The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09
FORMER SOLDIERS
/. TO MEET TONIGHT
keokuk Post the American Legion
Will Discuss Picnic, Conventions
and Victory
Medade,
ASK LARGE ATTENDANCE
Commander Brown Wants All of the
Vets Out to Talk over the Things
Of Interest Before orsani-
cation.

An important session of Keokuk
post No. Al, the American Legion,
will be held this evening at Cam
eron's hall at SIS o'clock. Not only
will plans for the picnic August rs
iat Bluff Park be discussed, but there
! will come up the appointment of dele
gates to Cedar Rapids and Cleveland
meetings and the distribution of Vic
tory medals.
| w. Frank Brown, commander of
the Legion, asks that every member
he present tonight in order to
| have as full a discussion Of these
matters as possible. The picnic plans
lare going smoothly and the legion
laires expect to present the picnic
de luxe of the summer at Bluff PARK,
August g.
sThe state convention of the legion
lis being held in Cedar Rapids in Sep
itember and delegates will be sent
there. Delegates from Keokuk to the
national convention will 60 to Cleve-
land. A daughter of Henry G. See
imam who is living in Cleveland, has
asked to entertain the Keokuk men
who attend the meeting. Cleveland
people are going to open their homes
ito the legionaires for this meeting.
The distribution of Victory medals
must be planned for, also, and this
will be taken up. The following bull
letin from the national society's adj
jutant has been received and will
clear up some of the disputed points
about this distribution. The bulletin
will be presented tonight and reads
as follows:
AS there have been some mis-
understandings as to the AmerI-
can Legion's part in the Victory
medal distribution, it is requested
that the following information be
communicated to- Legion posts:
American Legion participation
in the distribution of the Victory
medals falls under two heads:
1. Application for the medals.
Under authority of the war de-
partment, local posts of the
American Legion may obtain
supply Of the necessary applica-
ton blanks from the nearest
army recruiting office. The post
then assists it's members and
other ex-service men in it's COM
munity, in filing out the appli-
cation forms. When the applica-
tions are completed, they are to
be forwarded to the nearest army
recruiting office, for approval and
transmittal to the army supply
depot at Philadelphia, whence
the medal will be mailed to each
recipient, at the address he gives
on his application.
The Legions part is in helping
the men to fill out the appica-
tions AS these must be made
out on a typewriter and as the
services OF notary public are
necessary, Legion posts should
make arrangements to furnish
typewriter and provide free
notary service. /.
2. Presentation ceremonies.
The medals are mailed to the
men at the addresses they give !
on their applications. This may
be either their home addresses or
in care of Legion posts. If the
medal Is delivered to mans
home address, he may turn it in
to the Legion post to be held.
If it is delivered in care of the
Legion post, the commander may
obtain permission from the man
to hold it. 1t is planned that all
medals thus held by the legion
shall be formally presented at
appropriate ceremonies under q
Legion auspices on Armistice day. D
LEMUEI4 BOLLES, +
National Adjutant. n