The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-07
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THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY
By Miss Sadie Goggans.

Tie loyalty and courage of the
women who used their energies to
sustain the morale of those who were
fighting their battles in uniform,
these same women are standing by
the boys now that they have laid by
their uniforms. In ever increasing
numbers they have enrolled them
selves for the present day struggle,
the effort which promises to be un-
relenting for many years to come, to
keep the benefits won from the war
from slipping back into oblivion un-
der the weight of the troubles which
are wars aftermath. They are en-
rolling themselves in the Woman's
Auxiliary of te American Legion,
|ibecause that organization is the one
effective means by which they can
make their willing energies effec-
tive in the task at hand.
Scarcely two years old the Wo-
mans Auxiliary of the American Le-
gion now numbers almost 3,40O
units, distributed through more than
so departments of the Legion. Not
only in each of the 48 states and the
District of Columbia, but in Alaska,
Hawaii, the Philippines, Cuba and
France, units are fourishing. {
Eventually it is hoped that there
will be unit of the auxiliary for
each of the Legion posts, now num-
;bering 1O.65O, and already many
states have started out to eliminate
bachelor posts by auxiliary mission
ary work.
The total membership Of the Wo-
mans Auxiliary is estimated at l70,-
loco. Even this figure means that the
Wcman's Auxiliary of the Legion to-
day is one of the largest active Or
ganizations of women in the world
But the figures acquire most. import
ance. when it is used as the basis for
computing the membership which will
almost certainly be obtained by the
organization in the next few years.
The potential membership runs above
I (10,000,000. The mothers and wives,
sisters and daughters of the 4,500,-
1000 Americans who served in the
World War include most sizable
faction of the 110,000,000 persons
counted by Uncle Sam in the last
census, and the Woman's Auxiliary
is going to do it's very best to prove
to every one of them that there is
work still to he done and that the
call to duty is as plain now as it was
in the two fighting years.
The Woman's Auxiliary will hold
it's first annual convention in Kan
sas City, Missouri, October 81, No
vember 1 and 2, in conjunction with
the third national convention of the
American Legion, and this auxiliary
convention is expected to bring be-
fore several hundred women dele
gates the inspiring vision of the fu-
ture auxiliary for which they. are
building. The Auxiliary convention
will decide many broad questions of
policy. Foremost perhaps will be
the selection of a permanent name
and national headquarters for the
woman's organization.
7 The possibilities of cooperation be-
tween the posts and the Auxiliary
units are almost unlimited. And
the realization of these possibilities
is now so strong that the next year
promises to see the Auxiliary's
growth surpass the dreams of its
founders. The women of the Aux
iliary will await with interest the
news of the decision to be made at
Kansas City Those delegates who
are privileged to attend this conven-
tion will shape a great human struc-
ture that will be one of the monu-
ments of American national life for
years to come.