Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-04-16
LEGION VOTES
DOWN BONUS PLAN
Anselm Mayotte Post Lays the
Scheme On Table Despite
State influence
sost VIII Have Charge of Memorial
Day Observanee.-Comm,ttee
is Appointed

Inc meeting OF ahsSiih at1aot'
Post, American Legion, which was
leld in the Chamber of Commerce
ooms last Friday evening proved to
e one of the most interesting meet
ags which the Legion has held since
ne work of organization was eemplet-
Il last fall. Two important actions
sere taken by the Post, the first of
hese being the practically unanimous
.pposition of all the members to the
so-called "bonus" plan which is being
urged by the state and national or
sanizations, and secondly, the formal
taking over of the Legion from the
now disbanded A. G. Warner Post,
G. A. R., of the duties of Memorial
Day in the city. Three members cf
the former G. A. r. post appeared at
the meeting and requested that the
more recent war veterans take over
the observances of the day which they
have SO faithfully upheld for over
half century. The Post also listen
ed to the details of various financial
questions which are being propagated
by the state and national organlza-
lions and which were presented for
the attention of the Post by the trav-
cling secretary for Connecticut, 2. +.
Fox.
The members of the &. A. K.
Post who attended the meeting were
Joseph McKachnie, Charles Monroe
and anson Buchanan. Each of the
three had few remarks to make Tor
the Legion members, including rem
iniseenees as well as some rather
sound advice regarding organization,
good fellowship, etc. They requested
the Legion to take over and maintain
the observance of Memorial Day,
which has become an impossibility for
the G. A. r. members who remain IN
Putnam.
Commander E. II. Perry has APP
pointed the following Memorial Day
committee Tor the Legion: Arthur
C. Keith. omer Rohitaille, Rev. Boyn-
ton Merrill, Adolph Jarvis and Ken
meth C. Sharpe. The COMMITTEES Will
also include all surviving members OIL
Warner Post, G. A. r. Commander
Perry has notified the following or
carnations of the Post'stplaps and
has requested f*heise eo-operaeoR III
making Memorial Day this year
GREAT success: Women's Relief
Corps, Sons of Veterans, Ladies OF
the G. A. R.. Boy Scouts, High School
Cadets, Spanish War Veterans,
Knights of Columbus and the Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution. A meeting OF
the Legion's committee will be held
next week to discuss plans, and 1t is
hoped that later there will be held
Joint meeting of all the organizations
named.
Despite the fact that kilograms and
various communications were receiv-
ed by the Post from state and national
officers urging the local veterans to
pass vote in favor of the soldiers
compensation plan, more widely
known as the "bonus," and despite its
being set forth to the members by the
state travelling secretary simply as
plum for the ex-soldier to pluck, the
members of the local post, with one
exception, voted to lay the matter on
the table and ignore it. Ii may be
therefore said that Putnam is abso-
lutely against the "bonus" idea and
local veterans refuse to give it any
Charles Monroe, one of the
G. A. r. veterans present at the meet
ing. gave some of the most eaustic and
amusing criticisms of the plan, com
pairing it with the census agitation
which followed the Civil War.
1t was voted, upon the request of
the national organization, to assess
every member of the Post an addition
al dollar for annual dues in order to
meet the extraordinary expenses of
the national and state organizations
which have resulted in an unexpected
on all Posts of the Legion.
The Post agreed to let the matter
of Joining the Legion's Athletic Asso-
citation drop for the present and con-
centrate all it's efforts and expendi-
lures on settling in its new home in
Hammond hall. which is now all ready
for occupancy.