Evening star., 1926-02-07
American Legion.


Lafayette Post, No. 8, the American
legion, at meeting January &c
adopted resolutions not concurring ir
the action of the Senate in voting the
United States into the World Court
The resolutions SET for that the action
of the Senate is a violation of every
tradition held dear to the hearts of ouI
citizens and is a violation of the spirit
II not the letter, of section l of Ar.
dcle III of the Constitution. and may
wrongfully deprive the Supreme Court
of its powers"
The post declared itself opposed tc
Antrance to the World Court with OF
without reservations.
Forest F. Baru, post commander, in
structed the adjutant to request the
chronological dates of the charters
granted the rs posts which constitute
the District of Columbia department
of the American Legion. This request
Is to be directed to Joseph ]. Idler
department adjutant. An amendment
to the bylaws of the post was passed
by which a quorum of the post will
consist of five members. This was
done in order to enact any emergency
business which might arise. Three
new members We're presented with
cards and accepted as members in good
standing.
Winners of the American Legion
auxiliary citizens military training
poster contest have been announced
by Mrs. Eliza London Shepard, ma
ttonal president OF the auxiliary.
The winners were as follows. First.
Hen A. Benson, Lincoln, Nebr. second.
William A. Willmarth. Omaha. Nebr.;
third, Wiley Padan. Salt Lake City,
Utah; honorable mention, Dwight L.
Rurke, Fort Wayne. Ind; Forrest
Wood, FL Paso Tex: George l.. Shafer,
Wilmington, Del, and T.. {. Warren.
Washington, ID. {. Prizes of $50. 500
aald $50 for first, second and third,
respectively, We're awarded. Certitt-
Gates of merit We're given those win
fng honorable mention.
"A new national membership trophy
was promised The American Legion
auxiliary at a recent session Of the eX-
ecutive committee by Mrs. j. Y.
theney of Orlando, Fla. Mrs. Cheney
offered Il membership cup To be CON
tested for by departments of more
than 5000 members. There are 10 or
i such departments.
In making the offer Mrs. Cheney
said: There is a need of a member
ship award to those larger depart
mentS of the auxiliary that in most
out in striving FOR membership cups
because most of the cups are awarded
on percentage OF increase and the
small departments can by compare
lively little effort increase in member
ship enough to carry off all awards" "
Details concerning the basis of
award Will be announced later by the
trophies and awards committee OF the
auxiliary.
Representative Robert Bacon of
New York has introduced a bill to
accord to aliens who fought with the
American colors in the World War
the same naturalization privileges as
were granted to aliens before the war
prior to passage of the present inn
migration act.
The American Legion is back of
the aims of the measure. in line with
resolutions adopted at its Omaha
meeting said Mr.. Bacon. The priv
ileges contemplated by the bill are but
measure of simple justice TO those
aliens who performed honorable war
service.
Grammar school boys of the Nation
who best exemplify the qualities Of
courage. scholarship. leadership. SerV-
ice and honor viii be awarded Ameri-
ran Legion medals upon graduation.
The national executive committee
of the legion has authorized posts
throughout the Nation to award the
medals in connection with the
legion'S national program of cultivat-
ing good citizenship.
The American Legion school award,
which has been conducted in the de-
partment Of PENNSYLVANIA for some
time, was recommended by that de-
partment to the executive body for
national authorization. which was
given following recommendation by
the National American Commission.
The American Legion auxiliary has
authorized medal to he presented 10
girls under conditions similar to
those which govern the legion award
to boys.
Posts may secure the legion school
medals through the emblem division,
national headquarters, indianapolis,
Ind
Following inspection of the five typ
ica1 ocean liners at New York which
will take the American LagionS sec
ond a. T.. r" to Paris in 1927, the
legion'S France convention committee
alloCated ships to ports, in conference
with the steamship lines. In so doing,
the official departure ports We're made
public.
They are Montreal, Boston. New
York, Hampton Roads, Charleston,
s. c., and Jacksonville, Fla. 1t is not
probable that any other ports will he
named, and the idea Of running a ship
from Galveston, Houston, or any other