Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-01-28
LOCAL POST ANER-.
 ICAh LEGION ACTIVE

The local post of the American Legion is making rapid strides toward a 100% membership of eX-service men within it's jurisdiction. The wonder ful growth of the Legion in Kingman is largely due to new interest which it's members have taken in the pur- poses of the Legion and to the good will toward the Legion and its pur- poses which has become manifest among the general public. Then too the new headquarters and club rooms of the local post have been instru- mental in the bringing together of ex- service men in most enjoyable envir- onment where the memories and in-, cidents of the Great War might be recited with assurance of real ap- preciation. L
 The American Legion is properly a large factor in forming the public opinion. Its purposes are not selfish but are for the public as well as the individual welfare. To the American Legion there is no East or West, no North or South, no Jew or Gentle, no Protestant or Catholic, no Capital or Labor, no employer or employee, no Republican or Democrat. The Amer ican Legion is an organization which purposes to foster and perpetuate 100% Americanism and no creed or politics will be allowed to interfere with this it's highest and most patri- otic purpose. It is the only organi- zation in which is represented every good element in the entire country. It is the nearest attempt at organizing public opinion, and we all know that when public opinion speaks, it speaks with authority. During the past year the Legion has played fair with every element of which it is composed, and thus has rightly gained the support of public opinion. The Legion has not been slow to recognize the fact that the closer its organization sticks to sound public opinion the greater will be its service to our country and the better able will the Legion be to look after it's comrades needing assistance.
 "To consecrate and sanctify our com radeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness", is one of the purposes of the Legion which every ex-service man should appreciate and one toward which he should lend his utmost sup port. To you eX-service men who do not desire adjusted compensation, vo- cational training or establishment of adequate disqualification for disabled ex-service men, let it be said that all though you yourself may not need any such assistance, your "buddies" in the great World War who were not quite so fortunate as you are, many of them, now in need of your assistance. You can lend such assistance by prop CT appeal to your congressman. There are now several bills before Congress looking toward better treatment for disabled ex-service men, adjusted com pensation and the bringing of slack CTS to justice. The American Legion is bending every effort to obtain ade- quate legislation in this regard, and is depending upon you for your moral support and for the financial means to carry out it's program.
 Doughboy, Sailor, Marine, now is the time for you to stand shoulder to shoulder for what is right as you did during the great World War. This country must discharge it's moral ob- ligationN to its citizens who sacrificed their fortunes, their positions in life. their health and in many cases their lives for their country. The best we can do toward those who gave their lives for the welfare of their country is to honor their memory and assist their dependents. But we cannot properly honor their memory without having some regard for those who fought the same fight as they who died, only lived to -disfigure- ment, pain, humiliation or paupery or improper care for their physical dis abilities incurred by their service to oiiCli SouheIy. 1NOI llluSI we lOTRGI those who lost their business or their jobs because of their service and are yet seeking something to do. Those who do not care for adjusted compen- sation need not apply for same, but those who do need it should be given lift. For God and Country and for the sake of consecrating and sanctify- ing that comradeship engendered dur ing the war, let all ex-service men get together NOW,-and stick!
 The proper outfitting of the'Legions new headquarters to make it attrac- tive to all ex-service men and to make it place where the ex-service men may meet and mingle with the patrio- tic public of Kingman at the Legions public receptions which will occur quite often in the future, will mater ially aid in bringing all ex-service men of this community into the Legion or ganization. Because of the noble purposes of this organization and its