The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-04-17

which prompted them to lay down
their lives and their health for their
country" declared Commander Wha-
ley.
Justice Royal A. Stone of the Min
nesota Supreme Court reviewed plans
for the coming Legion National Con-
vention to be held in st. Paul in
September, and Michael Murray of
st. Cloud told of plans for the state
meeting in August. Both Command
er Halligan of Iowa and Commander
Whaley of Wisconsin admitted that
the Minnesota Department is the hub
of the Legion but added that some of
it's main spokes were secured from
Wisconsin and Iowa, citing the fact
that State Commander Roe of Minneso-
ia is Wisconsin boy and that Mike
Murray of st. Cloud went to school
with Commander Halligan of Iowa, at
Davenport.
Both National Chaplain Ezra Gle
mans of Owatonna and Department
Chaplain Joseph Barnet of Red
Wing were present and contributed ia
the enthusiasm and discussion. Hun
dreds attended the banquet Saturday
night at the Curtis Hotel, which mark
| ed the close. of the conference. Mrs
George Osborne, state president OF
the Minnesota Legion Auxiliary, Adj
jutant King, Commander Whaley and
Halligan and several other noted LIE
gion and Auxiliary leaders spoke
Commander Roe presiding.
then proceed with our program of aiG
for the disabled, civic and community
welfare, and constructive legislation,
Commander Roe said.
Many Join Legion
With the membership announced
by Department Headquarters at well
over the $4,000 mark the American
Legion is continuing its campaign tt
sign up every service man and WON
an in the state, or ascertain the rea
son why this cannot be done. State
Headquarters now reports that SO
posts have surpassed their 1923 mem.
bership figures.
Districts Two and Seven are TIED
for the lead in number of posts cover
the top" each having 10 to it's credit
Others stand as follows: Ninth, II
Tenth 10; Three, 8; One, z; Eighth
8; Fourth, 2; Fifth, 1. Many more
posts are almost ready to proclaim
victory in the cover the top member
ship campaign.
The following figures indicate the
percentage signed up in the various
districts in 1924 as compared with
the 1923 membership Sixth 80 per
cent; Ninth 80; Tenth 80; Second
10; Seventh II; Third 76; First "a
Eighth 72; Fifth II; Fourth Ga.
Everyone in the state organization,
from commander and adjutant down,
is bending his efforts to push ''The
Gopher Gang" high up among the
national leaders SO far as member
ship is concerned, particularly during
this national convention year, and in
dications are that their efforts will
show even more encouraging results
in the near future:
d
Race Is Warm
Largely as result of the Depart
ment Observation-Disclosures confer
ence held in Minneapolis recently, and
doubtless because of the activity en-
couraged by a close contact between
posts and districts, the membership
campaign of the Legion in Minnesota
has attained the boiling point. AT
last reports District Six, headed by
Leon Brown of Bemidji, was within
1913 members of attaining its last
years total. District Ten needed 241
members to put it cover the top. u
Statistics for the other areas were
reported as Third 40; Seventh 61O;
Eighth 6S4; Ninth 526; Second 1854
First $50; Fifth $40; Fourth TIL.
In four days the Tenth passed the
Ninth, the Seventh passed the Second
the Third jumped ahead of the Sew
enth, Second and Ninth, and the
Eighth left the First and Second be-
hind and went into a tie with the
Seventh and Ninth for fourth place.
The various districts have pledged
themselves not to stop within going
over the top. In this year of big
national and state conventions, it
is pointed out, and renewed activity
along the lines of community service
and work for the disabled, there is
every reason to believe that the or
ganization can make showing un.
precedented since organization.
National Commander John r.