The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-22

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= Rock l11nnA last night
hicaeo, ma axrangensnts for,
1nfe conventbou Of the Illi-1
oopartmeat of the American
= Which VIII open officially
W l1eaday were given additional
: expect Z rscord-breaking
l|1 tjntion," Commander Rosen-
1 niA. II was assured yester-
& - Chicago BY members Of the
S6ffous POSTS there. that = delega-
- u several hundred will arrive
- IIock Island tomorrow. Legion
pR wherever ! have been tell me
I - are coming, and It would not
|xngp81se me X our estimate Of the
oauce would be exceeded"
Sktonnairss from Chicago viii
\ - 70 TIE couyeat1on Sunday In
II nStejal train over the Milwaukee
- The train win also Be At
~ ssrvice for the return trip.
4 Doloestss will leave Chicago at 3
oteSoek Sunday morning. and will
soexivp IN Rock Island at 1850 O'Clock
r. ~ afternoon. The train VIII
eo11eGk Of . baggage car. coach.
tnroe parlor cars and an observa-
~ ar.
o. the return trip the train will
1osvo here 1t z o'clock Tuesday ev-
eaiaG, to arrive in Chicago at 1880.
II Chicago party wfll number at
49, IFS. Stops will be made at
Wgin and Davis Junction, connec-
~ points for other roads.
pro-convention arrivals today in
elu6o Major L. p. Owen. Spring
fJe1d and BENJAMIN s. Rhodes. state
cokrespondsnt for the Forty and
\ ElgH3" State Adjutant W. Q. Set
3 ma received q telegram this morn
Ing eating that the post at Dixon.
H., would be represented By Z
largo delegation and its band
~ ard 9 Active
N. Sstliffe. Paul r. Preston
/ chiel Of the Forty and Eight" or
Z n1nihntion in Rock Island, and
! HuMibsr OF other members Of the 80
Heisey whose official title is Ia So
l'tjetT sDes 40 Hommes ct s Che.
wax" conferred at noon in the
/ Moline Chamber of Commerce with
ex-sesvice men who are to join or
ganhation Monday night. Cere
mon6es of initiation are to be s:aget
BY the "wrecking crew" from
Bloomington in the Elks lodg'
rooms.
On a rapidly increasing number
Of American Legion lapel buttons
there IL appearing an. underslun!
tab bearing the mystic numerals
"40-3." Virtually every large pos
/ OF The legion in the United State
/ has "voiture Of La Societe de-
L Qudfante Hommes ct HUT Che
vauk." It II the playground Of th
II 1egion. and corresponds in ia
shion to the degree OF Mystic Shrin
in Masonry. and its announced de
sign 10 to gather into one body tn
Il men u the legion who are willin
Il to continue their service t
u their country and their comrade
II In time of peace. Hanford MacNid
Il er, national legion commander,
II q ''yoyageur" and virtually all G
III the national officers are member
Ii There are 202 voitures in the Unite
II States.
~ Strictly translated. the society
\ title means 1.-THE Society Of tn
FORTY Horses and Eight Men
h The:insignia Of the order is the DO,
HI car of French railways which dul
n ing the war was marked 40 me
or eight horses" In the experient
n Of the A. Il. r., the capacity W;
u und&restimated. FREQUENTLY IL
cars carried both men and horse
Il ButSit was better than hiking ov'
muddy French roads.
Il Members Of the order are know
by the generic term, "voyageu
militAire." or military traveller
n Candidates are PRISONERS .
gusfre" or poor goofs." 1t ca
\ be translated as one pleases.
"A Officers arc designated by tern
uss4 about the railroad stations
\ trapce.
The society was originated
Joseph w. Breen, Philadelphia,
\ March, 1890. and at that time ",
. one-post proposition. 1t recei
Il Cd ~ start nationally at subseQuel
CONVENTIONS, and 1t Is estimat,
that Its future national gathering
VILE rank In importance with Il
conferences Of the parent organic
tom
1lssningtsa Brings Band.
Blpomington's famous "Forty al
Eight" band OF 81 pieces, the fir
band to be organised by the organ
sati6n in the United States, is d,
In nDck Island Sunday evening
3 O'Clock.
T1eir uniforms are patterns
after the blue DEVILS" a Frene
military organization belonging
the Alpine division which took pa
n solne Of the greatest battles Of Il
4 Word war. Bernard Strongman
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