Evening star., 1928-11-25
RESORTS.

Other officers elected are: Senior Vice
Comdr. H. F. Bresee, Junior Vice Comdr.
DR.. Albert H. Parhann: Judge Advocate
I. r. zaontz. and Quartermaster H. j.
Miller.
A committee was appointed to con-
slider the matter of having the post
sponsor boys basket ball team this
season. It seemed to be the consensus
of opinion that the post should support
team of boys if games could be ar
ranged with similar teams sponsored
by Legion posts.
Membership applications we're re-
ceived from the following: John W.
Hyde, Grover E. Moore, Reuben Ford
Blackwell Castle and Charles M
Moulton.
Lieut.. Col. Thomas j. Dickson made
short talk.
At the next regular meeting of
Sergeant Jasper Post, No. 13, the Amer
ican Legion. the newly elected officers
will be installed with an impressive
ceremony. There will be an entertain
ment and refreshments.
Comdr. John j. Orlosky installed the
newly elected officers of the Auxiliary
at a banquet last Monday evening in
the Y. w. G. A. A delegation from the
post composed of Comdr. John J..
Orlosky, Past Comdr. Thomas j. Fraily.
Vice Comdrs. Andrew F. Mclaughlin
and Russell w. ClarkSon, initiated sew
eral new members to the Auxiliary at a
short business meeting held after the
banquet.
The National Americanism Commits
sion of the American Legion is laying
EAR-
ton adopted at the national conven-
ton at San Antonio, Tex, for fostering
a promotion of five major activities:
Junior base ball. Boy Scout work, safety
first campaigns. emergency relief and
national defense.
A definite program is being formu-
lated for the consideration of the vari-
GUS departments and posts of the Le-
gion by Dan Sewers, national director
of the Americanism Commission. This
program will be discussed at the ma
tional conference of department COM
manders and adjutantS to be held at
national headquarters in December.
The program will then be announced,
and every effort will be made to get it
well started by the first of the new
year.
Although this year was the first that
Legion on a Nation wide scale, approxi-
mately $4,000 boys participated in the
program. Since the organization work
is out of the way it is only reasonable
to expect that the number will be
swelled in the coming year to 100000.
This activity will not only provide the
boys with clean, wholesome recreation
but the lessons in fair play and good
craftsmanship they learn on the base
ball diamonds will enable them to de-
velop into better American citizens in
adult life.
In sponsoring Boy Scout activities the
Legion has had opportunity to impress
the principles of AmericaniSm on the
youth of the Nation. A large number
of Legion posts have been engaged in
this work ever since the Legion was
organized. This year the Legion will
continue to carry on this activity and
support the Boy Scout movement IN
every possible way.
The American Legion is vitality inter-
ested in the care and protection of life.
The national convention, recognizing
fatalities. especially to children. on our
highways and public streets, adopted a
resolution charging the Americanism
Commission with the duty of preparing
a program to reduce this loss of life
Plans are under way to cooperate as
closely as possible with the work along
this line of existing safety agencies in
order that there will be no duplication
of work and effort.
Emergency relief has been one of the
most outstanding activities of the
American Legion. Wherever there has
been a community disaster the Legion
emergency units have given valuable
service. At the direction of the San
Antonio convention an effort is being
made to have every post in the coun-
try organize emergency relief units as
soon as possible in order that the Legion
may continue to give the same loyal and
unSelfish service that it has in the past
in time of need.
Another activity for the Americanism
division in the coming year will be to
conduct an education campaign in be-
half of national defense. This will sup
plement other work that the Legion is
doing in the interest of preparedness.
It is planned to have every Legion post
organize within its respective COM
nlunity a local council of national de-
tense for the purpose of educating its
people on the strength and needs OF
national defense of the Nation. A plan
for such organization will be worked out
by the Americanism division.
National Commander Paul v. Nc
Mutt has accepted two invitations to
speak here January IL.
One address is to be before the Army
War College in the morning and the
other is at the banquet of the National
SoiournerS in the evening at the May
flower Hotel where the commander
will be the principal and only speaker.
The banquet of the Sojourners Is
always one Of the annual outstanding
events in Washington. A national
committee of 33, of which Rear Admiral
Luther E. Gregory, u. S. NJ, is chair
man, meets here on that date and will
attend the banquet The president of
the SojournerS is Maj. Gen. Amos A.
Fries, chief of the Chemical Warfare
Service, United States Army.
The American Legion Auxiliary en-
tered November with the largest MEM
bership in its history and with heavy
re-enrollment being made for 1929, ac-
cording to membership report issued
from national headquarters. The total
membership was 28,801 larger than on
the same date last year, and the re-en-
rollmentS for the coming year were 81
240 greater than at the same time in
1927.
Eighteen States had already forward
ed 1929 memberships to national head
quarters. In the race for the Oliphant
Trophy. awarded annually to the de-
partment having more than 1000 men,
bers which re-enrolls the largest per-
centage of its membership by January
/, Minnesota was leading with 1908
per cent re-enrollment.
Manned and faltering fingers are
busy in the hospital wards and con-
valescent workshops where $4,000 of
Americas World War soldiers are still
fighting for life 10 years after the last