New-York tribune., 1919-08-11
To Choose State Officers


IN addition to selecting the national
oeIegates, whose number will be de-
pendent upon the strength of the Lc-
Glon IN New York State. the convcn-
tom also Will choose two members of
inc national executive committee and
state officers to serve until the nevt
annual convention. These state off
GERS VIII include a chairman. three
vice cnalrmen, a secretary and a treas
urer. Nominating speeches will be
limited to five minutes.
r, Reports viii be rendered by Wade II
nayeS, state secretary, and James n
: r erAlns state treasurer. Robert A
Nreenneld mas been named chairman
4i 1he committee on programme. ano
j. +. O'Connor head of the COMMITTEE
on arrangements. A. L, Bovne ,,ll.e' ''et ot
boyce's Tigers, will be sergeant-at-
arms of the convention.
Ihe legion has grown rapidly. Dur.
ing the three months since the organ.
lzation convention at st. Louis Veterans
OF the great war have formed 2.5oC
local posts throughout the United
states. Since June .. when the New
York State Branch chartered the first
post, more than 200 posts have been or
gahlzed and others are forming daily
New York City Posts
The posts in New York City comprise
the following:
Bronx-Quentin Roosevelt Post. 5;
William j. Bergen Post, II; John Fra
ser Ryan Post, l9; Lieutenant Harry
CONWAY Post, q; Walker Hickman
POST. 8@; George Dahlbender Post, So;
Melrose Post of The Bronx, rs; John
Purroy Mitchell Post of The Bronx
l43; Vincent Brady Post, 155; Leonard
II. Hawkins Post 1876.
Brooklyn = Long Island Founders
Post, .; Edith Cavell (Yeoman F
Post, 10; Central Branch Post, l3;
Lincoln Post, %; Harry Ragovin Post
-; Old Glory Naval Post IS; l06th
infantry Post. l06; Peter Pocore
Post, "a; Lieutenant Herbert Jack
son Post, 90; j. W. Pearson Post
~ Harry A. Bullock Post, S4, James
L. Young Post, S5; Sergeant Joyce Xii.
leau Wood Post, 96; Democracy Post
ia; Dolly Madison Post (Yeoman F.
10; George +. Davis Post, 116; Reveille
Post, 121; Warren c. Condit Post 1879;
Bay Ridge Post, 157; Borough Park
Post, 1o9; Charles W. Heisser Post, 17A;
Eastern District Post, 1S7; Leroy
Ferris Post, 1875; Richard Sheridan n
Post, 1877.
Manhattan - President T h d r e
NOoScVell foSt, J., sergeant isaac n.
freedman Post. 6; Admiral Dewey
Post. 9; William Lloyd Garrison Post
IS: Joseph Hodges Choate Post, 16;
Greenwich Village Post, IS; Cannon
GERS Post, %; Tiger Post. 23: York
Vile Post, SO; Barbara Frietchie Post
Wcmcn); Riverside Post, 81: Murray
Hin Post, Sc: McKenna Post, 76
Morningside Post, IL Chemical Var
fare Service Post, 103; Guaranty Post,
l04; Wall Street Post, 105; Empire
Post, i07; He'll Gate Post, 1903; 364th
Yield Artillery Post, 1872; Harlem Post,
1873; Scmper Fidelis Post, 1874 (women.
marines) LIEUTENANT William S. Lahey
Post, l44; Charles +. Deimler Post.
10; Washington Heights Post. III;
Burke Kelly Post. 172; 308th Infantry
Post, 1S1; John j. Booth Post, 1872;
Theodore F. Mead Post, 1911; Colonel
~ b. Thurston Post. 1872.
Queens-Wilbur E. Colyer Post. 2S
South Ozone Park; Woodhaven Post,
us, Woodhaven Edward NJ Mckee
Post, 1871, Whitestone; Major John W.
Mark Post, l46; jamaica, Astoria
Post, las, Astoria.
Richmond James S. Slosson Post,
So, St. Georg; West New Brighton
Post, co, West New Brighton; Louis H.
Achilles Post, 81. Westerleigh Arthur
fgbert Post, 95, Port Richmond; James
J. Tappen Post, 125, Stapleton; Bau-
Vais Post, 1876, Tottenville; Cornelius
A. CrillV Post 1873 Tompkinsville