The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-07-13

Indianapolis meeting in June. The
new club corresponds with the Lee
gion's 40 Hommes ct Chevaux'
which now has local chapters all ov-
er America. For those not acquaint-
ed with French, Hommes means men,
Femmes means women, Chevaux
means horses, Chapeaux means hats.
The name Of the Legion 40 and 8"
society, of which the new Auxiliary
society is a feminine duplicate, comes
from the words Forty Horses or
Eight Men" painted on each of the
French Box Cars, in which American
doughboys toured France. Evidently
the ladies assume that French box
car would hold 40 women or 8 hats.
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You Old Home State-MinnesOta
On the front page of the Iowa Lee
gionaire is the following: "Iowa is
fighting it out with Ohio for fourth
place among the Legion departments
of America in the national member
ship race. Pennsylvania leads, New
York state is second, Illinois third,
Ohio fourth, Iowa fifth. Then comes
Massachusetts in sixth place, follow
ed by Minnesota in seventh position,
nearly 10000 behind Iowa-and the
Gophers thought they were in MEM
bership race with the Hawkeyes.
Iowa started out to race Minnesota
but left the Gophers trailing in the
dust, and is now fighting it out with
Ohiow
Buddy, do you want to see your old
home state-Minnesota showed I'M
der? Minnesota has just as many
honorably discharged great war vet
Grams as has Iowa, but they are not
upholding the honor of their home
state within the Legion in the same
volume as the Iowa Cornhuskers.
The Gopher buddies- who are in the
Minnesota Legion have the real North
Star State spirit and have built up
national reputation for leading the
Legion all over the U. S. A. They
are out to advertise and popularize
the old home, state at every oppor-
tunity and they want their wartime
buddies to get in and back them up.
So if you haven't joined the Gopher
Gang yet, now is good time to start
the formation of new squad of Co
pher Legionaires. Get out the Go
pher Legion Gang! Let's go!
Footsteps to Follow
eve Veterans of the G. A. R..
highly appreciate the sentiments OF
affection and regard which you Le-
gionaires of the great war have ex-
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worthy successors in the great work
of upholding the spirit OF patriot
ISM" writes Lewis S. Filcher, Com
mander-in- Chief of the Grand Aarmy
of the Republic, in his invitation to
Mac Nider, Legion National Com
mander, to address the Grand Army
veterans at their annual National
encampment in Des Moines next Sep
tember.
Disabled Suffer Rank Injustice
Members of the Disabled American
Veterans Association, who still are
suffering from wounds incurred in
service, have entered protest
aginst the use of their name to fight
adjusted compensation, according to
a letter received by MacNlder, nation
al Legion leader, from Robert Smyth,
Cincinnati, national staff representa-
tive of the Disabled American Veter-
ans, who says that he writes "for the
solemn purpose Of correcting a rank
injustice to the disabled" and who
charges that Certain fnanciers cor
rallied few disabled soldiers re-
Gently, brought them up before Pres
ident Harding (for which they were
probably well paid) and had their
picture taken" This photograph,
Smyth alleges, was published broad
cast with the statement that dis
abled veterans are against bonus =
The Disabled American Veterans in
their last two national conventions
indorsed adjusted compensation fol-
all veterans, and urged its immediate
enactment into law, according te
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