The Raymer enterprise., 1921-12-01
Carrying On With the
American Legion

Yellow Medicine IL the tenth coun.
ty In Minnesota to make american
Legion Day" a regular event of its
county fair.
'The Pajama Gazette Is the name
Of publication edited by the disabled
soldiers Of Asbury hospital at Mime
apolls, MINI.
SAY 1t with Jobs" is the slogan
adopted by the American Legion In
Chicago In Its campaign to aid un-
employed ex-service men.
The bodies Of Gunmar Dahl and Da.
vld Thor, pals killed in France by
the same shell, were buried in the
same grave In their native Illinois
town.
New Orleans will be the scene Of
the 1922 national convention Of the
American Legion. The Southern city
guaranteed 100000 for defraying ex-
penses of the meeting.
Mayor Hoan of Milwaukee, Wis,
has vetoed resolution of the city
council indorslng the work Of the
American Legion In finding positions
for jobless ex-service men.
A monumental building to be erected
In Washington In memory Of the Ma
tional Guardsmen who gave their lives
in the World war, has been suggested
by Maj Gen. George G.. Richards,
chief Of the militia bureau of the War
department
The growth of the American Legion
Is shown by the organization Of 1850
new posts in 1920-21. Many new posts
were organized by American ex-serv-
Ice men In foreign countries and to-
day the sun never sets on the Amer
lean Legion.
The daisy has been adopted by the
American Legion as Its official flower.
The poppy. which has been popular
with Legionnaires because of its assocl-
alton with Flanders, was voted out be-
cause 1t was not an American flower
and could not be obtained In large
quantities.
The employment of jobless ex.serv.
Ice men to assist the police In COM
batting the holdup men has been be-.
gun In Lincoln, Neb. The plan was
evolved following a series Of robberles
In the residential district Of the city.
The mayor and chief Of police Of Lin.
coin have Endorsed the plan.
Following a reception for him at
Kansas City, staged by $1,000 mem.
bers of the American Legion, Marshal
Foch, who came to America as the
Iegion's guest, declared that although
Washington and New York were the
head OF the United States he was Ger.
tain Kansas City was the heart.
The original post OF the American
Legion. George Washington Post No.
I, lost no time in signing Marshal
Foch as a member. The generals
slmo was met at the station at Wash
hgtOn. d. c.. on the day Of his ar
rival In America and presented with a
membership card and ceremonial
badge Of the Legion.
Marshal FOch Is now devOtee of
the corn.cob pipe. When his special
train was stopped at Washington, Mo-,
on Its way to Kansas City, he was
presented with box Of the Missouri
product. Later, while he was attend
Ing the American Legion convention,
he was offered cigar but he declined
In favor Of the corn-cob furnace"
More than 10000 bodies Of Ameri-
cans who died in France during the
World war will rest forever In the
sacred soil near the battlefields, Sec
rotary of War Weeks declared In a
recent letter to the American Legion
at Washington. A total Of 43670
bodies have been returned to the UNI
ted States, according to the war secre-
tary.
"If you will walk down Main street
U. S. A." writes George F. Kearny In
widely published magazine article
"you will come to a building which
houses the American Legion post Of
the town. II Is the most democratic
institution that can be found and the
discussions Of the post are worthy Of
the closest study as an index of the
future"
A survey recently conducted by the
American Legion shows that between
100000 and 100000 service men are
out OF employment In the United
States. The East has greater per-
centage OF jobless men than any 9TH
er section Of the country, with 10000
former soldiers, sailors and marines
In New York alone, without regular
employment, many In actual want.