Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-26
NEWS N NOTES FROM l:
 AMERICAN LEGION


 the document" and it's enlargement to include news of the "Whole United States army, which includes the na- tional guard and the reserve" Brig. Gen. Henry J. Reilly, Chicago, West Pointer, national guardsman and newspaperman, took over publication of the Army and Navy Journal with its issue of August 20. The editor, commander of "Reilly's Bucks," Chi cago wartime artillery regiment, has been prominent in the American Legion since it's inception in France and was a founder of the Illinois de- partment. Alleged failure of the Federal Board for Vocational Education to provide equipment for the summer camp it established on Fire Island, N. Y, for disabled service men will be gone into at the state convention ot the American Legion at Jamestown, N. r., in September. The Legion charges that the disabled men virtual ly would have been abandoned had not the state provided tents and cooking utensils after the War Department had declined to do so.
 His refusal to preach over the body of an American doughboy killed at Chateau -Thierry because the coffin was draped with the Stars and Stripes has caused the Rev. John Snavely, Lancaster, Pa., to become the storm center of an investigation just launch ed by the American Legion of that city. The body was resting in the vestibule of the church and the family and friends were waiting when the minister issued his edict. The Legion immediately took charge of the re- mains and obtained another minister.
 Jules Jusserand, French ambassador to the United States, and Marshal Foch are travelling to Metz and F1irey with the delegation of the American Legion revisiting France, according to cable dispatches. The Legion naires attended the dedication of the Joan of Arc statue at Blois, given by the city of New York
 Canadian soldier societies have been asked to cooperate with American Legion posts of the west in the search for Fred E. Woodland, Sidney, Mont, Legion post commander, veteran of the Princess Pats and the A. E. F., who disappeared June 29. It is fear ed that Woodland is a victim of aphasia.
 The famed Waldorf Astoria hotel on Fifth Avenue will be used by posts of the American Legion in New York city this year for their annual Vic tory Ball November 10--11. Presi- dent Harding has accepted an invita- tio nto be honorary chairman of the Ball and invitations have gone to Cab met members and allied embassy staffs. Delegates from foreign pow CTS who will attend the disarmament | conferences at Washington on Mo- vember II will be invited.
 Following their successful ascent last month of Mount Hood, one of the high peaks of the Pacific coast ranges, members of Hood River post of the American Legion have announced that the climb will be made annually. Governor Olcott and Secretary of State Kozer led the Alpine party of S5, composed of Legionnaires and state officials. The climb required two days and night.
 The first of the party of six obser- vers who were the only persons in America to witness the mysterious thew star," visible when the earth passed through the tail of comet last month, was Eddie Rickenbacker, premier American ace and member of the American Legion in California. The party was stationed at the Lick Observatory.
 
 Argentina celebrated the inaugura- tion of faster boat service between New York and South America recent ly when the new American passenger liner, American Legion, concluded her maiden voyage at the port of Buenos Ayres. The post of the Legion there and government officials held a recep- tion for the American liners crew.
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 Charging that he buried the bodies of two and three soldiers in the same grave and that he charged for hermet- ically sealed coffin boxes when none were used, the American Legion Of New York City recently caused the arrest of William A. Skahill, Man haitian undertaken. The Legion an- nounced his arrest as the opening of a crusade against interruptions un- dertakers.