Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-08-24
American Legion Notes.

ton is prehapS well known to all
Legionnaires, but little known to the
public. However, should the aver
age citizen become interested in the
case of a disabled veteran who has
had difficulty in obtaining Justice he
probably will learn Of the Legion's
Washington Service Bureau, because
large proportion of the difficult
cases find their way there in the end.
A report recently made to the
Legion's National Headquarters in
Indianapolis showed in cold figures
some of the things this branch Office
of the Legion had accomplished for
the service man during the present
calender year.
These included 4,961 compensa-
ton claims adjusted, bringing back
pay to disabled veterans of $384,239,
and 279 Insurance claims paid de-
pendents of soldiers, $489,314; be-
sides miscellaneous sums, bringing
the amount paid out to service men
and their depandants through the eff
forts of this office of the Legion, to a
total of 1888, DAB in less than eight
months.
These sums are impressive, in con-
sidering that they constitute a
charge against our government eX-
penses. But they actually represent
a delay of justice for our fighting
men and their families. To trans
late them into terms of happiness
for disabled soldiers, dependent wild
ows, children and parents, is another
matter.
Looking back at their happiest
moments while in service, an Ameri
can Legion post in Washington, D.
c., has abolished assembly calls and
for the next few months will sound
only mess call. Instead of holding
regular meetings the ex-service men
will hold field dinners.
DR.. J. r. Patton, U. S. Veterans
Bureau attache, has been transferred
from the bureaus Burlington, VT,
Office following charges of the Ameri
can Legion that Patton used "hard-
boiled" tactics in dealing with sick
and wounded veterans who applied
to him for examination. In announc
ing DR.. Patton's change of duty
Director Charles r. Forbes, head of
the bureau, stated transfer was 'for
the good of the service
So many violations of flag ETH
quette were brought to the attention
of the Hazelton, Pa, American Lee
gion that the organization has ap-
pointed a committee to call and in
struct the violators in the proper dis
play of the flag.
More than half of the 500 wound
ed veterans in Walter Reed hospital
at Washington, D. c. have under
gone blood transfusions. The men
volunteer for the most part are
American Legion members who have
obtained work around the hospital as
ambulance drivers, clerks, special
police etc. The only remuneration
these veterans take for giving their
blood to their comrades is ten day
leave to recover.
When the Oklahoma American
Legion takes over Bartlesville for it's
annual convention that city will pre-
sent typical scenes in Paris. The
citizens of BartIesville have arrang-
ed to decorate it's stores and streets
so that the former service men will
think themselves on the bou1evards
and in the shops of the French CAPT.
toll. Even Bart1esvi1le's river will be
renamed the Seine.
The Legion at Fort Mcpherson,
Neb., has $50 bushels of potatoes on
hand which it will sell-plus freight-to
any member of the 40-S. The pota-
toes were grown on an acre of land,
the work OF planting and caring for
the plot being done entirely by mem
bers of the post.
Though the 100000 expected to
be left after the paying of adjusted
compensation to New Jersey war
veterans cannot be used for a hospit-
al for disabled ex-service men, the
American Legion has requested Gov.
Edwards to call a special session of
the legislature to appropriate sim
liar amount. The hospital would
be state owned and state operated
and men disabled overseas or who
served and have become disabled
since would be eligible for admit
ance.
To fill the big gap in the wounded