Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1921-05-28
BON US PROPOSITION.

" HETeAH, tue AbJALAAtt VI TIC ALDEll~
can Legion of the department Of South
Dakota has advised the Soldiers Com
pensation Board of the State of South
Dakota that the Legion Posts Of the vari-
Gus counties within same have express
ed themselves as being willing and de-
sirous of assisting the Board in their
undertaking of distributing the six mil
lion dollars Of adjusted compensation to
the veterans of the World War; the
Spanish American war and the Philip
pine insurrection as authorized by the
recent legislative assembly of the State
Of South Dakota, and
Whereas, the Soldiers Compensation
Board created by said act having been
appointed by the Governor, and having
undertaken the performance of its du.
ties, and fully realizing the enormity of
its task in securing the records from the
veterans who would he entitled to re
ceiye aud enjoy the benefits Of such ad-
justed compensation, it being estimated
by the Adjutaut Generals department
of this state that there will be approx.
mately forty thousand applicants for
such compensation, aud
Whereas, the Compensation Board
recognizes the American Legion of the
State of South Dakota as being one Of
the organizations directly representing
most of the veterans Of the recent
World War, the claims of which said
members for such compensation will, in
all probability, represent the greater
proportion of all applications, and
Whereas, it is recognized that the or
ganization of the American Legion with
in this state is upon an efficient basis,
and that the officers of its various posts
are in position to furnish this Board
with accurate information as TO the vari-
Gus applicants and at the same time be
of material service aud accommodation
to the applicants IN securing for them
the necessary blank forms, and assisting
thrm in properly filling hem out, all OF
which will result in a great saving to
the state Of South Dakota in expense
which would otherwise have to be borne
by the tax payers in the undertaking of
the board to secure the information re-
quired.
Now Therefore, be it resolved by the
Soldiers Compensation Board, duly as
Isembled, that the offer made by the
various posts of the American Legion
throughout the State of South Dakota to
cooperate with this Board for the pur-
pose of distributing application blanks,
assisting the veterans in properly filling
them out, and forwarding such applica-
tions to the Soldiers Compensation
Board, be, and the same hereby is, ac-
cepted and
30 It EnrtLsr Resolved by the mem
bers of this Board that the action Of the
American Legion in generously offering
this service is sincerely appreciated by
the Board, and the hope is hereby ex-
pressed that such procedure and CO.
operation by the American Legion will
greatly expedite the economical distri
button of the adjusted compensation,
the voters of South Dakota have 80
generously declared to be the rightful
portion OF the sodier.patriots of this
state;
Be II Further Resolved that copies Of
this resolution be forwarded to every
post of the American Legion within this
state and that copies thereof be given to
the press for the purpose of advising all
war veterans that their applications for
Soldiers Compensation should be first
taken up through the regularly organ
lied posts of the American Legion in
the county seat of their respective coun-
ties, to which posts the necessary blank
forms and complete Instructions will be
forwarded on or about June first.
Dated at Pierre, South Dakota, this
10th day of May, 1921
SOLDIERS COMPENSA-
TlON BOARD.
By
FRED B. RAY, Executive Oaicer.