The New York herald., 1922-07-06
Col. MacNider on the Plat
form With President
Makes Address.
PERSHING rs APPLAUDED
Presidential Party Reviews a
Pageant Staged by Citi-
zens of Ohio Town.

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States for the next fifty years rested
in their hands.
The President, with Gen. Pershing
reviewed the Legion posts from eighty
eight counties in Ohio in parade and
pageant that was a big feature OF
Marion's centennial! celebration. Han
ford MacNider, national commander Of
the Legion. was on the reviewing
stand with him.
Though every speaker that preceded
and followed the President was an
off1cer Of the Legion, the soldier bonus
was not mentioned. The President
made no reference to tho subject
Every speaker, however. told Of the
necessity OF putting forward every
possible effort for the MANNED, the i'll
and those who needed assistance.
| With one accord the speakers stressed
the Legion creed and the necessity for
law and order and support for the Con-
stitution and copsttutional government
and the suppression Of all forms OF
violence.
The Presidents speech.
Brig. Gen. John r. Mc0uggs. former
State commander Of the Legion in Ohio.
| was talking when the President and his
party arrived. He in particular empha.
sized the part the Legion must play in
guarding the future of the republic, and
"You have rather taken me off my
feet. ! only came as spectator. hoping
that my presence would convey to you
my very cordial greetings. ! am not
going to complain about it. There is
no complaint In my heart. l feel that
/ have even come unlimited, because
somehow or other you don't invite the
President to all the features of your pro-
gram. and l just trailed in with your
commander in chief because / wanted to
have the pleasure Of looking into your
faces. 1 have been. compensated thrice
over by sitting here and listening to the
splendid address just delivered by Gen.
McQuiggs
$50 long as the American Legion Is
consecrated to the preservation of the
Constitution and the maintenance Of law
and order in this republic the United
States of America is eyerlastngly Sc
cure. Another thing the General said
1 l must elaborate. on for just a sentence
and then ! shall have DONE He said
your program was one Of the future.
Have you ever stopped to think.
young men. Of the wonderful part the
Grand Army of the Republic has played
| in fifty years of American progress +?
The veterans OF the civil war once they
organized entered into the social. the
political. the business, the moral life of
| this great republic.
Greater Responsibilities Now.
There was not anything that hap
| pened for fifty years that did not have
tie sanction Of the conscience of the
/ Grand Army Of the Republic. SO, men,
Jou are charged with a greater respon-
s'bility now than you were charged with
on the battlefront in France, because
in your hands is the destiny of the next
half century Of the United states of
America and I have no hesitancy in
raying to you ! think It Is In good
hands. because II you will serve with
conscience and your capacity and witt,
the same devotion and conservation
with which you defended the flag in
France | know this will be construc-
tive and forward contribution to the
good and tho welfare of our United
States of America.
Il am happy to greet you. like.
as Marionite, to see that the visiting
members of the Legion have come to
Join US In our centennial. 1t gives me
the opportunity to speak to the Legion
or Ohio and to give you my greetings
In an official capacity and to wish you
the best INIT can come TO men who have
offered all on the altar Of their country
The Legionaires raised the roof
when Gen. PerEhing was presented. The
General said the Legion creed could be
endorsed by every citizen and II lived
up to the present generation would sus-
tain the highest standard In government,
OF any generation in history.
And" he continued. II am Just as
sure that you will do II as I was sure
when | ordered you into the Argonne
that you would bring victory to the
allied cause"
Col. MacNider Responds.
Eddie Rickenbacker. who had flown
TO Marion from Detroit TO address the
reunion. was. the next speaker. He hac
just about closed when an airplane ap.
peared. and the gang shouted go gel
him, Eddie" IL was the plane to take
Rickenhacker back to Detroit He was
cheered as he shook hands with the
Presidential party and left. He flew
back over the field as the President wa,
leaving. getting another cheer
National Commander MacNider spok,
for the American Legion and told how
1t was keeping the men who fought tn,
war shoulder TO shoulder to help NEE
the problems and the trials Of peace.
Tonight the President with Mrs
Harding, Gen. Pershing. Secretary ant
Mrs. Christian. Gen. Dawes. Brig. Gen
and Mrs. G. r. Sawyer. Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty and others. including
the Presidents father and sister. wer,
spectators at pageant on the Fai
Grounds depicting the history Of Marion
II was written and staged entirely b,
local people. There were five hundred
In the cast. and the pageant lines wer,
written by Eleanor NJ Frseiand, a neA
door neighbor TO the Hardings In Marion
Miss Muriel Freeland reclted an ode I,
Marion, written by her mother. Mrs. J
w, Freeland.
The Fair Grounds race course was th
stage. and entrances had been contrivet
through trees and shrubbery along th
: fence. making an effective setting II
front of the grand stand. This function
concluded the centennial program.
The afternoon parade and pagean
we're reviewed by the Presidential part.