Evening journal., 1919-09-17
ORGANIZE LEGION
IN STATE TOWNS
Expect to Enroll 1000
Former Service Men
Throughout Delaware
POSTS FOR NEWARK
AND HARRINGTON

Members OF the American Legion all
over the United States are devoting
this week 10 an intensive membership
campaign which Is expected TO result
In the accession OF approximately p
10000 new members. Delaware will
strive for 1000 names Of former SER
vice men on its rolls, and will install.
II Is hoped, at least fifteen posts in the
larger towns throughout the State. The
first new post TO be organized under
The membership campaign was organ
ized at meeting OF colored ex-soldiers.
which was held az the home OF James
H. Sewelll, No. MY Walnut street. at
which a nucleus Of thirty members
was secured. Commander Seweu and
his associates hope 20 have this num-
Der trebled before the week is out.
Quarters have been secured in the
offices formerly occupied by Magistrate
Gluckman, in the basement OF the
Church Building, at Tenth and Market
street, where there VIII be representa-
tives OF the organization committee on
duty day and night, TO receive appli-
cations OF returned soldiers and sailors.
and to furnish any information on the
American Legion or its aims and pur-
poses, that may be requested. In
ether towns throughout the State. rem /
resentatives residing in those towns /
will perform the same duty.
Arrangements have been made for
the installation Of Posts at Newark and
Harrington. on Friday night. Delega-
tions from the local post will attend
each Of these functions and furnish
what assistance may be required in
completing the formalities. There is
hardly town OF any prominence in
this country which does not contain
enough former soldiers and sailors 10
form one or more posts, and In each
there is some active spirit who has the
benefit Of his buddy" at heart 10 the
extent Of devotlng at least the time re-
quired 10 conduct the local membership
campaign.
The American Legion welcomes all
men who served honorably in the mill
tary or naval service OF the country
between April 6. 1917, and November a..
1918, and those service women who
were regularly enlisted or commission
ed in the army, navy or marine corps
during the same period It makes no
distinction between those who served
abroad and those who served in the
United States. The only ex-service man
u does not want Is the fellow who left a
the service without an honorable dis
cnarge, and the fellow who. having
been b called into the service, refused. |
tailed or attempted to evade the full '
performance Of such service.
IL IS opposed to the ]. w W's. the c
anarchists and the International Social ,
sts; II has demanded OF Congress an 4
OF the pardon and sub
'equent honorable discharge OF Tho CON
sicted conscientious obiectors:" n has
demanded that Congress should deport II
% their own countries those aliens who Ia
refused to join the colors AZ the nut
oreak OF the war, pleading their citizen G,
snip in other countries to escape Ana :
iraft; IT has demanded that natunallzed 8,
'ltizens who were convicted under The "
espionage act should have their citizen m
'nip papers cancelled. and be deported In
t maintains employment service for
'eturned service men, and a bureau IN in
leip them get from the government q,
heir overdue pay and sllolments. The ca
ormer general oflcer and the private III