Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-05
WHAT THE AMERICAN LEGION IS DOING
 ELSEWHERE

uAoJOI NCuCfol L1CAAy O' AhChJ Sohh manding the United States army of occupation in Germany and company of American Infantry from the Rhine have been ordered by the War Depart ment to attend the unveiling of the Flirey monument at Flirey, France this summer. The monument is memorial to the American Expedition ary Forces. Two hundred and fifty members of the American Legon who have been invited to tour France as guests of the French government will participate in the ceremonies. John G. Emery, national commander of the Legion will be one of the speakers.
 Because he believes married men make better citizens, Rev. John w. Inzer, national chaplain of the Ameri- can Legion, has announced that he will perform without cost marriage cere- monies for members of the Legion at tending the national convention of the organization at Kansas City ths fall. The conventon committee believes the ehaplain's inducement will result in so many marriages during the convention that it has appointed special newly weds committee to look after the com forts of bridal parties.
 An expressed desire to be buried wth her son, who lost his life overseas was realized by Mrs, John Johansen, ST., of Davenport, Id, who died few minutes before the train bearing her sons body reached Davenport. Mrs. JOhansen had been ill ever since the shock caused by news of her sons brought about the double funeral The American Legion was in charge of the funeral.
 | William N. Day, of Great Falls, Mont, has been appointed, by John G.. Emery, national commander of the A. merican Legion, to serve as national auditor of the Legion. He has assum- ed his duties at national headquarters Indianapolis. He was formerly a bank examiner in Montana. The headquarters staff of the Legion now has representatives from 34 states.
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 Roy Albert of St. Lous, Mo-, said to have, been smallest man who served with the American army overseas, was killed by train at Casper, Wyo. He weighed 93 pounds. The American Legion took charge of the body and arranged funeral plans.
 The Montana department of the American Legion is Investigating the disappearance of F. A. Wodard, Sid ney, Montana, who has been the object of a three-weeks search. Wodard dis appeared from his room at a Great Falls hotel, where he had stopped over on his return from the convention at Lewistown. He had been one of the active delegates to the convention and was, considered as 8 candidate for state adjutant. -.
 
 Clifford A. Laflin, winner of Croix de Guerre, who survived several major engagements in France as first lieu tenant of the 17th., Field Artillery died recently in St. Paul, Minn., hos pital from pin scratch. The funera was conducted by the American Le zion.
 "The American Legion S one of the bulwarks of the world," said Marshall Foch in a recent interview with an American newspaper correspondence Referring the Paris post of the Legion, the marshall said it was "the Ameri- can heart of France"
 Citizens of Seattle were amazed recently at the sight of Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant of the American Legion; Hugh M. Caldwell, m-yor of Seattle; Brig. Gen. Maurice Thom, SJn, and other prominent members of the American Legion in chains and wear