The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-09
They win Develop a National Women's
Auxiliary Of tho American le-
gon as Authorized by
American Legion.
ONLY SOME ELIGIBLE
Mothers, Wives, Daughters and SIS
ters Of Members OF War VET
GRAMS Order May be En-
rolled In New Union.

The first meeting of the committee
Of the American Legion appointed u
develop the organization OF the Ma
tional Womens Auxiliary OF the Amer
lean Legion will be held in Washing
ton, ID. c., Monday, February 10. The
formation of this auxiliary was au
thorized by the national convention
or the legion in Minneapolis which dc
cided to recognize such an auxiliary
the membership of which would De
limited to mothers, wives, daughters
and sisters OF the members OF the
American Legion, and to the motners,
wives, daughters and sisters OF all
men and women who were IN the
military and naval service OF the
United States between April 4. 1917,
and November II, 1918. and died In
line OF duty or after honorable dls-
charge and prior to November II,
1920.
Il. Lester Jones, commander of the
District of Columbia department OF
the American Legion is chairman OF
the committee appointed by Franklin
DOlier, national commander, TO de-
wise a form of organization ana rules
and regulations TO govern the auxll-
iaries. The other members of the
committee who will meet with Mr..
Jones at the Washington meeting are
Miss Wilhelmia E. Weyming of Michi-
gan, Mrs. B. V. Conner OF Maryland,
E. NJ. Marbourg. of Colorado. j. G..
Towne of Maine, A. W. Dobyns of
Arkansas and Charles S. Martin OF
Kansas.
1t is also intended that represen-
tative of the Woman's Legion and the
Service Star Legion, and other
women's organizations, whose mem
beers are eligible TO membership in
the Women's Auxiliary OF the Ameri-
can Legion, attend the meeting or
send suggestions for the organization
of the auxiliary to Mr.. Jones.
A temporary constitution and char
ter are now being prepared at national
headquarters and will be issued to
local auxiliary organizations in few
weeks. For the present, the organiZa-
tions of the women's auxiliary will be
confined TO local bodies, attached to a
particular post OF the American Lee
gion, and known as the Women's
Auxiliary Unit Of that post. The
state and national organization of the
auxiliary will not be perfected for
several months.
According to reports from the state
departments Of the American Legion
throughout the United States, many Of
these auxiliaries have ..lready been
formed and are now awaiting formal
recognition by the national executive
committee. AS soon as the temporary
charter and constitution are perfected
each of these units will receive a
charter from the national executive
committee upon the approval of its
application, first by the post to which
it is to be attached, and second by the
commander of the department, or the
department executive committee, IN
der whose Jurisdiction it will operate.
The emblem for the Women's Auxil-
iary of the American Legion will be
similar to the emblem button of the
Legion itself. In place of the dis
charge button which forms the center
of the American Legion emblem, the
emblem of the auxiliary will have for
its center a blue or gold star sur
rounded by circular blue band con-
tanning the words American Legion
Women's Auxiliary" in gold letters,
the whole design to be encircled with
a fluted gold edge.