Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-20
Legion Notes

charging that bOQleS OF returned SOL
der dead at the Army piers at Hoboken
are handled with less respect than are
boxes of merchandise, the American Lee
gion department of New Jersey has urged
the Governor and adJutant general Of the
State to place officers permanently on
duty at the base to demand proper treat
ment Of the bodies Removal of the dead
has become fatigue duty for soldiers, in
practice II not by order. investigation
has disclosed. Unkempt men jostle the
flag covered caskets into disreputabie
looking trucks and drivers bounce their
precious loads over rough streets at a
high rate Of speed It is charged. with
no military guards accompanying the
bodies
Three distinguished war leaders will
return 20 their Missouri homes as re-
suit OF the American Legion national
convention in Kansas City this fall. A
home coming celebration viii be held by
Gen. John J. Pershing. Maj, Gen. Enoch
II. Crowder and Rear Admiral Il. f.
tive. Missourians. General Pershiug was
born IN Laclede, Mo. General Crowder in
I Edinburgh and Rear Admiral Coontz in
Hannibal
Evidence Of the ridiculous and malici-
Gus arguments which radicals and dis
loyalists in New York are presenting TO
iobless ex-service men to alinate them
from the Government has been presented
by William T. Deegsn, American Legion
member Of Mayor Hylan's COMMITTEES on
unemployment coping with the sttua-
ton. To a crowd In Union Square re-
Gently. Mr.. Deegan reported, a radical
orator shouted that even the shoe trust
Is conspiring against you They are
keeping you out OF a Job so you'll have
to wear out shoe leather walking the
streets. Then they'll get you for an
other pair OF shoes -
sergt. Alvin c York. greatest hero of
the war" has refused to consider an
offer OF $4,000 for a twenty week theatri-
cal tour on which he would he required
TO appear thirty minutes day. He an
uounced following a heart to heart talk
on conscience at religious gathering
at Cleveland, Ohio, that although he
needed the money to pay Off a mortgage
on his Tennessee farm. his conscience
would not let him exploit patriotism.
Bilets for ex-service men who attend
the land drawing at Powell, Wye, will
be provided by the American Legion, but
the veterans are asked to bring their
own blankets.
President Harding will he asked to join
members Of the Hood River, Ore, post
Of the American Legion in their annual
climb of Mt Hood next summer The
invitation will be extended by Senator
McNary Of Oregon. The national com
mander of the legion and other officials
also will be asked to make the climb.
A State wide suspension of business
and a funeral Grafton by the Governor of
the State marked the funeral at Carson
City, New, of a farmer boy who went
to war and made the supreme sacrifice
The honored hero was Lawrence Peter
Foged. One OF his daily tasks before he
went to war was to deliver milk at the
executive mansion. The funeral was con-
Quoted by the American Legion and J.
G. Scrugham, national vice commander of
that organization attended.
While watching a fireworks production,
Siege Of the Dardanelles," at the Indi-
ana State fair. Ben Welkins, World War
veteran, collapsed from she'll shock and
for five hours underwent treatment at
a nearby field hospital. He is a Federal
apiary inspector.
Efforts to insert the time honored ad-
iectives before the short aud ugly word"
describing Ambassador Harvey's state
ment of why America entered the war
threw the North Carolina convention of
the American Legion into a fiery debate
The resolution adopted merely termed the
ambassadors exposition as "a lie.
The Official song of the International
Aero Congress, to be held I'm Omaha this
fall, will he His Last Flight dedicated
to s. Rankin Drew, first American actor
to die in the World War. Drew was
killed in aerial combat. The song was
written by members of S. RANKIN Drew
Post. the American Legion, composed of
actor and writer war veterans of New
York City.
John 2 Speaks. farmer living near
Spartansburg, S. c., steadfastly refuses
to bury the body of his soldier san.
killed in France. The flag covered casket
containing the body has been in the par
lor of the Epeaks home since Aug. IS,
The father bases his refusal on the
ground that the body has been buried
once.