Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-07-15
AMERICAN
ALEGiONl'


INDIANAPOLIS. IND. July 15.--
The s. 5. president Pierce" will
carry zoo members of the American
Legion and the Legion Auxiliary to
! france, sailing from New York, Aug
ust o. The party OF former service
men, their wives. sisters and mothers
VIII tour France, England and Bel
GUM. returning September s, via
montreal. A few receptions and pub
lie affairs have been arranged in the
chief cities to be visited but these Will
not In any way interfere with the per-
sonal business or pleasure OF any
member OF the party Detailed in
formation concerning the trip may be
obtained from Second Annual Euro
Ipean Pilgrimage" care The American
Legion Weekly. GIT w. 43rd street
New York City.
! ALBANY. N. Y, July 15.-Only 81
500 of the 5000 world war veterans
believed to be eligible for aid have
Iapplied for 1t under the recently
passed New York State law, which
sets aside 100000 for disabled and
unemployed veterans. The State
authorities have asked the American
Legion to bring the act to the attenl
ton OF its members in order that az
many needy men as possible may
benefit. egf
WASHINGTON. d. c., July 15.-Del
claring his claim for disability was
disregarded by the U. S. veteranS
Bureau, Garland E. Carr, colored
world war veteran at Washington, ID
C., bored hole through wall OF the
building in which the Washington
bureau is housed, stuffed paper into
the room and then touched a match
to 1t. He wanted to destroy the
bureaus records. he said He is be.
ing held for mental examination.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. July 15.-For
the first time since the United States
declared war, the flag of the German
Republic was displayed from the Cert
man Embassy at Washington, July A,
OMAHA, NEB, July 15.-Forty. Ne
braska world war veterans, decorated
by the American and Allied govern
ments for extraordinary heroism, will
be the guests Of honor at the conven-
ton of the State American Legion
posts to be held in York, Neb., Sep
TENDER 1920. 1
ST. PAUL, MINI, July 15.-Dis-
abled world war veterans who have
taken up homesteads on a 3,500-acre
tract Of land in Minnesota have re-
fused to accept the governments sug-
gestion that the various plots be
named for the great battles OF the
war. Our wounds and ailments are
sufficient to remind us of our expert
ences," they say.
NEW YORK CITY, July 15.-Under
modification of the New York Vet
Grams Relief Act. dependents of dis
abled ex-seryice men in hospitals are
eligible to SIS a month benefit IL the
veteran is being maintained in the
hospital by the government
NEW ORLEANS. LA. July 15.-
Several thousand Iowa Legionnaires
will come to the National American
Legion convention next October in
five special trains. according to a
representative of the Iowa depart
ment, who visited New Orleans to
make arrangements for parking fifty
seven Pullman cars IN which the
Iowans will live while in the SOUTH
ern city. ssa
PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 49,
Former service, men in Pennsylvania
have received $4,000 in claims from
the government during the last month
through the efforts of the Pennsyl-
vania American Legion.
NEW YORK CITY, July 15.-A
special board OF inquiry has pro-
claimed Julian N. .Stahischmidt a
hero. He was killed when he tried to
stop a runaway tank during the
American Legions Memorial Day
parade in New York. A medal in rec
ognition of his valor has been pre-
scented to his mother.
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| PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 15.-A
hero of the world war. five times
wounded at Chateau-Thierry, but
without work and with no prospect of
government Compensation. to which
he was entitled. Daniel Webster, of
Philadelphia, Pa. committed suicide
and would have been buried in a pot
ter's field had not the American Le-