Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-16
AMERICAN LEGION
IN FOURTH ANNUAL
CONVENTION HERE
Continued from pnge 4

According TO Captain John j. DuEan,
State AdJutant. American Legion. De-
partmsnt OF Delaware. some action
will be tnken this afternoon during
the business session relative to en-
dorsing the University Of Delaware
Library project to make the library
a memorial for Dclaware's military
heroes.
Although no resolution had been
drawn up at noon, Captain Dugan de-
clared that In all probability tho Lc-
gion will indorse the memorial.
The resolution committee during the
course OF tho business session. viii
present resolutions for tho purchase
| OF American Legion emblems with
enamel top bars for past post COM
manders; to elect three state vice
commanders, one from each county,
TO look after the affairs OF the State
Department, and to appoint teams for
membership drives to be carried on
during the ensuing year; to purchase
the new permanent manuel Of cere-
monies TO draw up resolutions to be
presented TO the next session OF the
State legislation. that Armistice Day.
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holiday In the State of Delaware and
a day OF rest; and to secure markers
for all graves OF deceased veterans.
Address by Col. Miller.
Colonel Thomas w. Miller spoke at
the close Of the morning session.
THE service men have their prob
lens of reconstruction and peace tho
same as we, as a nation, had the
problems of war confronting VIZ in the
spring OF 1917" he said. Much has
been said about the disabled. Since
President Harding assumed office
much has been done by the admins
tration and the members Of the
Cabinet In the interest OF ex-service
men and particularly those who we're
disabled. One OF the most outstanding
features was the appointment by the
President OF a committee, headed by
General Dawes, for the purpose Il
inquiring into the conditions surround
ing the compensation, rehabilitation
and capitalization Of disabled men
and women. Thus the President at
the outset Of his administration in
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radically change conditions heretofore
existing with respect to the ex-service
men and women of this country. The
Presidents recommendations have al
ready passed the House Of Represen-
tatives and the Senate in the Swee,
bill. which provided one single gov
ernmental agency headed by a director
responsible only TO the President Ir
this manner the three agencies deal
Ing with all problems relating TO ex.
service persons. disabled or otherwis.
were consolidated under one head
Heretofore the rehabilitation section
OF the Vocational Training Board. tn.
i, War Risk Insurance Bureau and tn.
Public Health Service had all operated
Independently Of each other, although
a disabled ex-soldier man had to dea
with all three OF them IN order to Oh
tain results. Unfortunately, the United
States was no better prepared for tn,
problems OF peace and reconstructior
than they were for war when II f,rs
came upon us in 1917. Three year.
: and half after the Armistice we fint
Congress has appropriated money fo
permanent hospital sites. II thos
hospital buildings should be erecte,
Immediately they would be insufficient
to properly care for all the disable,
- ex-service men, some of whom ar
= located at what are known as un
satisfactory beds located in state an
county institutions, as we'll as privat
and contract hospitals. We baske
a -
"a war in regard to preparedness and tn
: great bulk OF the American peopI
= nave not yet learned the lesson fror
" Americas participation in the Wal
N particularly in regard 10 the prob
"a lens affecting the disabled. Let I,
n consider our casualty list. which total
~ ed approximately 800, 900 killed c
IA wounded. The average number r
,e persons in each family is five and h
,s multiplying we find that one and a ba
g to two million people had boys in thej
q FAMILIES who Were killed or wounde.
n ihis Is plain problem in rnathematic
a ana 100000, as compared 10 our tota
population OF 1l0,000,oo0, explains i
Is part a certain indifference towards ~,
lie wounded men. Let US look al o.,
is aiiies' France. having killed 1900 90
e. with S'VVo,o00 manned or wounded. w
readily see from these figures ths
n. there was not a family in France tha
.e escaped, and the case In Great Britai
It and Italy is practically the same. Will
lie little Serbia lost almost half of he
Ie entire population in killed. Publ
opinion controls Congress, and II pur
= Tic opinion will become aroused il wi
not be necessary for the disable
saviors of our land to fight the go,
ernment and its bureaus for what the
so richly and justly deserve. by sent
l. ment as we'll as by law"
Committees Named.
Committees were appointed as 70
lows
Credentials-H. B. Cohee, A J.
= Regain. H. c. McSherry.
Rules. p. lie Fevre. II. C. Roe,
L. Pyle.
Resolutions-Wm Berl. Jr.. L
Richard Spahr of Middletown, <. 81
be vester, II. B. Van Solver, w. E. Ia
ey lor.
lie Mrs. Speakman was called on at &
u morning session to give a report
ne the Auxiliary State Department. s
40 reminded the members that the wo
n of the American Legion is just b
pi ginning and asked all the men
an urge their wives daughters. mothe
and sisters TO join auxiliaries. S
" closed by saying that she will r
a. be satisfied until the Delaware Au
~ Hilary is not last, but first.
Dol Women's Auxiliary.
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