The border vidette., 1930-08-30
MEADOWS NEW LEGION CHIEF
Prescott Is Picked For 1890 Con-
vention-Meeting Success
wednesdays Herald)

huSSclt McduOWS VI DOuk las
was elected commander of the
Arizona department of the Amer
lean Legion for the ensuing year
at the final session this afternoon
of the annual convention which
has been in progress here for the
past three days. DR.. l L. Gar.
rison of the John G. Greenway
post OF Phoenix was his only
opponent for the office, four
others mentioned as candidates
having withdrawn their cadidacy
The vote was Meadows 227;
Garrison %.
Garrison, following the an
nouncement of the vote, obtained
the floor and asked that votes
cast for him be withdrawn and
the election of Meadows made
unanimous. The convention greet
ed the Phoenix mans remarks
with cheers and the election of
Meadows was made unanimous.
Meadows election came as no
surprise as result of decisions
reached last night and this morn
ing in caucuses of the various
factions. In the caucus this
morning be obtained the support
of the Frank Luke, Jr., post of
Phoenix. which bad previously
supported it's own member,
Charles E. MacMillin, depart
ment vice commander.
Charles Irwin, 38, of Tucson,
was the choice of the convention
as department vice commander.
Irwin is a disabled veteran from
Tennessee, and has served as
post commander of the Morgan
McDermott post in Tucson. He
is at present the adjutant of that
post. He served during the war
with the 3rd replacement regi.
ment.
During the morning session of
the convention Prescott, follow.
ing bitter fight on the floor
and many caucuses, was selected
for the 1881 convention of the
department. Stafford was the
only other city seeking the con.
vention. The vote was Prescott
121 and Stafford 118. One vote
each was cast for Nogales, Yu
ma, Patagonia and Wilcox. The
committee on the selection of the
next convention reported that
either Prescott or Stafford would
be suitable and could take care
of the convention. The commit
tee recommended that the next
convention be held not later than
IL months from the dates of the
present convention.
The new department com
mander, Russell Meadows of
Douglas, is 38 years of age, is
married and has two children.
He is the president and general
manager of the Douglas Drug
company, operating a chain of
drug stores in Douglas, Bisbee,
Nacozari, Sonora and Deming,
N. M. He has served as com
mander of the Douglas post of
the American Legion and last
year was commander of District
No. 3 comprising Douglas, Bis
bee, Benson and Wilcox. He
has taken an active interest in
the American Legion since it
was organized in Arizona. Dur.
ing the war Meadows was with
the 34Oth field artillery.
J. Fl. Mouer. of the Frank
Luke Jr., post of Phoenix, was
elected national executive com
mitteemen, with A. M. Crawford
of the Ernest A. Love post of
Prescott, as alternate.
Robert J. Aitkens, of Prescott, ),
was elected master at arms and
Sergeant Benjamin H. Mills, of
the Captain Henry Allen post of
Camp Little, Nogales, was nam.
ed historian.
The Office of department ad
juntant will be filed by appoint.
ment.
Delegates to the national con.
vention of the Legion to be held
at Boston in October we're elect
ed by acclamation. They are T.
J. Mccarthy, Phoenix, Ed Gold
berg. Ray; Jack Redman, Ajo;
Merton Martenson. Tucson; w.
A. Clark, Phoenix; A. Jennings,
Phoenix; Charles E. McMillin,
Phoenix, and A. Hathaway,
Florence.
McMillin is to receive the en-
dorsement of the department for
national vice commander. It is
thought that Arizona, due to hav