The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
LEGION MEN WILL
 HELP CENTENNIAL
Bitterly Resent Being Left In Lurch By Poll Tax s:.;
 Decision

The Birmingham post No. l IS en- thusiastic over the part they will play during BirminSham's semi cen tennisf celebration. Birmingham pos, has been requested to furnish the guard of honor for the President dur ing the parade. It. has been decided to get delegations from every post in ters are having posters printed to De distributed to every post in the state calling on every legion man to come to Birmingham on October 2s and participate In the parade.
 The legion members feel that this will be good time to pull off big reunion of leyionnaires and plans arc on foot to arrange various kinds of entertainm rents for the visitors.
 Camp GaIbraith
 Soldiers of the American Expedi- tionary Force who we're lucky enough to spend vacation at Aix-Les- Bains, Grenoble Nice, or any of the other army leave areas in France, used to wonder whether the wartime system of providing inexpensive holidays to large groups of men would ever be modified and adapted for peace time use in the United States.
 The department of Washington of the American Legion has done that very thing. Near Port Townsend in the foothills of the Olympic noun tsins is a POOL room hotel surrounded by a pine forest, chistened Camp Galbraith in honor of the late na- tional commanded and adapted to @ac- commodate 1000 veterans. The hotel has been thrown open to -seFyice men and their families M
 The venture Is an example of legion enterprise. The department of Washington offers the advantages of this resort upon payment of regis ] tration fee of $1, at a charge of $1.25 day.
 Trout fishing, boating, bathing and hunting are some of the available diversions, The applications of dis abled men are being given prefer ence, but any ex-service man in the United States is entitled to enter the camp. Legionnaires from many states have already been guests, and many | others have made reservations for the rest of August and September.
 Free Lands
 All soldiers. sailors and marines of l the World war are entitled to partici- l pate In the drawing for land to be held al Terringtons Wyo., September 3, according to information received at the adjutant's1 office of Birming- ham Post, No. l. American Legion.
 The land to be opened Is owned by | the United States government, and lies in Wyoming. Seventeen thou sand acres are included in the tracts which are to be awarded to former service men and women.
 The plan for the drawing does not l require that the applicantshe present, | or that he shall view the land Ibefore the drawing Is made, but-it ss stipu lated that he must be where he can | reach the land he may win and enter It within seven days, after the r4ws ing takes place. Under these terms, l e man can remain in Alabama, and if r he leaves IS soon as he receives mo- tice that he has won certain tract, | he can reach the tract within the time limit.
 Applications may be filed by mail | and information regarding this mat ter can be had st fhes offlss or the post adjutaTit, The United States applications and 1t is announced that J. H. Doughty; general agent of the Union Pacific Railroad company, In | Birmin gham, has notified the Bir- mingham post that he would provide any additional information which might be desired
 The tracts to be awarded arc In units of about 80 acres. a 4
 Misuse of Flag
 Having followed 1t through mud and rain and the hell of battle 5000 miles from home. American Legion members are now functioning through.i a special committee appointed at the last regular meeting of the local post to counsel and advise with every one interested regarding tn eproper and Improper use of Old Glory. Leon c. F Jumping system. Consequently, she E efuses France the means of thrsats snihg Germany from a -Polaidfxed r ;ilesia and securing for herself con- rol Of the continents iron and coal
 Frances fury against England fails 0 take into account the fact, that, England is not acting through polit-