The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-17
viii Complete the Organization Which
Was Started Some Time Ago
az First IN This
Section
WILL ELECT OFFICERS
Mon Who VIII Serve Until After Ma.
tionaI Convention viii be Nam
cd at the Meeting
Tonight.

The final steps Will be taken To-
night In organizing the Keokuk post
,of the American Legion The meet
ling will be held at the court house
and is called for 1880 O'Clock.
At the first meeting held ten days
Iago, a temporary chairman and sec
Iretary were selected. l.. II. Vaughan
WAS named chairman and L. G NO
lKinley was named the secretary
treasurer Of the temporary organiza-
ftion.
The twenty-one men who were
present signed an application for q
fcharter. Notice has been received
that the Keokulr charter has been
assigned and will be granted when
lthe national convention meets next
November. The post will be number
Al.
At the first meeting it was decided
ITO hold the charter open until the
next meeting, for it was felt that
there were many men who did not
fully understand the organization.
/ and ample time should be given to
inform them Of it's purposes. There
| fore all men who attend the meeting
tomorrow night will become charter
members.
At the post which was organized at
Huntington last week there were fifty
ave signers of the application. This
was the best and the largest post IN
the first district, say the district
organizers.
Think keosuk Can Excel.
Those who are in charge of the
work here say that Keokuk can Sc
cure more charter members than Bur-
lington, and therefore more than any
other city in the district. No less
than seventy-five men should respond
to the called meeting for tonight.
The officers of the Keokuk post will
be elected at tonight's meeting.
There will be post commander,
vice post commander, post ad1utant,
post finance officer. post historian,
and post chaplain.
II is understood that the ofaosrs
elected this evening will serve until
after the national convention which
win be held on November IL, at
Minneapolis.
The state headquarters with Officers
at Des MONIES is In charge OF the
organization work In Iowa
The State Officers.
| Colonel Matthew FINLEY. command
ing oficer of the 16sth regiment. wss
telected chairman Of the state orsan1-
Ization. Lieut.. Col. Guy Brewer. com-
lnandfng officer Of the third battalion.
1ssth regiment, was elected VICE
chairman and Captain John Nee
Vicar Of Des Moines. seoretAy.
Des Moines win be the seat OF Tho
taate Headquarters. The state SEQ
retary will proceed at once upon tho
Estate organization
Posts will be organized IN the re-
spective districts and can be organ
fixed on the petition Of not less than
fifteen eligible persons.
The state executive COMMITTEE con-
sists of two mmbers from each con-
pressional district and five members
at large, The members OF the execu.
five committee from the first district
are Thompson L. Brookhart OF wash
Inston. and John j. Seerley. Jr., OF
Burlington.
Those who arc Eligible.
| ~Au persons shall be eligible to
membership in this organizations
who were in the military or naval
service of the United States during
the period between April g.. 1917. and
November II. 1918. both dates inclu-
siye. and all persons who served IN
tthe military or naval service of any
NJ the governments associated with
the United States during the world
war provided that they were citizens
Of the United States at the time OF
enlistment, or at the time Of making
-annlicaion for membership; except
trhose persons separated from the
service under terms amounting TO
uishonorable discharge, and except
fthose persons who refused to per.
form military duties on the ground
of conscientious or poaucal ooJeo
tons
The only expense to the members
20 an application fee of one dollar.
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