The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-11
OvERSEAVETS
ARRIVING FOR
ENCAMP MENT
Delegates and Visitors Regis
ter-City Decorated Gaily
Interesting Activities Ar
ranged by Former Soldiers.
IN COLISEUM TONIGHT

LiVengood, state commander of the
organization, arrived Thursday for the
opening of the state convention here.
Twenty-three delegates registered at
the headquarters this morning. More
delegates are expected to reach the
city Friday Several visitors from
each post and veterans from other
cities are expected to swell the crowd.
The streets and business houses,
decorated with flags and bunting,
gave the city a true convention ap-
pearance. Uniforms and the s.rerseas
caps began to appear on the streets,
and during the afternoon various army
and navy outfits held reunions in the
courthouse square.
Delegates and visitors were taken
on an inspection tour of the city this
afternoon.
The convention will get under way
in earnest Thursday night, when
Judge Arthur R. Robinson, of Indian
apolis, will deliver the main address
to an assembly of citizens and veter-
ans in the Coliseum. Frank Strayer,
Republican nominee for prosecuting
attorney of Wayne county, will pre-
side. Mayor Lawrence Handley will
erans in behalf of the city.
Names of Posts.
The names of the Indiana posts fol-
low: San Malta, Marion; Muncie,
Muncie; Edward H. Larson, Ham
mond; jim Eby, Fort Wayne; George
A. Campbell, South Bend; Notre Dame
Notre Dame university; Glen Sample,
Connersville; Lee Winslow. Fair
mount; Laurno S. Strain, Blooming
ton; Hoosier Indianapolis; Warsaw,
Warsaw; Bedford, Bedford; Anderson,
Anderson; Joppa, Lavella Gossett and
Brown-Burns, all of indianapolis, and
Genn-Lichtenfels, Richmond.
The following post commanders
were expected to attend: Karl NJ Dill
lon, of Marion Pearl Harwick, of
Muncie. Harry C. Miller of Hammond;
Henry w. Egley, of Fort Wayne; DR..
G. J. Geisler, of South Bend; L. J.
Murphy, OF Notre Dame university;
James G.. Green, of Connersville: C. L.
Pemberton, of Fairmount; Joseph
Hurst, of Bloomington, w. w Confer
Albert T. Rich, Ross Howes, and For
rest A 10y, all of Indianapolis; ]. B..
Paul, Of Warsaw; K. G. Stone, of Bed
ford; w. w. Owens, of Anderson, and
George NJ. Mckinney. of Richmond.
The state department officers fol-
low: Frank E. Livengood, of Indian
apolis, state department commander;
Ross Miller, of Marion, senior vice
commander; Harry McLear, of Rich
mond, junior vice-commander; the
Rev. Thomas R. White, of Indianapolis,
acting department chaplain: Thomas
E. Garvin, of Indianapolis, judge ad
Vocate: Pearl A. Davis, of Indianapolis,
adjutant; A c. Gresham, of Indianap-
oils, chief of staff; DR.. Herman Smell
yer, of Connersville, surgeon; A. S
Gresham, of Indianapolis, public utility
officer; Ivan F. Moore, of Indianap
oils, deputy chief of staff; w. F. Nc
Donald, of Marion, deputy chief OF
staff; F. NJ Baldwin, of Fairmount
deputy chief of staff; w. E. Bell, oi
Fort Wayne, deputy chief of staff.
Leader of Veterans
State Commander Livengood, who
now holds a commission in the Fielo
artillery, reserve corps at the present
time, has seen military service since
1901 He was connected with the
coast artillery during the Philippine
insurrection and was commissioned
out of Indianapolis for service witt
the infantry on the Mexican border ii
1915 and 1917. In the World war ht
was commissioned by the governor
through the efforts of the Chamber o
Commerce of Huntington, to head {
company from Huntington. Later h'
was transferred to the Field artiller!
until after the armistice was signed
then he was put on staff duty II
France. Mr.. Livengood was oversee!
for a period of near IA months, dur
ing which time he was in most of the
countries of the old continent.
Mr. Livengood's first foreign servic,
was In Alaska in 1902-03.
Ivan F. Moore, deputy chief-of-staff
of Indianapolis, will come to Rich
mond Friday in an airplane, accompan
led by Arthur S. Gresham, of Indianap
oils, publicity officer. A landing fiel
will be supplied for the two men from
the capital
Urges Poppy Day
Madame Blanche Bernerou, of Pari:
France, is expected to arrive in Rict
mond either Thursday night or Frida
morning. She is touring the Unite
States, issuing a plea that inter-allie
poppy day be established throughou
the world, as already has been don
by many of the foremost nations.
Madame Bernerou, whose husban
was killed in the World war, is on
of the first to start the idea of usin
the Flanders field poppy as the intel
national memorial day flower. Sue
nations as England, France, Ital,
Cuba, Canada, Australia and BelgiuI
already have adopted the poppy a
the flower representing Memorial da
in theiHrespectfve nations.
Virtually every patriotic organic;
ton in the United States has endorse
this flower, and Governor McCray an
President Harding also have hearth
endorsed it as the correct symbol {
the memorial services.
The flowers, representing the Flal
ders field pcS~S, are handmade {
the best silk material by the Frenc
war widows and orphans who al
wholly dependent upon the funds th
flowers enable them to obtain.
The flower makers number up int
the thousands, and one-half of the r
cefpts which are realized in this coul
try will go back to them for the
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