Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-11-16
Carrying On With the
American Legion

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Daniel Chester French. sculptor. who
created The Minute Man at Concord"
has been selected 10 design the me-
mortal for Massachusetts dead in the
World war which is TO be erected
somewhere along the American sector
In France. Henry Bacon, designer OF
the Lincoln Memorial in Washington,
ID. C., will be associated with him.
The Community House at Camp Gus
ter, Mich. purchased by a Chicago
company for $4,000, has been repur-
chased by the state Of Michigan and
will be presented TO the American
Legion for use as a hospital for sick
and disabled veterans. The building
will be improved at the expense OF
the state.
General Lafayette post OF the Ameri-
con Legion. composed of New York
City policemen, has mortgaged its
Long Island clubhouse for $1,000. the
money 20 be used IN helping unem-
ployed veterans. The policemen-Le-
gionnaires have pledged themselves
TO canvass their beats for jobs for
their unfortunate 'buddies."
THE Book OF Misery" containing
thousands of s-clippings and let
ters describing the plight Of Americas
World war veterans in the recent
period of unemployment will be pre-
sented TO Congress by the Legion as
documentary evidence in favor OF
relief for ex-service men.
Unemployed ex-Service men sleep
Ing in Bryant Park, New York, were
awakened one recent midnight by the
sound of a bugle mess call. Seven
hundred Of the unfortunate men lined
up for "chow". A committee repre-
senting the George Dahlbender Post Of
the American Legion, led the men 10
restaurant where each was fed at
the expense Of the Legion post.
The American Legion has asked the
shipping board 10 permit the use OF
the giant liner Liviathan as a tenn
porary shelter for jobless ex-service
men. The liner has been idle at the
HobOken army docks for several
months. During the war it transpOr-
ted 10000 American troops 10 France.
Charles w. Seymour. of Hartford.
Conn, rendered his resignation as
state senator following his election TO
the commandership of the American
Legion in Connecticut. Officers of the
Legion cannot hold public Office which
Is elective.
A twenty-acre park, known as
american Legion Park" has been ded-
icated by the city of Melrose, Mimi.
20 the men OF he city who were In
service during the World war. The
Melrose LegiOnnaires have established
a children's Fairgrounds, a tourists
camping grounds and "a baseball dia-
mond.
Ex-soldiers and marines, members
OF the American Legion, were the
heroes I'm the rescue work which fol-
lowed the explosion Of a tank con-
tanning 100000 cubic feet OF ammonia
fumes in New York City. One Of the
former service men is accredited with
having rescued ten persons from a
tenement which had become filed with
the fumes.
A "party" which is said TO have
cost $4,000 was given by l.. Gordon
Hamersley. who served as a lieutenant
I'm the sixth Field artillery of the
First division, at HIS estate near Tarry-
town-on-the- Hudson. The guests were
disabled soldiers of the First division
and members Of the Jeft Feigl post
OF the American Legion.
Emergency officers OF the army dis
abled during the war "don't belong"
on the retired list of the regular army,
Secretary Weeks told officials OF the
American Legion, who are fostering a
plan for the retirement on retirement
pay of the emergency officers Of the
World war.
The first woman to hold the position
Of adjutant OF a state department
OF the American Legion is Miss Ho-
norah II. Cuttings. Of California. Miss
Cuttings served during the war as a
yeomanette in the navy. She is act
ing adjutant OF the California de-