Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-19
SANTA f WINS
IN CONTEST FOR
HEADQUARTERS Of
ANE RICAN LEGION
Albuquerque Loses Battle By
) Four Votes; Permanent
SNIace viii Be Chosen At
:" ,xt Meeting in Roswell,
VALENCIA COUNTY MAN
is STATE COMMANDER
All Officers Receive Unanimous
Vote of Conventions Only
MemDer NamedDeI
egate to National Meet,

After the most spirited contest of
the whole convention In which Albu-
querque and Santa Fe We're rivals for
state headquarters for the American
legion santa F'e won by four votes,
Headquarters were chosen for one
year only instead Of permanently as
had at first been expected The Quay
county delegation OF seven left the
convention on Friday night leaving
their sealed vote for permanent head
quarters in the hands of the secretary
of the convention. When the mat
ter was finally before the house the
Quay county vote was ruled out by
the chair and headquarters went 10
Santa Fe by vote of 80 70 ~. Pei~
manent headquarters viii be chosen
at next session.
The session yesterday which based
from early morning until O'Clock IN
the afternoon without u recess, was
the most interesting one, from the ie-
gion standpoint, of the convention.
The committee on constitution ana by
laws made its report. and the state
organization was completed.
Herman G. Baca, commander of
the Valencia county post. was elected
state commander of the Americas le-
!
lencia county post that won the 500
prize offered recently to the county
making the largest increase in mem--
bership, and it was the energy and
organization of Mr. Baca that made
this possible
Governor Gives Address.
Vincent Jaeger of Gallup was elect
ed senior vice commander; c, V. Clay
mander. Ed Stafford Santa Fe; state
adjutant and finance officer; NJ. A.
Otero, Jr, Santa Fe, historian; and
w. II. Zelgler, Albuquerque, chap
LATIN. One man from each OF the
eight judicial Districts oi New Mexico
was elected as an executive commit
tee as follows: First, Bronson NJ. Cut
ting of Santa Fe; Second, Earl Bow
dich of Albuquerque, bird George
Prince, Alamogordo; Fourth, John
W. Harris, Jr,, of Las Vegas, Fifth,
Hobart Miller of Clovis; Sixth, ]. II.
Mitchell of Gallup; seventh, W. +.
Nevis of Valencia county; Eighth.
Guthrie, of Taos.
shortly after noon Governor Lar
ra2olo appeared on the convention
floor and the order of business was
suspended while he gave brief ad-
dress welcoming the legion, praising
their accomplishments and urging
them on to greater things and larger
endeaVors.
Following the governors speech q
vote was taken TO decide the place
for the next convention. Silver City
and, Roswell had both made bid
for the next meeting of the legion
and a number of interesting speeches
were made by the delegates setting
forth the advantages of each place
AT the ballot Roswell won and on the
motion of Thompson from Fort Bay
ard, the secretary was Instructed to
cast the unanimous vote of the con-
vention for Roswell
Delegates Elected.
Forty three delegates were elected
to the national convention at Detroit
next month. among them Mrs. M. r.
Roberts an army nurse from Fort
Bayard. the only woman delegate to
the convention here
The convention adjourned at
O'Clock and members were the guests
of the university at the football game
on the university grounds between
the school of Mines and the L. N. NJ.
Last night the legion was entertained
al a smoker at the armory.