Weekly journal-miner., 1920-12-29

1 supplement the program already ar ranged through the cooperation of the chamber of commerce and Red Cross organizations with the legion post here. Hugh K Martin, adju
 tant of the department of Ohio le- zion, replied as follows:
 Far as practical use Ohio money
 supplementing Christmas tree. Rene fit all disabled men, not forgetting lthe Ohio boys"
 : Headed by Doaothy Fay South worth scattering flowers, Margaret and Katherine Orthel, Martha Yount and Nellie May Davis, all fairies, waited a glittering snow-tinselled
 tree from fairyland through all the wards.
 i That the American Legion Christ mas tree. novelty was a welcome in- inoyation from the usual rooted to
 the spot" tree, the reception of the
 radiant fairies bearing fairyland tree, with a fairy scattering flowers,
 demonstrated that the disabled vet erans at Whipple Barracks sensed /! the spirit of the daintily dressed
 misses who with their fairy queen, Mrs. H. T. Southworth, were guided
 through the wards by NJ. L. Gainey, lvice-commander, and F. K. Steiner, executive committee member of the
 Ernest A. Love post of the Amer
 jean Legion.
 ! George Nilsson, post commander
 of the local organization, was con
 fined to his bed with cold caught
 during the Christmas eve festivities
 at the hospital. Tn his absence F.. !. McDermott, vice-commander, and
 Ed Harris, post adjutant, distributed
 "greeting" cards and the message of national commander of the legion,
 F. AZ Galbraith, IT,, to all disabled
 men. This message assured them
 that the spirit of hospitality and
 well-directed morale supporting ac- 1 tivities uf the American people so
 general during the war, would be a feature of the year in every hospital
 where disabled veterans were yet 1 fighting the battle of shattered health a last ditch battle for their lives.
 "Greetings" proclaimed the card
 given to each man at the barracks,
 and the card pledged that with the
 cooperation of the Yavapai county
 chamber of commerce, and citizens
 appreciative of the sacrifices made by men who go forth to battle for
 their country, there will be through out the spring, summer and fall
 many excursions to the beauty spots
 and along the scenic highways of the mountains about the hospitals What is now seen from the windows
 of the barracks will become familiar haunts of those who now can but wistfully iasten longing eyes on the welcoming green of inspiriting hills. After the Christmas tree given the lex-soldiers at Whipple Barracks, the
 Ernest Love post, American Legion, represented by Vice-Cor1rander r. IJ McDermott and AdJutant Ed Harris, visited the Pamac sa.f sana- torium, Dr. ]. ". Finn and the Will son Cottage sanatorium. Six vet erans of the war were given greet ings, a present and flowers at the former and nine at the latter institu ton, the presentations being made by wives of ex-service men of the city.
 After the sanatorium visits i'm promptu calls with flowers and re- minders were made at the homes of ex-soldiers who in cottages aud humble apartments about the city are recovering from their disabili- ties. Nor were the comrades who in hotels and rooms about the city are making the same battle back to health neglected. Legionaires met them on the street with hello Buddy" Smoke upp And it was not one-sided! Ex-soldiers through out the city greeted each other in the spirit of thc day, each man i having an open-hearted and open handed greeting to his former com rades of the late war.
 The greeting card informed the recipients that:
 During the coming year the American Legion wishes to make for each disabled veteran an all year-round Christmas. The Ernest A. Love post, Prescott. Arizona, the cooperation oi the county chamber of com- merce and appreciative citizens, pledges that, with the coming of spring, automobiles will be on hand | 10 give to the veterans many excur- 1 5ions into the hills and mountains ,.L;cb cradle the cifv Such as Gran |,