The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-03
LOCAL AUXILIARY
IN BIG CAMP AIGN
American Legion Auxiliary
Ministering Angel to
Ex-service Men.
LARGE ORGANIZATION

The American Legion Auxiliary OF
Kenosha Post No. 81 is one of the 2l2
organizations in the state that Is
working industriously to increase its
membership this year. Minnesota has
challenged five of the big states who
lead in auxiliary work, to an "over
the top m smbership race" Iowa,
Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York,
Massachusetts are the states included
in the contest.
The American Legion Auxiliary in
Wisconsin has membership of SAIL
included in PIP units or societies
throughout the state.
The Auxiliary is organized primari-
ly as an aid to the American Legion.
Particularly in the matter of re-
habilitating the man who fought in
the war has the Auxiliary proved it
self a valuable adjunct to the Legion.
In Wisconsin alone over $4,000 was
spent by the Auxiliary in rehabilita-
ton work. This does not take into
consideration the large amount Of
local work done by the units.
Is Ministering Angel.
At the National Home, Milwaukee,
Resthaven, Waukesha, and PSYCHE
atria, Mendoza, the three great hospi-
tails where the ex-service men are re-
ceiving care, the Legion Auxiliary is
the ministering angel who supplies
comforts and conveniences which
make hospital life more bearable.
Over 500 bathrobes were distributed
to the men in the hospitals the past
year; 125 reading lamps made it pos
sible to pass the long wakeful hours
of the night in reading; Victrolas,
games for indoor amusement, ferns
and lamps to make the lounges more
homelike, an asbestos screen for the
moving picture equipment, birthday
remem brances and Christmas boxes
were all purchased by the Auxiliary
for the men in order that the hours
might not be so tedious, the days a
little more enjoyable.
In Kenosha, the American War
Mothers have also been active in this
kind of work for the Milwaukee hospi-
tai.
The auxiliary is constantly on the
alert to be of assistance to the ex-
service man who is not hospitalized.
1t has started the practice of loaning
money, without interest, to service
men who need money to tide them
over an illness, to get start in some
new trade or occupation, or to build
a shack in the open where he may re-
gain his health.
Membership Limited.
Membership la the American Legion
Auxiliary is limited to mothers,
sisters, wives and daughters of men
who were in service during the World
War; In time, the auxiliary, like the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
Eion will become an hereditary organ
ization.
Today the auxiliary is considered
one of the greatest patriotic associ-
atoms of women in the world. There
are no class distinctions, no race bar
riors, no religious qualifications with
in it's boundaries. 1t is the common
meeting ground for thinking women
whose common language is service,
and whose power and force is just be-
ginning to be realized. In American
ism work, child welfare, particularly
where it affects the child of the serv-
ice man, the auxiliary is gradually
becoming recognized as an important
factor whose approval or disapproval
of policy or project represents the
opinion of nearly 100000 women.