The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-08-02

of the Legion convention. Other not
ables who have promised to be pre-
sent and to speak to the Legionairs
and members of the auxiliary are
National Commander Owsley and
National President Mrs. Barrett of
the Auxiliary.
"Leave your bootlegers at home.
If you bring them with you to Fari-
bault they will be dealt with harshly".
This is the statement of John Lieb,
chairman of the law and order COM
mittee. All hoodlum hangers on and
other scalawags will be given short
shrift at the convention. Members
of Faribault post and state depart
ment of the Legion are cooperating
to make this convention without
any regrets.
Members of the Auxiliary will hold
their state convention at the Fari-
bault high school, 315 Fourth Ave.
N. w. All auxiliary activities will
be entered at the High School, &C
cording to Mrs. E. H. Loyhead, gen
eral chairman, and the auxiliary wo-
men are requested to go there as soon
as they reach the city. Autos are be-
ing provided for the convenience of
auxiliary visitors.
Blanks for the entry of bands and
drum and bugle corps for the big con-
tests to be conducted at the state
Legion convention were mailed out
last week. A number have respond
ed and others will no doubt fall into
line during the next few days.
An even thousand dollars worth of
badges has been ordered by the regis
tration committee for use during the
convention. They are now in the
procvess of preparation and will be
handed out when the delegates and
visitors register. There will be bad
ges for official delegates, for conven-
ton visitors and for members of the
Faribault post who will act as men,
bers of the information committee.
Classy badges with bronze pendants
have been selected. They will make
a dandy souvenir of the convention
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Good News For Disabled Veterans
At the request of Joe Sparks, AM
emican Legion National Rehabilita-
ton Committee Chairman, Director
General Hines of the U. S. Veterans
Bereau has taken by far the most
vital step to solve the problem of Am
erica's war manned soldiers, since the
organization of the veterans bureau.
In a far-reaching order just issued,
Director Hines makes ruling that
will grant permanent compensation
to approximately 100000 former SER
vice men who are partially disabled
as result of the great war, settling
for all time the compensation prob
lem for this group of veterans.
This new ruling, for which The
American Legion has worked for
months, will affect a huge saving in
the operation of the Veterans Bureau
by eliminating much personnel, &C
cording to Stafford King, Minnesota
Legion Adjutant, who estimates that
the order will affect about 5000
Minnesota veterans, wounded SOL
diers of the world war, who will be
saved from further loss of time and
from worry over their monthly COM
pensation checks. "Under the for
mer method" declares Mr.. King, ga
soldier who lost leg or an arm in
service had to come before medical
rating board every 90 days for a re-
examination. His pay was often
changed and many of the boys lost
their civilian jobs because of the loss
of time necessary for examinations.
According to the new plan, the ex-
pensive medical and clearical force
needed to examine these men every
80 days will be greatly reduced, and
the veteran will know definitely how
much compensation he will receive
regularly for the rest of his life"
In urging this new plan, The AM
erican Legion through it's National
Rehabilitation Committee, has also
urged that the decision as to which
disabled veterans should come under
the permanently disabled classified
ton be made by the various district
branches of the Veterans Bureau,
rather than at far-off Washington
and Director General Hines has in
dicated that he agrees with this plan,
feeling that the work of administra-
ton can be handled better and cheap
er in the veterans own territory than
at the central office in Washington.
At the present time the disabled vet