Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-09
.Ex-SOLD|ERS TO
HOLD MEETING
HERE THIS week
500 Delegates From All Sec.
tions of State Expected
to Attend First
Convention.

The state convention Of the Am
erican Legion will be held in Oma-
ha Friday and Saturday of this week:
Over 500 delegates from all parts Of
the state are expected to attend. All
meetings will be held in the council
chamber Of the city hall.
Permanent state officers and Is
delegates to the national convention,
which is to be held at Minneapolis,
November 10 and II, will be elected
at the convention.
Adoption of the state constitution
will also be part of the business
taken up at the meeting. Discussion
of the land bills for soldiers, partic-
ularly the Morgan bill, which pro-
vides that $4,000 be loaned to each
soldier in the war for the purpose
of buying 4 home or land, will be
one Of the principal topics.
Acting Mayor Ure has written
letter to all employers in the city
stating that in view of the splendid
service given by the boys during the
war he hopes that they will find it
possible to release from work all
delegates to the convention.
The program for the convention
is as follows:
Friday, October 10.
$500 to 1o:so-Resistration Of delegates.
headquarters Army and Navy club. Sew
sntsenth and Howard ward s,N. s'sssts p, o,.,r,.
third floor Of the city hall. seventeenth
40 to 2:so--Meeting Of chairman Of
delegations with chairman, council cham
$50 to 5:ls--second session Of conven-
6:0o--Banquet and entertainment FOR all
delegates and members OF American Le-
Eion Hotel Fontsnelle. Eighteenth and
Saturday. October II.
$500 A. M.--Third session Of convention.
souncil chamber.
At the banquet Friday evening at
the Hotel Fontenelle free tickets of
admission will be given to all dele
gates on application to the chairman
Of the Omaha committee. Addi
tional tickets for guests may be pur-
chased and all members Of the le-
gion are invited to attend.
Governor McKclvie and Col. John
6. Maher will attend the convention
and possibly Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood.
The i&t Omaha delegates are:
George Boyd, Ted Nelson. Chas. +. Hail,
Dunlap. F. r. :. H.!nt., Trsd Christensen.
Otto Peterson. ROLAND Jones. J. Kilmar-
TN. = Hopkins. Walter Byrn:. Ann9n
Kipi,aas1 KxiSnsns La s,De CROSBY sa Fr:..r Dr.
non. . = 81. nia' 4: G D sumnsy. r. j.. Madden.
:sr. :sn' ci.s si Mssii.ushlin. Allan Tuksy. xm2.
Thomas. Keen Ludden. J. J. lsaacson, T.
shsshsn Gsorss T";rs 1r1mmsr Ha Msc,Tthy WI RoS-
ert webb. Earl W. Horn. c. L. Mattson.
4. q. Hitchcock. Hugh ocon9or; Warren
Howard. Len M.rshall, Leo Bozell. CnaTMe r
Hsyn. Geo. Medlynn. Levert Goodin; Dell
Neviiis. Hi.d strybsr w. F. sriss, s,s-lInI.y Pr: S
R,chc. Robert Webb. n. T. Byrns. H. W.
shackleford, J. 3. Foster. J.; n. nhg xorhhg'
3. I. Wilson, Frank selby. Emmet Ham,
mand, Capt C. g. Adams, Ken Reed, Paul
Peterson. Charlie Bishop. Noble La France
hond' Lyis Keys r: Eastcn. 4. qustat;
iSat Priteh.st M 3. w.Ii.s.. \. aliIssDis;, Lso
s.sssn s,Si 4 M..s sas' q Dc E Ts HaSn
Domlc:. s. W. Conley. Charles Baum
1arten, Len Kerr, Hal Linchan. DR.. J. e.
bev,ne, Art Mehl. T. G. Roach: A. J Nc
Call. I'd. Partridge. J. A.. Klein, a.
Dalmks. c. D. Alexander, Judson souarss'
Dr.. a c. stokes. Charles Glover. e. Glen
non. +. b. Benton. T. e. Nelson. Sam Rey-
noids, VIII Bruitt. J. J. Milete, Art Coed
liam Beckwith, Ted Metcalf. Clint Bronze,
John Baldwin, e. W. Mari. r; T; MaMr.
Carl Bergman.s Tom Bosen. T. NJ. Mitek, "
sterns, z. q. Murphy. e. W. Barton and