The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-19
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Three Paris legionna.res have been
named by Alvin Owsley, national
American Legion commander, Oh
the administrative council Of the In
terallied Veterans association which
at its recent International conven-
ton In New Orleans, adopted a pro-
gram urging the establishment OF an
international court to outlaw war
and adopt measures leading toward
world peace, Cabot Ward Is past
commander OF the legions depart
ment of Continental Europe; DIR.
Edmund Gros. present commander
OF all legionnalres in Europe, OBJ
tained international recognition for
his work in the decoration OF graves
OF eX-serVice men and in the relief
OF American veterans stranded in
Europe; Arthur w. Kiplng was one
OF the founders of the American
Ambulance corps in France, fin
ished the war on the general staff
OF the A. T.. T., and has been deco
rated by six nations with orders
which include the American d. s. NJ.
and the French Legion OF Honor,
Southern states lead the legion in
recent membership increase, in pro-
portion to last year, this leadership
being attributed by legion officials
to the stimulus given the legion in
the south by the national Conven-
tion at New Orleans. Leaders were:
Georgia. 1856; Arkansas. 1879;
Louisiana, l,466; North Carolina,
1851; New Mexico, 1924.
The legion drum corps of Racine
wis, has been designated as the Of
ficlal legion drum corps by the ma
tiunal legion executive committee
and VIII be sent to the next conven-
tion In San Francisco. The corps
has been widely entertained since It's
.return home and the city considers
! that the corps popularity at New
Orleans gave the city thousands of
dollars worth OF valuable adver-
| Using.
The $40 per month pay given the
/ American doughboys during the
| World war made up only a COM
paratively small part of the billions
| OF expenditures Though America
/ had nearly five million men under
| arms, the army pay was only l3 per
| cent Of total expenditures. or every
| dollar, % cents was spent for
| ordnance and "A cents by the quar-
I N'i ilhSitL wi H0s / th'Ht Hl'h NNti'N
/ figures are shown in a series of
/ articles entitled who Got the
/ Money!" and dealing with war ex-
/ penditures which is being published
/ in the American Legion Weekly, Of
fetal legion organ.
! Here's praise OF the conduct OF
/ logiOnnaires at the convention from
/ the New Orleans Times Picayune
/ Now that the American Legion
convention OF 1922 has passed into
/ history and the leglonnaires have re-
/ turned TO their homes, Commenda-
I tion OF their conduct while here,
| may be recorded without inviting
doubt Of its sincerity The legion
| uaires MS a body earned the good
| opinions even Of those few Orlean'
| ians who because OF rumors of mis-
. doiugs at Kansas City were slightly
! preiudiccd In advance against the
| gathering. Throughout American
Legion week, good humor and good
order prevailed. The rare instances
Of minor rowdyism or ruffianfsm
| served only as exceptions going "a
prove the general rule of splendid
. behavior-and OF these exceptions
| some. perhaps the majority. were
charEeAble to local hoodlums who
| took advantage OF the legion fesgivi-
ties to misbehave IN the hope that
their otfense would be charged tC
the visitors account. or harmless;
| high links there was, OF course. a
Joyous abundance. New Orleans