Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
Veterans Of Great War

board, Great Lakes ana southeastern
States.
Z. B. l.stub'D Allison Of vermillion,
s. Dak.. director of athletics at the
serve as director for the third or
Middle West region, embracing North
ern, corn belt and Southwestern
States, Paul Webb Of NeOdesha,
Kans., department Americanism chair.
man, was appointed vice director tIl
| the third region.
3. D. c.Dink'') Templeton Of Palo
Alto. Calf. director Of athletics az
Leland stanford University, Win direct
| the Iegion's athletic program In the
| fourth or Far West region, ineiudlng
the Pacific Northwest, Southern "a
cific and the Rocky Mountain llstrlct.
The convention quarters and ma
| tional headquarters OF the american y,
Legion Auxiliary in Philadeiphia VIII
| be in the Elks' Building during tns
national convention OF the legion anu
auxiliary, October IL to ID, II mas
been announced by Mrs. William
Biester Of Philadelphia, national con.
vention chairman. q.
National headquarters officers VIII
be housed in the MISUNDERSTANDING
Hotel. 49,
Appeal has been made by National
Comdr. John r.. McQuigg of the Amer
lean Legion, to members OF the le-
gion auxiliary for contributions 70
international memorials to be erected
at Verdun, France, and Liege, Bel.
GUM, in honor Of the armed forces q
all the nations allied together during
the World War.
This action vas taken at the direc.
ton of the national executive commit
tee Of the legion. The COMMITTEES gave
its formal Endorsement to the two
projects at it's last meeting in In
dianapolis. Contributions may be
sent to Robert III. Tyndall. national
treasurer OF the American Legion,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Plans for the memorial at Verdun,
which is to take the form of a great
ossuary, in which will he inferred the
bones of 100000 unidentified soldier
dead on. the battlefields of Verdun.
were laid before the executive COM
mittee by Able G. Lombard. repre-
senting the French committee in
charge. Marshal Petain heads the
committee.
Il is the hope OF this committee.
Able Lombard said, to-complete the
ossuary in time to permit its dedica-
ton in connection with the proposed
convention of the American Legion
in France in the Failaof 1927.
The ossuary, to be near Fort Dous-
mont and the Trench of Bayonets, is
to be an immense tomb of So vaults
and $50 feet in length. In the center
Is to be a tower with light burning
at the top forever This central tower
Is offered by the committee in charge
in the United States as its part in the
memorial, the American flag to fiy
always side by side with the French
flag from the tower.
Bones of many American unknown
dead who fell in the battles of the
yerdun sector will be buried in the
ossuary.
At Liege civil hall is to be erected
as an interallied memorial. Each Of
the allied countries is to have rep
resentation in it.
Added zest to the interdepartmental
competition for membership honors
for 1926 has been aroused by. the
France convention committees an.
nouncement that additional places in
the legion's guard of honor for the
Paris convention will be awarded on
an increased membership basis.
Bowman Elder, national chairman
of the committee, in thus giving de-
partmenfS an opportunity to increase
their representation on this famous
body, made the following announce
ment:
Representation In the guard Of
honor will be based on three methods
Of selection.
First. representative at large; Sec
rond, representation on a membership
basis, and third, representation based
on membership records for 1926"
The first provision provides that
every legion department within the
continental limits of the United States
will be entitled to one representative
on the guard of honor.
The second provision will permit
eaclr department to have one addi-
tional member for each full $4,000
members credited to 1t on the ma
tional treasurer's books at the close
of business September IL. Fractional
parts Of $1,000 will not be counted.
To make this clear, a department
having $4,000 members will be enti