The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-24
BIRMINGHAM POST
 AMERICAN LEGION
By F. E. CHENEY

You ask; Why is the Birmfneba m post of the American Legion recruit lng new members now?"
 The Birmingham post of the Amer lcan Legion earnestly desires a 1uo per cent membership: i. e., there are approximately 4,000 ex-seryice men 1 ana women in and around Birmin1 nam who are eligible for membershin In our local post of the Legion. and l every one of these should be active members.
 The Legion stands for all that ia l sooo ana true and pure in American private and public life and the in | dividual members are the legion Get that?-the individual members are the legion! You have heard the olo adage that "A chain is no strong CT than it's weakest linkw--all the links are necessary to make the chain, and all the links must be strong and true.
 The ex-service men and women were recruited into the military serv- Ice at a time when the best of the pest were needed, and, therefore. taken by and all, these comprise the flower of our manhood and woman nood--the members of the legion and or the auxiliary. Is it not right and pest that these men and. women b.. members of one and the same great legion? Every man and woman who served in the military or naval forces. In whatever capacity, is eligible for membership in the legion = if they pore honorable records in the serv- ice.
 You ask: What do the members get out of it?'
 They get out of it just what any one gets out of anything-what Is put into it. with interest. Those who want anything done have a right to make motion to that effect and to vote on it; majority of votes carry the question and make 1t law. The majority vote rules, and the members can do anything they like. any time they like. It is certainly true that "one gets out of a thing just what one puts into it"'
 To go into details: The Birmins- ham post members are putting real work into it, and will soon have clubhouse of the highest character with all modern conveniences; the post will soon have champion ath- letic teams of all sorts As usual the individual members are the ones who are doing it and who will con tinue to do it.--and with the many
  tafnlyN have some fine athletic eventsl We will have social events of the highest character, such as dances, banquets, smokers, ct cetera ad in finitum!
 incidentally. the Birmingham post IS going to work quite actively se- curing positions for members and prospective members who are not To- cated in good positions. It is sem sible and logical that the business men would rather have patriots ac- cept positions which are vacant--ir is just a matter of putting the em- ployer and employe together, of in- troducing them. and this the post will do.
 Also. the post is working on the bill in Congress relative to giving | paid-up insurance policies to the ex- | service men and women; a worthy | atm and a just one from every per- spective.
 The Birmingham post. and the American Legion as whole, is out l In favor of everything good and true1 and right and best.
 Buddies, let's get together; take-on again and be one of the bunch' | Work, Let's make our own post as good as any of them-and we'll have to get busy because a number of posts are making great headway! | Remember. you are the post--ths le- zion. And we all get out of thing lust what we put into it! Carry oni [