Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-22
AMERICAN
LEGION
Conducted by Lewis M. Grist,
Publicity Officer, Mech Stew
art Post, No. sc.
Record of Discharges.


York county would send his army dis
charge to my office in order that a
permanent record may be made of 1t, y
said Clerk of Court 7. E. McMackin
Yesterday. Several score eX-soldiers
have sent in their discharges but the
great majority have not. No charge is
made by the office for this service and
we are only too glad to do it
g: Feed for Ex-soIdiers.
Jas d. Grist, commander of Meech
Stewart Post No. 66, made the follow
ing statement this morning in regard
to the Get-to- -gether meeting of eX-
service men to be held in the Ameri-
can Legion club rooms in sYorkville on
Tuesday night, November 29:.,
Mech Stewart Post wants every
white ex-soldier' of this section to be
present for the big "feed' and get-to-
gether meeting which will be held
Tuesday night November 20, beginning
at 8 O'Clock. There will be nothing
elaborate in the way of eats but there
will be plenty of sandwiches and soft
drinks and cigars and cigarettes. 1t
will be served in regular soldier style.
That is the eats will be placed on
tables in the club rooms and every en-
soldier who is present will be invited
to come and get it.. Morris c. Lump
kin, state commander Of the American
Legion has been invited to be present
and the commanders of legion posts in
Rock Hill, Fort Mill and Hickory
Grove have also been invited. Several
other eX- service men will make short,
snappy talks. The idea in having this
meeting is to acquaint ex-soldiers with
the American Legion its aims and OBJ
iects and to try to show all former
soldiers the value Of membership in
the American Legion, the largest and
most powerful organization of former
soldiers in the country. Members of
Mech Stewart Post want every en-
service man to come to this gathering
whether he has any intention of joining
or not. An evening of entertainment,
instruction and pleasure Is promised
all who come.
Victory medals.
Officials of Mech Stewart POST are
still obtaining Victory Medals for eX-
soldiers who are entitled to them. If
you haven't received yours yet all you
have TO do is TO mail or bring your
discharge to the commander of Mech
Stewart Post and he will do the rest;
Of Interest to Veterans.
Tracts of land in Wyoming, aggre-
eating 32xy2 acres, will be thrown
open to entry by ex-service men for
sixty-three days from December 80 of
this year.
The American Legion has .765,739
members in lO,S3O posts in the United
States. Posts outside OF the country
are represented in twenty-one foreign
lands.
Marshal FERDINAND Foch, Of the
French army, is seventy years of age.
This distinguished commander was
private in the Franco -Prussian war
out of n total of .twenty-eight SEN
tences of death imposed in the Amer
lean Expeditionary Forces, during
the World War, only nine actually
were carried out.
The sum of $l,34S. 100000 was spent
in the United States last year for
armament. The appropriations for the
army and navy this year amount to-
slap, $4,000.
The three heroes of the United
States army who won high honors
and distinction during the World
, War, are Sergeant Samuel WoOdfill
Sergeant Alvin c. York, and Major
Charles S. Whittlesey '-'.
American soldiers who paid for the
transportation of European brides to
this country must stand the expense,
and the government it is ruled, Will
not reimburse the soldiers for such
outlay. 4
Five hundred students of New York
University have enlisted in the Re-
serve Officers Training Corps. They
form four infantry companies, a ma
chine gun company, "a one-pounder
section and band.
The proposed Military Air Service OF
France will have more than 10000 air
planes of different types. With this
equipment the flying corps would be
composed of 2SG regiments, each OF
twelve squadons.
Sergeant Encil Chambers, of Posi-
Field what officials say, is the record
foll&high altitude parachute jumping,
when he leaped approximately 26,OOO
feet 400 feet less than five miles,
from an army airplane. The descent
took Is minutes.
According to the tabulation Of fight
ing ships of the world, Great Britain
leads with 533 vessels with an ag-
gregatc tonnage Of 1,SGO,4SO; the
United States is second with 454 ships
of l.2S9, ,4G3 tons and Japan third, with
80 ships of 52S.6S9 tons. France and
Italy hold fourth and fifth positions
with fighting tonnage totalng 462,-
200 and $1,000 respectively.
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