The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-07

! ton Of Labor, in a recent proclamation,
has urged all union labor men to particle
pate in these Armistice Day celebrations
of the Legion.
Here is some plain talk from the edi-
torial columns of the st. James. Mime
sofa Plaindealer: THE. socialists say the
American Legion is a militaristic cliq1e
denotes: This is awful! The Legion boys
some four million of them-effectively
blocked the socialist program of turning
that reason the said socialists denounce
the Legion as dangerous to liberty. The
socialists might. tell us what, in their
views, prevailed and the Legion boys not
placed their serried phalanx in the way
of the Kaisers onrushing hosts?"
zone Of Americas Bravest." and Of
Minnesota's too. was laid to rest at
Winger. Mimi. September 25. For Nels
I. Void was one Of Pershing's One Hun
sofa soldiers to merit the congressi nns
Medal of Honor. for silencing four en-
envy machien gun nests, capturing eleven
prisoners singlehanded, and, saving the
assailant in hand-to-hand combat. Later,
death came to this intrepid Minnesotan
during his fifth attempt to silence an
a fSe S Sss At w hs
Legion Post OF Crookston. in uniform.
paid tribute to their comrades memory.
Local posts. county gatherings. and
district conventions of the Legion in
Minnesota are keeping the state conn
mander and the state adjutant busy fill
State Hdjutsnt stsord King "a
Mobiles County Legion meeting at Brew
ster. and on September 10th attended
Dodge County Legion Day at what he
saw held at Kasson. He win speak at
Grand Rapids on September 26 and at
koochiching County Fair at Northome on
September ~.
Among the Legion activities of State
Commander Arthur A. Van Dyke was the
bowling Of the game which opened the
September II Eighth District Dictionaries
honored him, at their district gathering
IN Cloquet He addressed Post No. OF
TENDER 23rd he witnessed the wonderful
demonstration. of Giantvalley Boy Scouts
as presented by the Giantvalley Legion
Post OF Minneapolis. which has reason
so well. Later on. the evening of the
23d. Commander Van Dyke met mem
bers of the Calhoun. Minneapolis Post at
their regular meeting.
September 2s found the state comman.
der with Sixth District Legionaires at
ssedr district st snso in
Day celebration OF the Lac Qui Parle
County fair at Madison; and September
20 with the twelve hundred members of
the Duluth David visited Post. On Oc-
tober Commander Van Dyke addresses
the Merriam Park Post of ST. Paul and
on October he will be with Second Dis
trfct Legionaires at their Second District
Convention In New Ulm. In the mean
time the state commander is working on
plans to care for disabled comrades, to
relieve ex-service unemployment, and for
the functioning of the ten special state
Legion committees recently appointed.
together with plans for the big Minne-
sofa pilgrimage of Legionaires to Kansas
City on October 81.
1t was in the midst Of the Legion state
executive committee meeting Sunday,
September 4 that news of the forest fires
In northern Minnesota came to the com
m1ttee chairman, state commander Van
Dyke. Monday he was due to undergo an
operation for removal of part of the Jaw
bone because of an abscess but as a
member of the national guard he worked
all Sunday night and Monday forenoon
preparing troops for entertainment, and
on Monday noon walked to the operating
table. Monday night. his face swathed
In bandages. he left for the north to
direct the rescue work attending the
destruction of Whitepine. Shortly after
his arrival he was made commander OF
all troops in the Solana sector.