The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-27
LOCAL LEADERS TELL
or LEGION'S PURPOSE
AN ORGANIZATION TO HELP
EX-SERVICE MEN. ALL ARE
URGED TO JOIN POST.

Editor Dawson News: There are a
lumber of white ex-service men with
:, the bounds of Terrell county who
have never become members of the
American Legion and good number
nj these we Legionnaires have been
Unable to reach. On number of oc-
rasjons in the past you have been so
lind as to offer your assistance by al
loving us space in the columns OF
The News that we might convey to
these ex-soldiers, veterans of the re-
cent world war, certain messages we
wished them to receive. Just here we
wish to thank you most heartily for
your many courtesies in the past and
again ask that you kindly allow us
sufficient space in your paper for an
other article in an effort to get in
touch with these ex-soldiers.
In going the rounds we have found
some white ex-service men who have
ALTOGETHER the wrong conception as to
what the American Legion really is.
We have found some that have an
idea that the American Legion is some
branch of the government or, in 9th
er words, under the supervision of the
United States government. This is not
The case. and we do hope that in time
we can clarity the matter in the minds
nj those eX-service men who have the
wrong idea as to what the Legion is
and OF what it is composed.
The American Legion is an organ
;zation of eX-service men, veterans OF
the world war. The Legion as body
j not under the jurisdiction and con-
troll of the government any more than
is a private citizen. But for the great
organization quite great deal that
has been done for our disabled veter-
ans would probably never have been
done. Through the activities and eff
forts of the Legion many disabled sol
diers have and are receiving the at
tention they need that would never
have had this attention but for the
Legion. Too numerous to relate are
the notable accomplishments of those
ex-service men who constitute the
American Legion
The Davis-Daniel Post of the Amer
lean Legion, with headquarters at
Dawson. is not made up entirely of
Dawson ex-service men. The local
post is for the white ex-service men
OF Terrell county and the adjoining
counties where no post has been or
gained. Every white eX-service man
in this territory is eligible for MEM
bership in the American Legion.
Last year the enrolment in the Da-
vis-Daniel post was thirty-three mem
bers as compared with sixty-seven the
preceding year. There are nearly a
hundred and fifty white ex-service
men in Terrell county, and while thir-
tv-nine have enrolled in the local post
for the year 1925, which number is
over 100 per cent of last years en-
rolment, there are yet many who
have not paid their dues and become
members for the year 1925. 1t is the
desire of every Legionnaire, and they
have expressed themselves, to see eV-
cry white ex-service man in Terrell
county Join the local post OF the
American Legion. Interest seems to
be keener than ever before and the
wear 1925 promises to be great one
for the eX-soldiers.
We want to extend to every white
ex-service man in Terrell county, and
the adjoining counties where no Le-
gion post has been organized, most
cordial invitation and insist that they
on the Legion. 1t is indeed an honor,
il you please, for not everyone is ellgl-
bic for membership in the greatest or
ganzation of its kind ever attempted,
the American Legion. The officers OF
I the American Legion have given most
valuable assistance to numbers, and
numbers who really needed help and
& doubtless there are some right here III
our midst who might be benefited by
the assistance the Legion is in posi-
4 ton to offer. Too numerous to relate
Tor the want of space are the worth
while accomplishments OF the Amerl-
can Legion.
ANYTHING that makes for the ad-
h vancement of the nation interests the
! Legion Its only ambition is to serve
+ Its purpose is to give to the communi-
I ty, state and nation in time OF peace
4 the same unselfsh service as It's mem
4 hers gave in time of war. That was
true in 1918; that is still true in 1928.
That will be true in years hence, so
long as remains a handful of veterans
to hold aloft the Legion's banner OF
A service and sacrifice.
There are doubtless some white eX-
service men in the county whom we
do not know Of that we would like so
6 we'll to list May we not urge every
white ex-service man to forward at