The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-08
keokuk Along With All Other Local
Posts and State Branches viii
Start Drive For Million
Men.
EACH STATE HAS QUOTA
Iowa Had 110,o99 Men In Service, and
She Is Expected to Furnish 49,
425 Ex-soIdiers for Ameri-
can Legion.

A nationwide campaign to increase
the membership of The American Le'
gion to 100000 veterans Of the great
war will be started by all state
branches and local posts throughout
the country on Monday, September
18th. The drive will last six days,
closing on Saturday. September goth.
In that time each state will be ex-
pected to fill a membership quota
necessary to make the strength OF
the legion nationally one million
members.
More than one third OF the million
400 900 soldiers, sailors and marines
Of the recent war organized In upward
of $500 posts from coast to coast
has already been obtained. Henry ID.
Lindsey, chairman Of the national exc
cutive committee, has appointed these
400 900 the general membership drive
committee, each one with quota OF
three of his "buddies" to enroll In MS
local post in the week Of the cam
paign. The slogan of the drive will be
Let's Stick Together" It will De
posted in large and small communities
throughout the country.
The membership quota for eacn
state has been worked out on the OASIS
Of the number of men who served IN
the army, navy or marine corps dur
ing the war from that state. Many
states have almost reached their as
signed quotas already and the drive IN
those state will be to double their
present enrolment. One Of the chief
incentives Of the campaign will be the
fact that each states voting strength
at the national convention in Mime
apoIis on November 10, IL and II, VIII
be based on it's membership prior to
October 10, thirty days before the con-
vention assemblies.
The campaign for one million mem
bers will be conducted on intensive
lines. Counties and posts will be as
signed their individual quotas. Teams
will be formed in each post and cities.
towns and country districts divided
into workable subdivisions SO that IN
opportunity will be available for d
personal appeal to every ex-servlce
man. Mondays and evening meet
ings will be held and speakers seat
to theaters, motion picture housss,
agricultural fairs and industrial DIS
tricts to present the legion to the vet
Grams.
In a statement sent today to the
members OF the legion on the mem
bership drive, Henry d. Lindsey,
chairman of the national executive
committee says:
VETERANS working for The Amerl
can Legion are working fer America
which needs the help of all her sons 70
conserve the principles for which the
United States fought against Ger
many. Editors, merchants, employers
and all good Americans extended their
in the Liberty loan drives
You members of The American Legion
a drive started by the ~
500 900 men and women who offeieo
their lives to safeguard the liberty
which they now enjoy"
To the state which leads the coun-
try in the membership drive, the ma
tional executive committee will pre-
sent banner at the Minneapolis .on-
yention on November II, American
Legion Day, when Marshal Foch and
other distinguished guests are ex-
pected to be present.
The membership quotas assigned to
the states for the drive week follow: