The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-08-13

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With the banner of the national
commander of the American Legion
fluttering at her masthead above the
flags of all nations, the liner George
Washington sailed from Hoboken
Wednesday, August 8, bearing a party
of $50 members of the Legion who
will revisit the old battle scenes of
France as guests of the French gov
eminent. The party will land at Cher.
bourg and will spend three weeks in
France, returning to the United States
about September Is. The pilgrimage
is headed by John G.. Emery, national
commander of the Legion, and among
the delegates representing every state
department of the veterans organiZa.
ton are Henry d. Lindsey. of Texas,
and Franklin D'Olier, of Philadelphia,
past national commanders.
The state federation of labor in
Oklahoma has invited the American
Legion to send representatives to its
next convention. CORTLAND NJ. Fa-
quay, national executive committee
man from Oklahoma, will represent
the Legion. 1.-The organizations are
working to advance the same funda-
mental principles and the cementins
of the friendship will add strength to
both" said Edgar Fenton, head of the
state labor organization.
When Mrs. Ida Cruch HaZlett, a So
cialist speaker, was threatened with
violence recently at Des Moines, Ia,
a party of American Legion men es-
corted her to the police station for
protection. The police department
commended the Legionnaires for their
chivalry.
James G. Russell, a member of the
B%Iackhawk Post of the American
Legion in Chicago, has sent post cards
to United States Senators and Con-
gressmen. The cards bear a photog-
raphic reproduction showing Russell a
few minutes after he had suffered two
gun-shot wounds while fighting in the
trenches.
After reviewing a parade in Cleye.
land, o., recently in which the United
States flag was carried, John G..
Emery, national commander of the
American Legion, made a statement in
which he scored "the two-per-cent
Americans" who fail to remove their
hats when the colors are passing.
Following a speaking tour of the
west and northwest, Lemuel Bolles,
national adjutant of the American
Legion, declared that everywhere in
the territory which he had visited he
found the Legion had highest place in
community progress. He said political
entanglements had been avoided, in all
the states he had toured, without los
true AmericaniSm.
The citizens of Evansville, Ind,
have built a home and presented it to
the mother of James B. Gresham, n
of the first three Americans to die in
the World War. Gresham was killed
November 8, 1917, during the raid of
a German patrol. The hero's body
was brought to the United States re-
Gently and the reburial took place I'M
der the auspices of the Evansville post
of the American Legion.
Ben L. Cumbus, postmaster of Ha-
hira, Ca, a member of the American
Legion, who was shell shocked while
serving overseas. was found sleeping
on a bench in Pershing Square, Los
Angeles, recently. When awakened
he couldn't explain how he got there.
He said the last thing he remembered
was applying for a vacation from his
work. Physicians said Cumbus appar-
entity suffered from amnesia due to
shell shock.
General Baron Jacques of Belgium,
who has accepted the invitation of the
American Legion to come to this coun-
try for it's third annual convention at
Kansas City October 81 to November
9, was commandments of the Bel
gian forces during a great part of the
| World War, and at different times was
in direct command of American forces
serving with the Belgians.
Col. c. A. Pennington, assistant di'
rector of the Bureau of War Risk In
surance in charge of the insurance
division, has been appointed to act as
liason officer between the American
| Legion and the Bureau. Colonel Pen
nington is a member of Spokane post
of the Legion.
As a result of representations made
to the United States Civil Service
Commission by the National Legisla'
tive Committee of the American Lee
gion, disabled veterans of the World
War, who have undergone training by
the Federal Board for Vocational Edu-
cation, will be allowed to enter eXami-
nation for any government position for
which they have been trained if appli-
cation is made within sixty days after