, 1921-11-24

Convention" as prepared by the Stat,
Headquarters of the American Legion
and changed and added too by tn,
members of Fred Duncan Post Of thu
American Legion. who attended The
convention, is published for the benz
fit of our readers:
Wyoming's Big Eight Votes
Il was the subject of remark a
F-"sl2 City that the Department o
y ming had the biggest eighr
N in the Convention" In every
roll call Wyoming's delegation was
the last to vote and in several In.
stances it was the lot of the delega.
ton to cast the deciding votes upor
a measure.
h circumstance was notably il.
Illustrated in the course of the ballot.
ting upon the selection of the con
ventiOn city for 1922. New Orleans
and San Francisco ran neck and neck
and neither city had a sufficient num-
Der of votes to be assured OF the
convention for mex year when the
Wyoming delegation was called upon
to cast its ballot. The moment was
full of intense interest and sus-
pense. San Francisco or New Or
leans? Which?
was Aoi "SollluS " say.
1.-THE biggest eight votes in the
Convention" gave the convention for
1922 to New Orleans by a margin of
n vote.
With the cent-a-mile rate again
in force, it will cost only three of
four dollars more for Wyoming
Legionnaires to go to New Orleans
to attend the National Convention
hex year than il would cost to go to
San Francisco.
Furthermore the Wyoming delega-
ton was influenced In its vote by the
fact that at the National Convention
at Cleveland last year San Francisco
gave the Le%gionnaires to understand
that they would not ask for the con-
vention until 1924. Wyoming is in
favor Of giving the Convention to
San Francisco in 1924, but couldn't
see the idea of giving 1t to her in
1922 and 1924.
It's time right now for every Wyo-
ming ~Legionnaire to begin saving up
his jitneys to make the trip to New
Orleans the middle Of November,
1922.
Resolution on the Ferris Law.
One resolution adopted by the
Convention is of outstanding import
ance to Wyoming Legion men
This resolution calls upon Con-
gress to continue Indefinitely the
provisions Of the Ferris Law which
allows ex-service men sixty days
preference rights in filing on land
open to entry under any Of the
United States Reclamation Service
projects. The law as it now stands,
by its own provisions, becomes in
effective after February Is, 1922.
The measure in which ex-service
men are anxious to take advantage
of the provisions of the law is well
Illustrated by the fact that more than
5000 ex-service men filed applica-
tons for 22O farm units in the draw
ing at Torrington September .. 1921.
The American Legion resolution
asked Congress to take the provi-
sions Of the Ferris Law permanently
effective.
Distinguished Guests at the
Convention.
No organization beside the Amer
lean Legion, the League Of Nations
and the Worlds Disarmament Con-
ference is capable OF bringing to-
gether the aggregation of distinguish
ed guests which graced the big Con-
VentlOn in Kansas City.
1t is likely to be many a long day
before such a collection of notables
will assemble again.
Look over the list and see II you
aren't proud to be a member OF an
organization that can go to the far
ends of the earth and bring this gang
together to celebrate with 1t in ifs an
nual conventions:
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, COM
mander-in-chief of the Allied armies.
General John ]. Pershing com.
mander-in-chief of the A.. E. F..
Lieutenant General Baron Jacques
Commander-in-chief Of the Belgian
Iron Division.
General Armando Diaz, Com.
mander-in-chief Of the Italian forces
in the world war.
Sir David Beatty. Commander o
the British Fleet and the hero of the
battle Of Jutland.
Major General Enoch H. Crowder
who indicted five million men into
the U. 8. army. and made plans fol
the induction of fifteen million more
Major General John LeJeune
Commander-in-chief of the U. 8
Marine Corps In the world war.
Madame Schuman-Heink, lido
song-bird of every U. 8. cantonment
and mother of five sons in the war
Frank o. Lowden. Ex-Governor o
Illinois. and candidate for the nomi
nation for the presidency OF tht
United States.
Calvin Coolidge Vice-President o.
the United Ctates and personal rep
rcsentative at the Convention o.
President Harding.
Governors Of 20 states.
Thirty holders Of the COMPRESSION
al Medal Of Honor.
Attendance at the Convention
The records OF the Housing Com
mittee OF the Convention show thai
the hotels and the rooming house!
accommodated about $4,000 guests
In addition 1t is estimated that abou'
1000 were taken care OF In the homel
of private families. A c~onsevativ,
estimate of the total number attend