The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-05-04
LEGION
WEEKLY LETTER

Where organized labor stands re-
garding the payment of a bonus has
been expressed by Samuel Gompers,
president Of the. American Federation
OF Labor, in an address before tie
i Connecticut state federation at New
Haven. President Gompers strongly
favors the American Legion's adiugt-
ed compensation measure, and said ss
"The American Federation of Labor
believes that the men who risked their
lives, gave up their jobs and are now.
out of work shuld be compensated.
Business would be revived and ali
enormous amount of money put into
circulation, while the public at large
would be affected financially very lit
tie if Congress passed just taxation
! act" n sa@% n :@..
"Keel re robbair" will be a brand
new French battle-cry this summer,
for Paris reports that the French
capitol is to be treated to league base
ball, a la Americaine, box scores and
all. = r-"+"
Four teams, two made up of Yankee
war veterans and two selected from
French athletic clubs, will make up
the league which the American Legion
in Paris is forming. The Legionnaires
also will instruct in the proper throw
ing of pop bottles.
Games will be played, starting May
20, on the Bagatelle grounds in the
Bois de Boulogne. 8
EX-servlce men of the House Rep
resentatives are determined to inyes-
tigate the alleged illegal fraudulent
transactions of the War and Navy de-
partment and to see that prosecutions
are Waged to bring to justice these
individuals who by technical means or
otherwise defrauded the government
OF huge sums of money during and
after the close of the war;" says an
announcement made at Washington
by the legislative committee of the
American Legion. Two House commit
tees have been appointed to investi-
gate all contracts and expenditures
made by the two department.
The. Distinguished service order of
the American Legion has been con-
ferred on Marshal Joffre of France,
by Hanford MacNider, commander,
In Washington. The highest Legion
decoration has been awarded only four,
other persons, one of them Marshal
Foch.
On one of their regular tours of
Boston hospitals members of the
American Legion and the Harvard
glee club stopped at the bed of sob
dier who was dying. The question Of
whether or not the co1legians should
sing was answered by the veteran:
Sure, it will be happy memory to
carry across with me-"
About month ago 40 st. Louis
men bought pages of newspaper adj
vertlsing to announce their opposition
to adjusted compensation, adding that
they We're world war veterans. Mis-
souri, is paying a state war bonus,
however, and the American Legions
distributing bonus application blanks,
found that these men were among the
first to apply for the state compensa-
ton.
Ii Seattle young men become sea-
sick at club meetings, thep will have
an honest alibi. An American Legion
post has bought one of the u. s.
shipping boards wooden hulls, moored
1t to a dock and will use it as Legion
clubhouse.
One of the most novel stunts IN tur-
isprudence took place ut mock trial
conducted by the American Legion at
Birmingham, Ala, and presided over
by Judge 81. B. Alternately, nationally
knoWn jurist, to instruct new citizens.
The talesmen were six service men,
none Of whom spoke English and six
Birmingham girls. @.s e 81 .... 5
q woman in Tennessee who saw
Marshal Foch while he was touring
the United States under the auspices
Of the American Legion, has written
the marshal asking him ID send her
one of his worn out shirts. he wants
TO make an apron, she declares, and
would like 70 have 1t Autographed.
Even the movie starts know how u \
feelsthe American Legion Of Mime
apolis, Mimi, reports. ]. Warren Ker-