded
the draft by not taking out their sec
ond citizenship papers. but preferred
to be aliens, and they should continue
to be aliens and be put out of the
country. Many received S33 day for
loading ammunition on the ships here
in America, and the Americans over in
France unloaded it at the rate of $50
month";
There are 400 conscientious yellow
directors, mostly college graduates.
who spent few months at Fort Leav-
enwOrth who had sentences of %
years. which they will not serve, hav-
ing been pardoned, and they are now
going around Dragging about receiving
their discharge and money, the same
as soldiers
There is work for the Legion in
these instances. And the officers also
want a war risk insurance man to
work out a more elastic policy, more
in the interest of the men than the
present one. also to have an employ
ment bureau, with job for every SOL
der.
The objects. hope and aim of the
Legion, boiled down to q concrete
statement, are THAT we men intend to
give every one, including the United
States government a square deal, and
we want the same" A square deal for
the government and not. like some peo-
pie, with an idea of substituting the
constitution of the Federation of La
Dor for the Constitution of the United
States.
The speaker impressed the fact on
his hearers that there would be no
"hero stuff" or "making a show" al
though every man would be justly
proud of being a soldier and in the
clubhouse which it is desired that
every organization should have for a
meeting place, where they can rub ell
bows" and maintain the same spirit as
when in the service.
After the speaker had finished his
address delegates were appointed for
the state and county conventions by