Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-29

LEGION DEMAND

the Sk Louis caucus OF last May mas
provoked q nationwide interest. Its
aims are to form the men and wom-
en- who were willing to give their
lives for their country into n great
nonmilitary, nonpartisan body that
will stand for those principles of
red blooded virile Americanism that
will stand us Il bulwark against the
destructive forces that would ham
per the growth of the nation.
Since the formation of the Amer
lean Legion last March it's organiza-
tion has been remarkable thing.
1t has upwards of five million per-
sons who are eligible and in the
State of Pennsylvania alone there
are $4,000. Every effort is being
made to have at least 100000 of
these enrolled in the organization
before the first national convention
which is to be held at Minneapolis
in November.
$50 Posts i'll state
In Pennsylvania there are $50
posts and during the past month a
membership campaign has been
conducted which unofficially, ac-
cording to reports submitted to Paul
]. McGahan, the State publicity Of
ficer. shows membership of appro-
ximately 10000. In Philadelphia
InpTe are StN tiiNy -lNO PoSiS anu
much work is being done under the
direction of the county chairman,
George W. Carr and Romaine c.
Hassrick, the county secretary to
increase the membership here.
The approaching State convention
will be unique in that it will be the
first time that all the posts of the
State will be brought together for
the purpose of forming the perma-
nent State organization. The Off
GERS selected and the policies deter
mined upon will be the result of the
thought of the members of the le-
gion throughout the State and
therefore when it concludes, the
principles that it will enunciate can
be accepted as the delineation of
the thoughts for better government
and betterment of conditions that
have been evolved by the soldiers,
sailors and marines as "a conse-
quence of the broadening expert
ence Of. the war. ..--
The headq1 Erters of the conven-
ton win be at the Penn-Iarris Ha-
tel. The sessions will be held at
the Chestnut street Auditorium. To
demonstrate the representative
character of the convention, the
first business will be the election of
a chairman and a secretary for its
meetings. Thus the unofficially
designated executives who have
made possible its development to
this point. will step aside so that the
will of the majority shall prevail.
The officers for the ensuing year
are to be nominated the second day
of the convention and they will be
elected on the third and final day
OF the gathering.
Governor to Speak
Mayor Daniel Keister will official
ly welcome the delegates to the
State Capitol. Governor William
c. Sproul has taken a hearty inter-
est in the movement and he will
make an address at the afternoon
session on Friday, October 8.
The arrangemen for the conven-
tion were put in final shape at
special meeting held in the Office
of the State chairman, George F.
Tyler Every effort in this was
made to assure the utmost fairness
in the distribution of the delegates
to the national convention who are
TO he elected at the State convention,
Roughly Pennsylvania will be en-
titled to four delegates to represent
the State one additional delegate
for each 1000 membership and
body of seventy-six delegates-at
large to represent each Congress
sional district in the State.
The importance of the convention