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RALEIGH, N. C SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4. 1921.
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Best Of Care For Disabled, Keynote Of Service Conventions
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Delefatet To American Legion. And Woman's Auiiliary Conrention Ammbled On Steps Of CouithotiM At HenderaonTilla
COMMAND
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OUTLINES POLICY
Head of North Carolina Legion
naires Tells of Plans For
' Organization '
TO TEACH RULES OF
PATRIOTIC OBSERVANCE
Co-operation of School Super
intendments and Others Will
! Be Invited; Will Identify Le
j gion With Churches; First
t and Foremost Wort Will Be
For Disabled Men
NeW Legion Commander
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cf hia administration ai Bead of the
'American Legion of North Carolina has
been prepared by Tom Bird, who wai
hoien eotnmandcr of the legionnairei in
Hcndersonville at the convention which
closed recently.
, '1 intend to appoint an Americanism
committee to work in collaboration with
erne organiaatioiu to put over a earn
.paiBtt'to teach the fundamental princi
ples of torernment and patriotism, tuch
as How to honor the flag,' 'What to do
when , the Star 8pgl4 Banner it
played,' How to . iondue a Thilttaiy
funeral' and varlcmt (hef nuAters of
equal importance. X will request the
eommltUe to aelecl eome partieulat date
om which to ask alt echool aoperinten
denta and their assistants to eo-operate
in the movement. I will also seek the
eo-oneration of farm demonstrators,
eonnty welfare agents and will solicit
the continued eo-opcration of the news-MPcn,
Standi for Rellgioa
"Jt is my policy to identify the
American Legion with the churches in
North Carolina. We want it understood
that the American legion stands for
:g morala and religious principles, as
well ti one hundred per cent Ameri
canism. We believe our government is
founded on religions principles.
mVim Pnmmnnrler Hollis. of Wilming
ton, will have complete authority in his
.section if the state and wilHook over
the job completely in his vicinity. We
hope to have completed at an early date
list of all men who entered the service
from North Carolina, and the district
r.-namittecmen will be furnished with
lists by counties "of all men who saw
' crvlee. ; Each district will be alled
tipon to organize and supervise a mem
bership campaign.
Disabled Men First
"The flrst and foremost Vork to be
none in North Carolina by the American
Lesion will be In the interest of dis
abled men and the families of the boys
who made the supreme sacrifice. The
ery excellent work started by Dr.
dama Fisher, in Charlotte, chairman of
the hospitalization committee, will be
Continued; an effort will be made to
i each every man in North Carolina, who
is in need of benefits f government
deprtmenta. . r
I am surprised at the growth of the
'American Legion auxiliary and hope for
its continuance and assure the organiza
tioa my most hearty support. We de
sirs the auxiliary and the Bed Cross to
co-operate hand in hand and not eon
' flict in any way by working in harmony
and together to achieve the best results
possible We art sure the aucilary will
' also eo-operate with the War Mothers,
the War Fathers, Knights or uoiumbus,
Jewish Welfare, Y. M. C. A, Y. W. C.
A.. Baraca-P hilatheaa and other organi
sations, -. " '
in weeding out the 'gold bricks' and rid
the government of the expense of pay-
- Jnf compensation t men who are not
entitled to .
Te Realf as Post Commander
Mr. Bird, whe was elected eommander
et the Kin-Boekwell Post of the
Legion here in December, 1933, will len
der his resignation at the next meeting
on September 0. The membership of the
post has doubled since he was elected its
head.
The State eommander was born in
Bominy. March 28, 1896, and was left aa
orphan at the age of two years'. He says
lis was left no heritage except that "he
was a poor mountain white He worked
his way through school, and is now in
the insurance business in Asheyille with
Dan W. Bill, acting postmaster. He en
listed in Battery B, 817th field artillery
as a private and .was discharged as a sec
ond lieutenant in the reserve corps.
The Carnegie Foundation for the sd-
TMeemeat of teaching was founded la
19u5, and a year later was incorporated
by Congress lor the. purpose cf pro
viding retiring allowances for teachers
and officers of aatvorsitles, enllegvs
and technical schools in the United
States, jCaaada and Newfoundland, and,
in general, of advancing the profession
ef the teachers and thi cause of higher
Education,
Forward Observation Po s t
LaFayette-Marne Day To Be Observed Hendersonville
Convention a Most Successful One Newly Elected Of
ficers of Legion Look To Future With Confidence "On
To Kansas City"
By CALE K. BURGESS, Department Adjutant
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THOMAS W. BIRD.
Mr. Bird, who was the former eom
mander of Kiffia Beckwel Post, at
Aaheville, has many'plans for the pro
motion of Legion interests in North
Carolina the coming year. Among
other things he proposes to put on a
campaign to teach the rules of patri
otic observance. But the needs of the
disabled veterans and the families of
those -who made the supreme sacrifice
will have priority af the State Depart
ment's concern, Commander Bird an
nounces.
Heads Woman's Auxiliary
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MRS. E. W. BURT, OF SALISBURY
Mrs. Burt has been serving as tempo
rary eommander of the Woman's Auxi
liary, North Carolina Department of
the American Legion, for the past year
and was elected commander at the re
cent meeting of the Auxiliary at Hen
dersonville. The Auxiliary Is expected
to aid the canse of the North Carolina
veterans of the World, War in many
ways under Mrs. Burt's leadership. In
accepting the post Mrs. Burt earnest!
requested the,jeo-opratlon of all the
members in carrying out tha plans of
toe organization. : f
LEGI
ON CONVEN
A DECIDED SUCCESS
Accomplished Mission Effec
tively Says Department Ad
jutant Cale K. Burgess
REVEALED ASPIRATIONS
OF STATE ORGANIZATIONS
Disabled Veterans To Beceire
First Consideration; Re
newed Enthusiasm Engend
ered For Meeting This Obli
gation; Sentiment For a
More Bobust Americanization
LaFayette-Marne Da will be ob
served throughout the United States on
September 0. The significance of the
word Marne is universally known, and
the name of our noble compatriot, Lv
Fayette, strikes a responsive cord in
the heart of all true Americans. The
principal exercise of ths LaFkvatte-
Marne Day will be heldtl Mount Ver
non, Va4 at the home of George Wash
ington. Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover and Dr. John H. Finley will be
among the speakers at this national
celebration. Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Theodore Booaevelt i honorary
chairman of the committee in charge,
with Brig. Gen. George Richards, of the
Marine Corps, in 'active supervision.
One hundred and thirty local posts of
the American Legion in North Caro
lina have been urged by State head
quarters of the Legion to take proper
cognizance of and make fitting obser
vation of September 0 to the end that
we might keep alive the spirit ef La-
Fayette and the honor due him from
this nation.
Convention Very Successful.
The Hendersonville convention of ths
Legion, August 26 and 27, was pro
nounced to be one of the most success
ful assemblies in North Carolina; about
five hundred delegates and other rep
resentatives of ths American Legion
and of the Women's Auxiliary of the
Legion traveled from every section of
the State to join in this third annual
convention of ths .North Carolina de
partment of the Legion. The addresses
delivered and the other proceedings of
the convention " were both instructive
and inspiring. An unusual spirit of
good fellowship and ef service to others
prevailed both within and without the
convsntioa hall. The messages of the
Hon, Josephus Daniels, Governor Cam
eron Morrison, Col Charles B. Forbes,
director of the Veterans' Burean; CoL
Alyin M. Owsley, national director of
the Americanism Commission of the
Legion, made aa, invaluable eontriba
tioa to the cause of the ex-service men
in this 6tate and particularly to the
work of the Legion in behalf of the
rfltiabled ex-Service men and ths foster
ing of one hundred per cent Ameri
canism; Many reports have reached
State headquarters since the ; eonven
tioa giving expression., ef ths' revival
that has been started throughout this
State ia support ef the ideals and the
program of the American Lcgioa ia
North Carolina. '
Greater Work Planned.
The aewly elected . officers of the
American Legion look forward with
confidence to greater work for North
Carolina than has been accomplished
heretofore. Enthusiasm and a determi
nation to serve nnsolflshly have been
evidenced by the newly elected Legion
officers. The new administration can
be fairly represented by ths message
delivered by W. Curtis McLeod, de
livered in nominating the new depart
ment eommander. McLeod is at the
government hospital at Oteen. Inci
dentally he is commander of the
Azalea post of the Legion, composed of
aisaoica men la that hospital. Ho re
counted to the convention the great
service that the Legion had rendered
the eleven hundred and fifty men at
Oteen and stated that when his dele
gation left their disabled comrades to
attend the convention, those who were
not able to leave the hospital were
asked what message they would send to
their comrades assembled in conven
tion, and that the response was, "Tell
the boys how much we appreciate what
they have done for ns this year and tell
them that if they wish to render the
greatest possible aid and service to the
men in the hospitals they will select
as State commander and leader Thomas
W. Bird, of Aaheville, -who has become
the personal friend of practically every
disabled man in the hospitals in Nortn
uaroiina. Ana we oeauty ot such a
tribute to our present eommander is
that those statements were true., Ma
Leod, of Oteen, was jot playing poli
tics. Tom Bird as eommander of the
Eiffin Bockwell post at Aaheville has
become the "pal" and real "buddy'
of ths disabled boys and girls In ths
hospitals near Asheyille. He knows
them by their nicknames and, as State
eommander of the American Legion,
he will be in position to arouse and
lead ths ex-service men and other pa
triots or Aofth Carolina to a proper
realization anddischargs of their duty
and obligation to those men and wo
men who are lying in the hospitals ia
this State, etill paying with their life
blood the pries of the freedom of the
world.
"Osls Kansas City."
"On to Kansas City!'' is the slogan
for Tar Heel Legionnaires. On Octo
ber SI, November 1 and 2, the largest
assembly- of ths world s greatest cele
brities in the history of this nation will
attend the third national convention of
ths American Legion in Kansas City.
Marshals . Foeh and Hair, Generals
Diaz, Jacques, Carry and other leading
army and naval commanders ' of the
Allied nations will bs present. Presi
dent Harding and his cabinet, General
Pershing and the commanders of Amer
ica's famous combat divisions will at
tend the convention. The Governors of
twenty-two States have already given
assurances of their presence. More
than one million delegates and visitors
will journey to Kansas City for this
world famous assembly t and North
Carolina counts on sending a delega
tion of two hundred men and woman
to thhK national convention. "On to
Kansas City!"
The varnish tree or Bhus vernicifera
Is found in .ths mountains of Hupen,
China, ia great forests. ,
"The Hendersonville convention of
the American Legion accomplished its
mission quite effectively," declared Cale
K. Burgess, Department Adjutant, in
talking about the State Department
meeting held" August 26-87.
"It was the third Annual Assembly
of the North Carolina Department of
the Legion, the first convention having
met in Baleieh on October 20, 1919, and
the second in Wilmington on September
3d and 4th, 1920, each assembly making
a distinct improvement over the pre
aedlne convention.
7n iirensrlnir the DTOffraza for the
Hcadorsoatille convention, I aimed to
gii expression- to the life and aspira
tionx of the American Legion, particn
larly as it pertains to North Carolina;
and Judging from my own observation
and the reports from others attending
the convention, I am confident that rois
aim or mission was attained to a marked
degree. The two chief fdesa and activi
ties of ths Amoriaaa Legion were pre
sented so effectively by the Henderson
villa Convention that they are today tae
chief topic of discussion among all
those who attended the convention.
Disabled Onea First Coasidmtiom
"The first and foremost consideration
of ths American Legion ia ths interests
and welfare of disabled ex-semes men.
Service to those who were disabled in
the World War is the chief concern of
the Legion; and through its activities
In behalf of national legislation for aos
vitals and other soldier relief, and
through its service in rendering moral
and material aid to those ia the nospi
tals within this State, significant eontri
bution has been made by the Legion
naires of North Carolina to this chief
aim 'and enterprise of the American
Legion. The Hendersonville convention
gave expression to what his been ac
complished in this direction and filled
all those present with greater enthn
asm and determination to fufilll the
high obligation and live np to the
sacred privilege that devolves upon ex-
service mea and all patriots, as pertain
report of Dr. Adam Fisher, ebairmaa ef
onr hospitalisation committee, evidenced
what Legionnaires and their co-workers,
the members of the Women's Auxiliary,
have done this year in the way of send
ing gifts, providing loans and giving
the personal touch to the boys at Oteen,
Kenilworth and other hospitals la this
State. The address of Miss Lucy 3,
Chamberlain, field representative of the
American Bed Cross, evidenced the co
operation that has been rendered and
the further aid that will bs given by
the Bed Cross in its work with the
Legion in behalf of ex-service men and
their families. The address of B. H.
Hinds, contact representative of the
Veterans' Bureau in North Carolina, fur
nished further evidence of the service
that is being accomplished through gov
ernmental ageneies for those who served
onr country ia the World War. But the
chief contribution ea this subject
the inspiring and instructive address of
Col. Charles R. Forbes, of Washington
who, as director-ef the Veterans4
Bureau, heads all governmental agencies
provided to serve the men and women
who wore the uniform of our country In
1917-15. Through these reports and ad
dresses, everyone became informed as
to what has been accomplished and was
filled with enthusiasm for greater serv
ice te the disabled soldiers, sailors, and
marines or this nation.
' Te Promote Americanism
"Banking as second ia the alma aad
activities of the American Legion, comes
the idea of Americanism, the work of
combatting the enemies, ef the . ideals
and Institutions of onr nation and of
creating ia all of ear citizens a greater
appreciation of onr free institutions
and a greater love and respect for our
country. This idea and activity of ths
fjegioa found expression ia the resolu
tions of scathing condemnation ef
George Harvey, Eugene V. Debt, Grover
BargdoIL and other individuala eoa-
spieuous ia the crimes that are being
perpetratea against- tae honor and In
tegrity of onr nation, aad its aaered
Ideals and institutions. ,
"Also the thought of Americanism,
Patriotism aad Service to God andi
Department Adjutant
CALE K. BURGESS.
Mr. BurgeM was re-elected depart
ment adjutant at Hendersonville. His
work wan formally commended by He-
tiring Commander- Cyrus I). Hogue at
the convention. In addition to his
duties as finance office, Mt. Burgess
has undertaken to maintain the de
partment In the newspapers started by
Capt. A. L. Fletcher and known as the
"Forward Observation Post." , - ;
Country,, was promoted through, the
hrillunt addresses delivered br , ev
Seeretarr of the Navyi - Josephns
Danuis. Governor Cameron mormon
and Col. Alvin M. Owsley of Fort
Worth. Tsxas, who is National Direc
tor of ths Americanism Commission of
ths American Legion. And this second
aim of the eoavcntioa was effected to
such a gratifying degree that all those
who visited Hendorsoavllle are still
singing the praises of Daniels, Morrison,
and Owsley, trying to tell their friend
at home what wonderful speeches these
nobis patriots delivered; and still we
eaa-hear resounding from the streets
and environs of Hendersonville echoes
ef loud Singing, "We'll hang George
Harvey on a sour spple tree, the re
frain changing only for George Harvey
to give place to provide for the hang
ing of 'Gene Debs and Bergdoll on the
same sour apple tree.
Legion Occupies High Tlaee.
"Being actuated and imbued by these
two noble sentiments and enterprises,
service to the disabled and love for God
and Country, the Hcndersonville eon
vention could not be other than a bril
liant success.' Its achievements were
gratifying; and the spirit of fellowship
and self -sacrificing service that pre
vailed, both within and without the con
vention hall, was an Inspiration to all
those who were fortunate enough to be
in such an atmosphere. I am distinct
ly proud of the success of the Hender
sonville convention; it was a eredit to
both that beautiful city In the Land of
the Sky and to the greatest patriotic
organisation in the world, the American
Legion. Having helped in the organi
sation of the first Legion Post in North
Carolina, Raleigh Post No. 1, and hav
ing labored for the advancement f the
Legion and Its ideals in ' this State
since that date, July 20, 1919. I am
happy, indeed, to observe the high
place , occupied by .the Legion in North
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14VQIUM; nu 4 im iuvumuk wilu
joy when J Witness stch evidences of
progress as manifested by the Hender
sonville convention and by that moit
generous two and onenair eoiumv
editorial in the August JWh Issue i
the Raleigh News and Observer, penned
by Josephns Daniels himself and con
cluding with the tailoring exhortation i
The day should not be far distant
when every young man who served la
he World War should enroll as a mem
ber thus giving aa impetus for making
the organization as powerful an or
ganization for patriotic nervine ia
peace ss its members were able to save
the world by their decisive strength ia
191718. If I eould get the ear of
every mmelxsr of the American Expedi
tionary Forces and evry man who wore
Uncle Sam's uniform in those critical
days, I would urge him to stick to his
comrades and help to make the Legion
the greatest power for good in AmerU.
today and tomorrow and all the tomorrows.'"
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