The Sauk Centre herald., 1925-06-18

aires and Minnesota communities will
deserve. If there are any posts that
are not doing their bit in this CAM
paign, it's up to them to get to work,
or say We are not ready to do our
share for those who gave the most
| don't believe any Gopher Gang or
ganization wants to say that.
The generous manner in which
Minnesota communities are respond
ing to the Legion's call is winning
the admiration of National Head
quarters and neighboring states.
Convention Allotments
Every post, no matter what its
size, is entitled to seat at least two
delegates in the Department Conven-
ton at Thief River Falls August 10,
IL, IL In addition to the two reg
ular delegates which every chartered
post may claim, post with 81 MEM
bers is entitled to one extra delegate; /;
a post with 151 members has two eX-
ira representatives or total of four; |;
post with 251 has three extra voters
or total of five; and so on; the
rule being that each post has two
delegates, with one additional dele
gate for each one hundred members
or major fraction thereof" A post
with less than fifteen members is not
entitled to representation; in fact, it
any post which at the time of the an
nual state convention has not reached
a membership of fifteen for the cur
rent year. Delegates to Thief River
Falls are not confined to voting del
egates; each post may seat on the
convention floor a number of alter
mates equal to the number of voting
| delegates; and as many guests and
visitors may attend as the seating
space will accommodate. Voting del
egates are based on the membership
July 1U, 1925.
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100 Communities Pass Quotas
With the time limit for filling the
Legion Endowment Fund only few
days away-June 6-officers of the
Legion say that there are good pr ~
poets of making the grade" on
schedule Approximately 100 com
munities in the state have oversub-
scribed their quotas, and this is only
100 out of the 500 where the Legion
is represented. But, as Department
officers point out, in practically ev-
cry one of the other 400 communities
the campaigns are nearing compile
ton. In the "Big Three"-Minneap-
oils, st. Paul and Duluth por-
tions of the quotas are subscribed
and there are good prospects of these
cities filling their quotas before the
time limit expires. The state is rails
ing $250,OO0. Minneapolis is sub
scribing 100000 of this, st. Paul
100000, and Duluth $4,000.
Word from National Headquarters
indicates that there is an ever-in-
creasing and immediate need for the
Endowment Fund. This statement is
based on surveys which have been
made of the situation as regards the
children of dead veterans, and disab-
led men. Many of the war orphans
are in dire need of immediate assist
ance and many of the disabled men
have been in need of help ever since
the Armistice was signed. While the
Veterans Bureau is taking care of
the majority of the latter there are
many instances when the men are
not eligible to Government aid, or
where red tape has delayed assis-
tance. Now that the time limit
June 7-has arrived, following which
it will be too late for World War
veterans to prove war service disabil-
ity, the number of sick and injured
comrades who will need Legion aid
is bound to multiply. AS for the or
phaned children of deceased service
men, Uncle Sam thus far has made
no provision for their care. In con-
nection with this endowment fund,
it should be borne in mind that the
money collected will never be spent
only the interest will be used as the
years go by.
Remind any war veteran you know
who has been even slightly sick or
injured as a result of service in the
great war, that June z, 1925 is the
time limit for filing claims for dis
abilities incurred in the service. This
notice has been broadcast many times
throughout the nation by the Legion
and the Veterans Bureau, by the
press and by word of mouth. But
the matter is so important and the
Legion daily contacts so many men
who seem never to have known this
fact, that Legion officials want it
once more forcibly brought to the
attention of every veteran. The slo-
gan is "You may not need govern
ment help yourself-bu your COM
rade naU-adviSa him - Uoforonc