The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-31
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AMERICAN LEGION NOTES.
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Recently the post of the American
Legion in Mobile proposed to confer
honorary membership upon EX-Judge
Lands. But Judge Lands declined
election to membership on the ground
that no man who had not worn the
uniform in the war should be entitled
to membership in the legion. He then
added, "The American legion is the
only thing IL the world that l ever
wanted to join and the one thing ]
can not join
A young man was heard to remark
on the street in Newoerry recently,
81 wish Uncle Sam would get into
another fracas just long enough for
me to become eligible to wear one
of those buttons" referring to Le-
gion button. Uncle Sam would not
accept him when the World war was
going on. He was too young.
Members of the American Legion,
wear your Legion button. 1t is
badge of honor. Just anybody can't
wear one. Only those who served
honorably in the World war and have
ioined the American Legion can wear
them. If you are member of the
Legion YOU can get button at the
New Book store. If you see strang-
er in town wearing a Legion button
speak to him. That button should be
sufficient introduction.
There are still quite few eX-ser-
vice men in the community who have
not aligned themselves with the Le-
gion. And there are too many men,
bers of the post who are not in good
standing through having failed to pay
dues for this year. You ask why the
American Legion? What has it done?
If it had nothing else to its credit
save the legislation it has secured for
the disabled its existence would have
proved worth while. From the date
of its organization it has made the
care of the disabled it's first duty.
Some of the legislation secured for
the disabled include the Sweet bill.
raising compensation; the Darrow
bill, raising Vocational training pay;
the first Langley bill, making hospl-
tai building appropriation; the Sec
ond Sweet bill, consolidating and de-
centralizing the Veterans bureau,
and various other benefits for the dis
abled. The light of the local post has
not been hid under a bushel. You
can readily recall to mind some Of its
accomplishments in the community.
Now may l ask you who have not at
filiated with the legion, what have
YOU done, first of all, for your dis
abled buddies, and second, the COM
munity in which you live? We need
YOU in our post. 'In union there is
STRENGTH is as true today as it has
always been.
Then, too, it may be that you are
deprivirg some good lady from eligl-
bility to membership in the auxiliary
to our post. In order to be eligible
to membership in the auxiliary the
relative through whom the appllca-
ton is made must be a member IN
good standing in the American le-
zion. In the membership drive put
on recently by the auxiliary the teams
were greatly handicapped because OF
the number of ex-service men who ell
ther had not joined the legion, or at
the present time were not IN good
standing. Fellows, let's give the Ia
dies a fair chance. They are our
best friends.
The army transport, Cambria, with
the final shipment of overseas dead
was due to reach New York on March
3Oth. The war department states
there are 1,203 flag draped coffins on
the Cambria. This brings the total
number of dead returned from over
seas for burial here up to As, ~.
The number to remain overseas IS
31.366. of which 80 have been shipped
to foreign countries other than hose
in which they died. Of the to al of
1929 bodies which have been re-
turned to the United States on Dec
81, 1921, 1910 were buried in prl-
vate cemeteries and 5,718 in national
cemeteries. The bodies Of Ernest
Longshore and Haskell Cromer, two
Newoerry county boys, were buried
in Arlington national cemetery.
Regular meeting Of the post Mon
dav, April 3rd, at 1880. Come out
and ioin US. Our last meeting was
"corker." Indications are that there
Ill l>o ron,o+binU doirr Monday