The Coconino sun., 1922-09-01

Looking back at their happlest mo- ments while in service, an American Legion post in Washington, D. C., has abolished assembly calls and for the next few months will sound only mess call. Instead of holding regular meetings the ex-service men will hold field dinners.
 Dr. J. R. Patten, U. S. Veterans Bureau attache, has been transferred from the bureau's Burlington, Vt, office following charges of the Amer ican Legion that Patton used "hard- boiled" tactics in dealing with sick and wounded veterans who applied to him for examination. In announcing Dr. Patton's change of duty Director Charles R. Forbes, head of the bureau, stated transfer was "for the good of the service.
 So many violations of flag etiquette were brought to the attention of the Hazelton, Pa, American Legion that the organization has appointed com mittee to call and instruct the viola tors in the proper display of the flag.
 More than half of the 800 wounded veterans in Walter Reed hospital at Washington, D. C., have undergone blood transfusions. The men who volunteer for the most part are Amer ican Legion members who have ob- tained work around the hospital as ambulance drivers, clerks, special po- lice, etc. The only remuneration these veterans take for giving their blood to their comrades is a ten-day leave to recover.
 When the Oklahoma American Le- zion takes over Bartlesville for it's annual convention that city will pre- sent typical scenes in Paris. The cit izens have arranged to decorate the stores and streets so that the former service men will think themselves on the boulevards and in the shops of the French capitol. Even Bartles- ville's river will be renamed the Seine.
 The Legion at Fort McPherson, Neb., has 150 bushels of potatoes on hand which it will sell plus freight to any member of the 40-8. The pota- toes were grown on an acre of land, the work of planting and caring for the plot being done entirely by mem- bers of the post.
 A number of Richmond, Va., world war veterans have so far been unable to establish their claims for compen- sation although all are suffering from wounds or sickness due to war time service. The men have been adopted" by local unit of the Amer ican Legion auxiliary which is pro- viding them with necessities and med ical attention.
 Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, mother of Grover c. Bergdoll, Americas most famous stacker, has withdrawn her appeal from the finding of Wash ington, D. C., judge who dismissed Mrs. Bergdoll's petition asking for the return of S1,500,000 worth of prop erty seized by the alien property GUS todian. No reason was given for the The government seized the property as it was unable to as- certain what belonged to Bergdoll and what belonged to his mother.
 To fill the big gap in the wounded veterans life between the time he leaves the operating room and returns to his home, the American Legion at N. J., has opened Blessed Haven, retreat for convalescent ex- service men. The haven was built and will be maintained by one post of the Legion, Byron Penning Croker post.
 The retreat was established pri- marily to take from the hospitals those veterans who have completed their treatment but who are still too weak to return to their homes. The Croker post recuperation haven is the only one of its kind in the state. Since It's being put on an operating basis, however, other Legion posts are con- sidering similar retreats. These will De placed in the more thickly popu- ated sections in order to bring the VOunded men as near their homes ac