The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-27
RICHMOND Legion
PASSES 1900 MARK

The local post Of the American
Legion has passed the 1000 mernber'
chip mark. About $50 of these sign
ed aapplication blanks during the hrst
two days of the membership drive
now in progress, and it is c~onhdentiy
expected that hundreds of others VIII
tuih before the campaign ends next
Tuesday evening:
From all sections of the country
where a similar drive is now being
waged, reports-have been received that
the former service men by the thous-
ends are afnliating with this organiza-
ton, which has the endorsement OF
General Pershing and most of the
ether ofhcers II the American forces
both abroad and home.
At the headquarters for the Eastern
part OF the state, room NO. lllo
Mutual building. applications were
receivsd yesterday for ave more
charters for posts Just organized
These applications came from the
Jesse Reed post at Blackstone, tho
Henry N. Tate post at Appalachia.
the Henrico post at Glen Alien, ana
postA at Amherst and Ashland.
These Ave give a total Of seventy
posts so far organized in the state
and mark a rapid adavnce toward the
goal OF one hundred which mas peeh
set by the state officers to be reached
by The time OF the state convention
In Roanoke on October s and Z.
ThN seventy. posts represent an
ent,a, sdivikion between the two sec
tions Of virginia. thirty-fve having
been organized under the auspices or
The comnittee with headquarters at
Roanoke and. the other thirty-nVo
under auspices of the committee with
Headquarters In Richmond.
The members of h woman'a
auxiliary of the Legion, who are in
AharEe Of the booths at w ana
Broad, al the postofice and n mo
courthouse lawn in South Richmond.
received a great many more appiea~
tions yesterday, and these are being
tabulated al the iegione head
Quarters.
All the booths will be open again
today and OF, Monday IN Tuesday.
between the hours of 9 in the morn"
ing and s in the evening. The booth
on Broad street will be kept open
tonight duftns- the early evening
hours. also, 70 give me who have not
Tad the opportunity heretofore On
account, ~ thei- hours OF work, 10
Ill out the application cards.
Increased interest has been mani
tested each day so far by the for
EtHE Soy VIE HIGH aih1 hAsNNN
who have stopped az the booths TO
ask about the aims ana purposes OK
TIE organisation. nave expressed their
attention OF Joining before the drive
Is at an end
There are about 1000 r,en IN Eich~
raoad. that are eligible for member
ship and the purpose is 10 get as large
a percentage OF these as possible 10
tcin. II is only necessary that 4 man
should nave served honoraoly az any
time, however shcrt between Aprll
& Nis1- and November II 1918, in
tie army. navy or marine corrs- to
mi kf him eligible for membership In
the organization there are no distinc~
ticnt OF rank, and no distinction he
sween men rho SERVED overseas and
those who did not go overseas Some
OF the men . q active III the
organization IF th- various posts were
prfvates durir1 the var, for they
see, az do tbs o~fieere, the advantages
70 be gained from 4 permanent assoc
citation of all the former service men
The booths TODAY viii he in charge
Of the following: Seventh ana Broad
Mr. C. Howard Lewis ~rostofice
Mrs. w. W sale, and South Rich
nlond, Mrs, Annie Garnet.