The Sauk Centre herald., 1926-09-02
DEMONSTRATE YOUR
GRATITUDE

Saturday, September 25, has been
set for the national observance OF
Forget Day, arrangements
for which are being conducted by the
disabled American Veterans of the
World War, with Minnesota head
quarters at the Keith Plaza Building,
Minneapolis.
The sentimental interest that at
taches to setting aside one day each
year in memory of the living sur
vivors of the World War will be re-
aroused in every hamlet and city in
the entire Nation through this organ
ization; its membership is limited to
those who have actually suffered a
disability by reason or military SER
vice. In memory of those who lie in
Flanders FIELDS yearly tribute is paid
with the Poppy on Memorial Day. To
the living, who bear on their bodies
the marks of heroic service, all Amer
lea will acknowledge the debt we owe
by wearing the Forget -Me-Not on
Argonne Day, September 25th.
Aside from sentiment, however,
the little flower of remembrance will
perform more speciice thing in
making possible the continuance of a
Service, which means life itself Ito
thousands of disabled ex-service men,
who must have the help that can best
come only from the Disabled Veter-
ans Organization, which operates ma
tonally and as a unit in every state
in the Union.
Briefly, the d. A. w., as it is COM
monty called, maintains in Washing
ton, D. c., staff of experts whose
entire efforts are devoted toward Sc
curing legislation favorable to the
MANNED veterans and in obtaining THE
adjustment of the appeal claims of
these veterans. In the Minnesota Re
gional Office of the q. s. Veterans
Bureau, a like service is maintained
by the D. "A. ", for the specific pur-
pose of giving personal service to
Minnesotans in need of the sort of
help that trained workers can give.
When it is realized that there are in
this State $4,000 service men whose
claims have not yet been allowed, as
against less than 5000 whose claims
have been allowed, then the need for
the continuance of this service APP
pears obvious. The figures for last
year show that nearly a half million
dollars was granted of the d. A. ".
office in this State. The figure ma
tionally is overwhelming in size. The
work is conducted in spirit of CO.
operation with the Veterans Bureau,
which is frequently helpless to serve
on account of the Governmental red
tape that must necessarily be incl
dent to large offices handling thous-
ands of complex claims, concerning
persons rather than property.
Only recently has it been necessary
for the D. A. v. to resort TO an ap-
peal to the public for help; surplus
war funds of the Red Cross and of
the knights of Columbus; previously
available and set aside for this pun.
pose, have been exhausted; conse-
quently the financial situation is one
that can no longer be handled by
the disabled men themselves.
The answer to it all is the sale of
Forget Me-Nots to the public ON SAT-
urday, September 25th. Cutting every
possible expense, the State De-
partment of the D. A. v. is in pro-
cess of organizing the sale of the lit |
tie flowers in every section Of Min
neSota.
Remembering the patriotic re-
Spouse with which every appeal has
been answered in Sauk Centre, it is
expected that the people of this com
munity will not be forgetful of this |
opportunity ito demonstrate in con-
crete fashion their gratitude TO those |
for whom the War will never be |
finished, and thus to help make posi-
BE the continuance of their "Service |
.of, for, and by Disabled Veterans"