, 1922-07-25

for good-they realize our ~responzibn-
Ity. We must bring that home &c
every man who served with Us that
We may carry out what the nation ex-
pscts OF US
Agencies.
You can't pick up = newspaper in
this country without reading some
thing about tho legion Our Jews
service Is doing q great n ever in,
creasing work-articles in magazines
legion sections in your local paper.
These are all duo 20 an organized con-
cerned effort and the work OF many
skilled men whose hearts are in what
they + doing. National. state and
post publicity officers-they are max
Ing the legion known to everyone in
America II his news service Is not
reaching you or your paper. write to
US about IL.
The film service supplying depart
ments and posts with movies Of highly
patriotic character. stories depicting
tho problems before the service men.
disabled propaganda. stories which
VIII keep our country American-le-
gion news reeis-aii these things are
spreading the good gospel as well as
making money for the posts. the states
and national headquarters. And this
whole servioe is financing Itself be-
coming bigger and better in its scope
every day.
And asst but certainly not least
tho weekly-your paper. It has been
our endeavor this year TO bring Il
closer to the legion. You viii not find
the general interest matter which was
there before. It has been n rule that
there must be a tie in and close one
with things with which we are en-.
~deavoring to do. You get Il for a sent
and a half a copy including postage.
II is quoted all over America We
are going to make IL second TO nc
publication in the country. You real.
lie. I believe that Il is hard to please
a million men all with different tantes
and different ideas. but you will agree
1 believe 2hat II is going strong. Let
me repeat II Is yours. Take an inter
est In IL. help us make Il a real mouth
piece Of h organization. We cannot
mako n newspaper of It. A
strange to say. costs n great deal
more. but your state at least should
have It's own 1t al carry all your
state bulletins and information and IL
VIII not stop with tho post officers.
every member viii become d. moro in.
terested one. II will do more TO build
the legion in your state thar almost
any other agency. Every state that
has started Its own paper is running
ahead OF its last years membership.
You viii be interested to know that
eleven states have already more mem.
bers than they had at the close of last
year which argurs well for the future
of tho legion.
Finale.
After all we have a spirit IN this
American Legion which cannot be
equalled in any organization in Amer
lea I wish you could have all seen
the last national convention at Kan.
sas CITY. 1t was h greatest patriotic
revival America has ever seen. We
$4,000 men registered Tiers and
at that many Of us never had time.
Tie streets were so thick with men in
uniform. with bands, drum CORPS, with
wi auxiliary and everyone else that
traffic was abandoned even before the
convention began. In the LOBBY Of the
main hotels where headquarters was
established there WINS such a lam OF
people that IL o were caught in Il
you couldn't escape until they took
you by another door. Men trying to
pay their hotel bills would get their
money In h cashiers window. but
would be 20 or 80 eet away before the
change appeared and quite naturalIv
they complained and 80 some huge
policemen. a couple dozen Of them
were sent down to form a sousre
around that window, and they held IL
as best they could swayinr back ana
forth with the crowd forming a nreat
puiwark there in tho center of the
lobby. Late In the afternoon after the
big parade in entrance marched
a very much disheveled ltttIe bucL
private in uniform. eyes nearly closed
from lack OF sleep. overseas cap over
one aye. but very evidently bound for
Right behind him came
a big splendid colonel, shiny
oooes' a of a uniform, ribbons
across his chest. iron gray hair and
a barracks cap. His eyes
were rgnt on the back OF the bucks
neck He was right with him. They
ran MP gains all tho policemen, re-
coiied n couple of times and then h
DUCK opened his eyes up wide-looked
around to see II his army with with
MIN. got up on his toes and sounded
off-you could have heard him for
iocksEMak way for a buck and his
orderly
You can't stop an outfit with a
spirit like that,and that Is the Amer.
can legion All for one, one for all
ana best for country