The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-31
POSTS TO FNDOW
BEDS IN HOSPITAL
MEMBERS BACKING MEM.
ORAL PROJECT
Former Service Men Are Gener-
GUS In Their Support Of En-
terprise Which Is Estimated to
Cost 100000; Adjutant King
Very Much Pleased Over Pros
poets.

American Legion posts in Mime
sofa are planning to endow an in
dividual bed in the American Lee
gion Memorial hospital at Rochester
to care for their home town veter-
ans, Stafford King, state adjutant Of
the Legion, said in discussing plans
for Financing the construction OF the
half million dollar building. A high
class motion picture film soon will
be released throughout the state as
one of the means to raise funds.
The taking over by the American
Legion of Minnesota of the problem
of building a Minnesota Legion Me-
mortal hospital does not mean the
starting of a new line of endeavor
by the Minnesota Legion, Adjutant
King said, but signifies that 10000
Legionaires of the state now know
the great work their "buddies" In
Rochester carried on FOR three years
and have decided 1t is up to all Min
nesota to help carry the burden, ra-
Their than to continue to permit the
William Mccoy post of Rochester
to Bear it alone.
Cost $500, 900, Is Estimate
The memorial hospital committee,
according to Mr.. King, reported it
will cost $25O,Oo0 for each 100 bed
hospital unit, and as two 100 bel
units were authorized, the initial
building and equipment cost for. the
200 bed hospital will be 100000: II
will cost an average Of 81 to SIS a
patient to operate, or $4,000 a year,
which, IL distributed among the 500
Minnesota Legion posts would aver
age $31 post year:
Numerous suggestions were re.
ceived at state headquarters" said
Adjutant King. some suggested
endowing an individual bed, by fea Al
Gopher post, in the hospital for its
own veterans. Any post raising 81
500 can do this, or if the posts OF a
country or district desire to COM
bine funds and endow a county or
district bed, they may do so. All
Minnesota Legionaries know from
experience that the citizens of this
great state win 9 not be slow to
stand back of them in this worth
peacetime project, just as they stood
back of them in the dark days OF
the war.
Will Aid Patients
LAS patients from every state are
cared for at Rochester, the plans al
SO call for the establishment by
CdCH lCSlOh oCpdIlAASAI VI a
orial bed at a cost of $4,000, each
to bear the name of the PATIENTS.
home state and be set aside for sick
veterans from that state. About
$125, 900 is expected from this
source. Practically every one of thu
500 Gopher Legion posts and 3yi
Legion auxiliary units has vo!un-
teered to donate from 500 up. \
dozen posts sent their checks for
this amount"
One of the means for raising
funds will come to the attention 0,
the public within few weeks. 1t is
the showing, throughout Mime otA
Of high class motion pictures uale
Legion auspices, the proceeds tC
help build the> Minnesota Lei II
Memorial hospital. The first motion
picture obtained is Cardigan
play which, while full of histo ical
interest and clean and wholes s!ne
throughout; is replete with s,iT"ny
scenes of action depicting the pat.
riotism of Revolutionary war days.
a play to be enjoyed by young nd
old, by students and hustlers, Adiu-
tant Ming said. The picture L =.
was shown in Minnesota State
rights were obtained by the Mime
sofa Legion Memorial Hospital com
mitttee. Release throughout the
state is expected soon.