The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-17
WORLD WAR VET BRAINS ORGANIZE
 FIRST STATE CON-
 MENTION OF LEGION
Continued From Page Fiveo

ture, ''The New America, the New World and the American Legion" said the legion is not born to America with Haunting banners, but an organiZa ton which grows more glorious with age. We are bound to be held together in a spirit of friend ship and comradeship that the 'ayman cannot understand" said the speaker. fin such a way that in the near future by sticking together, making it an organiza tion which can demand and have it's de- sires backed up by complete co-opera- tion
 SOCIETY AND HUMANITY
 The war has changed the individual though he may not know in what way he has been affected. he is a new man, has new ideas and has |, nobler con- ception of society and humanity, with no chance of ever drifting back to the old rut The boys left home with a willing ness to serve and can never get over the feeling, therefore with the working, of hetterment in America you will broaden out and give help to the world" he said. Chaplain Inzer stater the organization of the legion came through a natura. desire of the soldiers to join themselves together in a union which would be last | ing forever, in a manner in which they could commemorate the deeds of their comrades who have paid the supreme sacrifice and to maintain the memories they held dear to themselves as comrades in one great cause. He said, Let is bind ourselves together in an organization and let the people of the country know that we have rightfully won through the war a great voice in the government In peace as well as war"
 ASK DEAD GERMANS
 Chaplain Inzer said, to know whaf spirit binds us together you have only ! to ask Germans and live ones and you
 will slightly comprehend just why we stand for principles of law and order' i The legion means to uphold the Ameri- can government and I predict that Tn i the near future it will do much to dls- pense with l. w. W.'s, the BolshevlK' 1 the so-called Reds" and organizations which tend to disrupt the government making it an unfit place in Wnlcn to | live. Let's get behind them and either have them shot or deported, which ever l ;s inc hest plan. You are the people who vote. you can control and it is up , to you to vote for the man and the principle and see that the government IS run on the 100 per cent Americansm. ] This is my country. It has been made | safe through the spirit of our tore- fathers through the days of I6. ol ana ,os who gave their service and thelr lives for freedom, peace and prosperity and now let's band together, making l, l ,hs land of the free and the home oi tno laiN CA ~-'~
 '"' COMMITTEES APPOINTED 1 rho following committees were ap-
 pointed yesterday: :,
 | constitution and By-Laws-H. M. Ay- CTS of Calhoun J. D. Morgan Of Cle- burne. NJ J. Fletcher Of Covington' w | A James of Cullman. Amos Campbell of I.eKalb, J. D. McGlamony of Fillmore Tohn I,usk of Etowah; H. P. Lipscomf of Ressemer. Frank S. White, IT,, o R;rn,inrham Robert P Simpson Of Lau derdaIe C. S. Whittlesey Of Lee, F. w Kimmer of Marshall, H. w. Febelmal of Mobile, William l.. Martin of Mont gomery, T C. Almon of Morgan. E. C H;nson of Pickens, W. G. Merrill of Tal
 iadera and c. R. Wiggins of Walker.
 Resolutions-Charles S. Leyden O tCalhoun, U. G. Porter of Cieburne, Al len Crenshaw of Covington, John Hui of Cullman, Andrew Campbell or De
 ka4b. R. Is- Kirby of Fillmore, J. D
 Rankin of Escambia. E. NJ. Mccall c
 Etowah, J. F.. Cokum of Bessemer Matt H. Murphy of Birmingham, Rob
 ert L. Glenn of Lauderdale, Dallas B
 Smith of Lee Dean Blackwelder O Madison, E. R. Chandler of Marshall John w Inzer of Mobile. H. W. Thomp son of Montgomery%R A. Burleson 0
 Morgan, W. c. Summerville of Pickens Knox Oscamp of Talladega and c. R Wiggins of Walker.
 Credentials-George Watkins of Fir mingham John Luck of Etowah an 1, Madison of Walker county.
 Publicity-H. "A. Ayers of Calhoun
 LeRoy Jacobs, John Inzer Freeman Petersen Marzoni and Jack Bethea 0 Birmingham.
 l, Finance-R E. Steiner of Montgom , ! cry. 0. G. Gresham of Jefferson. H. U , Fiebleman of Mobile and Dean Black welder of Madison.