Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-03-17


in their communities was adopted
The committee recommended aid OF
all posts for the decoration of graves
of veterans overseas on Memorial
day and recommended further that
all posts participate in the sale of red
poppies on the week preceding Me-
mortal day, to be worn by every pa
triotic citizen in honor of the sol
dier dead.
A committee on the United States
veterans bureau and state service
division recommended that all posts
not having a service officer appoint
one. and that all matters on behalf
OF veterans entitled to government
aid be taken up through Fred Mast,
state service officer Dewitt NJ.
| Evans, commander of Edward B.
Rhodes post, Tacoma, chairman of
the committee, declared that instant
and expert service is offered through
the state service division, and that
! better results are obtained by the
division than through Independent
/ work OF post officials.
A committee also recommended
that tuberculosis hospital for vet
Grams be opened at the earliest pos
sible date at Walla Walla. This hos
/ pital is now being fitted for treat
ment of tubercuiar cases. L. c. Jes-
! seph, director of the veterans bu-
reau for the Northwest, stated that
the greatest need in care of veterans
in this district at this time is a tu-
berculosis hospital.
Commander Evans, in a supple
mentary talk, told of his recent in
ton hospital for the insane at Steil-
accom-, together with representatives
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
Disabled Veterans of the World War
He said he had received letter tell
ing him how former service men
committed to the asylum were
chained to their beds and mistreated
after horrors of war overseas. He
said that the only instance of vio-
lence he could find at Steilacoom
after detailed investigation was of
a man who had attacked a guard
with an iron bar, the guard subduing
/ him in self defnse. Commander
Evans declared Steilacoom to be all
that can be expected of a state in
stitution, that rs per cent of the vet
Grams go to movies once a week, that
dances are held every two weeks and
In a talk on the work of the vet
Grams bureau, Director Joseph said
there are 5000 men in training now
in the Northwest district, the highest
percentage being rehabilitated of any
district in the United States, COM
pared to the total of veterans. He
also said that the policy of the bu-
reau lis never to wait for man to
prove disability before admitting him
to a hospital If the man is a vet
eran and needs treatment, he is first
placed in a hospital, and then may
begin efforts to prove his claim that |
his disability arose from service.
The report of a committee on post |
activities recommended that the
Legion posts should insist on a |
proper respect for the American flag, ,
being courteous, however, in this
function. This work was recommend
ed especially in the case of ignorant |
and foreign born residents. A gen
eral plan of monthly meetings, in
Guiding meetings open to citizens of
each community. was recommended |
and adopted.
Adoption of a yearly calendar of |
events, prepared in advance, was
adopted for posts of the state. The
keynote of the committee report was
that everything said or done must |
be in behalf of more service to the
community and veterans, more mem
bers and a greater and better Legion.
The committee on post records and |
routine recommended that adjutants |
of posts handling funds be bonded.
Recommendations were made with |
regard to prescribed forms of keep
ing post records and data
The morning session of the con-
ference was occupied largely by adj |
dresses, the first one being that of |
the state commander, c. D. Cunning |
ham of Centralia, who outlined the
purpose of the conference j. G. |
Scrugham, former national vice COM |
mander, of Carson City, New, repre-
senting National Commander McNi- |
der at the conference, addressed the