Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-11-03

army, and Raymond Bracket. of Mar.
blehead, Mass, and j. A. Mccormick
! of Fort Lyon. Colorado, the navy.
The Rev. Earl Blackman. of Cha
mute. Kansas, was elected national
chaplain.
A fight for the removal Of the ma
tional legion headquarters from Indian
apolis to Kansas City, which the Mis-
souri, delegation promised to bring to
the floor, did not develop.
The daisy was adopted by unanimous
vote as the official flower of the legion.
Auxiliary Elects 0fticers
Mrs Lowell Hobart. of Milford.
Ohio. was chosen national president
Of the American Legion auxiliary, the
womens organization.
"a Flic woBrn.a who held their first
national convention Wednesday. chose
as their official designation the Amer
lcan Legion Auxiliary. They voted to
make mothers. wives, Sisters and
daughters Of veterans of the world
war eligible for membership and voted
to exclude grandmothers.
constitution was adopted and sew
eral resolutions dealing with the treat
ment of disabled soldiers were adopted.
Foch Greets Children
Marshal Foch stayed here Wrdnes-
day rather than disappoint several
thousand school children who had been
told they might get a chance to see
him. He had expected to so to Fort
IeavenWorth, Kansas, to visit the gar
rlson. when he learned there was a
plan to have school children lined ND
along the boulevards, that he might
wave to them, and they to him. Lieu
tenant General jacques of Belgium,
accompanied him on the boulevard
tour.
Then the marshal's car stopped at
the convent school of the Sisters of
Notrc Dame de Sion. where seven
girls. dressed in white and with the
French tri-color in their hair. made
A speech in French to the marshal.
who responded.
"Chldren." he said, in response TO
the greeting. Il came 10 America be-
cause | love this land I wanted to
show my appreciation. We have been
tends in war-we must be friends in !
peace. You boys, when you grow up. !
must work: you little girls, when you |
Ire women. must remember to pray"
When the formal program was con
'luded, the marshal started to enter !
lis car. but he changed his mind. He |
vas tired. and he asked the head of
he school whether he might rest
moment in the parlor.
Lost Son In War
He leaned back in chair and
losed his eyes. But he was not to
AXE nap. Several little girls. who
ad not been able to see Marshal
'och well when the exercises were in
rogress, tip-toed to the door to peek
n. The marshal saw them bright
yed and bashful and beckoned them
0 enter
And half n dozen, Mt the same time
dashed and delighted. sided i'll and
TODD first on one foot and then on
le other, beside the marshal's chair.
nd smiled at him, answering his qucs-
ons as to their names and ages.
ONE had been taught to speak
rench. though some Of them spoke
spingly. When the marshars 90
inutes were up, he shook hands with
70 little boys gravely and kissed the
title girls.
There were great tears in his eyes
'r Wednesday was the anniversary of
'e death of his son, who perished in
e war.
Tell Legion Armies
Hanford AfacNider of Mason CITY,
;, the new commander of the Ameri-
n Legion, in a statement Wednesday
ght said the convention had outlined
ur great issues for which the Le-
IN must fight and pledged his admin
ration to uphold them.
His statement follows
"The American Legion must build it.
Il so big and fine and strong. and
ep itself SO clean and straight and
nerican that when it asks for certain
ngs-legislation for ex-service men
4 women and policies in their behalf
our communities will feel that If the
gion is for thing it must be right
it'll that responsibility to our country n
! to every man and women who wore Il
+ country's uniform in the world war r,
start new Legion to keep serving "
to fulfill the great obligations be- "
e us. Vi
This convention has outlined four tc
mt issues to fight for-law and Or e,
!, immediate relief for the disabled. II
lericanism and adjusted compensa- j,
.. and we shall fight for them" lB