Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01

An Sing Ching : 1890 -
tional A~mericanism commission
Second prize in the contest, which
was open to all school children be
tween the ages of twelve and eighteen,
was awarded to Miss Pauline Virginia
Chastain Of indianapolis. Joseph Clan
donate of Bridgeport, Conn. won third
prize. Honorable mention was made
OF the essays of Phillip f. Mosely of
Westield, Mass, and Ralph X. Sulli-
a OF Twin Harbors, Mimi
The board of judges of the Legion
contest was composed of John j. IT.
CERT, United States commissioner of
education; Chancellor f. r. Brown of
New York City university. and S. s.
Mcclure, the publisher. National
prizes are first, $3.50; second, $500. and
the third. $3.50. the money TO be used
as scholarships In any university or
college. They were awarded by Han
ford MacNider, of Mason City, Ia, who
was national commander of the Legion
last year.
'The tact that a boy of Chinese de-
scent In Hawaii won the essay contest
testiies to the splendid work Of Amer
icanism which Legion posts In Hawaii
are emphasizing" Mr.. Powell stated.
"The Hawaii department is to be con
graduated on the development of a
national winner In a contest in which
more than $4,000 school children par
ticipated."
The text of All Sing Ching's winning
essay follows.
1.-THE American Legion, which Is
composed of men and women who en-
Gene Haver, vIckshurg (Miss.) Young
during the war stands for unity, de
| mocracy, peace and service TO God and
our country.
1.-The slogan of our country is, In
union there is strength and 1t is be-
cause Of this unity, our country is so
strong. but during the World war. we
found that we had internal as well
as external enemies. B~olshevism.
communism and anarchy are as real
enemies as any we had to fight over
seas, and much harder to conquer.
THE American Legion car do a
wonderful service to the country by
encouraging a spirit of unity and CO.
operation, and by teaching foreigners
who come into the United States how
to live under q republican form of
government, and by helping them to
understand that ours Is a government
Of the people. by the people, for the
people and 1t shall not perish from
the earth. Many foreigners come from
countries where they have been OPP
pressed and they do not understand
the word liberty, but think II Is license
to commit crimes. These people must
be taught and the American Legion
can aid In doing this.
1--WE learned at the beginning Of the
World war that many of our W cit-
xens were uneducated. and hat not
nearly enough money was being spent
for schools Here Is a great work for
the American Legion, to see that every
child In the United States has a chance
to be educated. What we want In u
nation we must pur In our schools, so
the need for schools and well-trained
teachers is very great. Night schools
for the training of men and women
who work during the day help to edu-
cate our citizens md those who wish
to become citizens. The American Lee
gion Is on the side of education, and
we believe will make every effort to
see that the schools of the United
States rank first In the world and that
every citizen has the opportunity for
learning.
our soldiers were wounded and re
home, suffering from shell.
shock, sick and unable to care for
They fought In . great
cause and deserve well of their coun-
try and their comrades. The Legion
can give these returned veterans aid
and comfort, and after they have
recovered help them to be-
come self-supporting. Many Of them
win be unable to follow the same oc
cupation that they did before the war.
but some kind of work can be found
for them to do. The Legion should
that their comrades are always
cared for.
The United States is not a military
and believes In war for defense
and not for conquest At the close of
the war. u country asked for NO land
and no indemnity. Not many months
ago President Harding called a con-
of the nations to discuss q re-
OF armies n armament The
American Legion can aid by fostering
md encouraging peace and good VIII
among nations and by standing for a
lair deal between large and small na-
lions. allowing the mail nations to de-
-ide for themselves how they shall be
governed