The Coconino sun., 1920-09-03

ond annual convention of the Ameri
 can Legion at Cleveland, Sept. 27-29
 The commanders of the Veterans Or
 ganization of Australia, the French
 Veterans of the Great War, the Great
 War Veterans of the Dominion ot
 Canada, the Veterans Organization
 of Italy and the Belgian War Veter
 ans Association also have been invited
 to the gathering.
 Present indications point to the
 staging of elaborate celebrations by American Legion posts on Armistice
 Day when thousands of Victory Med, als will be distributed Posts abroad as well as all over the United States are counting on joining in the observ- ance of the occasion. Nearly five mil lion Victory Medals have been manu- factured, the involved process of att taching the battle clasps, ribbons and bars constituting problem that tax ed all the ingenuity of the contractors and to surmount which new machines had to be devised. Each medal pass ed through such successive steps in manufacture as hydraulic pressure, a sand blast and an alcohol bath before receiving the final lacquer. Post com manders are forwarding the applica- tions of Legionnaires for the medal in order to receive the decorations at the various posts for presentation on Nov. 11th.
 Charles A. Learned Post, of De- troit, Mich, has chaplain, Joseph w. Cochran, who marries members of the post and turns the fees over to the brides to start housekeeping on.
 The worlds record for navy recruit ing is held by Paul Werner, of the St. Louis post. Before the draft he per- sonally secured 1900 recruits for the navy, incidentally getting 412 for the army and 400 for the Canadian army. He is member of the American Le- zion, the Naval Veterans Association and the United Spanish War Veter- ans. In 1900 he took part in the Chi nese relief expedition and served on Dewey's dispatch boat, the McCul- lcugh, at the battle of Manila.
 Army rolling kitchens were out in force at the military tournament con- ducted by the American Legion at Honolulu. Sixteen thousand ham and cheese sandwiches, 1900 pies. 5000 cups of coffee and beans without num- Der were dispensed to the crowd that stormed the "chow" line.
 On ground made historic by yearly gatherings of veterans of the Blue and Gray, Forrest-Stone post, of Mann moth Spring, Ark, held a week re- union. The state of Arkansas furn- lshed the tents for the visitors, which were pitched in the park beside the spring.
 AviatorS flew out in advance of the infantry in the sham battle staked by the Groton, s. D., post and seven oth- CTS in a celebration that netted S11O0. The post boasts a 100 per cent mem bership.
 The Norfolk, Va, post has appoint ed committee to confer with the local school board for the purpose of introducing course in Americanism into the schools of the city.
 Memorial certificates issued by the Republic of France were presented to the nearest relatives of the soldiers of the Mesa, Ariz., district at great gathering in commemoration of the second anniversary of the first great American offensive. The affair was held under the auspices of the Mesa post.
 Four members of the same family . are on the rolls of Pettis County post [ of Sedalia, Mo. George H. Scruton, the father, went to the war at the age of fifty-five and was post quar- termaster at Is-sur-Tille, attaining the grade of lieutenant colonel. His . three sons served in the ranks throughout the war.
 "Ninety-nine per cent for the bon us and 100 per cent in taking care of our sick buddies" is the report from the Legion in Oswego County, N. Y. A visit to one of the sanatariums by a committee from Homer Russell Smith post of Fulton resulted in strengthening out conditions to the satisfaction of the soldier patients.
 In order to prevent the mulcting of l the next-of-kin of men who died in . the war by interruptions swindlers, the American Legion has started campaign among it's 9,600 posts to warn against such practices and to arrest and prosecute all offenders. A , canvass of all gold star moth CTS and relatives of those who died in service will be made in every com , munity where there is Legion post 1 and they will be fully informed of the means taken by the swindlers to ob- tain money. One such confidence man , already has been arrested after he had sent a telegram to a mother in ; the name of her missing son, asking for funds. Offers to provide details of soldiers deaths and information as ( to the location of their graves for pay { ment are the usual lure held out by ( the swindlers. T Le Societe des 40 Hommes ct 8