The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-10-18
AMERICAN LEGION
HIGHLY HONORED
BY CONGRESS
OFFICIALLY INCORPORATED AS
ORGANIZATION OF WORLD
WAR VETERANS

throughout the United States, Henry
d. Lindsey, chairman of the ma
tional executive committee, explains
the significance OF the Legion's act
of national Incorporation which was
passed by congress and signed by
President Wilson On his recent tour
of the west. The bulletin says:
"a great victory for the Ameri-
can Legion has been won by the
passage In congress of the Wolcott-
Johnson bill to which President Will
son has affixed his signature, Of
ficially Incorporating the American
Legion as the national organiza-
ton of American veterans of the
great war. No other association of
this kind has yer been thus hon
ored by congress in the history of
the United States.
1.-The bill introduced in the house
by Representative Johnson of South
Dakota and in the senate by Sena-
tor Wolcott of Delaware made rec
ord time through congress to be-
come a law in September. President
Wilson signed the bill in his private
car at Hornbrook, Cal, during his
tour Of the Pacific coast cities.
"In addition to the advantages
derived for carrying On the national
business of the American Legion, III
act rof Incorporation gives the
youngest veterans association Off
cial standing in the nation. Six
months ago the founders of the
Legion dreamed of it's possibilities
in France. Incorporation over the
signature of the president mea
that the American. Legion has ar
rived-that it has been accepted by
congress as a potent factor in the
national life of America.
THE Legion is removed ire
vocably from party politics by that
section of the bill which provides
that the organization shall be non
political and as an organization
shall not promote the candidacy of
any person seeking public office
Eligibility to the Legion corpor-
alton is limited to persons who
served in the naval or military serv-
ice of the United States at some
time during the period between
April 6, 1917, and November IL,
1918, both dates inclusive, or who,
being citizens of the United States
at the time of enlistment, served in
the military or naval forces of any
of the governments associated with
the United States during the war
with Germany.
THE corporation is required, on
or before the first Of January each
year, to transmit to congress a re-
port of it's proceedings for the pre-
ceding calendar year including full
and complete report of it's receipts
and expenditures.
THE original in%corporators OF
the American Legion are the ma
tional executive committee of "a
and the chairmen of all the states,
District of Columbia and Territorial
possessions
The war service educational act
which was introduced in the T..
S. senate with the support of the
American Legion by Senator Irvine
l.. Lenroot of Wisconsin, and which
offers to all veterans of the war
with Germany nine months educa-
tional and apprenticeship training
at government expense, has been in
troduced in the house in identical
form by Congressman S. d. Fess,
of Ohio. and has been referred to
the committee on education of
which Congressman Fess is chair
man.
AS senate bill No. 1905, this
measure has been referred to the
senate committee on military af-
fairs. Under this proposed legis-
lation broad educational facilities
heretofore available only for dis
abled soldiers, sailors and marines
are extended to all veterans honor
ably discharged after at least so
days actual service in the military
and naval forces of the United
States in the war with Germany.
Veterans who apply for this train
ing are to receive transportation to
the college, school, business or ap-
premiership institution which they
select and $50 a month compensa-
tion for a period not to exceed nine
months. A list of approved institu'
lions for the attendance of veterans
is to be prepared by a federal board
for war service educational facilities