Evening star., 1921-05-29

Although the names of some MEM
bcrs of the American Legion have
been enormously included on lists
of draft deserters. they have notified
! the national headquarters they are
willing to endure temporary embar-
| rassment IN order that the real slack
! ers may be held up to permanent
| shame. according to word received
! here from the national body.
Relative to errors that have crept
into the Stacker lists. National Com
mander +. W. Galbraith. jr.. said:
The American Legion sees no rea-
son to regret the issuance and pub
! lication of the draft deserter lists.
That publication has shown there are
| so many errors in these lists is, of
course. to he regretted but errors are
inevitable in the handling of 10000
| names.
Many of the men embarrassed by
the erroneous inclusion of their names
are 'eX-scrvice men and legion MEM
bers, with honorable records. Their
cmbarra SSm"nt has been but tempo
rary, however. as the errors have
| been quickly righted.
Friends. relatives and neighbors
know who served and who did not
serve their country, and newspapers
territorial injustice a the hands of the
government. Legion posts through
/ out the country stand ready to assist
in clearing up any confusion. 1t has
not been source of bitterness 70
veterans to he temporarily ClaSSed
with the slackers. At most. it has
been an annoying experience. The
bitterness. the anger and shame are
felt only by the real slackers. the
men whose names are on the lists and
Will stay there.
The Lafayette init of the Ameri-
can Women's Legion has had it's
name changed to the alexander X.
Anderson" init in commemoration OF
Lieut.. Alexander Kocsis Anderson.
son of Mrs. Alexandra X. Anderson. who
recently has been elected to serve as its
president.
Lieut.. Alexander Kosis Anderson.
attached to the o2d Engineers. L. S.
on October 4, 1918. in his thirty-fifth
year He is a son of Alexandra X.
and the late John Townsend Ander-
son and grandson of the late Prot
Alexander Kocsis Of Nashville. Tenn.
Lieut.. Anderson was born in Ten
nessee November %. 1883: passed his
early childhood in Guatemala. where
his father was the British vice con-
sui and well known man OF ahairs.
He entered McGill University. Mon
d
eral years later took up course in
civil engineering and special In
struction in chemistry at George
Washington University. His first en-
gineering work was in Cuba. with
the company of which Sir William
Van Horne was the head. He then
Joined in the work of building the
filtration plant for Washington city.
He spent some months in Bolivia and
Peru, from which latter country he
undertook hazardous transconti-
mental trip across South America to
investigate and report on the rubber
districts under development at that
time. The journey was made In
small boat through lands inhabited
by savage Indians and required the
shooting of the Madeira river rap
ids. a feat which few white men
have ever dared to undertake. At
Porto Eelho he associated himself
with his lifelong friends. Messrs
May and Jekyll. on the Madeira-Ma-
| more railway project. and eventual
vast construction. Later he was ap.
pointed general superintendent OF
railroad construction in Chiriqul.
Panama His last civil position was
of Guantanamo. Cuba, from which he
voluntarily resigned fine position
to enter the great war. Lieut.. An
derson spoke French. Spanish and
Portuguese fluently and was pc
culiarly well fitted by character. ed
ucation and professional ability to
render distinguished service to ms
country Lieut.. Anderson was resi-
| dent of Washington and one Of the
| honor men Of the District OF Colum- :
bia His remains were early brought
! back from France and burial took
place at Arlington national ceme-
The purpose Of the Alexander X.
| Anderson init is to encourage pa
| triotism and American honor among
with the Red Crss. public health
! service Army and Navy hospitals in
| the care and relief of sick and dis
abled service men. The activities OF
| this unit in conjunction with the
| Red Cross consist of serving and
general welfare work for the pa
| tients of the Walter Reed Hospital.
, National headquarters OF the Vet.
! Grams of Foreign Wars OF the Uniteo
| States has just announced the ap-
pointment of Capt. EdWin s' .;ua, bee.ea1
| helm. jr., as chairman of the national
| legislative committee of that organi-
| zation. He has returned to Wash
| ington after five-day conference at
! national headquarters. where the pol
| lev of the order was thoroughly gone
| over The veterans. while not neg
! lecting numerous other pending bills,
/ will devote extensive efforts in be-
! half of the bonus bill and the bills
| having to do with the consoildatlon
/ of the various governmental agen--
cies. whose functions are those OF
! caring for the disabled ex-serVlce
men. II will also be the policy to
cooperate and coordinate with the
! American Legion and other veteran
! organizations whose policies are
! along constructive channels.
Capt. Beetelheim is we'll known by
MANY members of Congress. He
served overseas with the 27th. 2Sth
I'd and SD divisions, and on the stan
of the headquarters of the I'd Army
He was wounded, and in March. 1919
became chief of the war risk section
4. f. f. bringing that organization
back 10 the United States, and upon
being discharged he became the as
sistant chief of the field forces OF
the war risk bureau. which section
, was the nucleus of the present de-
; Decentralization. He resigned from the
| bureau on May I, and will devote his
! entire time to legislative matters.
! Tribute to the memory Of the hate
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