The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-22
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DETECTIVES FOR
LEGION IN 1927

1NDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Dec. 22.-
"On your toes to a glorious victory"
is the inspiring note in message
TO nearly three-quarters Of million
American Legionnaires that was is
sued today by Howard Z. Savage,
the national commander.
The message is the first national
appeal to the organization by the new
commander. 1t outlines the three
major obiectives to be attained by
the Legion the coming year, and ii
formulates the policies of the new
administration. The big tasks, he de
clares, are ones to be accomplished
by local posts. The national and
various state headquarters are ready
to give every assistance, he said.
Work Is Planned
The message follows:
THE work Of The American Log.
ion for the year ahead of us has
been planned carefully; the great
objectives have been chosen by the
national convention. and have been
approved definitely and whole heart.
edly by the state commanders and
adjutants
The whole organization is in an
advanced position. Preliminary ar
rangement for Our work has been
done. The 1927 membership is great
er by two-thirds than il was this
time "a year ago. Our 1927 objectives
are well understood. The Legion to
man is on It's toes. The zero hour
is at hand for every member to
20 over the top to IA glorious vic
tory, and am confident OF the
outcome.
Beneficial Service
'In community service, every one
of the more than 10000 local Legion
posts in the United States will seek
to perform concrete, outstanding
beneficial service for their own towns
and neighborhoods that will be q
monument for all time to come to
the Legion; that viii be an example
in unselfish thought and labor for
others to emulate; that will make
those communities better places in
which good citizenship will thrive
and good Americans will live
This is real issue that can well
be compared to the service the men
and women of the Legion gave their
country in time of war. because com
munity betterment when multiplied
10000 times, as it will be in this
Legion program, is a magnificent gift
to our nation.
'In the Legion's pilgrimage to
France, to the battlefields where our
comrades gave their lives, and the
cemeteries where they rest, the eyes
Of the world will be on each of us
II must be a success. 1t will satisfy
the lOngings of those who went TO
France in war to see ii in peace. II
will ease, in a way, the disappoint-
ment of those whose duty orders
kept them on this side.
"Our task in getting new members
in the Legion. and holding the old
members, touches every other ell
deayor of the Legion, because the
greater our numbers. the more
power we have for doing good. No
man has the risht to be outside the
Legion IL he saw service in the
World war. That duty was brought
home to me when | returned from
the war and saw four vacant chairs
in the office where my job had been
held for me. | realized that in order
to be square with myself, and in a
way partly measure up to the duty
those men performed, that my serv-
ice must continue in peace time for
my country. for our disabled vete-
rams, for the widows and for the
orphans of the great war
THAT service is found in the Leg
ion. and every ex-service man should
be in it,"