The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-14
AMERICAN LEGION NEWS

The Kansas department of the
American Legion ended the year with
a total paid-up membership of PASTA,
as compared with 23,5o6 in 1920; Ad-
jutant Frank E. Samuel has an
| nounced. Kansas ranked second in
the entire United States in number
of posts formed with a total of 81.
The present number of posts is 357.
Texas led the list with so new posts
| organized in 1921. Ohio was third
with SIS.
The American Legion Auxiliary also
made big strides in the year just
closed. The number of units increased
in this state from 80 to 205, and the
paid-up membership from 1850 to
1918. The goal of a unit for each
Legion post is now about So per cent
realized.
Miss Emma Hadorn, Of Pratt, new
| ly elected state secretary of the
auxiliary, who assumed office this
week, is busy issuing charters. Four
| teen new charters have been granted
since the first of the year to units
at Burns, Florence, Caney, Lucas,
Scott City. Quinter, Alma. Satanic,
st. Francis, Parsons, Halstead, Rex
ford and Jetmore. The largest Of these
new units is at Scott City, with fifty
charter members Other units which
have applied for charters are at Mel
vern, Republic, Belleville and Buffalo.
| The Legion proper entered the new
year with total paid in advance
membership of 1889. Harveyville
was the first post to report 100 per
cent renewals. State department.
headquarters will issue honor citations
to each post which has obtained IS
per cent or more membership re-
newals by January 81.
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| A number of legislative measures
| of interest to ex-service persons ana
their friends are now up for consider
alton by congress.
| IT. j. Resolution No. 80, which
passed the house during the previous
session, was favorab1y reported on
| January by the committee on pubic
lands of the senate and is now on
| the calendar for a vote. The present
lIaw gives to ex-serviee men a prefer
entail right of filing on homestead
lands for a period of thirty days for
| two years and ceases to be effective
on February IA, 1922. H. ]. Resoiu-
ltion No. 80 extends this to a period OF
ninety days for ten years. Its early
passage by the senate is expected.
/ To carry out a resolution or the
third national convention of the Amer
lean Legion. there was introduced by
an eX-service man in congress II. X.
9717, which proposes to amend public
i law 219. authorizing the secretary or
war to furnish discharge certificates in
lieu of lost discharge certificates to
the next of kin.
/ The Bursum bill, s. 1865, providing
for the same right of retirement for
disabled emergency army officers as
for officers of the regular army, has
been up on the floor for discussion bur
| was passed over during the considera-
| ton of the calendar
On January 5. the senate passed
Joint resolution 125, which in effect
provides a three-year extension of the
statute of limitations insofar as the
prosecution OF draft evaders and mill
tary deserters is concerned. 1t meaGs
that the statute will not begin to run
until three years from the date of the
proclamation of peace promulgated BY
/ the president. If this bill becomes q
law. This will allow the federal
courts to bring to trial persons accused
of evadfng the draft where the district
attorneys have failed to file the so
called Conformation" Hearings will
affairs committee.
With 10.754 posts in AS states. five
Territorial possessions, and twenty
foreign countries, the American Lee
gion enters upon the year 1922. Dur
ing the past twelve months. 776 posts
were added to the organization, ae-
cording to d report given out By
LemueI BoIles, national adjutant.
The Legion is pushing its way into
| every corner of the earth. Eleven of
the posts added during 1921 were out
side the boundaries of the United
States These were Fort Gibbon.
Tanana- Alaska: Andernach. Ger
many: Guatemala City. Guatemala
Luke Field. Hawaii: Ensenada. Lower
| California, Mex; San Juan. Porto
Rico: Loanda, Angola, Portuguese
West Africa; Telas Spanish Honduras;