The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
AMERICAN LEGION
 GATHERS STRENGTH
 FOR ITS CAMPAIGN
Wants Full Membership So That Disabled Soldiers Get Necessary Treatment
 and Care

Birmingham pots of the American Legion is to take part in the organi- zation's first annual cleanup mem bership campaign, which is to be started tomorrow throughout the de- partment of Alabama.
 It is planned to visit every ex-service man and woman in Birmingham during the two weeks of the campaign and a large increase in the membership of the local post is anticipated.
 While the preliminary plans for the campaign have already been worked our by the post officers and members of the not formally be launched until after the luncheon which takes place tomorrow at 12:3o o'clock at the Civic Association.
 At that time it is planned to have all the team captains and as many of the workers as possible present when Arthur Greenwood, campaign manager, will go ever the details of the membership cleanup.
 TEAM CAPTAINS.
 Team captains include. Judge Horace c. Wilkinson, who has charge of Wood lawn and East Lake; Rev. Oscar dew. Randolph, who has Avondale west of Fiftieth street and east of Thirty second street, from Mountain Terrace to Ninth avenue, north; Tom G. Estes, Southside, cast of Twentieth street; Walter Brewer, southside, west of Twentieth street to Green Springs; Briggs Rogers, downtown, from railroad to Ninth avenue, north. from Twelfth street to Thirty-second street; Crampton Harris, North Birming- ham and Norwood, north of Ninth avg nue and east of Acipco car line: James J. Jackson, Graymont, north of South Enslev car line and west of Acipco car line: George Lewis Bailes. West End and Flyton; J. H. Willis, Ensley and Pratt City; M. M. Ullman, Fairfield and Wy Ian; Jack Wood, Boyles and Ingienook; William Rogers, Bessemer.
 In connection with the membership campaign, women, members of the legion and relatives of ex-service men eligible to membership in womans auxiliary Will perfect the organization of such branch.
 In addition to getting new members for rhe legion during the campaign, there VIII be an active effort to get all for r,er members who may nave dropped out to put themselves again in good standing.
 LEGION STRONGER
 '"rhe legion is ,.luch str Jnger with ex- service men and " tn the public generally I CIV than it has ever been before," de- cared Frank Nj. Dixon, post commander The people are beginning to realize that the legion has done much for the dis a,led and wounded soldiers and that without the organization of the legion thousands of thcn would have suffered
 Congress decided that totally disabled cx-service men who were maimed in ac- ton should receive only 80 per month Such a sum was far too little under present conditions and no man totally unable to work could live on that amount. And, of course, the pay of the men partially disabled was much smaller. The situation was such that thousands of men who have lost limbs, eyesight, or been otherwise prevented from earn ing a living as before the war, received sums of from s10 to a maximum Of SSo.
 ''The American Legion placed some or it's ablest men at Washington and others at work throughout the country ana finally persuaded Congress to increase this to $S0 per month.