Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-12
NATIONAL D0|NCS OF
 7. r AMERICAN LEGION


 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 bearing a party of 250 members of the Legion who will re- visit the old battle scenes of France as guests of the French government. The party will land at Cherbourg and will spend three weeks in France, re- turning to the United States about september 15. 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- tion are Henry D. Lindsley, of Texas, and Franklin D'Olier, of Philadelphia. post national commanders.
 The state federation of labor in Ok iahoma has invited the American Legion to send representatives to it's next convention. Courtland M. Fla quay, national executive committee
 man from Oklahoma, will represent Che Legion. "The organizations are working to advance the same funda- mental principles and the cementing of the Friendship will add strength to both," said Edgar Fenton, head of the state labor organization.
 When Mrs. Ida Crouch Hazlett, a socialist speaker was threatened with violence recently at Des Moines, Ia., . party of American Legion men es- corted her to the police station for protection. The police department commended the Legionnaires for their chivalry. '"
 James c. Russell, a member of the Blackhawk post of the American Legion in Chicago, has sent post cards to United States Senators and Con- gressmen. The cards bear photo graphic reproduction showing Russell . few minutes after he had suffered two gun-shot wounds while fighting in the trenches.
 After reviewing parade in Cleve- 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 "two-per-cent Amer jeans" who fail to remove their hats when the colors are passing.
 Following 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 polit- ical entanglements had been avoided, in all the states he had toured, with out losing effectiveness in the promo tion of true Americanism.
 The citizens of Evansville, Ind, have 6siH a home and presented it to the mother of James B. Gresham, one of the first three Americans to die in tthe world war. Gresham was killed November 3, 1917 during the raid of "a German patrol. The hero's body was brought to the United States re- oently and the reburial took place last week under the auspices of the Evans vile post of the American Legion.
 Ben l.. Cumbus, postmaster of Ha- hira, Ga, 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 vacation from his work. Physicians said Cumbus ap- parently suffered from annesia 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 31 to November