Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-11-11
American Legion Has Eminent
Foreign Warriors as Guests
at Its Convention.
MACNIDER IS new CHIEF
Conference Delegates Assembling in
Washington and Plans crystaIze-
Senate Completes Its Tax Bill
Peace in ireland Depends
on listers Attitude.
By EDWARD w. PIckARD.

MYTH some of the greatest war
w riOrs of the allied nations and
the United States as its guests, the
American Legion met in convention
last week in Kansas City. Seldom
have such scenes Of enthusiasm been
witnessed in an American city, and
never before have we had here such
a distinguished group Of military and
naval leaders as those who brought to
the legion the greetings of our asso-
ciates in the World war and sat in
the reviewing stand as the thousands
OF American veterans of that conflict
marched in the grand parade.
Naturally Marshal Ferdinand Foch
of France, generalissimO Of the allied
armies, held first place in the interest
and enthusiasm, but General Pershing
ran him a close second; and Admiral
Lord Beatty, the hero of the battle
of Jutland, General Diaz, chief of the
Italian armies, and Gen. Baron
Jacques of Belgium could not conn.,
plain Of the welcome accorded them.
All of them addressed the convention,
and all of them paid full tribute to
the gaIlantry of the soldiers of the
armies of the allied nations, with al
ways reverent words for those who
gave up their lives in the cause of
liberty, and words of sympathy for
those to whom the great conflict
brought wounds and illness.
The legion elected Hanford Mac
Nider, lieutenant colonel of the Ninth
infantry in the war and a banker of
Mason City, Iowa, its national COM
mander, and by unanimous vote con-
ferred on Maj. Gen. Milton j. Fore
man of Illinois the title Of past com
mander with all privileges of that of
flee. Commander MacNider, who is a
Harvard graduate holds these decora-
tons: Distinguished Service Cross and
one cluster, chevalier of the Legion
Of Honor, Croix de Guerre, with eta
tions, three palms, one gold and one
silver star, and the Italian war cross.
He was cited three times in general
orders.
Just before it adjourned the conven-
ton adopted several interesting reso-
buttons. One of them declared for
bonus legislation and "deplored the
request of President Harding to de-
lay passage by congress of a measure
for the same and the acquiescence of
congress in that respect" Another
resolution, mildly censuring Ambassa-
dor Harvey for his London speech, de-
clared that address "does not repre-
sent the true American attitude as in
terpreted by the American Legion, and
let 1t be known now and for all time
that America fought not only for the
maintenance of Americas rights, but
for the freedom of the world" The
legion opposed the freeing Of Debs
declared itself against Asiatic immi-
grafton and for loyalty in schools, and
adopted the daisy as its official flower.
IRON the moment when he landed
4 in New York and grasped the hand
of General Pershing, who had won the
race across the Atlantic by an hour,
Marshal Foch has been kept busy with
Ovations, parades, receptions and ban
quets In Gotham, washington, Kan
sas City, Chicago, st. Louis and ev-
erywhere else that the admiring pop
ulace can get to him. The same is
true, only in lesser degree, of the 9TH
er eminent foreigners who are now in
America. All of them are now turn
ing their steps toward the national
capital, where they will take part in
the impressive burial of the Gun
known American Soldier" in Airing
ton on Armistice day, and then take
up their duties in connection with the
conference on limitation of arma-
ments, the formal opening of which