Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
Ex.service Man to His Comrades

2, the Editor o. tho Eucriu1 Public Ledger:
Sr-SutirE beside mo IN trolley car was
a Young man who noticed my Legion button
ana asked me what branch Of tho service ]
was in When I told him served with the
1O3d Engineers, Twenty-elghth Division. he
remarked that II he were | he would Join
the Y. +. ". as that organization was for
men Of my caliber After explaining some
,h!rs Of he order wish to announce that
I Will have another member In the Legion
This was our conversation:
Newly don't you Join the Legion
fre-Why should II"
Me--Because you were in service and
,houd get with the boys to help our dis
atled 10 got what belongs to them. what
little they get now Is due to tho Legion, as
they were getting less before tho Legion bills
were passed over a. year ago.
He---But read where the Legion is hold
ing Up a lot OF sood ideas In regard 20 the
taking care OF tho wounded.
Ms--1tH n lie. The Legion Is hrst, last
and always for the cp-service man. wounded
or w"U Anything they hold up is for the
sool " the boys. as the Legion Is tho boys
nemsolyns
lie Then there are big men in the T"-
don who are tools OF the capitalists, and
rhst they say s law.
Ms-Morc rot. It IL true that there exist
such things a. mon voting for this and that.
s,c but other men vote against anything
that isn't within tho bylaws OF the Legion.
and you can be assured 'hc Legion
votes 70 tho interest Of ex-service men al
WAYS n YOU and many others would get
into the Legion YOU. too. would vote the
way 10 happiness for our disabled men. Your
Arguments arc never heard on street cor
rN.s
F'-Well. can't 7 Join the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars md do Just good?
M"--Yss YOU can jo'n the v F. ". ~ "ou
yer" in foreign lands while n war was going
rre-Ru, wasn't in Europe. M did
T's drill mon morning and afternoon. ho
Euard duty and make men ~ to fSht BY
'''truous oEerCIsc---all for 81 day
M"-Thcn YOU cant ioin tho V. y. ". h"-
'u" YOU ara not among those who won
NJ war Tho v. F. W. mon 10 not boliev
ha' u takes an army to run an army
They 40 not believe that other men in'bac.
y them worhed Just as hard as they did
They do not believe that mon lost their lives
IN The war that never heard q sun go of
IN Camp Hancock several Of our boys
"'re killed hv an explosion Of n trench NOR.
'sr 'hol nnd several died Of disease. Thoy
"a" 'hor 't"cs for tho samo cause that any
o'h"r Am"~iran I'D, Tn" American Legion
'o's no nscrimlnate AGAINST the hoy who
wa :. Uniform. whether nrm", navy or
marin. HH"ih"r Nou worked in America or
ough'. r Farce. 'Th" American Legion
rates s.ao,'rs. and tho V. T. W. can dts
"I''' "EhHlS' 'nenl. ana ! am sure ln'N
WI hnd som" in their meeting rooms. II
ne wish ! viii toll th"m on" I know
DlrnE pnrt ~ tho Spanish American War
ln'S 'eNo" served as q drummer. and when
we vent :" war he was stil young and able
oooled-m0rc ~ that 7. lie claimed eXemp-
Won itom tho army on account OF poor
h'aIth, refused TO enlist before the draft
and now Is member OF the Veterans OF
roresn Wars in a North Philadelphia post.
ms t'Iow is another BerGdOll. In my mind,
ana he isn't NJ for our organization because
~ a'dn' serve in the world war. Join the
american Legion and YOU Join bunch OF
,s,ows who didn't win the war but they
mped' although tho V. r. W thinks il won
iO3D ENGINEER,
Twenty eighth Division.
fhHad'lrhIa, Aprl 3, 1921.