The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1921-07-21

individual MEMBER Il ~ poRty. 81
eept in eases ef lsesl pssts asffsyaQ
expenses Of repseseatstives ssaseted
BY them. 1t viii rsasire abost six
weeks to make ths trip. including tie
sailing time. An slabesate pFsGSsa
of events in hoaoe Of the Legion pill
grimAge has besa announced BY the
French Governnaent.
No man has . lnsaopely On foAe
and fortune. No n,an. grsap Of nsa
or governmentsl system can baS the
individual from his iaalieaable RigAk
to progress" writes Judge Kennisaw
Mountain Landis. in the current Issue
of the American Legion Weekly.
The quota of American Legion
members who next naoath will join in
the Legion's pilgrimage to France b
rapidly being filled. Every state will
be represented on the trip and appli-
cations for reservations are being fil-
ed through the various state dspsFt-
ments. Two Of the early reservations
were for the Leeionnsires who will
represent the Lost Battalion" Of tie
try of the Twenty-seventh Division.
AuSse tCPtSoesbSSSiSeS VIII Ue euAios0O
men chosen by popular vote.
Brie.dier- General Asher Miner. Of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. who lost . leg in
France. was one of the speakers 1T
the banquet rendered by the New
York Shipbuilding Corporation on the
occasion of the trial trip Of the new
liner, american Legion" General
Miner was responding to Major Cen
eral Price, Of Philadelphia, who told
how his compstriot. after losing his
leg had agreed to 60 before his men
for moral effect. "The loss Of that
Leg" declared General Miner. "is JUS
titled by the privilege of being mem
ber of the American Legion"
Service bureaus Of the American
Legion have become accustomed to un-
usual requests. but the one received
recently by the bureau At Omaha, Ne
braska. is unique. The request came
over the telephone from the possessor
Of . sweet feminine voice. II would
like to borrow two of your ex-erviee
men for the evening"" said the voice.
They are to be escorts in = theatre
party" The request was complied
with.
The American Legion post at Null
berry, KAN, which won first prize in
the recent membership contest re-
ports that fifty of its total enrolment
of sixty-six men are union labor men.
The other sixteen are merchants. far
mers, clerks, doctors and school tea
chers.
The Loyal Order of Dads has been
Nal NJ 10 hxv
Sheldon Foote, who has announced
that membership will be open to all
fathers of ex-service men of the ar
my, navy and Marine Corps Of the
United States who served in the Span
ish-American or World wars, or who
are now in the service. The men,
bers will encourage clean, patriotic
living in their communitise, irrespec-
tive of party, politics, race or creed.
The organization will be affiliated
with the American Legion. The head
quarters will be at Ft. Myers.
Charles w. Bartlett, chairman Of
the distinguished visitors committee
of the national convention Of the
American Legion, will 60 to France
next month as q member of the COM
mission to represent Missouri in the
purchase of q site for q memorial in
France to Missouri's soldier dead.
While in France Mr.. Bartlett will call
upon Marshall Foch and extend to
him personally the written invitation
which the latter has accepted to at
tend the national convention of the
Legion at Kansas City, October 31st,
and November LIST and End.