The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26
AMERICAN LEGION
DOINGS IN ARIZONA
Arizona in Eighth Place

Arizona in Eighth Place
The department of Arizona, Ameri-
can Legion, ended in eighth place in
the Lindsey trophy race for the larg-
est percentage of paid up membership
which ended on March 1st. West Vir-
ginia won the trophy with paid-up
membership of 126 per cent of last
years membership, while Arizona
was eighth with 80 per cent. An
analysis of the membership figures
in the Arizona department, however,
shows plainly that the department is
in healthy condition, for on March
1st there were 1884 paid-up members
against total of 2188 last year, with
four posts reporting no memberships
paid up at all. One of these posts,
Tucson, alone had an unreported
paid-up membership large enough to
swell the total within the department
to more than last years On March
26 the department had 1O5 per cent
of last years membership.
The 1926 slogan of every member
get a member" has been changed by
Department Membership Chairman
Rosenbaum of Hayden to every
member get a member-or two-or
three" Rosey is doing particularly
good work this year and states there
will be at least 5000 paid-up members
at the end of 1926-and he will find
himself just about 1000 too low
Every post in the department is
paying two cents per member toward
a fund with which to purchase a set,
of department colors.
Department Commander A. J.
Dougherty has written Senators
Cameron and Ashurst, Representative
Carl Hayden and Governor Hunt, re-
questing their aid in having the first
dam across the Colorado named
"Greenway dam" in honor Of General
John c. Greenway, who died in Jan
uary.
National Commander John r. Nc
Quigg of the Legion will be in Tue
son, April IL on an inspection tour
of the Veterans bureau hospitals.
Many Arizona legionnaires plan to
meet him there. Representative from
-all posts in the state are expected to
be in Tucson and the national COM
mander will address a mass meeting.
All post commanders in the 'de-
partn1ent have been furnished a sup
ply Of notices to all veterans, to be
posted in conspicuous places, calling
attention to new rating schedules of
the Veterans bureau under which
many disabled veterans formerly
rated as non-compensable now carry
ratings of 10 per cent and over, and
urging them to call on the post COM
manders for assistance in renewing
any claims they have had and which
were rated too low for payment of
compensation.
An effort is being made to reach
all Legion members and other veter-
ans and explain to them the benefits
to which they are entitled under the
government insurance law. On July
2 next the opportunity of getting gov
ernment insurance will have passed
unless a bill which the Legion has
had introduced in congress is enacted
into law. Full information may be
had by writing the Regional Officer,
Z. S. Veterans bureau, Phoenix.
A powerful argument in favor OF
veterans Immediately renewing their
wartime insurance was succinctly put
by National Commander John r. Nc
Quigg of the Legion. The Legion
leader said: "Our disabled men are
now dying off at the rate of about
1000 year. Of the great army of
4,500,000 men who carried government
insurance during the World war,
only 10 per cent have retained their
policies" All policies under the
present law must be renewed before
July of this year.
Several city streets in either Tue
son or Phoenix are going to get
thorough sweeping by Legion men
that is sure, out which one is the
question. The Legion posts of the
two towns are competing for the
honor of having the largest post in the
state; both declare their post will
win, but at any rate the losing post
gets a street-sweeping job.