The St. Mary banner., 1921-07-16
Carrying on
With the
American Legion

OF all the fruit that grows in the
Imperial valley of California, cOnsid-
cradle portion is planted and tended
by disabled veterans of the World
war. While receiving $100 monthly
compensation from the government,
the men are placed on tracts of land
by the federal board of vocational ed
ucation and are assisted In getting out
their crops. r. L. Fisher, assistant
national director of the governments
rehabilitation work, recently cOmpli-
mented the California department of
the American Legion for safeguarding
the interests Of the veterans who are
winning their way back to health and
usefulness in the fruit-growing project.
The aid of wOmen's clubs of the
West in the interest of coast to coast
Victory Memorial highway will be So
licited by Capitol post of the Ameri-
can Legion in Topeka, Kan, with
which the plan originated. The To-
peka Woman's club will place the re-
Ing convention of the state federation
of women's organizations. Integral
highways now in use would be hard
surfaced by the government. Bronze
memorial figures of American soldiers
In full equipment and with rifles at
present arms would mark all state
boundaries.
Another move to induce the United
States government to force the release
by the Bolsheviki of Capt. Emmet Kill
patrick, UniOntown, Ala, has originat-
ed with the department of Poland of
the American Legion. Latest reports
declare that the American, confined in
Moscow prison, is In deplorable
condition from brutality and terror.
Captain Fitzpatrick, Red Cross work
er, was captured in Crimea.
The National Americanism commits
sion of the American Legion is making
to have member pres
ent at all Legion state conventions. In
addressing the conventions the Ameri-
canism officials will lay emphasis upon
the necessity of cooperation with
teachers for the furtherance of educa-
ton in citizenship, the promotion of
patriotism and the development of
A house-to-hOuse canvass of the en-
tire city of Chicago has been under
taken by posts of the american Legion,
in seeking out veterans who have been
In adjustment of compen-
satiOn claims with the government. A
recent membership campaign in Illi-
nOis netted gain of 10000 members
for the first four months of 1921 over
the corresponding period of last year.
The American language will replace
German in the services of the Bethany
Reformed church of Baxter, Ia, under
the provision of resolution adopted |
by the congregation after conference |
with the local American Legion post |
The Legion objected to
in German at the funerals !!
of veterans who were killed In France. |
Aerial mail flyers, their mechani-
clans and all who assist them in the
U. S. Post Office departments air mail |
service will be ex-service men, accord
Ing to an order issued by John S. JOr-
dan, San Francisco, chief of construc-
ton. acting superintendent of the traf-
fic division, air mail service, q copy of
which has reached American Legion
national headquarters.
A proper education for American
children in China and Japan Is the
md sought by the Peking (China) post
If the American Legion, which has
written to Legion national headquar-
ers to enlist the aid of ex-service men
n the movement. The American
Chamber of Commerce and other or
,anizations are working with the Le-
zion in the project.
= Because they believe that Memorial
lay should be observed In reverent
md decorous manner, members of the
american Legion in Indianapolis, Ind,
lave asked that the annual motor
peedway race be held In the future on
July instead of on May 80. More
han 10000 persons attended the in
ernational motor classic this year.
When the town Of Lawton, Okla,
ct about building road to the oil
elds, 20 miles away, Lowry post of
he American Legion undertook the
uilding of a much-needed bridge
bout eighteen miles from town. Dur
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