The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-11-06
AMERICAN LEGION
Legion to Hear Drain

AMEKlCAN LEGlUN
Legion to Hear Drain
Department Commander Edwin L..
Lindell of the American Legion urges
that as many Minnesota posts as pos
sible be represented in one of the
audiences that will hear National
Commander James A. Drain speak No
vember 13. Commander Drain will
address a MONDAY luncheon in Min
neapolis and will talk at a St. Paul
Athletic Club Legion banquet that
evening.
In each case representative of var
ious civic and fraternal organiza-
tions will be present. The Minneap-
oils luncheon will be held at the Mic
ollet Hotel. Mayor George E. Leach
will deliver an address of welcome
and Commander Lindell will introduce
Commander Drain. Legfcnaires who
wish to attend are requested to write
Adjutant S. B. Swenson, American
Legion clubrooms, 1000 Hennepin
Avenue, Minneapolis.
District Commander Douglas X.
Baldwin will preside at the st. Paul
banquet at the Athletic Club, which
will begin at $50 Nov. 10. The af-
fair promises to be notable on the
Ramsey County Legion calendar for
the year. Reservations should be
made of Adjutant Paul Nordeen, 355
Robert St. St. Paul.
Besides speaking at the two meet
ings, Commander Drain during his
visit, will confer with the Tenth Dist
riot U. S. Veterans Bureau Investi-
eating committee, of which Richard
Wakefield of Wayzata is chairman,
with view to pushing the program
in behalf of the disabled. He also
will discuss with department officers,
Minnesota's plans for the year, and
he may make suggestions as to alter
atoms in or additions to the program.
D.
Member War On
An intensive membership war;
has been launched by officers of the
Gopher Gang" Minnesota Legion
aires, headed by Department Com
mander Edwin l.. Lindell of Mime
apolis, Director of Membership Lud-
wig L. Roe of Montevideo and De-
partment Adjutant Stafford King.
Not content with having signed IT,
500 Fighting members" in 1924
fighting for their disabled comrades,
community service. Americanism and
the care of widows and orphans of
it's members-the Legionaires are
determined now to raise the quota in
Minnesota to at least $1,000 men,
bers. To finish the campaign as soon
as possible, thereby ieaving the or
ganization free to enter upon other
phases of it's 1925 program, syste-
matte plan has been worked out along
lines of an army drive.
Each district has been allotted a
quota to be reached on certain dates,
and those dates have been designated
by the name of some major engage
ment in the World War. Zero
Hour is at IL 100 A. M. Armistice
Day, or Muster Day." November IL.
On this day a drive will begin for the
renewal of old memberships. On No
vember 80 there will be "concent-
ration" at Scamp Cody" when the
Gopher Gang is expected to have en-
listed 5000 members. On Dec. Is
the army will reach the point of en-
barkation, "Hoboken," with $500
members, and it will arrive at Brest
Jan. Is, with IL, 400 members. There
will be an invasion of the "Baccarat
Sector" on Feb. Is, with 1860
members recruited, and then will
come period Of rest at Nice, when
by March Is, 20,150 members will
have been signed. The invasion of
the Toul sector will follow, with 49,
ESQ members. By the time the Cam
tingy engagement is fought on May
Is the army will number $3.50, and
at Chateau Thierry, June Is, IT,
900 will be in action. The second
battle of the Marine will be entered
on July 15, with 29,450 men in ac-
ton, and the Armistice will be signed
at Thief River Falls, during state
convention time, by officers repre-
senting at least $1,000 men.
Each district is Regiment" Di-
rector Roe explains. each post is a
company, of which the post command
er is captain. Each company is COM
posed of platoons to be in charge of
leutenants named by the captain,
by sergeant named by the captain.
The time is ripe, right now, for every
district and post in Minnesota, to
bring the many Legion benefits to a
larger number Of service men than
ever BEFORE" !
Red Cross Assisted
In response to an appeal by De-
partment Commander Edwin l.. Lin
dell of the American Legion and Mrs.
M. l.. Spencer, Minnesota Legion
Auxiliary President, all posts and
units throughout the state are as
sisting in the Red Cross roll call. The
post at Park Rapids has taken over
the work in its own and county.
Douglas K. Baldwin, st. Paul Legion
Commander, is state director Of the
Red Cross Roll call.
Hospital Dsss Prize Offered
Rufus Rand, Jr., Of Minneapolis,
president Of the American Legion