Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-09

In the effort to have accredited war
correspondents admitted to member
ship in the Amer
Would Admit War lean Legion. the
Correspondents, N rl"h pas+ M oess
has asked Commander Jones to bring
the matter up on the floor Of the ma
tional convention this month. The
letter to Commander Jones, signed by
Mercer Vernon as adjutant, says, in
part:
The commander Of our post, Mr.
Jack Connolly, recalls with respect
and admiration the part played in the
daily life of the 26th Division by a
war correspondent who represented a
boston newspaper at the front. This
man was Frank Sibley of the Boston
GLOBE. Sibley was with the 26th Di-
vision from start to finish. In addi-
ton to his hazardous task of gather
ing the news when and where it hap
pened. he took prominent part In
resculng the wounded, and was the
man who unfailingly fought for the
right and the comforts Of the en-
listed man. He was the happy inter-
mediary for all grievances and was
respected by men and officers alike
another war correspondent, Floyd
Gibbons. is recalled by Comrade
InomaS X. Darden of the 301st Heavy
rank Corps. Gibbons went over the
top to rescue a wounded officer. lost
an eye and was otherwise wounded
by enemy fire.
Inc war correspondents were not
numerically strong-not more than
Erty In all-but they were a valued
and accepted factor wherever their
duties called them. The everlasting
yxJ
trepidity as surely as it records that
OF the men who did the fighting"
.. x * X x
War risk insurance is too valuable
to be turned in with rifles, packs and
mess kits" says
Advises Holding the American
o,+or, Legion Weekly
VI " Ansurance. in an article ia
the current issue which reviews at
length the strenuous history of the
war risk bureau, and has both praise
and criticism for the work of that
department.
You may be Disguised now. but the
thing to do is look ahead" it contin-
ues. IF you let your insurance slide
now you will regret it later, If you
ever feel the need for insurance; and
in year from now it will be too late.
If you want good insurance, pay up
and get back in. Bad as the situation
is. there is hope for general improve
ment. The Sweet bill. which should
become a law as soon as the league
Of nations issue clears in the Senate,
will more than double compensations,
on the average, and add many de-
cidedly attractive new features to
government insurance.
"The great imDrOyempnf which
should come about in the administra-
ton of the bureau, and particularly
Of its insurance division, ought to
result in an increased faith on the
government not only will pay his in
surance when it is due. butt that it
also will render him. relatively. as
good service as a privately organized
life insurance company with regard to
his insurance premiums and other
transactions about his insurance"
i ~
The vanguard of Washingtons delega-
ton to the American Legion convention
left for Minne-
Delegates Leave apolis yesterday,
for Convention. general Hn ' ass.m nbss
Of the order VIII open tomorrow and
continue in session three days.
Commander E. Lester Jones of the
Department of the District Of Columbia
Is head Of the delegation. and he was
accompanied by Howard Fisk. state ad-
jutant, and Mrs. Anna E. Thompson,
secretary OF the delegation Other dele
gates, several of whom left with the COM
mander. included Henry Leonard, H. L.
B. Atkinson. Madison j. Hill, Kenneth
A. McRae. Miss Rose Stokes, Harry J.
Davis. Julius Peyser, S. W. Darlington.
v. Kessler, S. A. Imrie. Alfred L.
Stearn, Alice D. Harvey and Alexander
Mann. The District delegation included
seventeen delegates and as many alter
mates, every post organized prior - the
state convention last month being rep
resented.
So far as the local delegation is con-
cerned, the most important thing to
como before the
Capital Urged national conven;
as Headquarters. . .,va M, -. 'n of
a permanent national headquarters to
take the place of the temporary head
quarters now in New York city. Com
mander Jones and his fellow delegates
are prepared to use every legitimate
Washington. not only because Of their
interest in this city, but also because it
is their unanimous opinion that the in
terest Of the legion requires its head
quarters to be located in the National
Capital.
A number Of larger cities, it is I'M
derstood, will offer large financial in
ducements to the legion to get the
headquarters. and though the local
delegates will be in a position to
make some concessions in the way of
quarters here they do not expect to
tiers in bidding. Rather will they
urge Washington as the home of the
national organization because of the
proximity of Congress and the War
cilities here through which matters of
Importance can be given nationwide
publicity within q few hours. 1t also
will be argued that headquarters
would be a landmark in this city,
whereas in such a place as Chicago or
up.
Committeeman to serve on the sew
eral important committees at the ma
tlonal conven-
ID. c. Committees ton were named
Already Named. the aelera,,o OF
held last Tuesday night in Carroll In
stitute Hall. This was done to avoid
a congestion Of work in Minneapolis
Tho committee appointments follow:
Henry Leonard. committee on rules;
Rose F. Stokes, committee on per-
manent organization; Col. E. Lester