New-York tribune., 1922-06-29
Commander MacNider, Guest
of New York Posts at Big
Rally. Praises Work in
Campaigns for Members
National Official Awards
Citations TO Organizations
That Pass Quotas: Dee
gan Also Makes Speech

National Commander Hanford Mac
cs,r was the guef. last night Of the
x,w York and Bronx County Legion.
:, was the principal speaker at a
,gv held in the 1o7th Regimcnt Ar
-..e ard told OF tho work being done
!, ,he national organization for The
.,..rviee mon. he spoke of the ma
....uide membership drive which .s
q beg.n July J..
al our energy is being directed in
,.,.f o. tho wounded men" said Com
-..ser MacNidcr. III there were no
her reason FOR our organization that
lid be enough. or course, tho big
,,.. purpose o. the Legion IS the
,u,,iean.za.ion of our foroign-born
s,,.sers Let our slogan continue 20
!, One for on and aii FOR one and all
q, .he bettcrnent OF the country.
rommander MacNider spoke in
s,ooklyn on Tuesday night. A rally
= ,be Lecionnaires Of Kings. Queens,
y,,.,u. Suffolk and Richmond counties
-, held in the iO6th Regiment Ar
-,rv. state Commander Deegap also
.l3,s,,ed tho gathering. Both the ma
,,ral and state heads complimented
u, men of the ID District for their cf-
.rs IN the membership drive. The
.rional commander praised particular
I. ,he members Of the Legion Auxil-
,v lie told the women there was
,shinc 90 fine as the work they are
,,rr and the service they are giving
70 the former soldiers.
Dinner Guest Of Sixty Posts
Before the rally Mr.. MacNider was
80 guest 90 dinner Of The sixty posts
/. King County. The dinner was "
AT the Kings County headqua' s.
"a schermcrhorn Street. and was at
T-ded by 200 officers. -
The following posts have reached 100
~ cer. or over of their 1921 mem
s.rssip and were awarded citation for
Gstingu.shcd service by National Com
rander MacNider:
corporal sydney Rosenberg Post. 250
a. cent; c. ". Hcisser Post, 24l+ per
s,rt. J. ". Person Post, 22l9 per
,,pt. First Women's Post, 1888 per
,,st. Ort. r. Willard Sheridan Post
rs per cent; Judson J.. Woinand Post !.
ig per cent, 49th Infantry Post, lZo.'
,s. cent: Park slope. lio.s per cent
biooklyn. ll4.2 per cent; Gilbert D.
psyle Post, 1876 per cent; Warren l.
Coadit Post. ll2 per cent; franklin
Petit Tpdiikc Post. HOS per cent; III
rsr Z. Bennctt Jr. Post, 1854 per cent
thomas VI. Humphrey Post lO5 per
gnt: James L. Young Post. 1913 per
cent. and Borough Park Post, 1927 per
tent
The following posts attained their
Inc membership campaign quotas ana
vre awarded certificates Of merit by
he national commanders:
Corporal sydney Rosenberg Post. G.
Y. Heiseer Post, Park slope post. VII
Ian +. Blaisdell Post. Gilbert J. Doyle
ru. Thomas Il. Humphrey Post
,imes /. Young Post. Bay Ridge Post
l,ooklvn Marine Corps Post. Charles
, Finnigan Post, G. =. Fitzpatr'ck
POST i4th New York Infantry Post
cth Infantry Post. Grccnpoint Post
I,freant Joyce Kilmcr Post. Dolly
y,dison Post. Old Glory Naval Post
lNtb Infantry Post, Roville Post, sag
lrore Post. 18th Regiment Post, TIN
Av Post. Alfred Wilson Post and Ort
= ufti1o,d Sheridan Post
During the month Of June the posts
4 the American Legion IN Kings
County gained 967 members. Consid-
eng tho unemployment situation dur
~ the winter this is an unusual show
l-g The county as whole is now
within a few points Of 100 per cent of
ie2l members. despite the fact that the
YEAR IL only about one-half over