Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
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AMERICAN
LEGION
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American Legion News Service.)
DICTIONARIES TO
TOUR PHILIPPINES

For the first time in the history of
the American Legion a considerable
party of Legionnaires will 90 by spe-
cial tour to an annual convention of a
department outside the limits of con-
tinental United States. Plans have
been approved and final arrangements
completed for an American Legion
tour to the Philippines in time to at
tend the convention to be held at
Manila from February IL to IA.
Urgent invitations to Legionnaires
In the United States to attend this
convention and to visit their fellows
IN the Orient were extended during
the past summer, Gov. Gen. Leonard
Wood cabled that he hoped "you will
send a strong delegation of the Amer
lean Legion to the American Legion
convention in February, 1925" The
proposal for the cruise was submitted
to the national convention of the Le-
sion at st. Paul and received the I'M
qualified Endorsement of that body.
Arrangements for the trip, as
worked out in conjunction with the
travel department Of the American
Express company, call for departure
from San Francisco on January Is on
the steamer Taiyo Maru. This Is q
ship of $4,000 tons, Is the second
largest passenger-carrying liner in the
Pacific trade and is considered the
1 finest in that service.
The party is scheduled to arrive at
| Honolulu, Hawaii, on January 21.
They will drive by automobile through
Moanalua Gardens and will visit the
! Pail, Fort Ruger, the naval station,
j the museum, Waikiki beach and other
sights OF the islands. On January 81
J they will arrive at Yokohama, Japan.
! A comprehensive sightseeing program
has been arranged for the Flowery
Kingdom, including visits to Kama
kura, Tokyo, Kobe and Kyoto. From
Kobe they will go by steamer through
the Japanese inland sea of Nagdsaki,
/ one of the most picturesque trips in
! the world.
! Leaving Nagasaki on February g,
! the party will arrive at Shanghai
! China, on the Sth. Here they will
visit the international settlements and
the native city, with luncheon at the
: Hotel Aston.
The group will arrive at Manila on
February IL, in time for the conven-
/ ton. Three and one-half days have
been set aside for the convention and
the visit to the sights of the capital
! of the Philippines. A wonderful pro-
gram is being arranged for the Lee
| giOnnaires. 1t Is certain that Legion
naires in the Philippines will leave
nothing undone to make the visit of
, their comrades from home a pleasant
! and memorable one. One of the
most interesting things about the trip
J will be the opportunity to observe con-
! ditions in these Far Eastern islands
and to see the progress being made
( there.
On the 10th the sight-seers will be
at Hongkong, with auto and ricksha
rides to points of interest. On the
10Th they will be at Shanghai. Here
there will be opportunity to take an
optional tour to Picking, then into
Manchuria, Korea and through Japan
| to Yokohama. The main party will
arrive at Nagasaki on February 81,
with opportunity to take Japan OPP
| tional tour. Kobe and Yokohama will
be visited. The party will leave Yoko-
hama on the 25th. On March they
will be back in Honolulu, leaving there
or the 18th and arriving in San Fran
cisco on March Is.