The Coconino sun., 1922-08-04
AMERICAN \LEGION)

The S. S. President Pierce" will carry 200 members of the American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary to France, sailing from New York, Aug ust 5. The party of former service men, their wives, sisters and mothers, will tour France, England and Bel gium, returning September 8, via Montreal. A few receptions and pub lie affairs have been arranged in the chief cities to be visited but these will not in any way interfere with the personal business or pleasure of any member of the party. Detailed in- formation concerning the trip may be obtained from Second Annual Euro pean Pilgrimage" GO The American Legion Weekly, 627 w. 43rd St., New York City.
 Only 2500 of the 5000 world war aid have applied for it under the re- gently passed New York state law which sets aside s1,000,000 for dis abled and unemployed veterans. The state authorities have asked the American Legion to bring the act to the attention of its members in or der that as many needy men as pos sible may benefit.
 Declaring his claim for disability was disregarded by the U. s. Vet erans Bureau, Garland E. Carr, col ored world war veteran at Washing ton, D. C., bored a hole through ia wall of the building in which the Washington bureau is housed, stuffed paper into the room and then touch ed match to it. He wanted to de- stroy the bureaus records, he said. He is being held for mental examination. Former service men in Pennsyl- vania have received $40,000 in claims from the government during the last month through the efforts of the Pennsylvania American Legion. l A special board of inquiry has pro- claimed Julian N. Stahischmidt he- TO. He was killed when he tried to stop runaway tank during the American Legion's Memorial Day par ade in New York. A medal in recog- milton of his valor has been present. ed to his mother.
 An orphans home for children of world war veterans will be built by the Pennsylvania American Legion. A survey is now being made to ascer- tain the number of children for whom accommodation must be made. | Forty Nebraska world war veterans, decorated by the American and allied governments for extraordinary her. oism, will be the guests of honor at the convention of the state American Legion posts to be held in York, Neb., | September 1920.
 | In order that all the cemeteries or the state may always have the proper care. the Arkansas American Legion has started a move for the formation of a cemetery association which will supervise the laying out of new plots and the upkeep of all burying grounds
 In his series of articles "The Truth About Bergdoll," Charles k. Fehrlln of Philadelphia, describes the present appearance of Americas arch stacker as that of a "fat, middle-class German with a hatred of everything Ameri- can" Fehrlin was one of the party of intelligence operatives who recent |ly tried to kidnap Bergdoll in Ger many. It was the purpose of the United States government to return Bergdoll to this country to serve the sentence imposed for the violation of the selective draft act.
 | A Pacific Arlington is planned by the American Legion posts in Los An geles county, California. A large plot, with space for II ,000 graves, has been acquired in Glendale cemetery. A | fund has been set aside for large monument and for the upkeep of this burying ground of the west coasts soldier dead.
 Because the mayor of Sumner, Wash, could give no legitimate req son why the Sumner American Le- zion should not give dance on the Main street of the city, after he had strictly forbidden such frivolity, Le- gionnaires obtained court writ re- straining the mayor from interfering with the celebration. Citizens of the community and visitors from many nearby towns danced up and down Main street in response to the Le- gion's invitation which read: Dance with the Lewis-Guill post No. 53 of the American Legion by order of the court"
 "The American Legion stands for America and for the defenders of America, first of all," declared Han ford MacNider, national commander of the Legion before the thirty-seventh annual meeting of the National Edi-