The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-10
EXPECT $4,000
AT AMERICAN
! LEGION MEET
Marshall Foch, Admiral Beatty
and Other International
War Heroes to Be
Present.
PRESIDENT MAY SPEAK
Reunions, Contests. Parades,
Music, Rodeo and Dedi-
cation of Memorial
Is Program.

Press.)-fifty thousand men and won
en-, including many international va
heroes and political figures, will sag,
What is planned to BE- the worlds big
Eest reunion Of disbanded fighting force
here, October 81, and November | ant
2.
Marshal Focb, Admiral Beatty, Baror
Jacques and General Diaz will repre-
sent France, ENGLAND. Belgium and ltah
respectively At the eyent-the third an
nual cenveniion Of the American Legion
while General Pershing. Admira
Cooniz and General Lejeune. and pos
sibly President Harding will MAKE
speeches rrenty-eigtn congressional
medals Of honor men and governors Of
twenty states have also accepted invita-
tions by the convention committee.
About 5000 Of the boys oil Forty
Hommes ct eight Cheyaux- fame, the
crowd being given a cosmopolitan touch
by cowboys. Indians and score Of na.
iionalities. will really put on the show
that will include:
More parades thai the whole A. E. F.
staged in a similar period in France:
Free marriages for e1-service men.
only requirement being that they fur
nish the brides:
Nine Schumann-Heink singing over
again the songs she sang 10 the SOL
diers during the war:
Eighy-four bands and drum corps.
q half dozen Scotch baepipe orchestras.
A rodeo. featuring q contest between
e1-seryice cowboys milking cows; also
aspiranis for riding honors trying to
stay atop Headlight. Dynamite, Nut
cracker. Dixie Flyer and other motor
iously rough travelling horses-viciims
moi YET selected:
A ihree-day flying show, featuring
stunts, altitude and relay races;
The s9ih and 35th Divisions trying to
hold reunions in the same town;
Prominent Denver society girls and
women in the -Jazzy Jazz Revue press
ssented as a spectacular affair;
Dedication Of Kansas Giyis 5000.
600 Liberty Memorial to war dead.
America will have its first intimate
view Of the generalissimo Of the allied
armies. in the coming Of Marshal Foch-
He will be accompanied only by his aide,
Capt. Hospital. FOch. in accepting the
invitation to the convention, expressed
. desire to see American life" and de-
clsred he will spend more time visiting
industries and ranches than at han
quets during his stay here
The convention will be Homecoming
for General Pershing. Major General
Enoch II. Crowder. and Rear Admiral
r. E. Ccontz, all Of whom are natives
Of Missouri. 1t is entirely possible that
Pershing will be presented with sl5.-
900 gold jeweled saber. Kansas City, ii
is true, presented this sword TO the gen.
eral once, but the party was such sue
cess that plans to give ii over again are
being contemplated. At the least, special
committees Of welcome from the trio's
old home towns Of Laclede. Edinburs
and Hannibal will be al the station to
meet them.
Eeut.-Gen. Sir William Currie, former
commander of the Canadian corps in
France; VicsPresident Coolidge: Sam
uel Compers. Of the American Fedora
tion of Labor; Major.General Chas. P.
Mehoner. General William C. Mitchell
and commanding generals Of all combat
divisions have tentatively accepted in.
piiaiions TO the show.
Granting Of a one-ceni fare rates by
railroads in virtually every section Of the
country, the result Of long fight by
Leeon officials. is expected 10 add
10 the number Of delegates materially.
The first convention Of the Women's
Auxiliary Of the American Legion will
be an added feature this year. A per-
manent organization will be effected. in
dependent Of the Legion. bu, co-opera-
tive. Miss Pauling Curnick. national or
ganizer, will preside over the some 1000
delegates until permanent officers are
elected. The women win take an impor-
tant pan in all parades, it was announc-
ed.
The rodeo planned is to rival the
Cheyenne Frontier days celebration.
Star riders, bulldoggers and outlaw hors-
es from all over the North American con.
iineni have been entered. For spectac-
ularism, it will be riraled only by the
three-dsy flying show TO be participated
in by both men and women. the former
including several American Aces. Eddie
Rickenbacher has indicated he will en-.
ter. along with other medal men. Sever.
al thousand dollars cash and trophy
prizes viii be awarded for winners in the
air circus.
IN addition to the many special trains
chartered TO the convention. a number of
boI.car specials will be taken up by la
Soeieie des 20 Hommes ei 8 Cheyaux.-
reproducing the rough-and-ready mode
oil transportation that prevailed in
France during the war. Homes are TO
be thrown open to the delegates, tents
have been arranged for in local parks
and sleeping cars will be parked a, the
ierminals-the latter expected to provide
sleeping quarters for 5000 to 10000
men.