Grand Forks herald., 1922-06-02
TO COMPLETE !
ORGANIZATION
AT DEVnSLAKE
Temporary Organization Of
40 Hon,rnes ct 8 Cheveaux
Formed Here.

AT the COnvent100 0eld In Grano
! Forks Thursday Of the 40 Honmes ct
(. 5 Cheveaux Of North Dakota it was
! hoped that the orga anization oe-o state
| unit would be completed. but it was
| decided to call another session at the
| close OF the state convention of the
f! American Legion to be held in Devils
! Lake the latter part OF this month,
} at which time the formation of u
/ state organization would be corrlet-
J cd
/: At the sessions here Thursday
! committee was named ec draw Ge
/ y constitution and eS-sSw> 20 BE S>s-
/ sencej for adoption st esSc tsns,
! Joe Exhiacv>ch, &SSGtSGe 81 sSe
! Grand Fucks Fcss Nc 5 % the Aaess>
) icas LeSicr, wSS chosen ess @cS cssss-
porarS grand chef Ss SS-e o. ee>s-
: dent ot the temporary state e-gSRl.s-
zion CT the +e Ee=orss * SAe~sGx.
CeGl Sic6er az Park River vas SAss-
; Three e1sca.1~s cSlaCsISeS1eeG -
work with the Two ~xreeS eSseeG>
veee selected TO PscS EsASeS cs ~
: er,cnteS and make Sr-aa<e-ears tee
the convention to Be held "a Devils
Lake On June - Kchese E:l ct
Dickinson, ". L Johns es LSn<sca
and W. A Williamson Of FArEe vii
make up this committee The csca<s-
; tuition and bylaws committee IS ecza-
dahl Of Park River and WSaseE
Schiosser Of Grand Forks
/ e ]. Evers- national head q ,aa
organization of the Organization vii
tee invited to attend the Devils IA&s
fconventloa,
{ Over a hundred Le<sonn2i.es AZ
$ tended the dinner a, s:ls held IN shs
: Commercial club rooms Rep1e>ea
4 ,a,ives from, Fargo. LAnsdoa- Eacs
: Northwood and many other posts i
z the district. were present Col. J. 4
Nef. acting chief Of s,ad OF the ssh
n Division. was the chief speaker talk
ing on the organized reserve and "a
6 donal defense policy. The colone
made it plain that one thing ,ha
hurt the United States army mc7
= than anything else during the Ia,
iwar was inefficient officers He sal
act was passed the county never hS
a military policy and THAI it we ha
=, !had the 100000 reserve army an
Is 10000 officers which the &C, provide
u for, Wilson and Bryan would hav
.e had something to back up their note
- with in 1915 and 1916.
~ The speaker said that no man hate
war like the military man. He
the one that has been through it a
q and knows its horrors. but wnen b
:, :prays for preparedness opponents sa
=. that he is a militarist. which is II
r, exactly opposite of what he is.
III /. Col. John Frame, who was con
c. mander of the 164th Infantry duriz
% the late war, spoke briefly. receivir
oI a great ovation from the form
ke service men. The colonel paved t,
.st way for the remarks of Col. Ne
to saying that spirit could not make 6
tarmy any more than putting a ur
,r- form on man made soldier o
Of hof him. He said that what count
vs. lin an army was intelligence. whi'
I'm would come with an organized r
in serve. The speaker closed by sayil
rs; that in case of war. fighting was n
err sthe only thing that would save
set icountry; it must be fighting pl'
es, common sense.
eai Major A. E. Brown. commandant
the University of North Dakota r.
T. c., spoke briefly of the part t
student officers reserve corps play
in the organized reserve policy of t
country.
Several of the visiting Legionnai,
.PG were called on during the evening.
Following the dinner the initiati
fof large class of candidates ii
A.. l4O Hommes ct Cheveaux took pla
OF Eat the Orpheum hall.
law ( Because of the fact that most
rch the delegates Of the posts to the d
in ,trict meeting which was to have be
M nefo 0ur1ns 1ne ods oio Hot arrive
lit til late in the afternoon. it was imp
- Qhlo IN hold the meet aS scheduled