The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-05-01
FIRST CALL FOR
WAR VETERANS
Ex-Solliers, Sailors, and
Marines, VIII Gather At
ArTnory To Effect An
Organization.
FOR ALL Ex-SERNCE MEN
Men of 81 and Spanish Warriors Are
Asked To Attend = ofdcers VIII Be
Elected = Program VIII Be
Short aud Zippy.
FOR ALL Ex-sERNcE MEN

marine, read this story. It holds some
thing of vital interest to every service.
man who has real Americanism parked
away in the inner garage of his mind
and who wants to make his military OF
naval experience q permanent asset IN
his life, career, and character.
The following bulletin was issued TO.
day by LIT. f. L. Tenney, Temporary
Chairman of the Kenosha unit of tbs
American War Veterans;
"The Ameriessn War Veterans
Kenosha, Wisconsin Division, will hold
an organization meeting at the Armory
Thursday evening May the first al
500 P. NJ.
All honorably discharged soldiers
sailors and marines living in Kenosha
county are entitled to membership in
this organization.
Zone great purpose of the American
War Veterans is to secure employment
for every discharged soldier: Also BY
political means, that is the cooperation
of every ex-service man who served IL
the recent war with Germany, whether
at home or abroad to gain recognition
for their services.
ITO gain the full benefit of yom
sacrifice you should join the American
War Veterans.
'1Thursday night viii be the first
meeting of the Kenosha division and
every Kenosha man, officer and privat
soldier or sailor should attend.
'tThe meeting will be short. Whai
speeches are necessary viii be limited
and you viii find the time well spent
Zone of the purposes of the meet
ing IS to elect permanent officers, com
mittee men and a delegate to the eau
Gus of service men to meet IN st. Louis
Mo-, May 9Th, 9th and 10th. Tn
caucus will appoint committee to ac'
with committee Of officers and mel
appointed by a caucus that mct il
France, March II, 1919.
GA member of each local division
in Wisconsin viii attend this caucus
"The caucus in France, on March IL
appointed the following officers:
Chairman, 1t. Col. Theodore Roose
welt, Jr.
Vice Pres, 1t. Col. Bennett Clark.
Secretary, 1t. Col. Eric Fisher Wood
Representatives from all states al
that time were chosen, those from Wis
consin being, Pvt. Edw. F. Ackley, Pvt
David Bloodgood, Sgt. Elmer S. Owens
Coli Gilbert S. Seaman and Pvt. JohI
P. Szulcek.
E'The two tentative names for thu
permanent organization, are the Amer
lean Legion and the American Wa
Veterans. A permanent name and or
ganization win be effected at st. Louis
"The organization will have owe
four million members and be the big
gest organization for Amerieanism tina!
this country or the world has eve
known.
"Kenosha must be at tht front, to Sc
cure proper recognition for Kenosh,
service men and their families, Keno
sha must have big chapter of thu
Wisconsin division.
Members of the Grand Army of thl
Republic are entitled to honorary mem
bership In this organization and Span
ish American War Veterans are asked
to become associate members. Boil
organizations are asked to come to ON
meeting Thursday and give Us the ben
eft of their experience.
HKenosha should start with 1Oot
members. The stronger orr chapter
the more we can do.
eff any ex-service man IN Kenoshi
County or Kenosha proper has not Sc
cured employment, his attendance i
urged, as we want to see that he il
Satisfactorily placed.
tThere is a job for every Kenosh
soldier and sailor and the America
War Veterans viii see that any unem
ployed soldier or sailor is satisfaetoril,
placed.
If any discharged Kenosha soEdis
or sailor having trouble with his aIIos
ments or pay he is urged to come Ez
perts IN personeI work win gladly assis
any soldier or sailor.
Tomorrow Kenosha News vii
give you more information regaFdin;
the definite program for Thursday, bu
remember Assembly sounds at 500
P. NJ, Thursday, May the First.''