Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-10
American Legion

The Croce di Guerra has been
awarded posthumously to the late
Lieut.. Col. Charles WI whittlesey by
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, ac-
cording to announcement made at
headquarters of the First Army Corps
area. Col. Whittlesey was command
er of the famous Lost Battalion" in
the World War.
Fighting Journalists" an organi-
cation of newspaper men formed in
France, lis planning to meet in st.
Mississippi to the American Legion
convention in New Orleans.
To continue the employment of
American Legion liason officers in
the district offices of the Veterans
Bureau the Red Cross has again APP
propriated $4,000 to the Legion. This
sum will be sufficient to pay these Of
ficers until June 80. The idea of
having Legion liaiSon officers origi-
mated with the late Col Galbraith at
the time of passage of the Sweet Law
decentraliZinG the Veterans Bureau.
The Legion did not have sufficient
funds to employ the men, however,
SO Col. Galbraith appealed to the Red
Cross. An appropriation of $4,000
was voted, but this was exhausted
about the middle of last month.
James 3. Casey, deputy chief of
staff in Boston, is working out a plan
Of &c e.,
bands and fife and drum corps, get
ting clubs and individuals to donate
the instruments. The name of the
donor will be engraved on the instru-
ment given.
There are &c new posts under way
in Massachusetts Depa rtment. The
department commander, John L.
Macdonald, plans to give most of his
time during the next few months to
the work of completing the organiza-
ton of the posts under way and the
establishing of new posts. The de-
partment has set a goal of so posts
before the next national encampment.
Ex-Private C. d. Stuart had been
standing in line at the Dallas, Tex,
city free employment bureau for
days, hoping to get a chance at job.
and when the chance finally came he
feared he would lose out because he
didn't have cents for carfare. SO
he ran about miles and reached the
job before the other applicants ar
rived via electric traction. He got
the job as soon as ne got his breath.
1t was learned later that he had just
recently come from hospital. There
were 10 other applicants for the one
JOB as Waterman within five minutes
after Stuart reached the plant, and If
he hadn't pulled the double time stuff
he would have been out of luck. He
has wife and three children to sup
port.
A suboffice of the Veterans Bureau
has been opened in Manila. p. l., to
look after the claims of eX-service
men in the Philippines and other
parts of the Far East. The office will
be in charge of Capt. Fred Udell and
will be under the direction of the
18th district office at San Francisco.
James Robinson, of Gallipolis. who
is employed in the State bonus head
Iudl ltIS DIT olllos DIS tIIc
first of eX-service men to receive the
actual cash on his bonus check, it is
believed He was standing at the win
dow of the State treasury when it
opened at 9 o'clock the morning of
Feb. Is and received 1888 in cash
from State Treasurer Archer.
John w. Foster Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars. has been organized at
Randolph, Me, named for the only
Randolph man killed in tie World
War, Commander. w. II. Waldron.
Posts are being organized at Milli-
nocket, Augusta. Pressure Isle. Dex-
ter, Houlton, Eostport, Waterville
and Lewiston.
Col. VIM. +. Southland of Bangor
has joined as n volunteer the Com
mittee of Five Hundred o. The Amer
lean Legion which is pledged to give
its services In the building of new
Legion posts and the extension of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. The
headquarters arc at Al G. street. y. +.
Washington, Malvin Ryder, national
chief of staff.