The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-20

Flag should never be reversed except
in case of distress at sea.
at is only spall bit but there comes
with it my sympathy and my wish that
enI kesob
tican remembrance of those sons Of the
republic who gave their lives in the
great war" wrote President Harding in
Legion Overseas Graves Decoration
Fund.
'1t Is indeed beautiful custom-that
the memory Of those brave boys who
are buried in the fields where peoples
grow should be. remembered by the
Legion on Memorial Day. May there n e
to express her gratitude to those whose
blood has helped consecrate the soil Of
France" says the Fargo Forum.
when we honor our dead comrades
on Memorial Day We must not fail to
write our senators andy and
ask them to vote for the tegons pro
abled." reads an editorial in the Monte
video News
| 1.-THE spirit of good fellowship and
common interest developed through
such joint meetings augurs good for the
progress and upbuilding of the communi-
declares the Lgve and Eerad refep
put on by the Luverne Legion post and
Commercial Club to make plans for
boosting Luverne's resources and
beauty spots.
eff you see a squad of husky Legion
aires cleaning up everything in sight on
Pay don't IT t be
in and help them make Ortonyille spick
and span" is how the Ortonville Journ-
al asks ortonvlile citizens to assist the
day in order to police up" the home
town.
1.-THE rifles for the firing squad are
here, ten of them. all covered with as
much grease as in the army days. Vol
unteer doughboss are busy taking, on
th or sn ana I'll the snns viii e be
Friday and for the Memorial Day exer-
cises May 30th." read a letter from the
Wells. Minnesota Legion post. Each
Legion post may have ten rifles from
FIT Cook. Nebraska for ceremonial use.
at was the funnies stunt ever pulled
date the crowd" was the verdict of the
Fairmont paper concerning the Mock
After the trial. Gus Jernberg was SEN
fenced to bring in the cheese. When he
did. the party broke up. 1t was Linn
burger!
Minnesota Legionaires welcomed three
week, Isantl Isanti County. Brook
PaIah Pine That a01 makes ana efa fan of p" s6
posts. The Women's Auxiliary organic
ed four units. at Appleton. Pine Island.
the boys who fought and the women
who stood by them are marching on to-
gether and working for the good of
their country and their respective COM
munities.
"Aliens who voluntarily enlisted after
having been exemPed Of alienage" and
tries who were entitled to exemption,
whose claims were denied, who per-
formed honorable service, and who be.
are entitled to Minnesota's bonus, rules
the Attorney General.
Still another Minnesota Legion post is
comfortably settled and ready to enjoy
1.-THE long stretch of years that wind din
and out to the land of white-haired
Legionaires fifty years away. The
procured clubrooms and the Auxiliary is
securing easy chairs, a library. canteen,
hot lunch counter, and so on.
Aroused because the ladies of the
surrounding towns were 'beating the
Madison ladies to it, in organizing a
Legion Auxiliary unit, Madison Minne-
help them organize. declaring "Our good
ladies stood by us and worked hard for
us during the war. Now they must help
us enjoy our good timeI
Chapter 235, Minnesota Laws of 1921,
makes it misdemeanor to wear the
entitled thereto under the Legion con,
situations. Buddies who have not paid
post, state and national dues for 1921
should DO SO at once or
are sailing under false colors.
Each Minnesota Legion post may SCI
cure s25 from its county board to defray
Chapter 233, Laws of Minnesota, 1921.
Where county board does not meet be-
fore Memorial Day. posts will arrange
to make the appropriation at the next
county board meeting.
Section 122, Chapter sos, Minnesota
Laws of 1921, grants Legion posts the
use of Armories for regular meetings
provided such Legion meetings do not
for military purposes. Any Legion post
which has difficulty in availing itself Of
this privilege should communicate with
Legion State HQ*S s
Legionaires of Wichita, Kansas are
putting some of their war experience at
the service Of their home town. More
emergency call on a few minutes notice.
The Adjutant calls ten members, each
of whom calls ten others. the latter
notifying ten more men. Each man has
a. card showing the names and tele
phone numbers of members allotted to
him.
Every member of organized labor
who is eligible should join The Amer
lean Legion and help his buddies in
their fight for their Just claims" de;
fornia Gas Wells. Oil Field and Refinery
charge has been made that the Legion
proves that such an accusation is abb
is to win decent treatment for thous-
ands of disabled veterans and to find
employment for approximately 400. 900
very capitalistic about that, is there?"
ITO stand firmly against boleshevism,
anarchy, and other acts designed to
disrupt our government and disturb our
economic. social and commercial rela-
tions," is the aim of the Federated N
triotic Societies of America, which hop.
to comprise all patriotic organizations,
with a membership of six millions. The
officers will be elected at the G. A. r.
encampment next September. The
American Legion will be represented
there.