The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-05-15

"push" will begin Monday. Zero hour
has been fixed for the first faint light
of dawn. A barrage will be put down
along all fronts on the hitherto i'm
pragnable lines of old General Inertia.
Propaganda will be scattered bread
cast over the enemy lines. The ad-
vance of the legion will be behind a
moving barrage. The "push" is ex-
pected to sweep everything before it.
At least one million prisoners" are
looked for.
The campaign committee of the
Marion County Post No. 1 completed
it's plants last night. The members
of this committee are Thomas NJ. Kill.
gore. chairman, L. 7. IZlar, Jack
Kassells, Philip G.. Murphy and Clar-.
ence C. Meffert. Their plans include
a woman's committee. three-minute
speakers, the use of lantern slides,
hand bills. insertion of American Le-
gion slogans in the advertisement
copy of the merchants. banners and
posters. Arrangements win be made
to have application blanks placed In
the hanks of some member of the le-
giOn in as many of the communities
in the county as possible. liz possible
arrangements will be made to have q
headquarters in each of these commu-
mites. In Ocala applications for men,
bership can be signed up at the Board
OF Trade. Court Pharmacy, Anti
Monopoly Drugstore and Biting G.
Company's drugstore. The dues of
, Marion County Post No. l are So q
! year, the year ending Dec. 81, 1920.
The So covers national. state and local
dues, a subscription to the American
Legion Weekly, and an American Le-
gion button. The buttons will be dis
tributed to all the new members by
James ]. Taylor, post finance officer,
Ocala. An application blank will be
printed in the newspapers for the
convenience of those who can not get
in touch with some member of the
post. Every member of the post is
expected to take hand in securing
new members.
Arrangements were made this
morning to have Mayor Anderson of
Ocala proclaim the week of May 1922
American Legion week.
In signing the application for men,
bership in the legion the applicant is
required to subscribe to the constitu-
ton, the preamble of which is as fol-
lows:
"For God and country we associate
ourselves together for the following
purposes: To uphold and defend the
constitution of the United States o1
America; to maintain law and order;
to foster and perpetuate 100 PEI
cent. Americanism; to preserve the
memories and incidents of our asso.
citation in the gerat war; to inculcate
O sense of individual obligation to the
community, state and nation; to com
bat the autocracy of both the classe.
AND the masses; to make right the
master of might; to promote peace
and good will on earth; to safeguard
and transmit to posterity the prin
ciples of justice, freedom and democ
racy; to consecrate and sanctify oul
: comradeship by our devotion to mu
tual helpfulness."
Eligibility for membership in tn,
legion is covered in Article of tht
constitution as follows:
Section /. Any person shall b.
eligible for membership in the Amer
lean Legion who was regularly enlist
ed drafted. inducted or commissioned
and who served on active duty in th'
army, navy or marine corps of th'
United States at some time during
the period between April 6. 1917
and Nov. II, 1918, both dates inclus
i've. or who. being a citizen of tn
United States, at the time of his en-
try therein, served on active duty il
the naval, military or air forces of an.
of the governments associated witt
the United States during the grea
war; provided, that no person shal
\. be entitled to membership (a) who
I being in the army, navy or marin
corps of the United States durini
said period. refused on conscientious
political or other grounds to subjec
himself to military discipline, or uE
qualified service, or (b) who, being il
such service, was separated therefror
under circumstances amounting {
/, dishonorable discharge and has no
subsequently been officially restore
to an honorable status.
"Sec. 2. There shall be no form o
class of membership except an activ
membership as herein above provld