The Coconino sun., 1922-07-28
AMERICAN \LEGION)

Two million American club women pledged themselves to assist the American Legion in obtaining ade-- quate hospital treatment for disabled world war veterans and to help rehab- ilitated veterans find employment through their representative at the meeting of the board of directors of the general federation of women's clubs at Chautauqua, N. Y.
 An official welcome from the French government is awaiting the delegation of American Legionnaires who will revisit the scenes of their A. E. F. activities this August, ac- cording to Ambassador Jusserand, speaking in behalf of his government. The party of Legion men and their wives win sail from New York, Aug. 5 to visit France, Belgium and Eng land.
 By unanimous vote the house of representatives has passed bill pro- posed by the American Legion to in- crease the allowance for attendants to blind and totally disabled world war veterans from $20 to $50 month.
 If torpedoes or other contraband were being carried on the Lusitania when the vessel was sunk by Ger man submarine, the fact will be known to the world, a Philadelphia concern which is organizing an expe- dition to salvage the $5,000,000 in gold known to have been on board, has told the American Legion.
 A prize of $100 will be offered to the New Orleans artist who submits the most appropriate design for poster for the annual convention of the American Legion to be held in that city, October 16-21.
 A freak pretending to be half bab- oon and half woman, giving America as her home and declaring that there are many more like her in this coun- try attracted considerable attention in a Constantinople, Turkey, street car nival, until American Legion members had the act suppressed.
 Because it was the only place he knew of where he could get food and shelter, and fighting chance to re- gain his health, he told the American Legion, Soloman Harper, disabled negro veteran of the World War, pleaded to be sentenced for a number of months to the Auburn, New York, prison. There being no charge against him, the veteran was not sentenced.
 With the prospect of winning $10,- 900 wager, Monte Smith, American Legionnaire from Dallas, Texas, is making speed in an effort to hike from Dallas to New York in 300 days.
 The flag that waved over the nat ional capitol at Washington, while the body of Americas Unknown Soldier lay in state in the rotunda, has been presented by member of the capitol guard to the Covington, Ind, post of the American Legion.
 With beef at six cents a pound and pork at five cents and fruit "yours for the asking" heavy "chow" is promised to all former A. E. F. mem- bers who will visit one Dad" Paint CT, an enthusiastic American Legion naire in Guatemala.
 Under a modification of the New York Veterans Relief Act, dependents of disabled ex-service men in hospi- tals are eligible to $15 a month ben eft if the veteran is being maintained in the hospital by the government.
 Several thousand Iowa Legionnaires will come to the national American Legion convention next October in five special trains, according to a repre- sentative of the Iowa department, who visited New Orleans to make arrange ments for parking fifty-seven Pull man cars in which the Iowans will live while in the Southern city.
 Padding down the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, two members of the American Legion post at Chilli cothe, Mo-, will travel by canoe to the Legion national convention at New Orleans, La., in October.
 The "Kid Corporal" John Shoemak- CT, of Phoenix, Arizona, has put over another knockout. This time the lad who enlisted in the army at the age of IA and served months with the A. E. F., has received presidential ap- pointment to West Point. A school boy when the world war started, Shoe maker, somehow, evaded the sharp questionings of a recruiting officer and enlisted as a member of ma chine gun company, 54th Infantry, and was with the outfit two years. His home was in New Jersey before the war. His West Point appointment followed campaign by the Phoenix hpoar;oop Ioo;op and Mainr Claude