Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-13
Department OF Hospitaliza-
ton OF Auxiliary Eulo-
gized By Traynor In His
Speech Before Convention
Delegates.

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work done by the American Legion
Auxiliary along the lines Of hospitali-
cation and other ways of helping the
disabled veterans of the World War
was praised today by Mack v. Tray
nor, commander of the North Dakota
department, American Legion, In an
address delivered here at the annual
convention of the state auxiliary.
The work Of your organization"
Organizations for these boys while in
the hospitals, and fol-, their wives
and families keeps these boys the
same good Americans that they were
during the war. ready to- again do
their bit for. their country.
THE American Legion acted wise
w." he said, when it established the
Americana Legion Auxiliary. We were
familiar with the great work done
n the many sacrifices made by you
women during the war.
II, for one. have always commended
that the ladies who stayed at home
and worked and sacrificed while their
loved ones were fighting in France or
were in h service of our country
somewhere. suffered as much as most
of us and more than many of us, and
performed just as worthy service to
our country as did we who actually
wore the uniform Of our country. I,
is but fair to you, therefore, that the
American Legion should recognize
you and your work by the formation
of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Lauds Work Done.
Il think, however, that the Legion
had something. of q selfish viewpoint
N mind when your auxiliary vas
formed. knowing the energy and
ability of the. ladies eligible for mem
bership in the auxiliary, we we'll
knew.that this organization would bo
OF fnestimable value to the Legion in
furthering the purposes for which it
was organized. Although your Or
ganization is still in its infancy, 1t has
already, by its great work along hos
~pitalization lines, obtaining employ
ment for ex~-service and other worthy
enterprises, justified it's existence and
proved the wisdom of its founders.
Zone of your chief works during
the past year has been the establish
ing of your state organization and
the formation Of local units. The
auxiliary in his state will not be
complete until you have a unit for
every post of the Legion. And 1 want
to say to you right here, that you can
depend o n the officers of this depart
ment of the American Legion to work
with you. until that n is coon
plished. Not only should you have a
unit for every post of the Legion, but
you should work during the coming
year to at least double or triple you
membership. You have done re-
markably we'll in both these respects
during the past year but the work
should be carried on until you are
one hundred per cent organized. as
it is only then that o will reach
your maximum efficiency.
Explains Small Membership.
why is it that5wys have only about
10000, lmemnsrsao s'F:thsssssLegion and
a only Ibont 400 amnslmaRsers of. the
qualification for membership the
III highest zofs any organization in the
United States? 1t Isl based on loyal
service, to u country in time of
need. We are not like other organi-
cations where all you iced to have
is the necessary initiation fee in or
der to be admitted to membership.
Those eligible for membership in
either of our organizations should
feel that they are distinctly favored
and honored, and should be proud to
:stproclaim their memberships. This
I is the feeling that we must create.
1--WE must n}ake:&Sour members and
those eligible for membership ieel
that the American Legion and the
american Legion auxiliary come nrSL,
and that their duty to these ~organiza-
tons and their privilege of attending
their meetings should come before
all other similar duties and engage
ments. We must carry or Il cam
paign of education and publicity so
US to bring all those eligible for men,
bership into our fold. I think that
you will find the newspapers of our
state very receptive towards real
American Legion and auxiliary news.
Have your unit do real worth while
things and l do not believe that you
will have any difficulty in getting the
desired publicity. l believe that If
I,those eligible for membership who
doInot now belong really were ia
miliar with the objects of, and the
great works done by our ~organiza-
tons that we would have no difficulty
in enrolling them as members. This
campaign of education and publicity
for the purpose of increasing our
memberships should be n Of the
chief aims Of the Legion n the
auxiliary for the coming year."