The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-09-15
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Do not forget the joint meeting OF
the legion and auxiliary that Will be
held tonight.
Ex-Seryice Men Take Notice.

the lcSlOIl duu e"'
held tonight.
Ex-Service Men Take Notice.
The federal board of vocational edu-
cation. the bureau of war risk insur-
ance and the United States public
health service have been consolidated
into what is known as the veterans
bureau. This veterans bureau is send
ing out "traveling squad" to visit
different centers in your state in or
der that all applications for training,
compensation or disqualification may
be completed. If you intend to appear
before the travelling squad, be sure to
follow the instructions listed below:
l. Bring with you all correspon-
dence which you have had with the
bureau of war risk insurance, federal
board of vocational education, and the
United States public health service.
2. Bring with you all army papers
which you may have in your possess
sion, including your original discharge.
3. Bring with you your marriage
certificates and birth certificates of
your children if you have any.
4. Bring with you as many affi-
davits as you can secure showing the
following:
A. Your injury during service.
B. How the injury affected your
physical condition while in the SER
vice.
C. Your physical condition since
discharge as affected by your injury
during the service.
D. How this injury handicaps you
in the work you were doing before the
war.
5. Bring with you such official pa
pers as you may have showing that
you are receiving compensation or vo-
cational training.
Fremont Woodcock post, No. ZIG,
will aid you in securing your compen-
sation. Call on Commander Berggren
for instructions.
While most Minnesota posts are up
to date, legionaires of Osakis post be-
lieve in being ahead Of the times and
already are planning an Armistice day
demonstration that will wake Douglas
county from stem to stern. "Warn-
ing" tags are mysteriously appearing
on every automobile entering Osakis
One reads "Thirty Kilometers to Osa-
kis on November H." Another an
nounces, "Osakis Big Armistice Day
Celebration-Fire Up the Old Tin Liz
r zie and be There" and 50 on. Osakis
has one of the best legion bands in
Minnesota. Every Osakis legionaire
is booster for his post and his home
town, ,~..
In a recent address Minnesota
legion state commander, DR.. Arthu,
A. VanDyke, answering the question
"Who are we?" declared: "The
American legion is simply your sons
and daughters of the world war orga
nized to perpetuate in our government
that spirit of unselfishness which
characterized Americas attitude in the
war. A father might as we'll fear the
growth of his son as the growth of the
American legion. The only ones wh<
fear the young men and women of thu
legion are those who would like to in
jure our country by dividing it's loya
citizens among themselves by foster
tering false hate and suspicion. Long
after these people are forgotten, tn.
American legion will still be working
for the honor and in the service of it!
country"
When the commissioners of St. Loui
county recently initiated a movement
to erect $4,000 memorial in homo,
of those who served their country, Ell
mer McDevitt, representing 1900 Du
luth legionaires, informed them tina
this is no time to spend thousands O:
dollars for commemorative monument
when thousands of service men ar,
walking the streets jobless and hun
cry. MeDevilt declared that those tx
whom the memorial would be dedicat
ed prefer to wait for it until thei
less fortunate comrades have beer
cared for. The memorial was to hav,
been in the nature Of tablets bearint
the names Of the service men AM
women Of St. Louis county.
"Here, I'll go your bond, buddy,
said a big policeman to James Ander
son of Nashville, Tenn. 81 wear tn
same button"-pointing to the blu
and gold emblem of the American lie
gion in Anderson's coat lapel. Ander
son had been arrested and was facin