The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24
AMERICAN
\LEGION)


attend the American legion national
convention in New Orleans, October
16 to 81, may obtain a bunk" for
$3.50 a day, as a result of an agree
ment between representatives of seven
leading hotels and T. Sommes Walms-
ley. chairman, and other convention
officials.
The hotel men lave consented to
establish rate of $3.50 for rooms
without baths and $3.50 with baths.
This rate is based on a minimum of
three persons to the room. If the
service man prefers to dwell in soli-
tary grandeur he will pay $3.50 or
$3.50, dependent upon whether his
room is equipped with a bath.
All reservations for hotel rooms
during the five days of the convention
will be made thru the forty-e eight
legion state adjutants who will for
ward the reservations to the hotels
and housing committee of the conven-
ton.
Some of the most famous hostelries
in the South are a party to the agree
ments for reduction in rates
The national executive committee of
the American Legion auxiliary in ses-
sion at Indianapolis. Ind, on June 8.
took action providing for the estab-
liShment of a national hospital fund.
A national committee will have charge
of this money and it will be used for
hospital relief and welfare work in
the western states where the hospital
situation is very acute.
World war veterans suffering from
tuberculosis are being sent from vari-
Gus parts of the country to Colorado,
Arizona, New Mexico, and California,
with the result that hospitals there
are overcrowed. Nanona! headquar-
tiers reports = 900 tubercular veterans
in Colorado alone, and only per cent
of that number having entered the
war service from that state.
Several states have already made
voluntary contributions of 500 each
to this fund The Dodge City auxil-
larry has given sos, that being the
largest amount yet contributed by any
unit or individual.
bachelor units of the American Lee
gion. by the organization of Legion
auxiliary units, is in full swing. Eleven
bachelor posts have disappeared
since the state convention of the
auxiliary in April and indications are
that practically all of the 121 Legion
posts which are still without auxiliary
units, will have them when the aux
iliary's statewide membership cam
paign closes July 3, declares Miss
Emma Hadorn, state secretary, in the
first report on the progress of the
membership drive. Miss Hadorn re-
ports the membership has now
reached 10000. The goal set for the
The awards in the4nembership cam
paign. as announced recent follow:
1. Banner to unit chartered prior
to January 1, 1922, having the largest
membership at close of contest; 2.
Banner to unit organized since jan
uary 1, having the largest member
ship: 3. Banner to unit having highest
membership percentage, based upon
membership of corresponding Legion
posts. and i. Banner to unit enrolling
the largest number of gold star mem
bers.
In the first award. the Wichita
unit is leading the field, followed by
Girard; in the second, Kiowa stands
first, having increased it's membership
more than 500 per cent in % days;
Bel1eville stands second. No attempt
has been made to tabulate the stand
ings in the third award, but this will
be announced in a few days. In the
fourth award, Arkansas City is run
ming first, and Newton second.
The new units that have been or
ganized recently include: Mound VAL
ley, Cuba. Medicine Lodge, Johnson,
Colby, Hanover. Waverly. Golf. juno
ton City (colored). Garfield and
Usage City.
'aThe membership campaign is pro-
crossing in a highly successful man
ner" State Secretary Hadorn said. "A
large majority of the z46 units in the
state are taking hold of the campaign
in real earnest and the next two
weeks should see greatest ACTIVITY anu
success of the campaign"
The Dodge City unit of the auxiliary
is doing its share in local activities
One of the important works being
carried on is the care of needy families
in the community The unit recently
contributed s25 to the department
hospital fund, make 500 peoples and
sold all of these on Memorial day.
Funds for the local unit are raised by
food sales, refreshment stands, etc
The Legion auxiliary unit at Pitts
burg has the distinction of maintain
ing an employment bureau, as means