LEGION
(Tin* Observation I»ost)
“Wliat is tin* purpose of the l*e
Bion?” I am asked. and ns I form
ulate an answer there is visioned
before my eyes an army romposed
of the very flower of American man
hood inarching with high resolve in
to the face of the enemy's guns
There ensues a veritable hell-on
earth; .1 cataclysmic eruption of
forces unbelievably of man's mak
ing; a horrible spectacle of man’s
destruction of himself-Then
a chain of ambulances slowly weav
ing their way along the shell-torn
roads on their way to the hospitals
at the rear with their mangled hu
I look into one of the earn and I
see those maimed and dying soldiers
actually smiling, and those who have
power of speech give expression to
regret that the loss of eyesight, the
shattered limb, or the torn and
bleeding body prevents them “carry
ing on” with their comrades.
I see them lingering in crowded
hospitals during the war; I see them
brought to America after the strug
gle has been decided in favor of the
ideals they supported. For a brief
period of time I see them winoJ
and dined, and driven in rich men's
motor cars, until fickle fashion de
trees a change to pet monkeys and
poodle dogs, then cast aside In favor
of a new plaything.
Their sightless eyes remain the
.same; the hollow cheeks and weak
cough of gas poisoned men is even i
more prevalent as the dread tuber
colosia lays its icy clutch upon them;
the crippled and missing limbs are
no less evident. Death has brought
a blessed relief to many of these
doomed boys, but the great majesty;
of them, these unfortunate herons I
whose praises are sung but whoso |
wants are forgotten, are still with j
us and both deserving and requiring |
of the very best a nation can give. j
The Government has done some- ]
thing Tor them. It is true, but ac- j
cording to the Legion's conception ,
of their martydom-we who
witnessed their sacrifice-they
have not done enough Had these
boys been as long in making up their
minds to fight as the Government
has been to unwind the red tape of
sleepy legislation than the war
might have had a far less happy end
ing to those who stayed at home.
A valuable but costly lesson might
have been taught.
It t» the Legion’s mil and primary
purpose to hasten legislation in aid
of their stricken comrades; to build
hospitals and to maintain them; to
learn the needs of our helpless ex
service men and the needs of their
dependent families and to supply
them; to administer personally to
them in private homes; to visit them
in the hospitals in which they are
quartered and to cheer their num
bered days with the many little com
forts so Important to them in their
bed-ridden helplessness. And fin
ally, when •‘Taps” sounds on high
for thorn, we will give them the
honored military burial which they
have so dearly earned.
This, my friends, is the real pur
pose of the American Legion
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IUM. ttlYKM MOIIK TIME TO
SOI.DIEII OH. I'ROSI'KITOIW
Washington, Jan . 6—The Senate
has passed a bill extending the time
under which soldier" holdirg per
| inits may begin or complete drilling
operations on federal controlled
lands for oil or gas.
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Tacoma. Wn.. Jan. *— C. A. Snow -
den. formerly editor of the Chicago
Times, took over the editorial direc
tion of the Tacoma Ledger this morn
< OXl'KKKX( K RE< < >RDS
Washington, Jan. 4—Completion
of the report to be submitted by the
committee of naval pxperts to the
Naval Committee of the Armament
Conference and an agreement of the
subcommittee on a Chinese tariff on
a five percent effective basis, were
achievements today in the Confer
ence situation.
NEW V. S. HUB. PROPOSAL NOW
BIO ISSUE OF CONFERENCE
Washington, Jan. 4—An Ameri
can proposal to prohibit the use of
submarines against merchant ves
sels is now the predominant issu-j of
the Arms Conference negotiations.
The proposal has been accepted in
principle by France but her delegates
have reserved final approval pending
discussion of the precise language
of the declaration.
CLAIMS SOLDIERS' BODIES
SHOWED EXECUTION
Washington, Jan. 4—Rufus P. j
Hubbard, employed by the American
Graves Registration Service in pre
paring the bodies of American sold-1
iors for shipment from France to
the United States, told the Senate |
Committee investigating the alleged
soldier executions today that three j
of the bodies disinterred during his j
period of service bore evidence that
the men had been executed.
MUCH SECRECY AT
PENROSE OBSEQUIES
Philadelphia, Pa.. Jan. 5—The
remains of the late Senator Uoies
Penrose were burled in Laurel Hill
cemetery this morning with much
secrecy attending the interinent.both
the public and newspaper men being
barred.
POWERS AGREE TO WITIIDllAW
TROOPS FROM CHINA
Washington, Jan. 5—The Par
Eastern Committee of the Armament
Conference today adopted resolutions
providing for the eventual withdraw
al of all foreign troops from China.
An agreement for the increase of
the Chinese tariff rates to an effective
per cent was also adopted by the
same committee.
STOCK RAISE It MUROKItS
IOWA HORSEMAN'
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 5—Henry
Bruener, a Des Moines, Iowa, horse
buyer, was shot and killed, and
Adolph Drahos and W. !%. Hall,
stockmen, were wounded today in
the Stock Exchange here by Frank
Thompson, a Kansas City stock rais
er, following a quarrel over a live
stock deal.
SIX DIE IN' BELFAST DISORDERS
Belfast, Ireland,Jan. 4—Six deaths
have resulted from the present dis
orders in Belfast, one of the fatal!*
tics being a child which was
while in it's mother’s arms.
DEIIS TO HEAD NEW
HOC TALIST-LA BOU P/% RTY
New York, Jan. 5—A merger of
the Socialist ind labor political
groups into a new national party to
be operated in 1924 with Eugene V.
Debs as its standard bearer is now
under way between the Socialists
and the trades unions offlMated wita
the American Federation of Labor
PltOPOHKH DIRECT ELE< -TIO\ OP
C HIEF EXECUTIVE
Washington, Jan. 5—An amend
ment to the federal constitution
abolishing the electoral college and
providing for the election of the
president and vice president by di
rect vote of the people is proposed
in a joint resolution introduced in
the Senate yesterday by Senator NTor
RltlTISH CORRESPONDENT
KIDNAPPED IN DUIILIN
Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 5—A. It.
Kay, a correspondent of the London
Times, was kidnapped last night by
three armed men. Ills fate is still
unknown.
NEW YORK POLICE
HONOR ROOSEVELT
New York, Jan. 5—A bronze
tablet to the late Col. Theodore
Roosevelt was unveiled in the New
York police headquarters this after
DAI I, EIREANN RK.IKCTS
DE VALERA PROPOSAL
Dublin, Ireland. Jan. -DeVal
eru’s proposal for an altcrrative
treaty to replace the one signed by
the Irish and British delegates at
London, was rejected by 'tail Kir
eann in a secret session today.
The Sinn Felnn parliament decid
ed that a vote upon the origin I
treaty must be taken in spite nt Do
Valera's opposition.
Irish I Coport Sa>'*» ReValern l!< signed
i London. Jan. fi—Disgruntled over
the rejection by Dali Ei rearm of his
alternative treaty proposal. DeVal
I era has resigned and a new Dull
| Eireann ministry will be formed,
according to a Central News Agency
'dispatch from Dublin this afternoon
IValera’s Reslgnal ion Con tinned
By Irish Journal
Dublin, Ireland. Jan. « DeVai
era has resigned the presidency of
the Irish Republic, it is stated by
the Freeman's Journal, a local Selim
Feinn publication today.
CLAIMED OVER FIVE MILLION
RUSSIANS DEAD OF FAMINE
Moscow, Russia, Jan . 5—Ameri
can relief workers here who origin
ally placed the probable number of
deaths from famine this winter at
two million, now say that five mill
ion is a low estimate of the number
that will have perished before the
situation is relieved.
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