San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-28
TELLS Of FIGHT
BY LEGION FOR
EX-SERV|CE MEN
National Commander Al
vim 0wsley Is City's
Guest.
SPENDS SUNDAY HERE
Legion Has Met 0bstruc-
tionists in Wash
ington.
SPENDS SUNDAY HERE

Alvin NJ. OWSlcy OF Denton, lex, ma
tional commander of the American
Legion, went first TO pay his respects
and 10 deliver Il short message of en-
couragcmcnt TO the disabled veterans
OF the World War who are in training
AT the vocational school at West End.
He was met at the depot by a dele
CATION beaded BY officials Of the local
post and taken direct TO the school.
These who compose the party which
is touring the state with commander
OwSlcy are John c. Towncs, state
commander; DR.. NJ. W. Sherwood,
state vice commander, and G. l..
FOlbre. state adjutant.
Within the last few months. Mr..
OwSicy has spoken in 0J states aud
hopes TO complete the ci. cult before the
end OF the summer. He arrived here
from Texarkana. After speaking at
the Travis Park Methodist Church
on characterization" he will rest Sun
day and leave for Dallas Monday
morning. From Dallas he will go to
amarillo where he will deliver the
only other address he is TO give in
Texas. = .t- ~ 80
Tells of Legion Work.
The American Legion has been the
standard bearer of the disabled cx-
service men. and in the years since the
war their battle Las been over every
inch of the ground gained in the
legislative halls of the country. Mr..
Owslcy stated in his talk TO the stu
dents at the vocational school. Above
everything else. he said. the legion
stands for disqualification and re-
Mobilization. 1t is that which he has
held foremost in his mind throughout
his entire administration. he said. All
laws and appropriations that have
cminatcd from the Legislative bodies
of the states of the nation can be
traced directly or indirectly TO efforts
of the legion.
There are some" Mr.. Owsley said.
who accuse the legion of selfish aims.
To those | say that 90 cents out of
every dollar collected by the legion
is spent on cx-servicc men who are
not members, and challenge them in
the face of those figures to repeat
their accusations He told of the
work that is being dome b. the legion
not only through its work with the
Veterans Bureau. but also through
American Legion state hospitals and
homes the orphans and families Of dis
abled service men. He told of such
in Michigan and Illinois
which he recently visited There. he
said. he found the legion taking care
OF disabled men in hospitals and
schools of rehabilitation while their
children We're being cared for in
homes provided for that purpose. That,
he said. is the heighth of service.
Fight at Washington.
The greatest fight that the legion
has had, DC said. has been in Wash
ington. There are some" Mr.. Ows-
ley said who do not favor helping
the disabled. These we have en-
through cur legislative COM
mittee. and have either won TO our
side or have overruled." As an ex-
ample Of this he quoted the case of
he amendment To the Sweet bill passed
at. the last moment Mt the last meet
holds open for another year the period
in which ex-scrvicc men may receive
and compensation for
disability traceable to service origin.
IL will care for more than 10000 men
who under the old law would have
nothing. he said.
From the vocational school Com
mander Owsley and his party returned
to the Gunter. which will be his head
quarters while here. \ luncheon
was given him by the local post and
was attended by 125 people, among
them officials Of MAN. ef the posts of
neiShboring cities. II. ii. Durkee.
of the post here. presided
md introduced the speakers. Mayor
D. II. Black welcomed Mr.. Owsley.
Other speakers were Wayne Davis.
chairman of the national legislative
State Commander Townes,
md State Vice Comma der Sherwood.
At > 80 in the afternoon the party
will be taken to the hospital at Fort
sam Houston, and from there for
our of the city. At q private
reception by the military establish
nents Ct the city will be given for
Mr.. Owlsey at the home Of Major
'harles Cresson. Among the guests
will be Maj. Gen. f. NJ. Lewis. com
nander of the Eighth Corps Area;
Brig. Gen. Dennis +. Nolan, Brig.
zen. Paul II. Malone. and Brig. Gen.
Benjamin A. Poore. The public
in the Travis Park Metho-
list Church, at which NJ. Owsley will
leliver his main address, will begin at
S o'clock.