The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-06-25
THE AMERICAN LEGION.
July 4 Designated as one~Day Mem
bership Campaign--Other Notes.

Ju)y Fourth has been designated as
a one-day membership campa1 gn by
national headquarters OF the Amef1-
ca2 J,,e,ion. Nearly all Louisiana
posts are arranging programs for TINS
t1a+;, and it will serve a three-foid
nurpose,--a celebration, an occasion
on which to raise expense money tor
the Department Convention at bo2a-
lusa and membership campaign.
The appeal for membership cam
pajgn in which every member IS to
u4t another member was the last word !
of the late commander of the Ameri- /
can Legion. Frederick W. Galbraitn. |
July is tn" day.
Had Commander Galbralth fallen |
at the head Of his troops III the Ar
.soune,' said Department Command
pr McNeese. He would have expect
ed his order to go on to the objective.
$50 let it be with his last order to
the American Legion.
Has the fighting man lost his gai-
lantry? Is there no ehlvalry III tne
modern knight? The other posts d
tn" American Legion are just about
readv to disown the Rayne unit.
They beat the Western Blooner Girls
in a baseball game there last Friday
Despite ''Maggie's" stellar game at
short and "Celc's" expert performance
at first, the legionaires crossed nome
plate seven times to their fair rivals,
three. Not only did the legionalrcs
,have to beat the girls, they had to
overcome. the umpire. After pretty
'bloomer girl was spiked sliding to
second and Moses Solomon, the um-
pire, had to carry her off the diamond
lin his arms no decisions were against
the girls There were no serious
casualties on the diamond but that
doesn't include the dance afterwards.
''l'|l do this when | can. My regu-
liar business comes first George A.
Sch,oth, New Orleans shoemaker, told
John Murray, disabled veteran. Muir
Iray wanted shoes with a special heel,
prescribed at the Marine Hospital.
| He fell from a pontoon bridge while
crossing the Marne with machine
Gun on his shoulder. Schroth says
the government is bad pay and there
is too much red tape and that is why
men who paid in blood are secondary
to men who pay in cash. The story
was published in The Pelicanaire,
American Legion newspaper for
| louisiana Corrective measures will
be taken by government agencies in
this district.
October 3, 4, and S have been an
nounced AS the dates for the Louisl-
ana Department Convention Of the
American Legion by Department
Commander Oswald W. McNeese.
The Convention will be held in Boga-
lusa
Ten thousand veterans of the world
war will be represented at the con-
vcntion if present membership plans
of the legion mature.
The department commander an
nounces that only eight more units of
Women's auxiliaries are necessary to
cntitle the women to hold a conven-
ton at the same time as the Depart
ment Convention and elect their own
commander.
American Legion posts throughout
the state are urged by Commander
McNeese to take advantage Of July
Fourth for raising revenue to send
their post delegates to Bogaiusa.
'This convention viii be the largest
III the history of the department, as
each has grown Commander Nc
Neese declares. Louisiana has
caught the true spirit of the Ameri-
can Legion and a constructive pro-
gram for 1929, will see the Legion
marching steadily onward to its great
destiny, another milestone passed,
|another splendid chapter of commun-
ity and patriotic. service opened"
There are only nine parishes in ali
Louisiana in which there is not at