Evening star., 1920-10-17
VETERANS OF THE GREAT WAR
Column Devoted to the Interests of the Men Who
Defended the Nation on Land and Sea.

opened last week with a meeting and
business session.
Local officials of the American
Legion are citing numerous instances
to show reiteraton of the legion's
strict neutrality in disputes between
capital and labor. A post at Thle1
River Falls. MINI. it is pointed out,
Joined with the Central Labor Union
of that place recently in a series OF
automobile races.
Col Charles Neville of Washington
and New York and William T. Joyce
Of New York were the only two eX-
service men out of a total of thirteen
killed in the Wall street bomb eN-
plos ion retaining their war risk life
insurance. announces the Treasury
Department. Col. Neville until short
iy before his death member of the
Quartermaster Corps and Joyce. for
, merly in the Signal Corps, each car
ried a $4,000 policy.
Seven more American Legion posts
were added to the roster during the
week ending October 1, raising the
total to 9.76S Nebraska and Texas
each state. Massachusetts was hrSt
in the number of new posts of the
women's auxiliary. which made a
gain of nine during the week. There
are now 1898 auxiliary posts, records
show.
Appointment of Robert II. Tindali
as national treasurer. of Robert A
Adams as national judge advocate
and of Ehen Putnam as national ms
torian was made at the first meeting
of the new national executive COM
mittee of the American Legion.
committee on disqualification and vo-
cational training also was appointed.
1t consists of Abel Davis. Illinois.
chairman; DR.. T. Victor keene. A. A.
Sprague, DR.. Harry Mock. II. H.
Raege and Robert Marks. 1t was
voted that two legionnaireS, to be Sc
lected from posts in France, attend
and report on the convention of the
Interallied Veterans Association in
Paris on November 2S.
Co m m d e r-in-ehief Robert G.
Woodside Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Zen route to participate in the bonus
parade in New York city. October 16.
stopped over in Washington Friday
and visited the national legislative
committee offices in the Metropolitan
Bank building.
Two commissioned officers and four
teen "gobs" Joined Admiral Peary
Post. No 427. Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Monday night at meeting of
the post.
Walter Reed Hospital Post No. 351.
exclusively for wounded members of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is not
Handicapped in growth because its
mem bership is drawn from men whose
bodies have felt the shock of "Jerry's"
wrath. Notwithstan nding almost daily
discharges from the institution, the
post roster still hovers around the 800
mark.
The idea of mems auxiliary of the
American Legion persists. A. M. Har-
vey of Capitol Post. Topeka, Kan,
has written National Commander Gal
braith, suggesting the formation of
an organization to which fathers and
brothers of ex-Service men would be
eligible.
Frederick Barrack Post, ". F. W,
will hold open house at Carroll In
stitute Tuesday evening, October 10.
There will be wrestling. boxing and a
varied musical program.
Equality Post, No. 2s4. v. F. W, is
planning a series of entertainments
and dances for the coming winter
months. The post meets the first and
third Thursdays of each month at
Pythian Temple.
National Capital Post. No 1877, at its
m eetinE 5OctQber:12 approved a reso-
luton to refer all applications for
to a credentials commit
tee and providing for the initiation of
applicants within a set period