Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-17

so let the post ColillIiailuS 'oi 'AS 90
vice officer of Mech Stewart Post
know about them. State Commander
Iumpkin wrote the service officer the
other day that he is. ready 20 send
representative from the Veterans Bu-
reau to York county any time there
were cases of ex-soldicrs in need OF
help.
From Adiutant Sawyer.
Ben NJ. Sawyer of Columbia, ad-
iutant Of the South Carolina. Depart
ment of the American Legion writes
the past commander of Mech Stewart
Post: "This is to acknowledge and
thank you for' yours of January IL
sending us tie list of newly elected Of
ficcrs of Mech Stewart Post together
with copy of your annual report as
post commander. Your report speaks
for itself. Your administration was
q success and 1 congratulate you upon
the successful activities conducted un-
der your leadership"
Newspapers and Magazines.
Said a member of Mech Stewart
Post the other day: Il wish the of
ficers Of the post would subscribe for
q few newspapers and magazines for
the club rooms. The club does not
get single daily newspaper and the
only magazines seen there are those
that are brought up by members. We
shnnld boye> more 70 read - .....'..
Fort Mill Interested in Bonus.
Fort Mill Times: World war veter-
ans in the Fort Mill community are
watching the progress of the proposed
bonus legislation now being considered
by committee Of congress. Should
the bonus bin which it is thought win
be introduced in the house of repre-
sertatives within the next few days be
enacted into law probably as many as
200 eX-service men who live in the
town of Fort Mill, the township out
side the town and the upper section
of Lancaster county will be benef-
ciaries of the bonus to the extent, it
is estimated, Of something like $780,
600, if the amount of compensation al
lowed the men is 81 per day for the
time they were in the service as has
been proposed. All the Fort Mill men
who were overseas with Company G.
11Sth infantry were in the service
nearly two years as were other Fort
Mill men. There were perhaps less
than score Of negro ex-service men
in the Fort Mill community
Of Interest to Veterans.
Because he had not his commitment
papers, Wallis D. Willis, disabled
soldier, was turned away from gov
ernment hospitals to wander in the
streets of Washington until overcome
by exposure. Reused by Willis's
treatment, the American Legion is
starting a vigorous investigation of
red tape evils.
Money received by the United States
from foreign countries in payment Of
debts would go TO ex-soldiers under a
bill introduced in the house. This
measure supplements the American
Legion's adjusted compensation bill.
The 1922 good deeds to unfortun-
ate buddies performed by American
Legion posts of Minnesota in 1921,
cost $4,000. The list does not include
$1,000 cases wherein hospital treat
mcnt, back pay vocational training,
and compensation were secured for
disabled men.
Slackers and draft dodgers will not
escape punishment through the opera
ton of the statue of limitations if the
house passes u bill to continue the
military status OF dcscrters. The
American Legion, supporting the
measure, urges unrelcnting Federal
warfare against slackers.
States which pay adjusted compcn-
Sation to thci" ex-service men now in
clude: Minnesota, Maine, Michigan,
Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey,
New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oregon, Rhode Island South Dakota,
Vermont, Wisconsin and Washington,
according to John Thomas Taylor,
vice chairman of the American Le-
gion's legislative committee.
Gun play between the chamber of
commerce and the American Legion
pest at Arkon Colorado, resulted in
the death of 996 rabbits, which were
distributed to needy families in Den
vcr. The shooting match benefited
farmers, who have been greatly trou-
blcd with rabbits.
Lcgionnaires throughout the coun-
try have been invited to join the Sec
Ond annual ascent of Mount Hood by
the American Legion post at Hood
River, Oregon. The eleven -thCUsand-
foot climb will be made by the party
during the summer, in continuance OF
a custom started by last years eXpedi-
ton.
Twenty hospitals in three years is