The Washington herald., 1921-10-09
PRESIDENT SENDS
LETTER OF. GOOD
WISHES TO VETS
Junior Vice Commander
Returns to City After
Long Trip.

Nodohai Shpihdi TosI w. lSd'
Veterans Of Foreign Wars. held its
regular meeting Friday evening.
September 80, with Col. George L.
TAFT presiding. Junior Vice Comdr.
NJ. B. Baldenburg returned from his
tour of Inspection on the Pacific
Coast and acted as senior vice COM
| mander.
The post delegates to the twenty
second national encampment at De-
| troit made their reports, announc-
ing the encampment as the greatest
success in' the history of the order.
The encampment was officially
| opened Wednesday morning, Sep
| tember 2f. i'm the Board of Com
merce Auditorium. The following
| message from President Warren G.
Harding to the twenty-second en-
| campment Veterans OF Foreign
Wars, was read by Senator Truman
H. Newberry to the encampment;
MY Dear Senator Newberry-
| Thank you for your kind and
prompt acquiesence in my request
that you deliver for me a message
| Foreign Wars when It meets in
Detroit.
MY recollection OF your own un-
selfish and patriotic service during
the world war makes it especially
| a pleasure to know that you will
present to your comrades the greet
ing which / want to send them.
had hoped that my engagements
might permit me to come to De-
troit, but this has proved impos-
sible. You will have gathered at
Detroit many thousands of the men
| who took part in the greatest and
most unselfish and effective cru
sade ever undertaken in the cause
of humanity. Our nation had been
summoned to accomplish what
seemed well nigh impossible. We
are yet too near to the time and
circumstances of the great war to
fully realize the tremendousness of
the task with which the nation sue
| cessfully grappled. More than g.
| 900, 900 of you made the voyage
across the world to take your place
| in the line of battle at the most
| critical juncture. The heroism with
which you played your part will
| forever be a glorious chapter In
| our history. For those who made
the last sacrifice we shed the tear
| of sorrow, but we permit ourselves
| a stern pride in what they did and
gave. For those veterans who re-
main with US we feel the attention
and gratitude that their heroism
and sacrifices have so fully earned.
The consequences Of the great
struggle will be lasting and diff
cult. Facing the tasks inherited
from the war we must make one
more appeal to those who bore
the brunt OF the battle-that they
hold up our hands and support US
in mobilizing the character and
spiritual resources of the nation
for the task before us.
There yet remains a duty to the
future. We have undertaken to
bring about an understanding
among the nations which will safe
guard against such horrors here
after. We are determined to sub
stitute the law of right and justice
for the rule of might and selfish
ness. We hope for success and we
ask the support and good wishes
of all well-intentioned men in the
effort upon which We have entered.
I'm behalf OF an undivided people
pledge unending gratitude to
these our heroes; and from them l
ask what I know We shall receive
continuance of the same 10y
atty they have displayed in the
past. They may be very sure that
no effort will be spared to render
| impossible another call upon their
| gallantry and patriotism.
Very truly yours,
WARREN c. HARDING"
mander-in-chief. was reelected; !;
Col. Tillinghast L. Huston. owner of
! the New York American baseball
club and opposing candidate. moved
that the vote be made unanimous.
The motion was carried and the
vote cast amid a thunder of cheers.
ether officers chosen were John w.
Jones, Portland, Greg, senior vice
commander; r. S. Jones, editor-in-
chief of the Stars and Stripes,
Washington, D. c., junior vice COM
mander; Robert Star Allyn, Brook
lyn' N. y Judge advocate general.
reelected; Walter I. Joyce, quar-
termaster general, reelected
A well-organized national cam
paign asking for a referendum on
adjusted compensation on Novem-
ber IL, Armistice Day, was voted
in a resolution. Resolution criti-
I-cised the United StatesChamber of
Commerce for being unwilling to
submit the Fordney bonus bill in
referendum to the business men and
women of the United States. Reso-
luton asking for State and national
legislation providing for the GER
tification of former service men on
civil service lists in preference to
all other eligibles was passed unani-
mously.