The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-27
AMERICAN LEGION
WEEKLY LETTER

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Observance BY the American Legion
of the birthdays Of both General Rob
ert j.. Lee and General II. s.. Grant.
rival leaders of the Civil War. is re-
quested Of all posts in the North and
South by national head quarters az
the service mems organization. The
/ birthday of Gen. Grant, to celebrate
which the Legion will assist the G. A.
R., will be observed April 27. That OF
Gen. Lee will be observed Jan. Ig.
1923. .ss,
The national Legion's celebration
Of the birth of these great Americans
will be IAN effective argument that
all sectionalism is buried and that the
glory of the nation is the chief concern
of every patriotic citizen" Lemuel
Bolles, Legion adjutant, declares.
The Naval Aviation post of the
American Legion, New York City,
composed principally of officers list
ed in the social register, has re1in-
quished its charter because of the ma
tional organizations fight for adj
justed compensation. "Cancellation of
this poets charter reduces the total
number of Legion posts from II, ,O22
to 11,021,"" National Commander Mac
Nider said when told Of the naval
units action. "Fiifty-six new posts
have been chartered since April 1.
The loss of the naval aviation unit,
therefore, reduces our net increase.
for Is days to only "A posts. ("
The practice of prohibition enforce
ment officials wearing the army uni
form to trap violators of the LIQUOR
law caused the American Legion Of
Norfolk, Va, to register a protest with
Secretary of War Weeks, who took
immediate action. The Legion alleged
desecration of the insignia immortal
lied by American arms during the
world war. .-a. (
When the wife of wounded buddy
was very i'll, physicians appealed
to jobless service men in the American
Legion barracks, Cleveland, Ohio, for
blood for a TRANSMISSION to save her
life. The blood of the unemployed vet
Grams was too thin, it was found, and
volunteers had to be obtained from
Legion post of veterans who have
jobs. "2@-s. -, r. . t-. @5
Those who oppose the rights of men
who fought in the world war are un-
patriotic, Brig. Gen. Hanson Ely,
commandant of the War Department
service schools at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan, declared in memorial exercises
conducted by the American = Legion.
Gen. Ely pleaded for adequate care
of the war disabled and adjusted COM
pensation. ~~,-s,. 49, -
Cupid is making such war-romance
inroads in the membership of an
American Legion post of Minneapolis,
composed entirely of army and navy
nurses, that mems auxiliary, COM
posed of husbands Of the fair Legion
naires is being planned. .~
Fed up upon wrong number"
Tines busy" and cline out of order,"
the American Legion post of Decatur,
Ark, bought the city's telephone COM
pany and after overhauling the sys-
tenn, will operate it. @
The Republican party of Minnesota,
assembled in state convention, unan-
inously voted resolutions in favor of
the American Legion's adjusted COM
pensation measure. sz
Use of the Stars and Stripes to adj
vertise q junk shop or fish market
now is forbidden in New York. Fol-
lowing an AmeKiican Legion issu1nes
of instructions ON how to respect the
flag, the New York legislature passed
a bill pr0hihiting reproductions Of the
flag on business stationery"
When Major General Clarence r.
Edwards, 1eader Of Yankee division
in the world war, asked d group of
American Legion men at Holyoke,
Mass, what type of adjusted compen-
sation they would take, 85 per esnt
elected the Insurance feature, TIN per
cent the farm and home aid and the
rest declared vocational training.
" Starting simultaneously ii every
community b the United Statss ~
April 80, the international association
of Rotary clubs and the American Ls-
gion win combine to observe @Doys
Week with exercises md programs of
interest and help 70 young Anaerica-
The part That America played il ths
world WAr will Be portrayed by :
huge painting given by The Amerienn
Legion and preserved by the Frenkh
government ii the world War exhik
in the Musee ds i,Armee, Inyali
Paris, France The museum, fosa1l
sby Napoleon y . home for his
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