The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-11-17

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WEEKLY LETTER
Members of the American Legion.
who served with the United States
forces in France, will be called upon
to give facts relating to Senator Wat
sons charge that American soldiers
We're shot and hanged in France with
out the fornality of a court-martial.
Secretary Of War Weeks in request
to Commander Hanford MacNider for
the Legion's cooperation said the War
Department desired to prove or defin-
itely refute the Georgia Senator's al
legations. Lemeul Bolles, national ad-
jutant of the Legion said he was sure
the Nantional Commander would CO.
operate.
There is one officer to every seven
men in the United States army, ac-
cording to information received by the
American Legion. It was explained by
the War Department that the high
proportion Of officers was due to the
present army policy or maintaining
an army capable Of quick expansion
in time Of war. The army today num-
bers $4,000 Of which number $4,000
are officers.
The first official act of Hanford
MacNider, newly elected national COM
mander Of the American Legion, was
his attendance at the Armistice Day
ceremonies at Arlington as represen-
tative Of the majority Of ev-service
men in the United States. He will re-
main at Washington during the dis
armament conference. MacNider's
election has been approved by Legion
naires everywhere. "He is exactly the
type of man we want to lead u.s."
seems to be the unanimous comment.
The impressive things about the new
commander are that he went into the
army buck private and came out
lieutenant colonel with II citations
and nine decorations; that at the age
of 80 he is head Of large banking
business in Iowa and that he is
Harvard man without the Harvard
accent" He has been hailed every
where as "real soldier"
A post Of the American Legion COM
posed entirely Of World War veterans
Of Polish descent has been formed at
Toledo, Ohio and is known as Argonne
post. Frank Szumigala is the COM
| imander, Stanley >. Grzezinski is vice
commander and Joseph Malinkonsh
is adjutant.
Roy Phillips, member Of the Ameri-
can Legion at Nashville, Tenn, re-
ceived a five pound box Of candy in
the mail and wondered who loved him.
After eating some of the candy he was
sent to the hospital, where physicians
pronounced his condition critical. The
candy contained poison and Phillips is
now wondering who hates him. Po-
lice are Investigating.
A chicken that came into the world
"shimmying" and grew to full size in
spite of its affliction, was one Of the
attractions at the "Joy Day" celebra-
ton Of the Hedrick, Iowa post of tho
American Legion. It was billed as
"the worlds only "shimmying chick
en-" N''t'
A five mile walking race will be
held Thanksgiving Day by the Charles
A. Learned Post Of Detroit, Mich.
Both men and women have entered
the contest. Only Legionnaires are el-
igible. Prizes valued at more than
$1,000 will be offered.
Joseph Serntich, q world war veter-
an who lost . leg in the Argonne,
walked seven miles at the head of the
Shelbina, Mo-, post Of the American
Legion in the Legion parade at Kan
sas City. Semtich gets around with tho
aid of crutch.
Flying q Kite Ito keep the wolf
awayaway from the door" is the oc-
cupation Of q World War veteran who
during the war flew an airplane in
France. The verteran was jobless and
the only work the American Legion
Employment Bureau at Minneapolis,
Mimi, could find for him was flying
an advertising kite for film COM
pany.
Buck privates had the pleasure Of
seeing former commissioned officers
doing kitchen police at an American
Legion banquet ct Terrs Haute, Ind.
! The home in which the daughter of
Betsy Ross, maker of the first Ameri-
can flag, lived &C Fort Madison, II,
has been purchased By the Fort Madf-
son post of their American Legion fsr,
q club house. I.
Reunited after seventeen years % -
aration, Frank and Joseph Payne, who
had been placed b N ofphsnaes Il
ISt Louis in early childhood, found II
comparing the war experiences that
they had sought safety ii the sarne
shell hole ii the Argonne but did noe
l at the time know they were brotherA
The reunion occurred at Kansas CITY,