The spectator., 1921-10-18
Carrying On With the
 American Legion

man of Caledonia, Mich, had shot and killed a deputy sheriff who was try ing to arrest him. American Legion 1 men of the city formed a posse and captured the man.
 A survey of land settlement proj- ects throughout the state has been begun by the American Legion of Washington. Under the law. ex-service men have preference right in filing on all public lands.
 The retirement of 5000 sick and wounded emergency officers of the World war with pay on the same status as officers of the regular army are retired. is being urged on con. gress by the American Legion.
 President Harding has been invited to accompany the Hood River. Ore, post of the American Legion on its annual climb of Mount Hood next sum- mer. Governor Olcott of Oregon led the Legion party to the summit iD the climb this year.
 Demonstrating the use of the air Theodore Roosevelt. assistant secre- tary of the navy. flew from Washing ton. D. C.; to Asbury Park, N. l.. to address the annual convention of the state American Legion. The trip was made in two hours.
 
 Believing that the man still 10 suffering from the effects of severe wound received while in action in France. the American Legion of Has tlngs, Mich, Is seeking to have de termined the sanity of Frank SouleA former service man. serving life term in the Michigan state prison fv murder.
 The sale for taxes of the estate ef John J. Pershing, father of the general of the armies. in Tangipahoa Parish, La, has been prevented by the Aneri- can Legion and the General has been requested to make the estate available for colonization by his wounded com- rades now taking vocational training In agriculture.
 Plans for $l0,0O0 war memorial at Duluth, Minn.. to honor the men and women who served during the World war, were abandoned recently at tho request of the American Legion repre-. sentatives who contended that it was no time to erect monument. The jobless and hungry.
 The recent establishment of pOt in Constantinople carries the American Legion into the second country aligned against the allies in the World war. The post was formed of American naval and embassy attaches and repre- sentatives of several American firms commercially engaged in Turkey. There is a large post of the Legion at Coblenz. Germany.
  Maloney, New York policeman and . color sergeant of the Seventy-sevcnth division fin France. plunged into the surf ct Rockaway Beach to save u young woman with whom he had been keeping company. He lost his Maloney was member of the police department post of the American Legion.
 A promise made on Flanders field that he would take care of and pro tect the wife of a wounded buddy" if the latter should fall. was fulfilled at Manchester. N. H., recently when Adkemnr Letendre married Mrs. Albert Thibeault, whose husband was killed in action. The returned soldier and his comrades widow met in American Legion work and their friendship grew into love.
 The father of 33 children Mama C. Bruner, Civil war vetsran of Inde- pendence. Kas.. could well organize . war veterans society of his own Twelve of his sons served with the American army in France. one was too young to fight and the remainder of the SS arc girls who did their bit. The American Legion recently brought the family to light, but at that there ia one larger in the Creek Indian ha- tlon of which Bruner is n citizen.
 
 The corsage bouquet of the fashion. ably dressed young woman once may have been hourishing tuft of rag weed on corner lot. Disabled service men in Kansas City hospitals have built up a good business of making artificial flowers cut of weeds md the American Legion of the city Ia help Ing them sch the colored posies ts florists and gift shops. War mothers of the city have taught the men to dye the weeds in natural colors.
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