Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-28
Nearly EDery State
Has a Secretary Of
American Legion

New York. April 27.-The Ameri.
can Legion, the proposed veterans
association for me Of the army and
navy, announced today that tempo
rary state secretaries Of that organi-
xation had been appointed in most
Of the states throughout the country.
The secretaries have been instructed
to arrange for state caucuses to be
held FOR the election of delegates to
the national caucus which is to be
held in st. Louis May s.. 8 and 10. The
numoer OF delegates from each state
Is to be twice its congressional repre-
sentatlon with a similar number Of
n secretaries were instructed also
10 see mat so percent of the delegates
TO the st. Louis caucus and of the
state committees should be enlisted
men. "
The temporary executive commit
tee OF the legion has issued a state
ment saving that all communications
IN regard to h legion hereafter will
DC attended to by these state secre-
tarles instead Of by Colo
mel Theodore Roosevelt. the tempo
rary chairman, or by Bennett Clark,
Vlce-chairman.
The list OF state secretar RIGS as an.
nounced follows:
MISUNDERSTANDING H. l.. Bad
nam. Jr.. Birmingham: Arizona, Lieu
tenant Cole E. Power, Phoenix; Cali
fornia. Colonel G.. Mathewson, San
francisco; Colorado, Morton M. Da-
wa. Denver: Connecticut. Lieutenant
Ai1red N. Phillips. Jr.. Stamford: Dis
trict Of Columbia. Lieutenant Howard
FISK, washington: Delaware. Captain
Brigadier General A. H. Banding.
Bartow: Idaho. Major c.. NJ. Booth,
~O'Laughlin, Chicago: Indiana. Cap.
tain Scott r. Brown. INDIANAPOLIS:
iowa. Captain John McVicar, Des
Moines; Kansas, Lieutenant Ike Lam
bert. Emporia; Kentucky. Captain Ul.
re j: Bell, Louisville: Louisiana. Geo.
w. Bllleyss, New Orleans: Maine,
CaptaiP A. L. Robinson. Portland:
MARYLAND. Lieutenant James A. Gary,
Lr., Baltimore: Massachusetts,, Nelson
b. Clark. Boston: Michigan, Lieuten-
ant CHARLES T. Loos. Detroit: Minne-
sofa. Lieutenant Colonel Albert F.
Pratt' Anoka; Mississippi. Lieutenant
John NJ. Alexander jackson: Missouri,
sergeant Edward ]. Cahill. Jefferson
enty; Montana. Ben w. Barnett, Hell
ena; Nebraska. Lieutenant Allan A,
Iukey,. Omaha: Nevada, Lieutenant
Colonel James G. Scrugham, Reno:
New Hampshire, Major Frank Knox
Manchester: New jersey. Lieutenant
George w. c. McCarter. Newark; New
Mexico, Harry Howard Dorman, Santa
Fe: North Carolina. Lieutenant R. w
Glenn. Greenboro: North Dakota, Ma.
jor Edward f. Gearey. Fargo; Ohio,
Colonel F. c. Galbraith, Cincinnati:
Oklahoma, Captain Ross M. Lilliard,
oklahoma City: Oregon. Captain Dow
V. Walker. Portland: PENNSYLVANIA,
Major George F. Tyler. Philadelphia:
Rhode Island, Captain Percy J.. Cant.
we'll. P%rovidence: South Carolina,
Captain Francis j. Beatty. Greenviile:
South Dakota, Captain Perry Peters
aberdeen: Tennessee, Captain Reese
I. Amis. franklin: Texas, Captain
Stanley E. Kempner. Galveston; Utah
Brigadier General R. W. Young, Salt
Lake City: Virginia. Lieutenant Col.
onel Stuart MCGUIRE. Richmond; Yer.
mont, Major Lee W. Tillotson, Mont.
Pelier; Washington, Major George r.
Drever, Seattle: West Virginia, Colo.
mel Jackson Arnold. Weston; Wiscon.
sin, Major John c.. Salsman. Madison:
Wyoming, Lieutenant r. H. Nichols
Casper.