The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-18
THE AMERICAN
LEGION WEEKLY
Weekly Magazine Keep
Up Bonds Between
Ex-Service Men
STARTED JULY a

The American Legion, the national
organization of American veterans
of the great war, published July
the first number of it's official maya
zine, THE American Legion
Weekly One of the features OF
this number is cablegram from
General John j. Pershing from
France, in which he predicts, for the
legion a most useful furture of
tremendous value in fostering the
ideals and purposes for which the
American armies fought.
General Pershing says in his mes
sage: s
1T gives me much pleasure to ex-
tend to the American legion my
hearty good wishes for success on
the occasion of the first issue of the
official paper of the society of vet
Grams of the great war. The legion
is destined to be of tremendous value
in fostering the ideals and purposes
for which we fought and in spread
ing among our people the lessons
learned in the var
| ''The American Legion Weekly, as
the medium of communication thru
out the country, will more closely
unite the already strong bonds Of
comradeship among the members I
predict most useful future for the
legion and the loyal support of all
for the new weekly
The legion's magazine will have
an initial circulation of 100000
copies. Reports from state branches
indicate, however, that the organiza-
ton of local posts by national SER
vice men thruout the entire country
is progressing so rapidly that half
a million copies will be required
within a few weeks. Charters is
sued to local posts represent every
state in the Union.
The initial number of The Weekly
has thirty-tWo pages. 1t contains q
historical article. describing the in-
ception, development and organiza
ton of the legion, it's purpose and
immediate program leading up to the
National convention in Minneapolis
on November 10, l. and Il: an
article by Major Rupert Hughes, the
novelist, on Unfinished Business
to the effect that peace does not ter
inmate national service for the four
million Americans who went to the
war; an article by Franklin K. Lane,
secretary of the interior, on Homes
for Soldiers" and an article by
Henry .Woodhouse, vice-president of
the Aerial League of America, in
the recent transatlantic flights.
Besides the message from General
Pershing, Lord Northcliffe, former
president, William Howard Taft, and
state governors have contributed
articles endorsing the American
Legion. The Weekly also contains
cartoons by Briggs and J. Norman
Lynd; a sports review by Water
Camp; editorials, a page of humor,
and reports from the state branches
of the American Legion, showing the
progress of organization of local
posts since the meeting of soldier,
sailor and marine delegates in Paris
and St. Louis.
The new publication was author
lied by the st. Louis meeting which
dedicated it to be "a national, non
partisan, non-sectional information
service for the American people, a
champion of Observation-Disclosures
canism which means independence,
security, health, education, more
contentment and progress, for every
patriot a stake in his own country
to be the torch, the beacon light
thrown into our hands by the
who fell in battle, and
held as a unique and living monu-
ment to that other legion which did
not come back"
The editorial staff is composed of
former service men of newspaper
and magazine experience. George
Palmer Putnam of New York City
is chairman of the committee in
charge of The Weekly. Among those
associated with him are Robert c.
Vance of New Britain, Connecticut,
Charles d. Kelley of Detroit, Mich,
Donald McGregor of Washington, D.
c., James S. Juett of Wickliffe, Ken,