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June. 1930 AMERICAN Vol. 8, No. 6 Qflonthly Contents Cover Design: juni by Edwin Earle Skyscrapers and Pyramids by Walter P. Chrysler 4 Decoration by Franklin Booth The Backfire by Peter B. Kyne 7 Illustrations by Frank Street Super-Babel by Richard Washburn Child 10 Cartoon by T. D. Skidmore

Big Moments 1 Illustration by V. E. Pyles Saint Botolph s Other 1\)\vn by Alexander Gardiner Illustrations from etcirin gs by Sears Gallagher and Sa muel V. Chamberlain Editorial with cartoon by John Cassel 18 Livingston Brothers-. Part Six by Leonard H. Nason 20 /II ust rations by Harry Townsend The Demonstration by Wallgren 24 A Personal View by Frederick Palmer 25 Keeping Step by Right Guide 26 He Wrecked His Way to Fame by William F. Sturm 29 The Capture of Geronimo by Henry W. Daly 3°

Bursts and Duds (i nducted by Tip Bliss ji Boy town, Wisconsin by Philip Von Blon 32 Then and Now by The Company Clerk 33 The Unfinished Battle 35 The Message Center by The Editor 64 THE STARS IN THE FLAG

evada: The 36th State, admitted to the Union Oct. 31, in the Union, (1920 U. S. Census), 0.7 per sq. mile. Rank N' 1864. Jedediah Smith, an American, is credited with among States, 48th in population, 6th in area, 48th in being the first white explorer to cross the land in 1827. It density. Capital, Carson City (1920 U. S. Census), 1,685. was part of the province of New Mexico under Three largest cities (1920 U. S. Census), Reno, Spain and Mexico. The United States acquired 12,016; Tonopih, 4,144; Sparks, 3,238. Esti- it at the signing of the treaty of peace that con- mated wealth (1923 U. S. Census), $541,716,000. cluded the Mexican War, 1846-1848. Thousands Principal sources of wealth (1923 U. S. Census), trudged across the Nevada deserts on their way manufacturing output, $22,242,524, with cop- to California. Once included in the Territory of per smelting products the leader; all crops (1920 Utah, it was organized as a separate territory, U. S. Census) were valued at $13,980,000, live

Mar. 2, 1861. The discovery of silver, 1859, in stock, wheat, potatoes, corn ; mineral output the Comstock lode, where Virginia City now (1925), $26,469,901, gold, silver, copper, lead,

^ands, yielded $300,000,000 in bullion by 1880 zinc, tungsten and gypsum. _ Nevada had 5,412 and gave the State an impetus toward settle- men and women in service during the World ment. Population, i860, 6,857; !9 2 ° (U. S. Census), War. State motto, adopted 1866, "All for Our Country." 77,407. Percentage of urban population (communities of Origin of name: It takes its name from Sierra Nevada which 2,500 and over), iqoo, 17; 1910, 16.3; 1920, 19.7. Area, means, in Spanish, snowclad mountain. Nicknames: Silver 110,600 sq. miles. The least densely populated of any State State, Sage Brush State.

Robert F. Smith, General Manager B. L. Dombrowski, Advertising Manager Richard E. Brann, Business Manager John T.Winterich, Editor Philip Von Blon, Managing Editor William MacLean, Art Editor

Alexander Gardiner and John J. Noll, Associate Editors

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y*~^GYPT built pyra- They are not shackled to- Jt> mids for the dead. (By ("Walter^ sier gether, but grown togeth- / And in this coun- er by a living spirit. try, by contrast, Decorat n Booth Their counterparts, the we are now rearing to the human structures back heavens, in our larger cities, of the pyramids in Egypt, were mighty skyscrapers which are for clumsily shackled by clanking the use of the living. The pyra- chains of compulsion. Bas-reliefs mids are five thousand years old, have been preserved that show and are of solid stone. Erected in gangs of thirty-six men, driven by a climate where it seldom rains, on a whipmaster, tugging at the ropes land to which it seems unlikely now by means of which, and with the that the realtor's front-footage help of inclined planes or levers, plan of calculating rentals will ever the great stones in the pyramids apply, they will probably continue were pulled into place. to stand, old as they are, when our Or the present type of man- present skyscrapers are nothing power organization might be com- but a memory. pared to a great reciprocating en- Yet this difference in the pur- gine, with its high intermediate poses of the two types of monu- and low compression cylinders, its mental structures is a significant auxiliary steam-driven pumps and one. The skyscraper, dedicated smaller engines. If the engine is to the living, has the magic spark operat ing efficiently the connections of life in it —life that perpetuates of the pipe lines convey the live itself. It has, furthermore, even steam from the boilers to the high- more than dwellings or other types compression cylinder and relay it to of structures, the spirit of organized the other cylinders without loss creativeness in it. It was only that of energy. So it is with an organ- factor which made the skyscraper ization freighted with enthusiasm possible. Just as surely, no less a and belief in a common purpose; force could have produced I he and also loyalty to, and belief in, pyramids. But the organized those in command. No steam es- creativeness that built the pyra- capes. The whistling lash of the mids by comparison was a flimsy taskmaster that accompanied the thing. The stone of the pyramids moving of the big stones of the has outlasted it. The reverse pyramids was symbolical of es- should be true of the stuff that is caping steam from carelessly fitted mixed with the concrete and iron joints and connections. of modern skyscrapers. Or, indeed, these human quali- Our present skyscrapers may be ties might well be compared to the torn down, as others have been five steam itself. For they supply before them. But the spirit of men the power that is turning the wheels working together that they repre- that make possible ever more am- sent will build new ones. In point bitious collective enterprises, of size or height they may be whether they be skyscrapers or greater, or they may be lesser. great factories for building auto- But what skyscrapers represent, mobiles. And whatever gauges we and what has brought them into have for measuring it deserve being, is a growing thing. And just watching far more closely than as the skyscrapers of today are the towering achievements that more impressive and adequate than arc the results of its application. those of yesterday, so surely will More and more the men who are those of tomorrow be superior in making their way to positions of some important ways. They will importance in present affairs are be better ones. being judged by how well they can The organizations of men back of work with others; how tightly the skyscrapers and other things they can connect with the high- we are making are the really en- pressure lines of enthusiastic col- during structures that we are build- lective effort. Ability they must ing in America. More enduring have, of course. But there is less even than the organizations is the and less room for the man who spirit of pulling together lustily, works not joyously with others, with good will, and without the but only because he thinks that he need of a driving taskmaster, that has to. More and more in demand the organizations are developing. is the man who is susceptible to This enables existing organizations and a spreader of the somewhat to grow, to re-form, even after they rare contagion that we come to have disintegrated, and to operate recognize unmistakably as real en- with ever increasing smoothness. thusiasm.

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6 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly ^-J->yATTO TINDIG (or Datto Tindig came forth hurriedly and obsequiously. Tuan plated killing both, unless, in- U m 1 Taguian Tindig, to Garvey stretched out a great arm and a vise-like grip closed deed, he could dispose of them gi profitably to one of his subjects. m M ye him ms full over the shoulder of the Moro JL—S name, for he was a A certain lingering fondness lineal descendant of the fierce for both ladies stayed his hand, Borneo Dyak of the same name By Peter B. Kyne and for this weakness he hated who, simultaneous with the himself. Spanish Conquest, had invaded Illustrations hy Franh. Street But these economic and the island of Basilan and domestic trials were as naught planted the seed of the present compared with the political an- Moro race in the southern Philippine archipelago) had arrived, noyances which beset him. He owed a neighboring chieftain, eventually, at that stage of mental uncertainty where all things Datto Silogan, a debt which he was neither able nor willing to seem 'uncertain and futile except war. i pay, and as a consequence he had recently been forced to defend For three weeks Datto Tindig had been immersed in melan- himself against the onslaughts of Silogan and his warriors. choly introspection, for he was obsessed with the belief that ma- Promptly a company of Philippine Scouts had appeared and ad- levolent jinns had assumed direction of his personal affairs. In ministered a severe drubbing to both dattos, with the consequent the idiom of the Americans, whom he hated, he was, undoubtedly, loss to both of twenty-eight fighting men. Thereafter, having "jinxed"—and how! Within two moons past his eldest son had forced peace, the Scouts had remained encamped by the lake perished in the maw of a crocodile, which had upset the boy's shore, in readiness to suppress any recrudescence of the quarrel. banca as the latter paddled along the shores of Lake Llanao. And if there was one thing that annoyed Datto Tindig more than Datto Tindig's next eldest son, now the heir apparent to the anything else, it was the presence, in his territory, of a company dattoship, was an imbecile. Recently, the datto had become con- of Filipino infidels, commanded by an American infidel upon vinced that a young and good-looking wench he had added to whom his lies and political wiles made not the slightest im- his harem two years previous was barren, hence not worth the pression. price he had paid for her. However, since she was the daughter Had these infidels confined their activities to fighting him, of a powerful neighbor, Datto Tindig dared not kick her out, Datto Tindig could have put up with the annoyance of their which he felt was the correct thing to do. Smut had come upon presence, for he found in war his greatest delight. But when the rice and rinderpest had appeared among Datto Tindig's own the base-born wretches interfered in the internal administration caribao; he had too many relatives of his numerous wives nestling of his subsultanate, telling him what he must and must not do, under the mantle of his philanthropy and two of the said wives then, Datto Tindig decided, patience ceased to be a virtue. He had developed the nagging habit to such an extent he contem- could conjure up no more delightful vision than that of Tuan

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Garvey, the American infidel, being collected piece-meal into a bamboo basket and the pieces thrown to the crocodiles. And for this reason. Tuan Garvey, having constituted himself high and low justice in the territories of Tindig and Silogan, had hailed both dattos into his camp, probed into the merits of the cause at issue between them and had awarded Silogan verbal judgment against Tindig. In vain had Tindig protested he could not possibly (without terrific inconvenience) meet the debt. Smilingly Tuan Garvey had amortized it over a sufficient period and ordered the first instalment paid then and there; Silogan had agreed to the amor- to the survivors, who, thus armed, could tization and had sworn, by Allah, to refrain from further punitive promptly fall upon Datto Silogan, con- measures, provided the future instalments were met as they fell quer him, enslave his followers and, in- due. Tindig had no recourse other than to accept. cidentally, discharge a debt that irked As a consequence of his general bad luck and this oppressive and bore heavily upon every member of white man's unasked interference in Moro domestic affairs, Tindig's constituency. He laid his slowly there had developed in Datto Tindig's turgid mind a very sketchy plan of operations before them definite conclusion that it was his manifest Mohammedan duty he sought, by appealing to their natural to slay the infidels. In fact, it had always been his duty, for had love of murder and rapine, their sense of injured nationalism and not the Christian Americans forced upon his people subservience religious fanaticism, to induce them to co-operate with him. But to the hated Tagalog Christians of the North—a condition which the memory of their recent brush with Tuan Garvey and his never has and never will set well on the Moro stomach? Tagalog Scouts was still too fresh; they had not forgotten how At first Datto Tindig had pondered seriously the advantage of sturdily the little brown soldiery had stood up to their attack, running amok among his own people. It was a time-honored how calmly and methodically they had fired, how cunningly Tuan method of letting off steam, so to speak, but in the end he knew Garvey had disposed them to meet the assault. And Tindig's his own people would kill him as they would a mad dog; so he men were not—for a time, at least—wishful to review that lesson. abandoned this plan as savoring too greatly of futility and not It came to Tindig eventually that Tuan Garvey was the bug in because he shrank in the least from the fatal result. For a practi- his amber, so to speak. For the Scouts the Moros held the cal savage was Datto Tindig. Since running amok meant that healthy contempt of superior fighting men, but for Tuan Garvey he must die, what greater satisfaction could a True Believer ex- they had admiration and fear. They had known him many perience than that of dying among his infidel enemies? years; he was adept at avoiding their ambuscades; for every He considered, therefore, with equal seriousness, the ad- nan of his their barongs bit, a dozen Moros paid the price. He vantages of proceeding to Datto Silogan's cota and there staging had the affection and confidence of his men—hence he could con- his bloody drama. But here, again, he impaled himself upon an trol them in any situation, direct their assault or their defense, impracticality. Although an enemy, Silogan and his people were inspire them with the will to win, the belief in ultimate victory. also children of the Prophet, and the slaying of one or more of With Tuan Garvey out of the way, therefore, Datto Tindig knew them would avail Datto Tindig nothing in the procurement of a his people would much more readily yield to his powers of per- high seat in the ultimate Paradise. On the other hand, great suasion; without Garvey 's wise leadership that company of Scouts would be the merit he would acquire beyond the skies should (Tindig reasoned) would become demoralized. For Garvey was his earthly activities terminate in a ring of gory infidel corpses. the sole white officer with the little force, two of his lieutenants So he called upon Tuan Garvey to report in person the pay- being negroes promoted from colored regiments of the Regular ment of the second instalment on his debt to Silogan and care- Army and two being Filipino mestizos. Moreover, Datto Tindig fully timed his arrival for retreat roll-call. With the Scouts in was familiar with the recruiting methods of the Scouts, which company formation he could count his enemies with fair accuracy; dictated the employment of men from widely separated districts having ascertained the number of men in line and allowing, at and tribes—a principle which militated against disloyalty and the outside, twenty more for guard and kitchen details who mutiny, since no Tagalog might entirely trust a Visayan whose would not be present at retreat roll-call, he would be enabled to dialect he could not understand, nor fire him with sympathy for make a practical estimate of the situation. a political cause espoused by some more intelligent and crafty He discovered he would have not less than a hundred and Chinese or Spanish mestizo. The iron discipline, the watchful- twenty-five infidels to dispose of and concluded he could turn ness, the suspicion, the unceasing vigilance of Tuan Garvey, who the trick with three hundred Moro fighting men. However, this knew that anything may happen in Moro land—and generally number would tax his man-power to the limit, so, after presenting does—spelled a more formidable opposition to Datto Tindig's his compliments to Tuan Garvey, he retired to his cota to deliber- plans than the rifles Garvey commanded. With the latter out of ate further. the way, it might be a matter of weeks before another white Into conference he called his most influential followers to ex- officer could come up from Zamboanga to take command; mean- plain to them the manifold advantages of his still nebulous plan. while discipline would disintegrate, vigilance would relax—-and With the Scouts disposed of at a probable price of fifty per cent Datto Tindig would attack. of his followers, the rifles and equipment of the enemy would fall His plan of assault, once he had won his followers to his point

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For a minute a packer, gallop- ing after a mule that was trotting back along the trail, was out of sight of his felloivs. Datto Ttndig, waiting in 'the grass with his barong, sprang ' 1 S up and with a silent swing of jfj/^ the weapon was upon him r

of view (and he anticipated no difficulty, following Garvey's death) was simple and, like all simple things, promised to be effectual. While the constabulary were at morning mess he would charge their camp with all his men. The Scouts' rifles would be in their tents; hence he would place fifty of his warriors between the and mercilessly upon both factions, since thus only could a mis- tents and the kitchen, while the remainder of his force closed in take be avoided! To a people who had never known any per- silently from every side and went at their work with barong suasion save that of brutal force, mercy was a sign of weakness and kris. and justice but the vaporings of fools. Of course there would be reprisals. Datto Tindig knew that. Quite suddenly Datto Tindig made up his mind to kill Tuan But, provided he did his work thoroughly, no man would live to Garvey, the captain of the Scouts. say whether he or Datto Silogan had committed the massacre; Some years before he had discovered that escorts did not al- and with Datto Silogan, an easy prey to an enemy armed with ways accompany the quartermaster pack trains that marched Springfield rifles, slain and his people conquered, there would in the rear of the columns which, periodically, invaded the in- not be lacking proof that Silogan was the guilty datto! Datto terior of Mindanao. The packers were civilian employes and not Tindig smiled as he reflected how easy it would be to suborn per- supposed to bear arms but since they were hard, practical men jury among the conquered and have a Silogan informer lead the and resented the army dictum that they might not bear govern- avengers to the cached rifles. Not all of them, of course, but ment weapons, they had armed themselves with the old single enough to damn the memory of Datto Silogan and restore con- action Colt's forty-fives of blessed memory, and repeating rifles fidence in Datto Tindig, the Loyal One who had inflicted sum- of a popular sporting model. Also, unhesitatingly they dum- mary punishment upon his neighbor for violation of a treaty of dummed their ammunition. Datto Tindig, crouching in the tall peace to which both had been signatories. cogon grass beside a trail, had one day watched a cavalcade of Datto Tindig prided himself upon an intimate knowledge of packers file past. American pyschology. The accursed infidels hobbled themselves Suddenly a mule had turned and commenced trotting back with sentiments of justice and mercy. He knew that unless along the trail, and a packer, mounted on a light riding mule, satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt as to the identity of the force had galloped back after her. For a minute that packer had been that had slain the Scout unit, Datto Tindig's cota and surround- out of sight of his fellows—and in that minute Datto Tindig had ing barrios would not be molested. Of course in similar circum- slain him. A silent, swift rush from the grass, a swing of the stances, Tindig would not have bothered to make an impartial in- barong and the deed was done. Quickly Tindig had possessed vestigation; he would never be so foolish as to prejudice his ven- himself of the man's rifle, pistol and ammunition and disappeared geance by a nice consideration touching the guilt or innocence of into the cogon grass as silently and swiftly as he had emerged. himself and Datto Silogan, but would have warred ferociously Datto Tindig still had that rifle and {Continued on page 48)

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' / ^ HE story to death would occur M of propa- CBy ftychard'Washburn Child within six minutes. m ganda — or, The clergyman M*. as someone Cartoon by T.D. Skidmore wheeled toward him has said, improper- in Christian fury, ganda—runs hand i hand with the history of the world. "Don't you want to believe the story?" he exclaimed. Whenever a king or a medicine man felt that the sword might So it is with a good many God-on-our-side causes today. The fail in the subjection of the mob or the individual, he changed moral fervor becomes an end in itself, let truth be jammed! his policy from "Off with his head!" to "Into his head!" If the war opened up the picture of what could be done to Thus in the absence of the armor of education of the high human thought if one controlled all the entrances and exits of meditative type or in the absence of time on the part of the "Man human thought, the progress of modern invention has produced with the Hoe" or the "Man with the Ticker Tape" to do much so many new entrances that we cannot keep track of them! thinking of his own, propaganda has always rilled the void. Most I have a friend among the most astute of advertisers who says, of the great prophets of the world were great advertisers or rather "Give me the Wall Street backing to make a merger of news- publicity men and no small proportion of them succeeded in papers, radio, television, and motion pictures and I can make the making the public "swallow it whole," just as in recent times and United States a dominion of the British Empire, or manipulate across our own door steps we have bought happily bottles of the price of horse chestnuts to be used to prevent parrot fever, branded medicine for a dollar, containing merely a substance so that I could break Morgan and Company on the bear side of which if purchased in bulk at the druggist's would cost seven the market. I could make the country believe again that the cents. Chinese are pacifists or that Mussolini had promised to run "Making 'em believe it" as the theatrical press agents used to against Hoover!" say is nothing new; what is new is the development and spread The Super-Babel of those who want us to believe something of the art—due in part to the canned thought factories of govern- has become so complicated that even those who are supposed to ments in the World War plus the almost infinite multiplications of be on the inside are now on the outside—unless they have a good method by which whatever is in my mind can be pushed along nose. openly or slyly—toward yours. Not long ago I was asked to aid in the formation of an inter- I am no authority on publicity in the sense that I have prac- national society which we will call the American-Volabia Society. ticed as a professional. It is true that in politics I have sometimes, Distinguished names were on the stationery—the names of gul- with belief in what I was doing, used modern methods; it is true lible Wall Street gentlemen, clergymen, respectables. I attended that sometimes I am willing, from the point of view of a lawyer, a large banquet where solemn speeches were made by solemn to assemble facts which may serve the truth in a special pleading gentlemen who spoke on international good will, and upon an to public opinion but I never sign such an array of facts. Never- American educational foundation for backward Yolabia. Good theless because I have been for so many years a reporter of modern old Volabia! The dear Volabians! Great stress was put upon the life, international, national, social and economic, I am able to duty of the United States not to interfere in the internal affairs look back with much interest, some misgivings and much amuse- of Volabia. What was back of it? What was back of it was a ment to what has been put over on modern civilization, the gentleman from the West who had outrageous concessions in true, the half true, and the false—nourishment and poison— Volabia and wanted to use the Society to uphold the present and how! President of Volabia who had shot and "bot" his way into office. I have seen the public which is so careful—except in the field of recent liquids—as to what it puts in its stomach, swallow into FOR a year a full page advertisement of a certain type of its mind the assertions of villains and fools without even a shud- machine was carried at high cost in a magazine. That ad- der. I have seen the spoonfeeding age of thought from behind vertisement was carried, not to catch the many but to catch the scenes. I have seen a nation supposedly proud of its in- just one manufacturer. And it caught him! dividualism go goose-stepping after fads and fanatics, cranks and Indirection has become the strategy of most of the eight- cold creams. I have seen goose-stepping the direct result of goose- cylinder propaganda and publicity. There is nothing wrong in it stuffing, and no doubt I, myself, who ought to know better, have sometimes. At other times there is a great deal of wrong in it. done the one because I swallowed the other. Consider the published confessions of methods used by the famous "Open your mouth and shut your eyes; I'll give you something prohibition campaigner, "Pussyfoot" Johnson. And consider to make you wise." also the number of cases where moral and supposedly godly The war propaganda may have shut the eyes of the silly victims gentlemen and ladies ask the Honorable Peter Perverse of the of it; certainly it opened up the eyes of those who for one reason Lower House to vote for some "commandment," as distinguished or another wanted to make us run like sheep after a falsehood or from a law, because they have discovered that this now honorable more commonly a legitimate truth. It's bad, however, when we and bald-headed legislator set fire to the school teacher's wristlets have a job of it to tell which. at the age of seven or so, or did something naughty in his 'teens! The job we have to tell which is that raised by our modern An advertiser may expend large sums of money with magazines Super-Babel—a heading suggested by a perceptive executive of and newspapers not to get any publicity nor indeed to sell any- this American Legion Monthly. There is something humiliat- thing but to create on the part of publications a reluctance to ing in the fact that though the American mind has resistance to attack the advertiser. That is to say, the real aim may not be to the "best minds," i.e., those who like to "teach the class" and tell a story but to be sure that a story is not told. It would be the class sometimes revolts as it did on the "Join the League of foolish to say that several national campaigns which go under the Nations" propaganda, none the less we have to keep on our toes slogan "the public is entitled to know our business" are not con- to prevent some new fangled needle of publicity from being stuck ducted either to get customers nor in the main to enlighten you in our legs. or me as to what goes on among the companies' employes, but The war propaganda, always carried on with a God-on-our- rather to keep the business end of publications purring for new side piety, yielded so many brazen lies that the world blushes advertising contracts. today not only because it did not believe such absurdities but When it comes to extending this purring to the point of in- because it did. We learned then that the "wish to believe" any- sertion of propaganda in the reading pages because of the ad- thing put high intellectuals right down to the foot of the moron vertising most of our higher class publications are obdurately class. I have often told of a prominent truth-loving clergyman in and sometimes viciously set against such an invasion. Boston who recited the story of his lady parishioner who with her With one editor I have an agreement to tell him whenever I am own two eyes had seen two French children who had walked approached with a request to "sell" him such and such propa- twenty miles after their little hands had been cut off at the wrists ganda material. The very fact that he or I have been asked by by a German officer. A Boston doctor protested that bleeding private interests to "get this story into the Blank Magazine" is

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' " Making 'em believe it,' as the theatrical press agents used to say, is nothing neiv. I have seen a nation supposedly proud of its individualism go goose-stepping after fads and fanatics."

enough to finish the story. And sometimes this in itself is most ago a partner in a great international house said to me, "Help unfortunate. Suppose, for instance, that an American banking me to get Blankus, the great writer, to go to Arcadia and write house wishes to make a loan to a European country which is a series of articles about the country, its premier, its develop- really struggling upward toward social place and economic ment and future. He can charge what he likes and have all his stability. Here is news for me, here is a trip to Europe and a expenses." true interest in a new political situation abroad. But if the Now there was an absurdity—a waste! What the banker, who banker asks me to dinner or goes to see the editor of this particu- is more than forthright and honest, should have done was to lar magazine suggesting a series of articles on the subject of get Blankus to spend a year in Arcadia—but writing not a word! Yolabia and its progress the story is killed for a long time. Why? Blankus' function would be to know ail about Arcadia, dine with Because inevitably the banker would say, "Ha! I put that over!" the premier, take the princess sailing on the Gulf of Lepidoptua, This in spite of the fact that Volabia which is getting the loan de- and then wait for all the newspaper men, correspondents, current - serves to have it and has become of vital interest by her experi- events lecturers, magazine writers and tourists to come through ments in political and social progress. Arcadia. He could say, "Look at this! Look at that! See for The average banker and business man, to speak with candor, yourselves. Do you want to write about this? Well here are the is a perfect goose about publicity and propaganda. Not long facts and tomorrow I will show you the (Continued on page 38)

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rHE third instalment of prize-winning Big Moment stories is printed herewith. Another instalment will appear in the July

issue. Rules governing the contest, in ivhich five hundred dollars a month is awarded, are given at the conclusion of the instalment. B G AN ENEMY IN NEED $100 Prize

/WAS serving in an ambulance section attached to the Twelfth French Division. One cold night I was given, besides the usual three stretcher patients, a German with a shattered shoulder. As there was no room inside he had to occupy the seat beside the driver. The radiator leaked, and within a few miles I had to stop to get water. A canal paralleled the road, and to this I went. With the toe of one shoe in a chink in the masonry I reached down to fill the bucket. My foot slipped and into the canal I went. It was impossible to climb out. All I could do was to hold to a crack in the wall—the bank was three feet above. Another car came down the road. I called for help, but they could not hear me. Chilled through, I was ready to give up when a shadow appeared on the bank and an arm was stretched over the edge. I seized it and with difficulty scrambled to the bank. There I found my German passenger, his bandage pulled loose, bleeding and unconscious. I bandaged the shoulder, revived him and got him into the car again. We soon found more accessible water, and two hours later reached the hospital more frozen than alive. I want the world to know that then and there I hunted up for that German prisoner the biggest ration of rum that could be found.—A. S. Johnston, Becklcy, IV. Va. CHICKEN A LA TOWEL $50 Prize

DURING the winter of 1918 we were stationed in a small village in southern France. We were considerably isolated from the base of food supplies and our rations suffered accordingly. Many of us had received no pay for five or six months and could not supplement our rations by the franc route. There was only one thing left to ease the pains of an empty stomach and doughboy-like, we proceeded to exercise our prerogative. A certain chicken house had at- tracted attention for many days but had always been securely locked or well guarded. One Saturday night the vigil slackened and several of the chickens mysteriously disappeared. A little wood obtained from the floor of a nearby barn supplied the heat and "An arm was stretched over the edge. I seized about nine o'clock the following morning the chick- • ens were simmering nicely in the old stone fireplace. Someone looked out the window, turned and shouted, "Good Day. A party of us exploring the trenches. Dead men lying Lord, here comes the lieutenant and the town mayor." around everywhere; all the grim debris of battle. Twelve hours What to do ? Suddenly a corporal dashed to a corner, ago our infantry had been mauled in a frontal assault and the grabbed three or four bath towels and threw thern into the casualties had been heavy. kettle. As the lieutenant and the mayor entered the room Tex Jones popped his head out of a German dugout and called we were all busily engaged boiling our laundry. They walked for a gun—had forgotten the war was over and wanted some through the room, looked about, and failed to find the culprits. prisoners. We climbed down and there they were. Just kids. The chickens were extremely savory in spite of their contact Younger than we expected. Pale, thin, underfed. Kind of scared, with bath towels. I have always believed that the lieutenant had yet glad to see us. Friendly, too, in a bashful way. When we a keener sense of smell than the Frenchman, for there was a snagged an old helmet they would replace it with a brand new twinkle in his eye that did not indicate a total lack of compre- one. Gave us their coarse black bread. Grinned, showed us hension. Emory L. O'Connell, Denver, Colo. around; pointed out a machine-gun post with piles of empty cartridges; showed us a lane where they had mowed us down. We THE TOUCH OF NATURE talked it over like a football game; told them it was a dandy place $jo Prize for their gun. One of us hummed a German nursery song. They yelled, called up their gang and made him sing it all through. I CAN'T forget that Liberty Loan poster that hung in our dug- Didn't want us to leave; loaded us up with souvenirs. In short, out. A hulking German brute pursuing women with dripping it was like a reunion of buddies who had been separated for years. red sword. Typified our notion of the Jerries. Then Armistice As we came back there was Old Glory streaming over Fort de

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my platoon up on line with the first wave so that we could storm the enemy's position. We were some distance from any of our officers and, in order to save time, I acted on the French- man's suggestion, bringing my platoon forward. With the first and second waves combined, we charged the hedge. Many of our boys fell. At the hedge I found myself standing upright against it with the enemy firing point-blank at us. Why I was not hit is still a mystery. On looking around, I noticed a tank creeping toward us and signaled it to come forward. Within a few minutes, the tank crushed the hedge to the ground, breaking a passage about ten feet wide through which the boys followed with bayonets at short point. During this hand-to-hand struggle which lasted about three minutes, I fired at a German officer, wounding him in the thigh. He fell and at the same time tore away the leg of his breeches, pointing to his injury and asking me for mercy. By sign language, I tried to persuade the German to get under cover. His broken reply came to me under the sound of fire, "Plees kintly put me in grafe." I thought he wanted me to kill him; I put my pistol to his head. Immediately he resumed his pleas. Then I suddenly realized he meant "trench." —J. J. Finnegan, Bellcrose, N. Y. NO ADMITTANCE $25 Prize

YOU might call it my big moment, but it was also my most embarrassing one. For in Febru- ary, 1019, I was ill in Base Hospital 1, St. Nazaire, France. Of course, a Red Cross nurse wasn't supposed to be sick, but there I was flat on my back in bed with the mumps. My face was as large as two faces, and my stomach as empty as a collapsed bal- loon, because my jaws were so sore I couldn't eat, and all I was enjoying was the rest and freedom from the rain and mud of Camp Hospital 85 at Mon- toir where I was stationed. It was a lovely, calm, quiet day when the day nurse came bustling in and said, "Please do not muss up your room. Stay in bed and be quiet, for General it and with difficulty scrambled to the hank" Pershing is making a tour of inspection of the hospital." She was gone, and the words "inspection" Tavannes. Our hard-bitten top looked up at it for a moment and and "Pershing" were frozen in my brain. I had a sick feeling and grunted: wondered if my bedroom slippers were lined up. I leaned out of

"Somehow all over the world is H. bed to see. The bed was high my arm was short ; and I fell out of — —folks just folks." John ; Thacher, Okmulgee, Okla. bed, dislocating my shoulder, and landing on my back with my feet up in the air. I called for the nurse. She came running, and HIS JERRY when she saw my predicament said, "Couldn't you wait until $2 j Prize Pershing had gone before you did that?" She called for the ward surgeon, and General Pershing and he arrived in my room at the HPHE particular instance of which I write happened during the same time. General Pershing looked in and said, "They are busy Battle of Cantigny. At that time I was a sergeant in command in this room." He never knew that he himself was the cause of my of the second platoon of Co. E, 28th U. S. Infantry. My com- accident and suffering. Florence Green, Colerainc, Minn. manding officer was Captain Johnson, one good soldier. At 6:25 A. M. (the zero hour) May 28, 1018, we jumped off, my THE CRISIS platoon being in the second wave. Just before driving at our ob- $25 Prize jective we met strong resistance. The Germans were entrenched behind a tall hedge which was interwoven with barbed wire and ASMALL, pine-boarded room, reeking with that sweetish, it was almost impossible to get through. sickening smell of ether. A single white army hospital bed. A French soldier who was assigned to my platoon for the pur- A bandage-swathed patient, with only his lips showing. Base pose of using a flame thrower (liquid fire) suggested that I bring Hospital 35. Mars-sur-Allier, France. (Continued on page 55)

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Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market

Illustrations from Sears Gallagher and. Custom House Tower .

WHEEZE of a generation or two ago had it, "You yj don't know beans until you come to Boston," and A m doubtless thousands of picture postcards with a bean 1 * pot, surrounded by views of the city, will be sent to all corners of the world next October when delegates and visitors to the Twelfth National Convention of The American Legion assemble in the Massachusetts capital. Of course it is literally true that the succulent baked bean with salt pork reaches its highest development in Boston and even such a little distance away as New York de- teriorates into a too liquid mass of inadequately prepared stuff that would make the heart of a Bostonian bleed. And the further west from the Hub of the Universe you go the bean gets worse. Forget the army beans with raw onion that too often greaseballs poured on to your messkit twelve and thirteen years ago. As well speak in the same breath of a French cigarette of the war period and an American tailor-made of today. Boston is the home of the bean as well as the cod. Saturday night is baked bean time in the city and within its direct sphere of influence—Saturday night and Sunday morning. But since this convention is going to be in session from Monday to Friday doubtless some concession will be made so that those who, hearing from afar of the dish and still doubting, may yet allow themselves to try it, with the brown bread that accompanies it. They will be convinced! Hut that ancient wheeze, like all wheezes worth their salt, had a double meaning in it. As late as April 6, 191 7, and perhaps today "you don't know beans" meant that you were beyond the pale of understanding, that you were in need of enlightenment. How to get it? In the fifties of the nineteenth century there was a way. If you could not be born in Boston, as Edgar Allan Foe had been, you went there, and if you were fortunate you were able to sit at the feet of the leaders of American literature who lived in or near the city and who always regarded it as their cultural home—Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, Holmes, Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier, Dana, Aldrich, Tea Wharf

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Louisa May Alcott and Julia Ward Howe. There never was and probably never will be again such a group. Their presence gave Boston a cultural leadership lasting into the nineties, that no other place in America has had. Hartford in the neighboring State of Con- necticut a few years later had Sam Clemens, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Charles Dudley Warner as leaders of its Literary life, and New York City and an undefined portion of Indiana have had some claim to fame as an abiding place for literary folk. But none of these was able to match that Boston group. If Boston has lost that leadership in literature it can still pride itself on a form of mass intellectual leadership. A Columbia University professor, intrigued by the results of the intelligence tests set before the drafted forces in the World War, set out to find out by eight or ten other standards just where in this country the general level of intelligence is highest. The tests he used proved that Massachusetts (and therefore by implication Boston) stood above all the other States in moral, mental and acquisitive characteristics of the population. Next after Massachusetts he ranked the States in this order: Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, and then went on to the other forty-two States, making the lowest in the New England group higher than any outside that section. Incident- ally, the professor was born in Michigan. His name is William C. Bagley. Don't get the impression from all this that your New Englander is an austere, unsociable composite of intellectual and money grubber. You who make the pilgrimage to this convention (a New England rather than a narrowly Boston and Massachusetts affair, your Boston Legionnaires would have you know) will find your hosts more than State House ready to show you what you want to see, and to put themselves out

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to entertain you, whether your family came to America before 1700 or just in time to let you into the fracas of 191 7 and later. But you won't get a sales talk like this one on New England, and nobody will try to sell you house lots. The six States of the section, proud of their reputation as the summer playground of the nation, are at their glorious best in early October—and are anxious to prove it. Hills and valleys and no matter what part of the country you come from you'll find a new type of beauty in these New England prospects—are aflame with the changing colors of the trees and flowers, and there is a tang to the air that gives a sense of well being and makes you want to be on the move, in the phrase of the day to go places and do things. And there is so much to see, hear, taste, smell, feel, and read, mark, learn and inwardly digest! So many places whose very silence trumpets forth the noble past that it is quite hope- less to think of naming them all here. Knowing Boston only as an infrequent visitor, in trying to convey something of the atmos- phere of the place I feel like a schoolboy attending his first three- ring circus. All the eyes of Argus would not be enough to take in everything you fortunate first-time adventurers to Boston will want to crowd into a few days there. Legionnaires are pre-eminently interested in history, in Ameri- can history, for did they not contribute to a stirring bit of it themselves? In Boston and throughout New England they and the Auxiliaries coming from afar will see old towns and houses, famous battlefields, the monuments of big moments in the story of America. They will see products of the seventeenth century, utensils fashioned by Paul Revere, that mechanic who won death- less fame in the eighteenth and lived well into the nineteenth century. And then they will see tremendous industrial plants whose output is quite literally sold and bought in every cross- roads village in the world. Those six States want to see you! They have banded together to make the 1930 convention of the Legion the greatest ever.

Harvard Hall, Harvard University

get away with the problem, and everybody who comes into the city for the parade is going to see it and have a great time. The committee has one idea that smacks of genius. In Boston or one of the forty-odd towns that arch it north, west and south are Legionnaires and Auxiliaries from every State in the Union, men and women whose ties with Back Home have not been broken. These people are being banded into State liaison groups, with a chairman at the head of each group. He and his committee colleagues are going to see that the visitors from their State get all that they should have in the way of entertainment, opportunities for sightseeing above and beyond the run-of-the-mill variety, and that any pre-convention queries a delegation-to-be wants answered are answered. If any of the folks from Wisconsin, for example, want to know just how they can take in Dartmouth College up in Hanover, New Hampshire, and Longfellow's birth- place in Portland, Maine, in one trip and do it most expeditiously and without too great a strain on the pocketbook, the Boston- Wisconsin committee is going to get the information for them. If a California Legionnaire wants to know what's the best way to combine a visit to New London, Connecticut, from which one of his ancestors set forth in '49 for the gold rush, and to Bennington, Vermont, where another ancestor fought during the Revolution, the Native Son Legionnaires temporarily or permanently abiding in New England will tell him how to do it. Probably more members of the Legion and Auxiliary will make side trips of that sort than at any other convention, for not only will these men and women visiting New England come as long absent children to the ancestral home, but they will find the entire compass of the six States hardly more of a spread than a couple of Texas counties, all of it easily accessible, and most of it within 200 miles of the convention city. Five of the six States together could be crowded into Indiana, and even with the behemoth Maine added to it the group would fit comfortably within the confines of Missouri. Probably thousands of people who will attend the convention are planning to go by automobile. They will find a network of Their most distinguished citizens, headed by former President concrete roads to every part of New England. Long before they Coolidge, have given the prestige of their names and the backing enter that section they will begin to go through cities, towns, and of their dollars to the active committee of arrangements, itself no villages in which history was made in colonial days and in the council of mediocrity. On the second day of the convention, Revolution. And whether they take the Mohawk Trail which October 7, this committee expects to entertain a quarter of a enters New England near Williamstown in Massachusetts, or million people, a tremendous crowd in view of the fact that Bos- come up from New York over the Boston Post Road through ton, which is celebrating this year its three hundredth birthday, Greenwich, Connecticut, they will soon gaze upon historic sites. has many narrow and crooked streets. But that committee will Everybody knows the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth in

16 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly cultivated. The Fish Special train that roars its way to New York ) every night is as famous in its way as the great passenger trains bearing distinctive names. Cape Cod is still the best known cran- berry center in America, Aroostook County in Maine wants the world to know that it's raising more potatoes this year than ever before, and for maple sugar and maple syrup Vermont takes a long lead over any other State. Connecticut and western Mass- achusetts raise tremendous quantities of tobacco and onions, and all through the six States are sprinkled dairy and poultry farms whose products go west and south to share with the fruit of other fields the bounty of the family table. When finally you reach the convention city, St. Botolph's other town, named for a smaller but no less interesting Boston in England, if you have made the journey by rail you will probably get off at one of the Back Bay stations if you have come from the west or the south, but if you have come through Vermont or New Hampshire you will land at North Station in the oldest portion of the city, the very part settled when members of the Mass- achusetts Bay Company, finding that the wells of Charlestown had run dry, accepted an invitation to go across the Charles River and make their homes there, in September, 1630. What are now the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad from Provi- dence and the Boston and Albany Railroad from Worcester used to come into Boston over embankments through the Back Bay, which until the sixties and early seventies of the last century was just what its name implies, but which in later years was filled in and became the fashionable portion of the town. Old and new Boston may best be seen from the Custom House tower, the only skyscraper in the city. It dominates the scene, and from it most of the nearby historic points may be viewed. Bunker Hill Monument and the frigate Constitution, "Old Ironsides" at the Charlestown Navy Yard come clearly to view from this emi- nence. It was just a hundred years ago that someone in the Navy a? Department blunderingly ordered the historic vessel broken up

St. Paul's Cathedral

1620; after this convention everybody's going to know that Bos- ton was settled in 1630; but probably comparatively few persons know that before 1640 there were settlements all the way down to Stamford in Connecticut and at places on the Connecticut River from Saybrook up to Springfield in Massachusetts. So the hundred and fifty to two hundred miles automobile parties journey to Boston from the most western reaches of New Eng- land will be packed full of historic places. In the charming valley of the Connecticut River, for instance, if they venture off the through roads to Boston, they'll see such towns as Deerfield, Hadley, Hatfield, Northampton (where Mr. Coolidge lives) and Springfield which faced the fury of the Indian braves in the late 1600's. Some of these places were captured and pillaged by the aborigines two or three times. By the time the Revolution rolled around they were all historic towns. All through Massachusetts and southern New England may be seen places in which General Washington spent at least one night. Some ancient inns there are which proudly refuse to join the stampede for publicity, and therefore announce by sign displayed on their grounds that the Father of his Country did not spend a night within their walls. New England is rather proud of its industrial supremacy, which despite stories to the contrary still continues. Visitors from more sparsely settled States will view with amazement the extent to which manufacturing is carried on, particularly in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. To the most superficial observer it is evident that here is concentrated a tremendous amount of wealth which in the true Yankee tradition is being kept busy producing more wealth. Boots and shoes, jewelry, brass, silverware and the manufacture of paper are perhaps the most important elements in the industrial line, but the textiles, in which it is still by far the leader, are showing evidence of a comeback, and the rubber industry is getting more important every year. Newsprint mills are on the increase in Maine and New Hampshire, which Paul Revere House with Northern New York State furnish the larger part of competition which Canadian mills meet in furnishing the raw material of which our newspapers are made. and thus called forth the famous poem of Oliver Wendell Holmes: The "sacred codfish" which hangs over the speaker's desk in Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! the Massachusetts House of Representatives is an earnest of the Long has it waved on high, reliance of that State in its fisheries. Though whaling voyages And many an eye has danced to see are no longer made, fishermen still go out from Gloucester and That banner in the sky! other north shore towns to bring into Boston the great staples of the sea—cod, bluefish, mackerel, haddock and halibut, while in The pennies and nickels and dimes of school children numerous places along the coast lobsters are trapped and oysters throughout the nation have been aug- {Continued on page 54) 17 JUNE. 1930 :

( C for(godandcountry , we associate ourselves togetherjor thefollowing purposes Do uphold and defend the Constitution, theTdnited order; perpetuate of States ofAmerica; to maintain law and tofosterand a one hundredpercent Americanism ; to preserve the memories and incidents ofour association in theQreat^War; to inculcate a sense ofindividual obligation to the com- mumtg, state and nation ; to combat the autocracy ofboth the classes andthe masses; to make right the master ofmight ; to promote 1 peace andgood will on earth ;to safeguardand transfnit to posterilg the principles ofjusticefreedom and democracg ; to conse- crate and'sanctify our commdeship bg our devotion to mutual hclpfilness.— Preamble to the Constitution of The American Legion.

T^eal versus Unreal

UST what sort of picture is presented to The man who saw the war close up can only see the the mind of the average American citi- current pacifist viewpoint as a set of delusions and hal- zen by the words national defense? lucinations. The extreme pacifist has built for him- There is reason to believe that the pres- self a world which does not exist, and his formulas are ent composite viewpoint on the busi- adapted only for such a world. So contrary to human ness is this: "What's it all about? We nature and common sense are these formulas that the have an Army and a Navy, haven't we?" man who remembers how nations behave in war or in This means simply that the problem of national the imminence of war wonders whether the extreme defense is not among the subjects which men talk pacifist is not a pathological phenomenon. about when they get together to pitch horse-shoes, The American pacifist has set up for himself a world to play poker, to eat lunch, or to engage in general which may exist in our universe, but it is not our own conversational endeavors. troubled sphere. His demands for the reduction of The American public declines to stir up over the our Army and the destruction of our Navy may be problems of its Army and Navy and Air Service. It reasonable in relation to the glowing and peace-loving manifests only a detached and casual interest in these world existing only in his own mind, but there is a essential branches of our national police force—in- very real peril that, through public apathy and parsi- terest of the same sort which it manifests in the latest mony, the pacifistic formula for a non-existent world discovery of Dr. Einstein or reports of new cures for may be thrust upon the United States in this real tuberculosis or cancer. It thinks of national defense flesh-and-blood, everyday world. as something best left to experts. Charles B. Robbins, former Assistant Secretary of The situation is comparable to what would happen War and now Chairman of The American Legion's if the game of bridge were so highly developed that it National Defense Committee, described the pacifist's could be played only by prodigies. Run-of-the-mine state of mind in an address he made at the Women's

intellects, if bridge became much more scientific than Patriotic Conference on National Defense held at

it now is, would decline to subject themselves to the Washington last winter. Mr. Robbins said: strains involved in trying to master the pastime. And The pacifist and internationalist societies would have us except in a crisis, the average man is willing to leave believe, in the face of the history of the nation, that lack the question of national defense to the generals and of preparedness will prevent war. Such a concept is con-

the admirals on the one side and the pacifists on trary to history and contrary to common sense. . . . Some in the peace and the security, the prosperity the other. Equally true is it that the pacifist cannot people, and happiness enjoyed by the citizens of the United States, look be accused of apathy on this issue. Very industriously across the seas to where their brothers are living in poverty he keeps polishing away on his formulas for universal and distress and see no reason why the entire world should peace, first and foremost of which is his demand that not share the same well-being that exists in our own na- the United States set a moral example to the rest of tion. . . . Those who favor internationalism forget that the world by disarming itself without waiting for other every nation has its national aims and aspirations, its own nations to disband their armies or scrap their navies. language, its own way of thinking, and misunderstandings To the man who took part in the World War, this among nations still grow into hatreds from which wars are

attitude of American pacifism is amazing and incom- engendered. . . . While the universal brotherhood of man prehensible. He wonders how normal human beings, is something to be hoped for in the future, it does not and exist until the nature of man himself changes. understanding the fundamental human qualities of cannot How few years ago it was that we were engaged in a great avarice, jealousy and malice, can fail to realize how struggle which we fondly called a war to end all wars and unenviable is the position of a rich and prosperous make the world safe for democracy! Yet, since that time, nation in a world filled with fellow nations over- the world has been cursed with many wars, and they still whelmed with misfortunes, social ills and debts. He continue. There never was a time when there was more wonders how the apostles of immediate disarmament need for vigilant watchfulness as to the security of the na- can see in the picture of present-day Europe any in- tion. The greater our treasure, the more need there is to dication that the lean and gaunt nations still suffering guard it, and the United States today is the greatest treas- from the World War are ready to fall on Uncle Sam's ure house in all the world. neck in the spirit of brotherly love. To the World Chairman Robbins's sentiments reflect the policy War veteran, it seems likely that if there is any ten- which National Commander Bodenhamer has cham- dency abroad to fall on Uncle Sam's neck, the nation pioned in his speeches throughout the United States. harboring it is carrying a well-sharpened axe. The National Commander has urged everywhere the m

18 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly HE SEES WHAT HE WANTS TO SEE

preservation of our Navy's relative power and, in addi- is echoing the admonitions of George Washington, tion, the necessity of adopting in this peaceful era a embodied in his Farewell Address. Almost alone, unified plan which would automatically command equal The American Legion speaks in Washington today for service by all in any future war in which this country those principles, while the prevailing winds carry the might find itself. In advocating a universal service pacifists' twin spellwords of disarmament and economy. act, National Commander Bodenhamer has not pre- The American Legion pleads for the preservation of sented a cut-and-dried formula. As the Legion's common sense and an end to the confusion that is spokesman, he recognizes that the problem of provid- paralyzing the power of this nation's self defense. It ing the right kind of a universal service plan is not a holds forth to the country the warning that there is simple one. He simply urges that Congress appoint absolutely no assurance that war will not come again a competent committee to study the principle of uni- to the United States next month or next year. It asks versal service in time of war and devise a plan that the nation to heed the thunder on distant horizons would be fair alike to capital, labor and citizens who and the glare from far-off lightning. It begs that, in would be called upon to serve in uniform. Perhaps by this time of relative happiness and tranquillity, the the time this is read, Congress will have authorized nation adopt a comprehensive policy on national de- this investigation. fense that will guarantee our future independence and The Legion's policy is not swashbuckling jingoism. the preservation of all that we have won in a century In championing sound principles of national defense it and a half of toil and battle.

JUNE. 1930 [9 LIVINGSTON % LEONARD H. NASON

Chapters I-VIII in Brief

(~TT\UPERT LIVINGSTON, elder son of a deceased Regu- J lar Army officer and himself a captain of artillery, M_ \ is held in the United States while his young brother y John, enlisting in the Vermont National Guard, '^ goes overseas. Rupert must testify in a court martial against his mess sergeant, who appropriated to his own use the money with which he should have paid the bills. John writes him of having been in a battle and of having been made a sergeant.

Chapter IX

MAY. 15, he wrote this," muttered Rupert, "and today is the fifth of June. Good mail service at that." Rupert was still in the Depot Brigade. Winter had gone into spring, and spring to summer. Meanwhile he vegetated. He had made one move, which had been to transfer his effects from a tent to semi-permanent officers' quarters. These quarters were the ordinary type of two-story barrack, but with the interior di- vided into rooms by fibre board partitions. Two officers slept in each room. It was warm weather when these quarters were completed, which was lucky, for they were very drafty and much colder than a tent. Someone opened the door of Rupert's room and entered, but Rupert had begun to re-read John's letter and did not look up. "Hem!" coughed the newcomer. "Sorry to disturb, but I've been quartered here." "Yeh," replied Rupert, "we're a kind of hotel here. That's your bunk over there." He finished the page he was reading and turning it, looked idly at his new room-mate. He gasped, then got hurriedly to his feet. The other man was wearing the insignia of a brigadier general. go. Nobody gives a dam' if the base censor catches them at it. "Sit down," grinned the general. "I won't bother you very No commanding officer would let one of his officers go to stand long. I'm only here for a little while." trial anywhere. Officers are too scarce." "I'll make arrangements to clear out right away," stammered "Scarce!" cried Rupert. "Then in God's name why don't they Rupert. "I'm sorry I didn't see the general come in. They send a few over from here, General? I've been commissioned quarter so many officers on us—I never had anybody above a now almost a year and I can't get anywhere. I've been here major here before." signing service records since February, doing work that any boy "Sit down," repeated the general. "They were going to send with a grammar school education could do!" me clear across the camp to wash my hands, but I won't have it. "Yup," agreed the general without interest, "the rear areas Give me a basin and a towel. I rank 'em all. They had to do are full of officers that would give their souls to get to the front, what I said. So I'm here. What's your name, Captain?" and the organizations in the lines are always under-officered, and "Livingston, sir," replied Rupert. "I'm in the depot brigade sergeants and subaltern officers doing work that officers of higher here." grade should be doing. Can't help it. All wrong. New army. "Good. Well, go on and read your love letter. I'm going to Can't change the American public. They want it this way, now unpack." they can have it, by God! How long have you been a captain?" "It's not a love letter, sir. It's a letter from my brother. He's "About six weeks," said Rupert. ? at the front, and has just been in his first battle. It's very in- "Well, you ought to be with a regiment! W ho put you in the teresting." Depot Brigade?"

"It's a wonder he gels it by the censor," grunted the general, "My regiment went overseas, sir," explained Rupert, "but I undoing the straps of his valise. "It's forbidden was left behind to testify in a trial. Our mess to give details of actions. He a clerk or some- sergeant got away with the mess fund." thing?" Illustrations "Couldn't they take your affidavit?" "He's some kind of a mail orderly, or he has "Well, I wondered about that a long time, charge of them," said Rupert. btf but it seems Higher Authority wasn't taking "Probably censors his own letters then," any chances on his getting away with it. They chuckled the general. "All the clerks do. They Harry T

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done to be made a captain?" "Livingston — Livingston!" said the general suddenly. "Oh, I knew the name was familiar. I used to know an officer named Living- ston. A cavalry- man, too. Hmm. Where was it now? I forget, but in the Islands somewhere. I was a shavetail with the California Volunteers. Any- way, he was an adjutant of our regiment for a while, or instructor or something. A fine chap. He could give an outfit as fine a damning as a man would like to hear. Know him? Any relation of yours?" "It might have been my father," said Rupert. "Ah? Where is he now? He ought to be a general officer by now. Is he still in the Army?" "He's dead," replied Rupert. "He camp stretched down the hill died of the effect of town, jew wretched huts a wounds he got in the Islands." hich lived men too old for "Yes, yes, I guess that's right. I did service and women too hear that he got cut up later on. He was •ork in munition factories a hell of a fine officer. So you're his son! Well, you can be proud of your father!" Rupert said no more, but buttoned his that he could get on the outside and go into some kind of business blouse and offering the general the use of his soap and towel, with our mess fund. No, he didn't have any of it left. He and made preparations to withdraw and leave the other in possession this woman he had went through it all. They tried to find her, of the room. but they couldn't, and he wouldn't make any statement, or tell "Where you going?" demanded the general. what he'd done with the money or anything." "Oh, I always take a walk before dinner, sir, it's the only exer- "So then what?" cise I get." "So then they tried him a month ago and he pleaded guilty. "Don't let me drive you out, will you?" Can you imagine that, sir? I wasn't even called to testify! He "Not a bit, General," smiled Rupert got five years for theft and five more for assaulting an officer. He Then he went out, to walk as far as the edge of the forest and tried to knife me when we arrested him. The word had come back, and think about John's letter. Fighting! John in battle! down from higher up to make an example of him so that all the He and old Joe lying down behind a ridge of land and shooting other jaw-bone mess-sergeants would learn to keep their fingers Germans, dark running figures that hurried out of the smoke of out of the mess fund." battle! "Ugh!" replied the general. He was deep in his valise now, "He'll have the laugh on me if I don't get out of here pretty searching for something, like a dog digging for a bone, and he quick," muttered Rupert to himself. seemed not to have heard. Five months he had been there, doing nothing but signing ser- "Meanwhile," went on Rupert, "I'm still here, with no prospect vice records and pay rolls, serving on a board of survey, and going of leaving. My kid brother, that has no more idea of responsi- on guard once a week. He had done this same sort of thing all the bility than the birds of the air, is overseas fighting. He wrote me time since his regiment had gone overseas, but previous to Ser- they made him a sergeant for gallantry in action, and he seemed geant Lippens's trial he had seen a reason for his being there. to let on that he'd been decorated. What did he do? He and a A faint one, but still a reason. There was no reason why he janitor went out and got stinking drunk! Ah, I don't know, may- should stay now. The general had remembered his father all be if I'd been in a battle I'd get drunk, too. What the hell have I these years. Would anyone remember Rupert seventeen years

JUNE, 1930 They watched the gaily painted destroyers convoying them chase each other like barking dogs hence? Hardly. With the exception, perhaps, of Sergeant Lippens. "As simple as that!" thought Rupert. "And when the old boy On his way back he met a brother officer, who fell into step is over the other side of the hill three minutes he'll forget I ever beside him. existed." "The old general pay you a call?" asked the other, grinning. He went on to his dinner and to his afternoon's work. He had "Yes," replied Rupert. built his hopes too many times on firmer foundations than a "He won't bother you long," went on the other. "He's going vague promise like the general's, and had had them dashed utterly to move over across the camp. He wanted a place to wash up in, to the ground. so I sent him into your room, because I knew you had the empty He re-read John's letter again that night before going to sleep. bunk. Thought you might like to have a general to talk to for a The lucky kid! If only he would snap out of it and not act the minute or two." fool all the time! Never mind, he was a sergeant now, and prob- "How did he happen to come back from France?" asked ably had a decoration. Let him see how long he could hang onto Rupert. "From what he said and the clothes he had, he's been it! over." Another day of heat and of writer's cramp. Another day of "I don't know," said the other officer. "There's some kind of getting nowhere. Rupert was leaving the plank table that served talk that he was a political colonel, and that they sent him home him as desk when a messenger entered, and inquired for Captain to get rid of him. First, of course, making him a brigadier, so he Livingston. wouldn't get his friends in Congress after their scalps." "Here!" said Rupert, and though he knew it must be nothing "Who's they?" more than a copy of the latest regulations for collecting of garbage "Oh, the boys that pull cards out of one file and put 'em into or an order regulating hours for baseball and other recreation, his another. Like we do here. What's an officer but a card? I get heart beat rapidly as he opened it. a requisition for five junior officers with such and such qualifica- "Special Order No. 07. Extract. The following named officers tions. I pull five cards out of the index with blue ticklers on and enlisted men will form the July Replacement Draft from this them and the clerk copies their names off on an order. Away camp and will report for duty with same prior to departure for they go." the Port of Embarkation. "Is that the way they send overseas, too?" asked Rupert "Captain Rupert Livingston, Depot Brigade. sadly. "By order of the General Commanding." "Ah, that I don't know," laughed the other. "Overseas orders He read it again, then initialed the messenger's book. He then come from the rock that is higher than I." re-read the order. It was he, Rupert Livingston, captain. That "I'm going back and wash for dinner," said Rupert. "Maybe was he, no mistake. "July Replacement Draft!" Nevermind, the general will be out of there." he would go with the Casual Detachment, Quartermaster Corps, The general was. He was just coming down the steps of the Civilian Employes Section to get to France. Port of Embarka- quarters followed by a man with his suitcase. There was a huge tion! Suppose they held him there? limousine there, and as the general was about to get in, he spied They did not. Rupert did not even need to transfer his bag- Rupert. gage to the quarters of the Replacement Draft, for they left the "Captain," said he, coming over and taking Rupert by the arm, next day. How much his general had helped to get him the detail "you ought to be overseas. Sometimes, when the right string is Rupert would never know. Moreover he did not care. He was pulled, the highest barriers roll back. I'll see what I can do. on his way. Things moved swiftly, too. The draft was loaded Your father's son ought to have a crack at the boche. Both of into cars before Rupert knew who the first sergeant was, or if they them ought to. Now, good luck; I'll see what I can do." had one. They didn't, and he organized it as a company while With that he climbed into his car and was gone. they were enroute.

22 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly They arrived at Tenatly late one afternoon and had an in- self into his berth and tossed his heels in air. "Hooray!" he yelled. spection of equipment before they had eaten their first meal. The older man laughed heart ily. "Listen," protested Rupert to the officers who came to inspect, They had a smooth passage. The sea was like a great lake, and "can't we do this tomorrow? We've been on the cars for three the convoy tore through it gloriously. They counted the days, days with little enough to eat except the chewing gum the Red two, three, four, and five, and arose to find themselves convoyed Cross handed us. Couldn't we put this off until tomorrow?" by a half dozen gaily painted destroyers, that chased each other "You'll be on the boat this time tomorrow," said the senior around the transports, like barking dogs. officer gruffly. Suddenly, the afternoon of the seventh day, a great yellow

"Not really!" headland heaved itself out of the sea. Behind it lay Havre, and "Well, dam' near. You won't spend forty-eight hours in this that night the July Replacement Draft debarked, along with the camp, take my word for that!" rest of the troops aboard, and lined up on the dock to see what "By God, I'm glad I can move fast for once," said Rupert. would befall them next. "I've been standing on one foot and then the other for a year now." IN the center of France, between the route that goes to Spain "Hmm," said the other, "there was a time when Washington and the one that goes to Marseilles, and far enough between thought we were going to just maintain a hurt silence while the so that it is not touched by traffic on either, lies the old French Allies licked Germany. They've snapped out of it now, and then province of Limousin, a desolate waste of moor and upland. In some! Every son that can stand on his two feet goes to France the midst of this, among the rolling hills, is the permanent camp these days. Load 'em on the boat as fast as you can stick a tin of La Courtine, whither the artillery in the southern departments hat on their heads and a rifle in their hands—and a bayonet in went for their training before the war. Rupert Livingston had their sit-downs to make 'em move faster! Unroll packs on the come, with the July Replacement Draft, and had reported them bunks now. Stick around, Captain. We'll issue 'Equipment at high noon to the camp adjutant. Short' tonight. Company's to be on the alert every minute. "Good," said the adjutant. "Here, Major, take care of these You'll probably go early day after tomorrow." men. Give them something to eat and distribute— them. Where's They went after supper the next night, marching away to the an orderly? Here, orderly, take Captain—er " consulting the cars in the gathering night, then running without lights and with order, "Livingston up to the officers' quarters and find him a room. drawn curtains for hours, until they came out of the train into a See you at dinner, Captain." covered pier, with a great bulk of a ship at one side. They were "is that all?" asked Rupert, rather aghast at the rapidity with all aboard by midnight and the gangplank was pulled in to pre- which these orders had been issued. vent any weak-willed young man from slipping ashore. The next "Yes, that's all. You're relieved. Your responsibilitv's at an day they were at sea. end." Rupert, from John's description, had expected to find a slow, "So I have nothing to do now but stand to horse?" dirty boat, that conditions aboard would be terrible, and that he "That's all. Stick around and rest yourself. You'll be assigned would have ten days of starvation and sea-sickness to face. Not somewhere within forty-eight hours. Don't leave camp without so. The transport was a fast, comfortable, modern ship, a Pacific signing the book." Coast oil burner. Moreover she was manned by American naval The adjutant was already deep in a file {Continued on page 45) sailors, and the food would compare favorably with that of any liner in peace times. There were five ships in the convoy, all fast, and the naval officers told them they would be ashore within the week, assuming, of course, that a German submarine did not get them. Rupert's company was quartered in the hold, of course, but the quarters were clean, brightly lighted and well ventilated. They had spring bunks to sleep on. Rupert himself had a stateroom with one other officer, an elderly first lieutenant, who finally thawed after the first day or so and admitted to Rupert that he was a fire chief, going over to take charge of fire companies of the quartermaster corps that were stationed in the supply depots. "Aha!" said Rupert. He said nothing further, but his eye could not help wandering to the bulky bedding roll marked with the other man's name that stood in the corner. " Vup," said the first lieutenant, "I had to buy one of those, too, with all the tools that go with it —rubber basin, winter underwear, peejamas—I don't wear 'em. I wear a nightshirt, but never mind. I explained to the officers that I wasn't going to the front, that I was a fireman, but they didn't get it. 'The order is formal,' says they." "Did you have to wait long before you went overseas?" asked Rupert. "No, it was agreed that I was to go right over before I took my commission. If I was to hang around this side, I might as well be in the fire house." "That's the way in the Army!" agreed Rupert. "If you wait

for it to do anything for you, you'll wait until hell freezes. I never found it out until just now either. Gee, and all the times I'd had it pointed out to me! I had a striker assigned to me once, a lad that I got run for a general court for sleeping on post. You think he took on and we were friends ever after? The hell we were. He went over the hill that very night and we never saw hide nor hair of him again! He didn't want to play soldier any more." "Yup," said the elderly lieutenant, "it's a great life. I ain't got no striker. I made my own bed for forty year, by God, an' polished my own shoes. I'm goin' to keep on with it, an' put the

ten dollars a month in my own pocket ! If the Army don't like it, they can lump it!" "You said it!" agreed Rupert heatedly. "I soldiered and did as I was told all these months, and rotted, and might still rot 'til the end of the war, only a man came along that pulled the strings Rupert clutched the table so hard his nails hurt. Who for me. Luck! Well, now, I do as I please after this! Anyway I'm on my way to France!" was Mulford that he should be allowed to die before the He did a short war dance about the stateroom, then flung him- enemy while he, Rupert, rotted in a camp!

JUNE. 1930 23 THE DEMONSTRATION

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-'4 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly i A PERSONAL VIEW

It is a noble thought, and good business for New York of any town or county as guests of honor at a tree-planting State, when Governor Roosevelt proposes planting trees ceremony.

along its highways. It is money-mak- dnaae j ng Dusmess Q f the same kind as the That Pays railroad folders' appeal calling tourists The best way to make Americans "See America First" is westward to the Rockies and the Yo- to make America worth seeing even where nature did not semite and eastward to New England's old villages shaded supply forests or singing cascades. Our e our by old elms; of the same kind that makes a summer hotel r tourists spend hundreds of millions of emphasize the scenery the rocking chair brigade may enjoy Money at Home dollars every year in Europe. We raise from the veranda. our tariff to keep Europeans from selling goods to us only to pay them our money for seeing their sights. Why motor on the Riviera when you might motor Not so long ago the Japanese gave America cherry trees to the length of the Pacific coast or through New England? plant on the bank of the Potomac at Washington. Now that Why the Italian lakes instead of our own lakes? Why stand the trees are grown, people motor from in awe of the Pyramids and not of the Grand Canyon or the Just riant a distance, and fill the hotels, to see the Panama Canal? If half the money that our tourists spend And Wait avenue of cherry blossoms in the in Europe in one summer were spent in beautifying the

spring, as they do to see the magnolia United States, it would insure avenues of cherry blossoms to gardens of Charleston. I know an elderly man, distinguished greet the spring in all our towns and three or four avenues in his community, who points to an avenue of maples he of trees across the continent, with a surplus to spare for planted thirty years ago as his monument. I often walk in parks and playgrounds. a park where an honor grove was set out in 1918 in memory of the World War dead. The trees are quite sizable now, giving a good measure of shade. Long after all the veterans Substantiated complaints still come in about American citizens of Italian birth, visiting in Italy, being ar- have passed these noble trees will still be living and the when rested forced to service in the great-grandchildren of veterans playing under them. . and do ISo Occasion Italian Army. This is no occasion for And even if those who come after do not recognize what For ords weasel diplomacy from our State De- they commemorate, the trees will still be useful and Soft W beautiful. partment, but forcefulness of the Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt kind. The poor- est shoeblack or day laborer of Italian origin whom we have

Each one of the numerous villages which boasts that it is taken into our American family is entitled to all the pro-

the most beautiful in New England rests its claim no less on tection of a fellow citizen who is a powerful descendant of its old trees the forefathers planted a renowned Puritan or Virginian pioneer. We should speak i tme Does than on its old houses the forefathers out vigorously, and if it is necessary to negotiate new

The Rest built. Travelers will stop at an inn set treaties it should be done. Our citizens must be protected. in a grove rather than one set in a sand

lot. The homage we pay to a grand old tree is akin to that No office in the gift of the President is so important as we pay the flag. It is, like the flag, a symbol of tradition. that of a judge of the United States Supreme Court. Great Who, when automobiling, is insensitive to a stretch of road ability and deep learning are not suf- arched with green? Some one planted the trees that made f Amertca s ficient qualification. takes the arch. Time did the rest. A man who All HigheSt his seat on that highest bench must forever free himself of the slightest sus-

In this age when the tourist business has become so big, picion of partisan politics or personal bias. His oath is im- the community or individual that plants trees makes an in- mutably for the service of the whole. The average American vestment which will pay rich returns forgets how mighty in his life and that of the nation is the Streets for little effort and capital. Why Supreme Court. Congress may pass laws and the President That Bloom shouldn't all cities have avenues of veto them, and Congress may pass them over his veto, but cherry blossoms? Governor Roosevelt's the Supreme Court says whether or not they are constitu- idea for trees along New York's highways should become a tional, and so in keeping with the great charter of our national idea. While we back the schools for the sake of liberties and restraints. The Supreme Court's part is the citizens of the future, why shouldn't future generations that of the supreme wisdom of statesmanship. There ride all the way across the land in shaded avenues? I know is no appeal beyond its decisions except the three- no better memorial to them and to those who fell in the fourths majority of the States which amends the Con- World War than to gather the survivors of the Civil War stitution. Those amendments come slowly, as is proper.

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QUARTER of a century ago Washington County creased our dues and have never lost it. We allow non-resident y § was a pine forest in the midst of Georgia. Today its members to pay the old rate of $3. Typical of our activities was Jr I square miles are dotted with charred stumps. Year the post's annual Community-Legion banquet recently, at which ^—^ after year forest fires swept unchecked through the National Commander O. L. Bodenhamer and Department Com- underbrush and the seedling trees which were striving to take the mander Edward A. Hayes were the principal speakers. It was at- places of the virgin timber cut by the lumber companies. This tended by 385 guests and, much to our regret, we were unable to year Washington County Post of The American Legion of Cha- provide seats for another hundred who wished to attend." tom, Georgia, decided to do what it could to prevent its county from becoming a desert. Working with the State Forestry Com- The Soldiers Again mission and lumber companies, the post in a few months helped put out twelve forest fires. Through Legion efforts, two watch WHILE the statesmen of the world are still striving to find a towers were erected and connected with telephones, so that fires formula for world peace upon which they all may agree, could be detected immediately. the soldiers of the Allied countries during the World War are in- "This is only one activity of a post working under unusual vited to help them. A prize of one thousand francs has been of- handicaps," reports George W. Cameron, Post Adjutant. "Our fered by the Fidac Review, the official publication of La Federa- county is the most thinly populated county in Georgia. There is tion Interalliee des Anciens Combattants, for the best answer to not an incorporated town in it. Between Chatom and Wagar. the the question. "How Can World Peace Be Assured?" Answers two largest communities, one may pass the whole distance over a may be submitted by members of The American Legion and the good highway without seeing a single house. Back in the other eighty-nine other World War veterans' organizations abroad sections of the county, twenty miles will separate a man's house composing Fidac, whose total membership is more than eight from his nearest neigh- million. Suggestions must bors. Yet our post has not be longer than 3.000 built a creditable club- words. No manuscripts house. It has sponsored will be returned. The the establishment of one contest will close August

of the finest airports in 1, 1030. Entries should Georgia. It looks after be addressed to the Fidac the families of uncom- Review, 15 rue de Pres- pensated veterans who les, Paris, France. are patients in Veterans Scores of American Bureau hospitals. It fur- Legion posts have taken nishes schoolbooks and out subscriptions to the clothing free to any needy Fidac Review so that child in the county. their members may keep "Our whole town in touch with European helped in the establish- developments of special ment of the airport. All interest to World War business places closed veterans. The subscrip- and everybody turned tion price is $2.20 a year. out to help clear the site. The magazine is printed We removed 10,000 in both French and Eng- stumps and more than lish, all articles appear- 10,000 small oak trees." ing in the two languages Not only on Memorial Day but throughout the year, this burial plot in parallel columns. Eight Dollars maintained by Frank ]. Goldcamp Post of Ironton, Ohio, is a com- The Review's prize- munity s center for reverent pilgrimages. It is typical of Legion winning peace suggestion probably will be made EL PASO (Illinois) memorial plots throughout the country Post rises to claim a public at the eleventh new American Legion record. "We believe our post dues are annual congress of Fidac to be held in Washington, D. C, Sep- higher than those charged by any other Legion post," writes Le- tember 2 2d to 24^. The large number of delegates representing gionnaire Cassell C. Kingdon, adding: "We get $8 a year for dues France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Rumania. Czechoslo- and have had this rate for the past six years, during which period vakia, Poland and Portugal will visit many eastern cities of the we have averaged 105 members in a town of 1.600 persons. As a United States after the congress and will attend the national con- result of being self-supporting we own our own clubhouse, free vention of The American Legion in Boston early in October. The from incumbrance. We increased our membership when we in- congress will be the second Fidac congress held in the United 26 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly STEP 5 . - . -

States. The third congress was held at New Orleans in 1922 at hundred trips to their credit. In all, the members put in 2,448 the time of the Legion's fourth national convention. hours of working time or 306 full eight-hour days. And they are The National Executive Committee last year approved a plan still on the job. They have made fifty trips since the day they submitted by the Legion's Commission on World Peace and For- rounded out the even thousand." eign Relations under which each post is urged to hold at least one meeting annually on foreign relations. The commission has pre- Education for Orphans pared a printed bulletin for guidance of posts and copies may be obtained from the chairman, Lemuel Bolles, 50 Church Street, THE New Jersey Department has taken the lead in the na- New York City, Past National Adjutant. tional campaign being carried on by The American Legion to obtain scholarships in colleges and universities for the orphaned Solid Gold sons and daughters of men who died in the World War. This spring the New Jersey legislature passed a law providing for pay- EVERY year at the annual banquet of Maiden (Massachu- ment of $150 a year to war orphans attending higher educational setts) Post, the post orators have remembered to say some- institutions, and Department Commander Richard Hartshorne thing about the "faithful and untiring service" of their fellow- announced that at least fourteen New Jersey colleges and uni- poster, William H. Doyle, Past Commander of the Department versities will award free scholarship to orphans. Princeton Uni- of Massachusetts and long active in the Legion's national reha- versity has agreed to give free scholarships to every war orphan bilitation councils. Recently the whole post decided to express who meets the university's eligibility requirements, and Presi- the sentiment permanently. It presented to Mr. Doyle a solid- dent John G. Hibben of Princeton will personally examine all gold life-membership card, bearing the Legion's emblem in colors. applications. Similar concessions have been made by Rutgers The card was engraved by University, Stevens In- Anthony A. Anderson, a stitute of Technology. post member who is a New Brunswick Theo- jeweler. logical Seminary, Seton Hall College and the One thousand other institutions which are co-operating with NO BAND played and The American Legion. no flags were dis- Department Com- played in Elkton, Mary- mander Hartshorne, who land, on a certain recent carried through the ne- day but it was a great gotiations with the insti- day nevertheless, reports tutions, described the re- Thomas H. Bartilson of sults accomplished at a Elkton Post. For on that banquet tendered Na- day Elkton Post's com- tional Commander O. L. munity ambulance, which Bodenhamer at Newark. first went into service on Past National Command- April 23, 1926, made its er Franklin D'Olier was 1. oooth run, and at the toastmaster at the ban- end of that run its speed- quet. Speakers predicted ometer registered 32,567 that institutions through- miles. out the country would "Our ambulance was Typical Legionnaires on a typical Legion errand. This is the graves gladly grant the same the pioneer American registration detail of King's Mountain Post of Johnson City, Ten- concessions as given by the colleges and univer- Legion ambulance," adds nessee, at the graves of Ernest and Curtis Girdner, brothers killed sities of New Jersey. Mr. Bartilson. "The big in action with the 30th Division fact about it is that it is The countrywide Le- being operated as conscientiously in this fourth year as it was in gion effort is being directed by P. C. Harris, U. S. A., Retired, the earliest months when it was still a novelty. All the drivers the Adjutant General of the War Department during the World have been members of the post, serving without compensation, War. General Harris estimates 12,000 boys and girls lost their and the runs have not been always simple ones as the average trip fathers in the World War, and of these more than 2,000 had mileage of 32 miles indicates. Fifty-two members of the post reached the age of 18 on January 1, 1930. The need for special have at one time or other helped carry out our pledge of service educational assistance for boys and girls of unusual ability is re- to our community. A half dozen of the drivers each have several flected by the fact that the Government makes comparatively

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small payments to widows and children of men who died in the also provides that sub-committees of three members each shall war. A widow receives $30 a month, with $10 a month for a be appointed in each county—one sub-committee in each town- single child and $6 for each additional child. ship outside a municipality and each ward within a municipality. The sub-committees report service men and dependents needing War Romance help. County Commissioners are authorized to make necessary appropriations, limited to funds obtainable by a tax levy of not TWELVE years and three thousand miles separated Made- more than a half-mill on county assessed property valuation. moiselle Therese Blanc of Marseilles, France, and Fred S. "We found that this law had become almost a dead letter in Bogden of Gary, Indiana, after Mr. Bogden returned to the most counties," Dudley A. White of Norwalk, Ohio, Commander United States to take off his uniform. But for twelve years let- of the Ohio Department, reported to National Commander Boden- ters sped between Marseilles and Gary. In February Made- hamer. "Only $340,000 was used under the law in the whole State moiselle Blanc arrived at Gary and was married to Mr. Bogden in 1928, while a total of $6,750,000 would have been available in a wedding attended by five hundred guests, including members under the half-mill tax on the State's assessed property value. The of Gary Post of The American Le- law was inoperative because the mem- gion and its Auxiliary unit. The bers of the county boards for the marriage ceremony was performed most part were aged men and women by Reverend Harold Martin, Post and township and ward sub-commit- Chaplain. tees did not exist in most counties. "Bogden was serving with the 2nd "The Ohio Legislature at its last Regiment of Air Service Mechanics, session amended the law to provide commanded by Hiram Bingham, now that at least one of the three mem- United States Senator from Connec- bers of each county Soldiers' Relief ticut, when he became friends with Commission shall be a member of Sergeant Edmond Blanc of the The American Legion. The Ohio De- French colonial troops, and Sergeant partment Rehabilitation Committee Blanc invited him to his home." re- is now engaged in a state-wide effort lates Post Adjutant J. R. Oakley. to make the law operative to the "This was the beginning of the ro- fullest extent. Gilbert Bettman. mance which resulted so happily. State Attorney General, has ruled Mr. Bogden and Mile. Blanc con- that the appointment of a Legion- tinued their friendship by corre- naire to each county commission is spondence while Mile. Blanc was mandatory. We are making a special completing her education in Mar- effort to bring into existence the seilles and Paris." township and ward sub-committees."

Where to Go, What to See Getting Ready for Boston WHEN National Adjutant James A SINGLE bugle call or the roll F. Barton visited Boston re- of a drum casts enchantment cently to look over the layout for the when heard over wooded hills or still Legion's national convention to be waters. Imagine then what it will be held October 6th to oth he was like in Lake George, New York, on impressed by the fact that that June 27th and 28th when fifty of convention is going to be all New the best American Legion drum and England's as well as Boston's. bugle corps of New England and ad- Everywhere in the New Eng- Therese Blanc came jacent States assemble on a huge land States Legion posts were from France to wed field and together play a march taking steps to organize local at Gary, Indiana, that is famous in American history. committees for the enter- Fred Bogden, whom That is what will happen if plans tainment of the thousands made by Lake George Post work out. she hadn't seen since of Legionnaire visitors from The post has announced an Ameri- the war. the South, Middle West, the Below, can Legion drum and bugle contest West and the Pacific Coast, Mile. Blanc (left) for the championship of the North- many of whom will find in and Mr. Bogden eastern United States, and. according the Boston convention their twelve years ago to Post Commander Lael W. Breen, first opportunity to make a tour when Bogden was at least fifty American Legion drum of historic towns of the original on leave and bugle corps from nine depart- colonies and the famous mountain and ments are expected to take part. A lake regions. The Boston Convention Committee of The Ameri- parade will precede the contest. First prize in the contest will be can Legion, 603 Statler Building, Boston, at the time of Mr. $1,000 and in all $3,250 will be distributed in prizes. Barton's visit was sending in response to inquiries copies of an illustrated map which will guide outsiders to New England's The Roll Call places most worth seeing. Any Legionnaire may get a copy of W. DALY, author of "The Capture of Geronimo," at this map by writing for it. HENRY the age of 81 is one of the oldest members of The American Ohio Finds a Way Legion. He belongs to Jasper Post of Washington, D. C. . . . Peter B. Kyne is a Past Historian of the Department of Cali- THE Ohio Department of The American Legion believes it fornia . . . Alexander Gardiner is a member of Rau-Locke Post has solved the problem of providing financial help for un- of Hartford, Connecticut . . . Leonard H. Nason is a charter

compensated needy service men and their dependents. It is find- member of Moses H. Taylor Post of Northfield, Vermont . . . ing the necessary financial help by putting new life into the Frederick Palmer belongs to S. Rankin Drew Post of New York

operation of an Ohio law passed just after the Civil War for the City . . . Philip Von Blon is a member of Wyandot Post of

benefit of Civil War soldiers and their dependents, but now ap- Upper Sandusky, Ohio . . . Peter De Paolo, subject of William plying to World War veterans also. F. Sturm's article, "He Wrecked His Way to Fame," is a member This Civil War law provides that each county shall establish of Los Angeles (California) Post. He was in the Air Service a Soldiers' Relief Commission consisting of three members. It during the World War. Right Guide 28 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly HE WRECKED HIS WA Y TO FAME my years r URING (B u William Sturm three years of racing. But of association by the end of 1924 I had with big league managed to finish twelfth in automobile racing drivers I ha American Automobile Association driving never known another pilot who had as much ampionship list. The following spring I won bad luck on his way to stardom as Peter De couple of fairly important races and shipped Paolo had. And by the same token, I have my Duesenberg to Indianapolis for the never known a championship driver who Memorial Day race with high hopes of has reached such a high pinnacle of getting somewhere. success, once he surmounted the bad "Starting positions at Indianapolis as in luck hump. De Paolo's path to fame all other races under the A. A. A. ban- and fortune was cluttered with the ner, are awarded the drivers in the wreckage of smashed cars, and he order of their qualification speed. At climbed to the top over the debris. Indianapolis the qualification consists Pete began driving in 1922 and the of four laps of the two-and-a-half-milc turning point in his career did not come track. There isn't a driver with any until 1925. Usually a championship claim to speed who won't unwind every- driver will show the earmarks much thing he has to get the pole position in sooner than that. He won the American this race. He steps out for all he is worth Automobile Association driving champion- and if he happens to miss the pole position ship twice—in 1925, and again in 1927, some- e may still get the second or third place in thing few drivers other than himself have done. front row. He finished first in the Indianapolis 500-mile "The track record for one lap of the track race in 1925 at the fastest average ever made, Peter De Paolo, famous driv- was 109.45 miles an hour, made by Tommy 101.13 miles an hour; and this record still re- er, sharing the wheel with Milton in 1923. When the smell of burnt castor mains for Indianapolis or any other race of his son Tommy and, above, oil had all been wafted off the track at the end like distance. In fact, Peter De Paolo proved speeding around the track of the 1925 qualification period, there were that keeping persistently at it brings success. three drivers in the front row who had averaged at Atlantic City De Paolo has been a distinct ornament to the better than 112 miles an hour, not for one lap. racing profession. Of Italian-American parentage, he is slight in but for four. Leon Duray got the pole position, with 1 13.196 build, weighing only 135 pounds. He enlisted at nineteen in the miles an hour; I was second with 113.083 miles; Harry Hartz hope that he would become a pilot, but when the Armistice was third, with 112.43. My fastest lap, a new track record, was whistles blew he was an aero mechanic at St. Paul. About a at an average of 114.285 miles an hour for my first lap. year later he got his chance in automobile racing by becoming "The total prize money involved in the Indianapolis race is ap- mechanician to his uncle, the famous Ralph De Palma. He proximately $100,000. The first place winner gets $20,000, and stayed with De Palma through the season of 192 1, and then the other nine descend by degrees to $1,400. Lap prize money became a driver on his own. totals another $20,000. There is $10,000 consolation money for Pete and I were sitting in the lee of his sun-drenched Cali- those who do not win a place prize, and accessory makers bring fornia home not so long ago talking about racing. I asked him the total to the century mark. If one driver could hold the lead about his first year at the wheel. from first to last he might win as much as $50,000, but no one "Well," he chuckled, "four of my first six starts ended in ever has done so, the winner's prize money usually ranging from smash-ups, and nothing much else happened to me in the first $30,000 to $36,000. ( Continued on page 62)

JUNE, 1930 29 The Capture ERONIMOof X March of 1885 I r He could march seventy miles was ordered from (By (Henry W. (Daly during a night, fight all day Fort Apache to and appear no more weary / Whipple Barracks, at than an ordinary man after an Prescott, to take charge of ordinary day's labor. Un- the pack train at the headquarters of the believable, perhaps, but I have seen him Department of Arizona. I found the mules do it. run down. The clerks at headquarters had The countenance of Geronimo was the been riding them into Prescott to take in most arresting I have ever seen on a the sights of the town. Not that the sights human being. There was in it a look of un- of Prescott were any great shakes in the speakable savagery, or fierceness, and yet view of a young fellow looking for a little the signs of an acute intelligence were also excitement. There were saloons aplenty present. Geronimo was of a nervous type, and wide open gambling, but Prescott had which is, or was, rare among Indians. His the name of a quiet place by the standards countenance was mobile, rather than mask- of the West of that day and date. like. When he was mad he simply looked By April the pack train was in condition like the devil, and an intelligent devil at to take into the field with General George that. This type of a leader was well-calcu- Crook and a small party to the Grand lated to advance himself under Natchez, Cataract, a tributary of the Grand Canon an able Indian but a loafer when he could of the Colorado, to settle a little Indian find a subordinate capable of assuming his trouble between the Ava-Supai and the responsibilities. Moqui tribes. This business was so soon Three weeks after our return to Whipple over that the excursion turned into an out- the humdrum of post life was interrupted ing more than anything else, much appre- by the startling news that a band of ciated by me after a winter of sleeping un- Chirichuas under Natchez with Geronimo der a roof for the first time regularly in a as war chieftain, had left their reservation good many years. near Fort Apache and were making a trail In May we were at Whipple, with noth- of blood across Arizona headed for their ing but garrison duty to pass the time. For hangout in the Sierre Madres of Old Mex- nearly eighteen months now, the Apaches, ico. There is, I think, still some mystery as the terrors of the Southwest, had trod the to the cause of this outbreak. My diary, white path, that is, had been at peace. A kept during the sixteen months of the cam- long and bloody road indeed had been paign that followed, gives a simple and I traveled to this end, and it had been my think the correct explanation of it. The fortune to have traveled most of it in per- lieutenant in charge of the Chirichua reser- son, serving through the Tonto Basin War vation was an excellent young man, but of i872-'74, the Mescalero Outbreak of '70 untrained in dealing with Apaches. He and '80, the Warm Spring campaigns The, won the friendship of Chatto, a rival of '81 against Victorio and Nana in '80, and Geronimo, ivho eluded Geronimo, which in itself was a good thing, '82 and the Sierra Madre Campaign that except that the matters were so tactlessly pursuing Americans for sixteen months wound up with the surrender of Natchez handled that Geronimo became jealous and in the fall of '83. took the warpath to avenge himself. I had perforce acquired some knowledge of these Indians, who An Indian chief was as proud as Lucifer and that always has to were subtle, treacherous and cruel. They were, in fact, what the be borne in mind. It is an error to assume that because of their uninformed think nearly all Indians to have been. There was just ignorance of the ways of civilization they were of a child-like order about one thing an Apache wouldn't do and that was shoot a of intelligence and that their feats in war were due mainly to man in the back. I have seen that curious point of honor demon- superior physical endurance. Most Indian leaders I have known strated more than once, and one time I myself figured too close or observed were equals mentally of the white leaders with whom for entire comfort in a test of it. Out of the tail of my eye I saw they dealt and as often as otherwise they were superior. This Geronimo, mad and drunk, coming up behind me with a pack statement applies to the old-time Indian in his semi-primitive of braves armed to the teeth. He just wanted to kill a white state. One of life's mysteries to me is the way civilization has man to relieve his feelings. He halted a few paces in my rear blunted the native intelligence of the Indian. and used every artifice by way of grunts and clattering of arms Two expeditions entered Mexico after the hostilcs, one on the to make me turn my head. Once facing him my life would not Chihuahua or eastern slope of the Sierra Madre range and one on have been worth a copper cent, but from my understanding of the western or Sonora side. I served with the latter under com- the Apache character I knew that with my back toward him my mand of Captain Emmet Crawford, the best Indian fighter I have life was safe. This performance caught the fancy of Geronimo, ever known. His force consisted of Troop A of the Sixth Cavalry, as he later told me. numbering forty-five men, ninety-two Indian scouts, with the My professional acquaintance with Geronimo was made during celebrated Al Sieber as chief of scouts, and three pack trains with the Sierra Madre Campaign against Natchez, head chief of the two months' supplies. I had charge of one of these trains. Chirichuas, the most blood-thirsty of the Apache clans. This Crossing the border at Black Springs, south of Tombstone, on campaign took place in northern Mexico, where by special June 12, a nine days' march, during which the temperature arrangement we were permitted to pursue the Chirichuas. This reached 120 degrees in the shade (and no shade, as the saying campaign brought Go-yath-lay, or Geronimo as he was known by was), brought us into camp in the foothills of a spur of the Sierra the whites, to the fore as a war leader. Madres, a hundred miles below the line. To the east toward the Geronimo was then no longer a young man, being forty, I Sierra Madres proper, their summits high above the fleecy clouds should say, and about medium tall. His frame was well-muscled that hugged the slopes of the foothills—a truly inspiring scene and and like those of most Apaches capable of fabulous endurance. I find in my diary a glowing description {Continued on page 42)

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The Center Falls Women's Auxiliary Culture and He was a stranger in town and he stuttered badly. For some Bridge Club had concluded their meeting and rubber, time, slightly embarrassed by his affliction, he refrained from ac- and tea was being served. costing the inhabitants, but at last he had to succumb. Inci- "Won't you have a sandwich, dear?" asked Mrs. dentally, he was a large gentleman with forbidding biceps. He Biggs, the hostess, of a lady who had taken away the tackled a passerby. majority of the winnings of the afternoon. "P-p-p-pardon m-m-me." he said, "b-b-b-ut how do you g-g-get "I'm so sorry, love," answered Mrs. Dobbs, in that bitter-sweet to the C-c-c-commercial hotel?" tone that we all know so well, "but I've already had a sandwich The other eyed his bulging shoulders apprehensively, but fin- some time ago." ally made reply: "I beg your pardon," said Mrs. Biggs, a little more bitterly "Out of a c-c-c-city of t-t-two hundred thousand p-p-people than sweetly. "You had two sandwiches. Won't you have an- you have to p-p-pick on m-m-me." other?" The village ne'er-do-well, the only man in town who didn't Things run in streaks, as everybody knows, especially bad give a hoot what the community .thought about him, was re- luck. So it seems that there was a man named Sam Perkins who covering in bed on a Monday morning when his wife announced appeared to be deep in the red ink of jinx. His business had gone that the preacher had arrived for a call. The reprobate rose and to the bad, he had contracted a case of hives, the Internal Rev- dressed as hastily as he could and descended the stairs. The enue Department had just sent him a nasty letter, the electric Rev. Mr. Jones greeted him with a benevolent smile. light company didn't approve of the way in which his meter was "Brother Caspar." he said, "I was delighted to see you in operating, in his poker game he had been consistently drawing church yesterday after your long lapse in attendance." flushes against full houses, and so on. The backslider groaned in sheer relief. One day, after a trip on the road, he returned home to find "So that's where I was, was it?" he asked. his house burning merrily. There had not even been time to get the furniture out of the place. As he stared at the conflagration A Scotchman was walking beside a lake when he in horror, there sounded a loud "boom", and the garage, with a heard cries of "Help! Help!" from a man struggling new two-thousand-dollar car, went up in flames. Brother Per- in the water. Rushing to the edge of the water he kins sat down and burst into hearty laughter. saw that the man could not long keep afloat. "What on earth," asked a neighbor, "have you got to roar "What 'syour name?" he called out to the unfortunate. about?" "Jock MacPherson," the other called back. "Ho, ho, ho!" gasped the victim, wiping the tears from his "And where d' ye work?" eyes. "Everything's so darned complete!" "At Ferguson's iron works." "Aw richt." Old Mr. Eswell was approaching his one hundredth birthday. A few minutes later he arrived at the iron works. For some ten years he had been incapacitated physically, but he "Ye had a man named MacPherson worked here," he told the was still hanging on and doing nobly, though he was failing foreman. "I want his job. He's drooned." perceptibly. At last, so weak had he become that an adoring "Ye're too late. We jist hired the man that pushed him in." grandchild sent him to a hospital, with instructions that everything possible known to science be done to preserve the elderly The American was a guest at supper of a family in rural Eng- gentleman. land. The principal dish was a delicious ham. The son of the One of the young doctors had been experimenting and had family soon finished his portion, and said to his mother, "Please manufactured a special preparation which he guaranteed to re- pass the 'am." store youth. He tried it out on Gaffer Eswell. After the opera- "Don't say 'am," his father cut in. "Say 'am." tion had been performed, the old man woke to find the attendant The mother turned smilingly to the American. "They both gently sponging his face with soap and water. think they're saying 'am," she said. "All right, nursie," he burbled. "You can wash my face, but I won't go to school today." "I suppose you know," said the Englishman who was showing his American friend about London, "that the sun never sets on The local committee devoted to the furtherance of British soil." sweetness, light and progress in Bingville had called "How can it," said the Yankee, peering through the mists at on old Doc Smart, aged one hundred and two, in an Nelson's monument, "when it never rises?" attempt to learn to what he owed his longevity. "Fer one thing," he chirped, "I might say that I "Will you have a drink?" asked Sandy, noted for his thrift, of ain't never smoked or cussed or took a drink in my life." his guest, Angus MacLean. "Ah!" breathed the zealous citizens, and proceeded to make "Yuss," said Angus, who tossed it off and set the glass down notes. thoughtfully. "That whusky," he observed, "is just right." Just then a tremendous racket broke forth on the floor above. There was a note in his tone that struck Sandy as somewhat There was the sound of overturning chairs, of breaking dishes peculiar. "Just right?" he said. "What do you mean?" and smashing furniture. "Well, if it were any better you wouldn't give it to me and if it "Ah, gosh!" Smart moaned. "There's grandpop home, an' were anv worse I couldna drink it." drunk again!" A gentleman from Florida and one from Alaska This goes back to the Year One, but some people still think were bragging about the respective merits of their it's funny. Try it out on your own phonograph and see. home surroundings. They had drawn even on the Sarah Bernhardt was playing in "Camille." You know Ca- m climate, the skyline, the beautiful women and all the mille. Not so good as she might have been. A couple of Brit- rest of it. At last the Floridan ventured in desperation ishers were in the audience. "You just ought to see our mosquitoes! Big as your thumb-nail." "Splendid artistry," commented one. "Yeah?" inquired the Alaskan. "Well, you know the difference "Yes, yes," said the other, "but how different from the home between a Florida and an Alaska mosquito? An Alaska mosquito life of our own dear Queen." has got a white spot between its eyes as big as your fists."

JUNE, i 93 o 31 Contestants and officials in Kenosha's model airplane contest, one of the myriad activities for boys BOYTOWN.which this progressive Wisconsin town's Legionnaires are carrying on W I S C O N S I N

lUCKLEBERRY offenses that proved they weren't r By Philip Von Blon Finn and Tom Sawyer, the normal sort of boys of Mark if they were to step out Twain's day. Playing pirate is one of Mark Twain's golden age of American boyhood thing; holding up a rilling station at the age of fifteen is another. into present-day America, would be as comfortable as a Mara- One city after another, and then the whole country began ask- thon runner wearing a ball and chain. Huck and Tom lived in an ing the same question: "What shall we do to prevent boys falling age whose customs and traditions are being forgotten, an age in victims to their high-pressure environment and how shall we give which boys grew up wild like colts and were not harness-broken them a chance to utilize their normal energies wholesomely?" until Nature had accomplished the metamorphosis from boyhood For, although times had changed, the nature of boys had not. to manhood. Huck and Tom roamed in independence through The city of Kenosha was asking itself this question just after forests and swamps and voyaged adventurously on lonely waters. the World War when hundreds of Kenosha young men who had When they found themselves within the simple precincts of their recently put away their uniforms were looking about for ways to native village, they conducted themselves generally in a way best help their community. This Wisconsin city, midway between which, in this changed age, would land them in the juvenile courts. Chicago and Milwaukee, with 46,000 persons in 1920, was grow- Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer knew nothing of automobiles, ing fast. Industry had marked it as a favored spot. Huge fac- the movies, airplanes, radio sets and a hundred and one other tories for the making of automobiles, metal beds, woolen under- commonplace things which complicate the growing-up process in wear and other indispensables were attracting to Kenosha not the boys of today. only native-born workers but also Sometime after this present cen- thousands who had come from over- tury began, a revolution in the liv- seas. The rapid growth of the city, ing and workinghabits of the United the tendency of the new workers States set in, and it has continued from abroad to live in separate uninterrupted for a quarter of a N—a" cities-within-a-city, the inadequacy century. It was inevitable that in of old public facilities for the new such a highly-developed civiliza- needs, all contributed to the flock tion, regulation should become more of problems which faced Kenosha and more evident, that new restric- —problems that always seemed to tions should appear. No place now hook up in some way with the for the Huck Finns or the Tom problem of Kenosha boys. It was realization Sawyers. The day of the traffic po- of this fact that inspired Kenosha Post of The liceman had arrived. American Legion early in its career to use It was inevitable also that here its main energies to help the boys of its city. and there, the new age should be- It didn't make the mistake of trying to play gin to show signs of stress. It is hard a lone hand in its enterprises. Sensibly, it to tell just when and where it was placed itself in partnership with the large first noticed that things weren't go- number of other older organizations in its ing right with boys growing up un- community which were already equipped der the new conditions. Perhaps for the huge task. the phenomenon was noticed every- Almost ten years have passed since Keno- Sergeant Paid Rohde of Kenosha where about the same time. Boys sha Post began intensively its work for boys, police began drifting into courts in larger department with portable a work so well performed that the city has numbers and at earlier ages than stop-go sign which he used in become known in the Legion as a laboratory ever before, and increasingly for traffic safety talks in the schools for the development (Continued on page 36)

32 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly !

N AND A Spruce Hound Yells: "Timber!"—When Royalty Called on the Bucks—Is Doughboy Ball A. of 0. Invention? — Outfit Reunions in Boston and Elsewhere

)ERE we have a memory-teaser for some of the and proceeded up the Lyre River Canyon to beautiful Lake Cres- ^sharks who could decipher the innumerable abbrevi- cent, along its northern shore, then over the summit and down ations and initial letters of outfits as used in the war- the Sol Due River to Lake Pleasant and to the edge of the largest time days: What was the S. P. D., B. A. P., and tract of spruce timber in the world. where did it do its stuff during the war? "This route was surveyed and the contract let in June, 1918, While some 27,000 soldiers will know those initials by heart, ac- and the forty miles of main line completed November 30th. In cording to Legionnaire Roy L. Martin of Doyon, North Dakota, addition thirty miles of 'loop' line and one of the largest saw we rush to the aid of the remaining four million and tell them mills in the world were nearly ready for work at the time of the that the letters stood for the Spruce Production Division, Bureau Armistice. On this World's Record' job of heavy railroad con- of Aircraft Production. And we admit that we had to refer to a struction, an average of 3,000 soldiers were employed and about number of books in our library before we found the answer. the same number of Civilians up until November-nth. This is what caused us to do the re- "As for myself, I tried to enlist and "~~ — of somewhat search—a letter received from Martin : / _ x was rejected because "Your request for new members for weak eyes, but was called by the Draft the Then and Now Gang has at last Board in May and after several trans- aroused my feeble mind and arm to ac- fers found myself in July, 1918, as 1st tion. There is one outfit which has not sergeant of the 41st Spruce Squadron, yet come under the wire—the S. P. in Joyce, Washington. I held the job D., B. A. P. until demobilization, January 17, 1919. "I have been waiting for some of our Now for a challenge: Was there any literary ex-members, of which there other outfit of 100 men or more in ex- were many, to yell T-I-M-B-E-R and istence six months, that had no charge start the rush, but they all seem to sheets to turn in with their records? have lost their ability or nerve. Hey, "I just found an official statement you Spruce Hounds — sick, lame and reporting that the cut-up plant, or saw lazy—all out! mill, at Vancouver Barracks, during its •'Here are some facts: I don't know operation from February 8, 1918, to the very beginning of the beginning, November 22, 1918, cut 153,657,317 but it grew from the Aviation Section, mm feet of lumber, all spruce. Of this total, Signal Corps, in a cantonment adjoin- 94,959,459 feet were suitable for air- ing the 'Old Post' at Vancouver Bar- plane construction and 52,108,677 feet racks, Washington. stored for commercial use. There was "I think the first men there trans- a cut-up loss of 10.20 percent." ferred from Kelly Field, Texas, as the The picture we reproduce on this only means of escape from the sun and page shows men of the 41st Spruce sand. At least, one man told me that he Squadron felling a tree on the right of and 499 others landed there in Novem- way of "Government Railroad No. 1," ber, 1917, from the South with only west of the Sol Due (or Soleduke) summer clothes, and their future pa- River. Martin explains that the tree rade ground virtually a lake. shown is not a very large one ! He says "When I and some five hundred that he saw the largest spruce tree in others arrived from Camp Lewis, Wash- Washington, which measured 63 feet ington, May 30, 1918, the first thing we 4 inches around, six feet above the heard in the way of greetings, after our ground six-hour train ride and one and a half mile hike in 0. D. wool, overcoats and WAS the game which Adjutant blanket rolls, was 'Where did you get Francis J. Nathans of William D. "Timber," reports Roy L. Martin, Doyon, all the clothes?' We were then part of Oxley Post, Tacony, Pennsylvania, tells the Spruce Production Division, Avia- North Dakota, was the battle-cry of the of in a letter to the Company Clerk tion Section, Signal Corps, or S. P. D., Spruce Hounds in the Pacific Northwest. an invention of the American troops in A. S. S. C. 27,000 men were in the S. P. D., B. A. P. the Occupied Area or was it generally "About June 1, 1918, the 'Spruce Di- The mysterious initials are deciphered known and played throughout the A. E. vision.' or S. P. D.. B. A. P., came into by Martin on this page F. We'll have to leave the decision to being and took over the Old Post as you after you read his report: headquarters, though Brigadier General Brice P. Disque, the di "Here is a new line from a new member of the Gang. How vision C. 0., had offices in Portland, Oregon, twelve miles away.' many of the Gang played 'Doughboy Ball' while in the A. E. F. or the Army of Occupation? r A I HREE weeks passed," continues Martin's letter, "and the "This game was far from being ping pong. Imagine, if you cantonment grew from a few small buildings to a tent town of can, a field the size of a present-day football field, five baskets about 18,000 population. Another three weeks and nearly all of (facing outward instead of upward) on each side of the field, ten these men, and those who had gone before, were scattered over balls in action at once and fifty players on each side and you Washington and Oregon in saw mills, logging camps and in rail- have a fair idea of Doughboy Ball. Three minutes constituted road construction gangs building tracks— into undeveloped timber. an inning and the balls in baskets at the end of each inning deter- "I was in the railroad end of it 'way out on the Olympic mined the score of the inning. Nine innings were played. peninsula in the northwest corner of the United States. This "I was a member of the team which won the Army of Occupa- railroad job started at Whiskey Creek on the Milwaukee Rail- tion championship—representing the 20th Company of the Fifth road (I think it was), three miles west of Joyce, Washington, Regiment of Marines. We won out in our division, the Second,

JUNE, 1930 33 in six games and then played an outfit of the Sixth Field Artil- for the American soldiers while on leave. On the morning of lery, First Division, and won our final game for the championship April 12, 191 9, Queen Marie, with her sister, Princess Beatrix of from the team of the 38th Infantry Regiment, Third Division. Spain; her daughter, Marie, who is now Queen of Jugo-Slavia; "Upon our return from Andernach on the Rhine, where this, her lady-in-waiting, Miss Kennedy, and her military escort, Gen- game was played, to our billets at Waldbreitbach, we found a eral Billief of the Roumanian General Staff, arrived by special happy little bulletin from G. H. Q. stating that due to the un- train. certainty of the Germans, signing the peace terms (this was in "The party was taken direct to the Grand Cercle, where there June, 1019) the Doughboy Ball champions would not go to was a reception by the enlisted men. Later, the royal party passed France to compete in the finals in the Interallied Games. To say into the gardens where the regular athletic program was being the gang was wild is stating it mildly. To this day, many of us conducted. The enclosed photograph was taken at this time who were on the 20th Company's team are wondering who won and shows a doughboy explaining the game of baseball to the the championship of the A. E. F. and if the finals were played at Roumanian Queen. the Interallied Games." "In the afternoon, a series of receptions culminated in a dance We can report now that Doughboy Ball did not appear on the in the Grand Cercle. Colonel Reber invited the Princess Marie to schedule of events at the Interallied Games. dance with him. At that time, because of the small number of women in the area and the large number of men on leave, it was Vl/HATEYER complaints — justified or unjustified — the necessary to arrange a system of 'cutting in' every two or three * » doughboys in the A. E. F. may have had against the Y. M. minutes of dancing, at the sound of a whistle. C. A., there is no question at all regarding the one hundred per- "When the whistle blew a doughboy touched Colonel Reber on cent approval of the Leave Areas conducted by the Y for the the shoulder and took the Princess away from him. It is prob- soldiers. Memories of happy days spent in Chamonix, Monte able that she danced with at least thirty or forty doughboys dur- Carlo, Nice, Biarritz, Annecy, Aix-les-Bains and others of the ing the afternoon. thirty-nine towns in the twenty-six Leave Areas, remain with the "Here are the questions : Who was the doughboy who explained six hundred thousand men who were fortunate enough to visit baseball to Queen Marie? Who was the doughboy who cut in on them. Colonel Reber and had the first doughboy dance with the Prin- Through the continued interest of Franklin S. Edmonds of cess? It might be hard to find these men as at the time there Philadelphia in the veterans and their organization, the Legion, were 4.800 doughboys in Aix-les-Bains!" we reproduce on this page a photograph taken in Aix-les-Bains, And the Company Clerk would like to add: How many of the when royalty called on the doughboys. Mr. Edmonds was head men who met the Queen in Aix-les-Bains renewed acquaintance of the Legal and Soldiers Leave Departments of the Y. M. C. A;, on her fairly-recent tour of America? A. E. F., and tells this story of the picture: "When the Savoie Leave Area was opened in February, 1918, 1A SOCIETE des Soldats de Verneuil, composed of men who one of the Americans at Aix-les-Bains was Loie Fuller, the fa- * served with Base Spare Parts 1,2 and 3, M. T. C. 327, has mous dancer. She became very much interested in the work of lined up with the other thirty or more veterans' organizations the Leave Area, and from February, 1918, until June, 1910, she which will hold reunions in conjunction with the Legion national had three of her pupils stationed in the area to assist in enter- convention in Boston, October 6th to 9th. All former members tainment. are requested to report at once by letter to Sandy Somers, 498 "Miss Fuller was well acquainted with Queen Marie of Rou- Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. mania and, while the diplomats were arranging the Treaty of Following is a list of the other outfits which will hold reunions Versailles, suggested to Queen Marie that she make an informal in Boston during the Legion convention, October 6th to 9th, to- visit to the Savoie Leave Area to see what provision was made gether with the names and addresses ( Continued on page 63)

Who was the doughboy shown in the above picture explaining the American national game to Queen Marie of Roumania when she visited the American Leave Area at Aix-les-Bains. April 12, 1919? Seated from the left, we have Mrs. Helen B. Wrenn of New York, in charge of women Leave Area workers; Princess Marie of Roumania. now Queen of Jugo-Slavia; Queen Marie of Roumania, grandmother of the present King Mihai I; Princess Beatrix, Infanta of Spain, sister of Queen Marie: Colonel Samuel Reber, Military Commander of the Area: Miss Kennedy, lady-in-waiting to the Queen. Standing at the left: John B. Ho- warth, Y. M. C. A. Divisional Secretary, and C. N. Boag, Hut Manager at Aix-les-Bains

34 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly S THIS issue of the Monthly goes to press, the final session. Mr. Johnson sought to have the bill sent back to / f Senate is considering an extraordinary bill for the his committee, but lost by a vote of 230 to 145. He announced yf amendment of the World War Veterans Act which that if the bill were recommitted he would offer a substitute -JL- was passed by the House of Representatives on measure that would make reasonable provisions for disabled men April 24th in one of the most remarkable sessions ever witnessed unable to prove conclusively service origin of their disabilities, in the lower branch of Congress. In the final period of considera- a bill which had been given much study. tion of a series of bills submitted for the amendment of the World War Veterans Act. the House adopted forty-seven amend- HpHE National Legislative Committee of The American Legion ments and passed by a vote of 324 to 49 a measure which its has distributed a special bulletin, dated April 26th, giving a opponents estimated would add eventually $500,000,000 a year to full description of the bill passed by the house and telling of the the $196,000,000 now paid out annually for World War compen- events leading up to its adoption. The bulletin comments: sation for disability and death. "Scores of Representatives voted for the most liberalizing This extraordinary measure, loaded down with far-reaching amendments in the belief that they are not only necessary and amendments, proposed by individual representatives, goes much just, but that the country can afford to pay for them. Others, farther than the Johnson Bill, H. R. 1038 1, approved by the more calculating, who think more of Government money than House Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation. they do of veterans' sacrifices and needs, gaily assisted these The Johnson Bill had been approved by the Veterans' Com- friends of veterans in piling amendment on amendment." mittee after exhaustive study and extended hearings on the entire situation relative to the World War Disabled. The American FRANK T. HINES, director of the Veterans Bureau, reported Legion at its Louisville Convention last fall gave serious consid- to the House during the consideration of the amendments to eration to the situation confronting the disabled and recom- the World War Veterans Act that to date the Government has mended legislation which, in its estimation, would solve the spent on behalf of World War veterans $5,058,681,000. Direct most pressing needs of the disabled. These recommendations benefits for the veteran and his dependents included these: Death were incorporated in the Johnson Bill and the Legion therefore and disability compensation, $1,572,758,344; vocational training, urged the enactment of this legislation and was confident that $644,984,110; medical and hospital services, including hospital the Bill, if passed by the House and the Senate, would be signed construction, $412,251,688; Government term insurance (minus by the President. The Legion's position was that the enactment premium receipts) $861,581,000; adjusted compensation, $111,- of relief legislation at the present session of Congress was im- 760,200; allowances (during service), $282,083,742. perative, and that the addition of amendments calling for greatly increased expenditures might bring about a presidential veto and ON THE day before the passage of the bill for the amend- probably defeat the enactment of any legislation for the disabled ment of the World War Veterans Act, Congress adopted a' at the present session of Congress. resolution for the appointment of a joint sub-committee of the Senate and House "to investigate the pay, allowances, pensions, IN THE final consideration of the House amendments, four compensations, emoluments, and retired pay of all persons who separate bills involving dates for presumptive service connec- served in the military and naval forces of the United States in tion of disabilities were considered. One was the original John- any war, except those in the Regular establishment." son Bill, which would have established a 1925 presumptive date and cost $76,000,000. A second was the Rankin Bill, with 1930 FOR nine years The American Legion has been asking Con- presumptive date and estimated cost of $44,000,000. The Ameri- gress to concentrate its attention upon the necessity for a new can Legion Bill, with 1925 presumptive date, called for annual system of national defense—a system that would take the profit cost of $12,500,000. The fourth bill, H. R. 7825, would have in- out of war and insure equal service by all in any future emer- creased the cost of the Johnson Bill $31,000,000 yearly. gency, so far as these ends are possible of attainment. On April The measure adopted went much further than the Rankin 1st the House of Representatives passed the Snell Resolution, Bill. The Rankin Bill would have extended to January 1, 1930, which embodied the terms of the Reed-Wainwright Resolution presumptive service connection only for certain diseases. The which was endorsed by the Legion's Louisville convention. This measure adopted embodies an amendment proposed by Repre- action marked the first important Legion victory in its battle for sentative Connery which would establish presumptive service the enactment of a Universal Draft Act. The resolution adopted connection for any and all disabilities developed before Janu- by the House was forwarded to the Senate with every likelihood ary 1, 1930. A provision, sponsored by Representative Cochran, that the Senate would also approve it at this session. The Senate would prevent the Veterans Bureau from submitting any evi- approving the resolution, a commission will be appointed to study dence to rebut the presumption of service connection. Another the proposed Universal Draft Act and make a report to the amendment provides that where service connection has existed President not later than the first Monday in January, 1931. for five years, it may not be broken. In other words, a man who The commission, under the terms of the resolution, would has drawn compensation for five years would continue to draw "consider amending the Constitution to provide that private it for life. Still another amendment prevents denial of compensa- property may be taken by Congress for public use without profit tion because of misconduct. during war and methods of equalizing the burdens and to remove the profits of war, together with a study of policies to be pur- REPRESENTATIVE Royal C. Johnson, chairman of the sued in event of war, so as to empower the President immedi- House Committee on World ately to mobilize all the resources of the country." War Veterans' Legislation, fought SEE your Post Service Officer for detailed information on rights or benefits covered until the last to prevent passage of any of the subjects relating to The commission would be com- in this department. If he cannot answer your c/uestion, the bill in its final form. He dis- your Department Service Officer can. Write to your De- posed of four members of the House, Regional the claimed utterly responsibility for the partment Service Officer or to the Office of four members of the Senate, the Veterans Bureau in your State on matters connected with measure, embodying twelve amend- uncomplicated claitns or routine activities. If unable Secretaries of War, Navy, Agricul- or in your State, address comments that had been adopted after to obtain service locaily ture. Commerce and Labor and the munications to National Rehabilitation Committee, The being proposed from the floor in the American Legion, 710 Bond Building, Washington, D. C. Attorney General.

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of successful Legion activities for boys. Kenosha Post, explain why Kenosha Post Last year, the record of the post in this has been able to do what it has done. work was so notable that it won for the They are the sort of men found behind

Wisconsin Department the Milton J. every Legion activity in any aggressive Foreman national trophy, awarded an- post. Knowing them, one understands nually to the department most success- why the Department of Wisconsin has fully carrying out a program for boys authorized the holding of a School of and girls. Kenosha Post, incidentally, Boys' Work in the First Wisconsin Dis- has become the pattern for all other Wis- trict, of which Kenosha is a part, so that consin posts in their own work for boys other posts may learn and follow in Ke- and girls. It has been so recognized since nosha's footsteps. Later the schools are the early year when it won a Wisconsin to be held in other districts, and Wiscon- boys' work trophy offered by Past Na- sin believes the system will be adopted tional Vice Commander Claudius G. Pen- by other States. dill. It had won additional recognition Kenosha Posts activities which won for by capturing in successive years a similar it the Foreman Trophy included four out- award, the Cooper Brothers' Trophy. standing features: (1) The juvenile crime In presenting the report which won survey, the thrift survey and leisure time Jim Henrvs Guarantee: the Foreman Trophy for 1928-29, the survey, all conducted as a preliminary to Wisconsin Department's Boys' Work the plotting of the post's general program 2 MORE good Chairman, Vilas H. Whaley of Racine, for boys' work; (2) The child safety declared: "The boys' work activities of program; (3) The neighborhood play- Kenosha Post are so outstanding that we ground campaign, designed to make va- shaves per blade do not believe it can be equaled by any cant lots in all neighborhoods available post anywhere else in the world." as playspots; (4) The location of four- No matter what model of what razor It is doubtful if this claim would be teen Boy Scout troops directed by the you use, I guarantee you 2 more shaves disputed by anybody who studied Mr. post. (of course, I mean good ones) from Whaley's full report, a bound volume of juvenile crime survey based every blade! Money back if I'm wrong. The was Check me up. Take a new razor, and several hundred pages, filled with charts, on the fact that since the city's growth count up the shaves. Better shaves? photographs, newspaper clippings and to its present population of 60,000, ju- Why they'd have to be. When Men- other exhibits giving the full story of venile crime had become centralized in nen gives you 2 more per blade, they Kenosha Post's wonderfully-varied pro- certain sections. One-third of the city's must be better. gram. Nor would it be questioned by population is foreign born and many of Remember, too, that Mennen alone anyone sitting in while Kenosha Post's the juvenile misdemeanors were believed gives you two kinds of shaving cream leaders of boys' activities were in session due to the inability of foreign-born par- . ..Menthol-iced and WithoutMenthol. about the huge table of the Board of Di- ents to maintain family discipline as their Both give that clean, comfortable rectors' room of the city's leading bank, children acquired knowledge and habits Mennen shave. Both build up a fine, studying of accomplishment departure from the view- quick lather in any water. Mennen the record representing a WithoutMentholissmoothand bland. and drawing up battle orders for the sum- point of their fathers and mothers. Charts Menthol-iced lather has a triple-cool mer just ahead. were made indicating the residence of tingle all its own. Both creams are The visitor might see and hear such every boy arrested during the preceding

typically Mennen . . . that's the main Legionnaires as Dr. Thomas Dobbins, year. It was found that crime was most point . . . and my guarantee covers chief surgeon of the Nash Motor Car prevalent where play and recreation fa- them both. Take your choice. Company, commander of a field hospital cilities were lacking or unfavorable. The And if you don't want to buy a during the war. He might see also Ray V. charts also gave the index to a large num- tube of Mennen, shoot in the cou- Sowers, Secretary of the Kenosha Y. M. ber of boyish gangs responsible for much pon and I'll send A • rlm^^m.rt/t*A^- C. A., Wisconsin Department Chairman of the wrongdoing and indicated the ne- you a free trial tube. n of Boys' Work for 1930. Then there is cessity of winning the confidence of gang Mennen Salesman John Girman, a real estate operator, di- leaders as a basis for later efforts. It was Mennen Talcum for Aien remot es face shine rector of the work of Sea Scouts. Howard found that twenty percent of women in and doesn't show . . . absorbs facial oils that come out during the day. Great after a bath, too. A. Gately is the Kenosha County Boy industry were married, a fact which ac-

Scout Executive. Lawrence J. Melbusch, a cented the loosening of parental ties. police sergeant, is a scoutmaster and main- The leisure time survey showed Ke- stay of a dozen specialized activities. G. S. nosha boys were most partial to athletics, Cooper, former Post Commander, handles and then favored parties and dances, club SHAVING CREAMS the public relations aspects and has been doings and musical activities. Boys were director of many of his post and depart- asked to tell their favorite reading mate- ment boys' activities. He likes best to lead rial, so that steps could be taken to pro- groups of Kenosha scouts on their an- vide wholesome books and magazines. nual educational tours of the State. Bruce Boys expressed the opinion that the most Eastman, assistant cashier of the First prevalent boys' handicaps were, in order, National Bank, is the genius behind the cigarettes, girls and petting parties, steal- boys' band of fifty pieces, of which Del- ing, gangs, hangouts, gambling and drink- bert Duell, a worker for the Simmons ing. Most of them agreed that good influ- Bed Company, is director and leader. Karl ences included athletics, clubs such as Zander, a civil engineer, supervises the the Y. M. C. A., gymnasiums, swimming MENTHOL-ICED WITHOUT MENTHOL permanent Boy Scout camp and the over- pools and libraries. The savings survey night Scout hikes. Chester Isermann, a revealed that in 1928-29 the average boy THE MENNEN CO.. Dept. B-4. NEWARK, N.J. Jim Henry: I've got a new blade all ready. Send me radio salesman, is another Scout execu- saved $39. a free trial tube and I'll take the count. tive, as are Jack Ferriss, Standard Oil The leisure time and savings surveys Name gas station manager; Bert Thompson, called attention to the possibilities for ef- taxicab operator, and Frank Harwell, edi- fective Legion work through the 4-H Address City tor of the Ke-Na-Sha Club News. clubs, composed of boys of the rural sec- OSend me Mennen Menthol-Iced of tions. It shown that percent of dSend me Mennen without Menthol These men, representative members was 52

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Wisconsin's farm income is from milk, and the post was able to prepare a comprehensive plan for stimulating interest of boys in modern farming methods. The post's safety program was carried on in co-operation with the Safety Coun- cil, which included a representative from each city ward. Railroads, public utility corporations, industries, service clubs, churches and newspapers took part in the series of campaigns. Kenosha claims the credit for originating years ago the system of boy traffic officers for children going to and returning from school. As a novelty in the post's safety campaign, a police officer, with the post's help, carried from school to school a portable stop-go sign which he used in giving dem- onstrations and instruction in the school rooms. Literature was prepared for the school children and automobile drivers. As a part of the safety program, a chapter of the Red Cross was organized to provide instruction in swimming and life saving methods. As an adjunct to this, school children were enlisted in an organization called the Porpoise Club, with FOR THE four degrees, conferred according to pro- MADE ficiency in the methods taught. Fire prevention was made an impor- BEST RETAIL TRADE tant phase of the safety program. Chil- dren were given instruction and asked to There is only one carry fire literature prevention to their B. V. D. Union Suit

homes. Common causes of fires were ex- It is identified by plained by speakers for the Legion. A this red woven lobel. regulation fire-alarm box was carried from school to school so that children might learn by actual trial how to turn in a fire alarm. In the observance of All-Kenosha Safety Week, Past National Commander Howard P. Savage of Chicago gave an address at a public meeting. There is no substitute In its campaign for the establishment of neighborhood playspots for children, particularly children of pre-school age, Kenosha Post pioneered in an activity which it believes ought to be followed for generally by Legion posts. It was found COMFORT that vacant lots could generally be ob- There is a movement among men to dress more comfortably, tained without cost, and the post installed more sensibly, more neatly. In underwear this means a gar- inexpensive playground equipment in many of the lots obtained. To interest ment that does not hug or bind the body at any point— older boys, nets for golf practice were that is light in weight— COOL! Such a garment is the also erected on several lots. Many of the garment

vacant lots obtained by the post were B.V. D. Union Suit. It is famous for fit— permits free movement converted into ice-skating rinks in winter, in in line with the post's custom of promot- of the body and perfect body ventilation — made many ing all outdoor winter sports as evidenced sizes to provide for any build. by its ice frolics and sled derbies held in • • • • the city parks. While it carried on its neighborhood playground campaign, the Other B.V. D. Products— Coat Shirts and Drawers of B.V. D. nain- post also did what it could to induce the city to add to the number of its city play- sook, Pull-over Shirts and attractive Shorts, Knit Union Suits, grounds and install new equipment in Swimming Suits and Sweaters. these. It was particularly successful in its efforts to extend the facilities of the The three letters B.V. D. on the label of a garment identify city's fine beaches along Lake Michigan. A list of the activities of Kenosha Post it as a product of The B.V. D. Co., Inc. — it will pay you to in co-operation with the Boy Scouts would look for them. be too lengthy for this story. One-third of the members of the city's Boy Scout THE B.V. D. COMPANY, INC., NEW YORK. N.Y. Council are Legionnaires and Legion- naires are scoutmasters and volunteer workers in practically all the troops of the city which have 700 members. Giving educational trips to Chicago and recrea- BVD.«C l> i. MT. OfflCt tion trips to Wisconsin's upper lakes, overnight stays at the Boy Scout camp and the pro- ( Continued on page 38) LLSLUOnTL JL

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motion of field days were among the swimming events for the summer, junior many Scout activities. The Kenoshans high school track meet for county, gram- endeavored in dealing with individual mar school roller skating derby, grammar troops not to operate a program that would school kite-flying contest, horseshoe- be too extensive. Instead, activities were pitching contest, top-spinning contest, made highly selective, emphasis being marble shooting contest, start of Red placed on a few well done rather than Cross life saving instruction, ail-city many incompletely accomplished. "Lads-and-Dads" Scout council fire, C. In a report at a mid-winter conference M. T. C. enrollment, week-end camps of the Wisconsin Department, Ray V. for Scouts, Memorial Day exercises, en- Sowers, State Chairman of Boys' Work, rollment for summer camps and junior outlined suitable activities for each month garden clubs. in the year. For June he recommended Kenosha Post has evidence that its the following list from which any post years of effort to help boys grow up nor- could select a few activities adapted to mally is producing continuous good re- the needs of the boys of its territory: sults. As one big gain, the post has seen C. M. T. C. enrollment, golf, city-wide disappear the old evil influence of boy- overnight Scout hike at close of school, hood gangs, which, not so many years preliminary swimming and diving con- ago, flourished in a defiant independence test, scheduling of games for the play- that too often led to wrongdoing. The ground ball leagues, junior and senior boys of Kenosha now are bound to their life-saving meet, organization of life- town by a feeling of common interest. saving corps, a boating and canoe life- The Legion-sponsored Scout troops, the saving campaign, trips through industrial many Legion activities which provide an Check Fatigue plants, announcement of a Legion spon- outlet to boyish energy, early give to each sored long cruise by Sea Scouts. boy an understanding of his duties and For May, Mr. Sowers' recommenda- responsibilities, teach him to work with at its Source tions were these: model yacht sailing con- others and automatically develops in the test, flight for model airplanes and dis- boy gifted by nature his capacity for To maintain the speed and power play of handicraft, city-wide clean-up leadership. Kenosha Post is proud of its you enjoy in a first fast set, check campaign, organization of junior baseball share in making the better citizens of to- fatigue at its source. Adopt the rule teams, announcement of schedule of morrow. of all athletes. Wear a supporter

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rugged . . . zoneof your body against exhausting strains. Pal will serve as this unseen partner, o^uper-^Babel anticipating and making safe every stroke you attempt. Protect the (Continued from page 11) delicate cords and structures left unguarded by nature and you con- harbor improvements." In other words, I happen to know why he had not; he serve the energy the game demands. another case of indirection, but not nec- had overdone the praise. If he were to be Armored ribs of live rubber knit essarily any perversion of the facts given a decoration someone would say into PaVs exclusive texture give whatsoever. If, however, Blankus were that all he had said was bought and paid super-support yet conform to every to write himself, under pay of the bank- for with a bauble. motion without binding or chafing. er, he would not only have hard work to All my foreign experience as an ambas-

Porous, cool, non-absorbent . . . soft tell the truth without any bias—but the sador and as a constant spectator of the as new after washing. Priced from reading public would smell something. adjuncts of diplomacy leads me to believe $1.00 up, Pal outwears two or three that no American, even a private citizen, ordinary supporters. The work done on our distinguished men, professors and college presidents should be allowed to accept foreign deco- Bike is the finest one-piece, all- abroad is often with a brush so fine rations. With these out of the way about elastic supporter made. Ingenious done all that left design doubles its strength and serv- as to put American skill in publicity and would be would be supper ice. Easy to wash and wear. Easy to propaganda to shame. University degrees with the Queen, a degree of Doctor of buy, too, at 50 cents and up. At all are given. Decorations are bestowed. The Laws and a banquet of diplomats, cabi- druggists and sporting goods dealers. press kisses the visitor's hand. The old net ministers and reporters with waxed story about material gifts bestowed so moustaches at the Grand Hotel. lavishly upon American financiers and Those who have seen propaganda de- fact-finders in the Orient no longer holds velop since the War in various countries good. which tasted its blood in those frightful Many foreign countries, however, still — and often hypocritical — years know invite tours by editors, professors and that we are far behind, innocent and even scientists; they entertain them, try agog among nations. In a later article I to give them truthful but pleasant pic- will explain some of the developments of tures. Their guides report their reactions, what is known as foreign propaganda. I conversations, praise or criticism to the point to it now merely to indicate that the and secret service. every kind of propagandist BIKE But there is great ten- War showed derness everywhere now about allowing — political and international — banker, BAUER & BLACK it to appear that this propaganda is in the commercial and communistic and even DIVISION OF THE KENDALL COMPANY nature of subsidy or undue influence. I those moral-makers who pretend to be

• know one who complained to emissaries of Heaven, though holding no Chicago • New York Toronto man me that he had come back to the United States valid credentials from that Sovereignty, and spoken ceaselessly about the good will how to play the game straight and crooked. and the wonders of a certain country. What the War did not do to bring about "But I got no decoration," this great this Super-Babel, modern science and in- democrat said with a sigh! vention did do. We are now printing

The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly enough daily papers to put one and a fraction into the hands of every man, woman and child in America every day. The magazines have multiplied like rabbits and color processes have made us "furniture conscious" or "bathroom con- TOP y4 LB. scious" so that we think in pink and pale green angularity. We are told by the Association of Artichokers that artichoke juice has been recommended by George OF TAR per YEAR the Fifth's Court veterinary as a cure for flat foot, and that taking snuff will make a hockey player or long distance swimmer out of any unhealthy boy. But the printed or written word barely scratches the ground whether it appears on paper, cardboard, electric sign, smoke- writing, sign board, street car or the back of the dining car menu. The visible word a few years ago was almost the sole means of propaganda, it was only the beginning of a variety of vehicles which now carry propaganda estimated to be more than seventy-five per cent of all our food of news and thought, good or bad. Of course oratory and lectures in politics and in special causes have played their part throughout the world's long story. In our own past history, however, they were mostly confined to political candidacy, to evangelism, to shaking down audiences for foreign missions and for ihr sale of snake oil from the back of a wagon. I can remember hearing Tom Reed when he was Speaker of the House hold forth in the early hot fall in Maine. I was only twelve, I believe, but a faint suspicion grew as I listened that political oratory was not to be swallowed whole and that the flies which settled on my young moist brow and upon Tom Reed's were a good deal of a nuisance which PROVE this Yourself! might be avoided by having Tom Reed write a letter to my father. The sense of suspicion and of nuisance as to political G. W. J. Blume, Assistant State Chemist and theological oratory has spread a good deal since then. The noise raised by ' lead- of the State of Virginia, finds the Drink- ership" in those days was more discon- less Tobacco Yello holder stops Vi lb. of certing than the silence and the mouse- tar per year from entering your mouth from-the-mountain of modern "research" and "scientific truth scientifically arrived and throat, if you smoke only one pack at," and the mystic "fact-finding" pas- of cigarettes a day. A great University sion of this later generation. proves this scientific holder stops 66.5% The Armenian massacre was capital- ized at church meetings then. Healthy of all the tar contained in cigarette young victims of the Terrible Turk were smoke. 750,000 men and women say exhibited gentlemen af- by gray bearded it makes their smoke taste better. ter the church strawberry festival. I recalled, when I representing the United was Prove it yourself! Smoke one package States years later at the Conference of of cigarettes today using a "Tobacco Lausanne, the remark of an old lady who — had said, "If there isn't another massacre Yello" holder — then open the holder pretty soon we won't be able to raise and see the "Tobacco Yello" (tar) on much"—a Christian thought which is not the attachment. If it does not collect yet dead whenever we are "intergnashion- ally the bitter, sticky tar, we will refund minded." Send Now for On the back of the wagon in front of FREE BOOKLET your money. two Indian braves and a squaw, a gentle- — Written by a Physician. man in a frock coat who wiped tobacco You think it's nicotine juice from heavy lips with a red hand- —that yellow stain that goes into your mouth kerchief used to bawl out, "Lay-dies an' and throat—it is not. It's tar. Read what the gent-men! When you are asleep in your best recognized medi- bed these cal and chemistry au- friendly Indians are roaming thorities say about the mountains, fields, valleys, glens and tobacco smoke and ©rinhless your health. Write for glades, gathering herb, bark, roots, blos- this booklet today- it's free. soms, sprouts and shoots from which are TOBACCO YELLO HOLDER distilled this soothing, salving, saving remedy for aches, ( Continued on page 40) KAUFMANN BROS. & BONDY, Inc., Dept.AL6, 120 Fifth Avc.N.Y.C., Est. 1851

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pains, fever, chills and ills—of all man- has the radio going for "The Function of kind." the Church in Politics," an electric light Which compares favorably I would sign is flashing in the living room window, say with most modern poetry, and cer- and somewhere a Senator is looking under tainly with much advertising copy! a host's chair to see what is there to talk But the gems of publicity by the spoken about when he speaks in the Second Ses- word reached only a few; today the radio sion. And there is no peace! No matter between 7 130 and 8 makes a whole nation how much "education!" We have arrived think like Dave Lawrence or follow the at the day when the mere facility of inspirations of a Ramsay MacDonald thought-distribution is so great that we when he is inclined to make some of our must stop every moment to see whether pacifists feel that he, rather than they, is we have to put quotation marks around to be relied upon to protect our interests. "education" or leave them off. Even the lecture bureau has now to em- I do not mean by this to create a pes- phasize the unhappy or happy fact that simistic attitude toward propaganda; I personality should not only be heard but do mean that when nearly three-fourths seen. of all the matter which reaches our eyes What then of television? The propa- and ears is propaganda we need all our gandist in favor of taking down the bars wits to distinguish between that which is to immigration may not only expose to true and that which is false, that which the country his resounding idea but the is wise and wholesome and that which is fact that he has lost a stud on his way destructive, degenerative, and is a part from the college or the parsonage. of a new chicanery.. Consider the celebration of the anni- We do not damn the new improved versary of the Edison lamp. Here almost plumbing; we are amazed by it. But the all the old elements and the new channels mere fact that it sets fountains a-playing to reach public opinion can be found in in every room in our mental house is no one grab bag. The United States Gov- reason for us to forget the purity of the ernment prints a stamp upon which, not water supply. The average man is intelli- the face of an incomparable Edison—the gent enough to ask, when offered a salad inventor—appears, but something which whether the leaves are lettuce or poison looks astonishingly like the light by which ivy; no reason exists to give less care to I am now writing. The President of the the canned thought which is provided for United States journeys to the manor of our minds. the greatest industrial king. There has For the canneries are becoming larger SIR WALTER RALEIGH had a hunch been advertising, publicity, endless press and larger. The War and the new facili- that pipe-lovers would welcome some agency, news articles, magazine articles. ties to produce national, group, party, And now—that new stronghold of publici- personal thought together have brought practical hints on how to take care of a ty—the gorgeous banquet ! The Mike us to an age where mass-thought or whole- pipe. It was a good hunch. Thousands of whose face has launched a thousand slips saling opinion is worth an organization, —as well as these fine testimonials to an investment, and the development of a pipe smokers have sent for this free booklet. "our Thomas Edison" now carries the strategic, psychological art of which the It tells you how to break in a new pipe voices of the scarce-great to the ears of world never dreamed before. Of course the legions of the small. The motion pic- it has experienced vast sweeps of pub- —how to make a good pipe smoke smooth- ture, the talkie twirl and twitter their licity and propaganda in isolated cases. er and sweeter — the proper way to clean little blue recording for the millions and Mohammed was no end of a publicity posterity. telephones, the telegraph man; Harriet Beecher "Uncle a pipe — and many worth-while hints on The Stowe's buzz and tick. Presses start. Magazines Tom's Cabin" was an unparalleled prop- pipe hygiene. close their forms! A parade in and a pa- aganda. But the modern machinery is new If you haven't sent for this booklet, write rade out. The night falls. A guest retired and the commercialization of it is new. to his bed chamber pastes on a postcard It is often said that some great prophet for a copy today and find out what pipe to his wife a two cent stamp with an elec- was the world's topnotch advertiser. makers and pipe-lovers suggest doing to keep tric lamp upon its face, and another shin- Quite so! But he initiated his own subject ing upon his. He looks toward his bed. matter, aimed directly, not indirectly, your pipe sweet and mellow. Just write to He yawns! He turns a switch. Snap! and no one ever found such a man, with the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corpo- Such are the new facilities for the a mahogany-lined office, haggling with a ration, Louisville, Kentucky, Dept. 64 Super-Babel. They are with us. We can- client, in a checked suit, over fees! not, if we would, turn back the page. But Today it is no necessary reflection upon

Tunc In on "The Raleigh Revue" every Friday, we need not be astonished if we meet on any who want their story told that they 10:00 to 11:00 p. m. (New Yorfc Tliuei over to it in different the tt'EAF const -to-coasl network of N. B. C. some desert strand a stranger whom pay to have told fifty-seven we may begin this inquiry, "What do you ways to a hundred and twenty million think of ?" And before we have a people. chance to finish he says to us, "Just as Nor that they, being unskilled, go to Sir "Walter you do. You know that." those who are wily in the canneries of To believe that Governments domes- thought and shrewd in the use of the de- tic and foreign, businesses good and bad, livery system. Of this skill we will treat Raleigh products worthy and worthless, "causes" in another article. sound and insane—particularly the latter Nor is it a necessary reflection upon —will not use these infinite new channels those who want their story told that they of propaganda is to live in a fool's para- organize to do it. dise. It is to be crying "peace, peace" For instance, a statesman or a princess when the postman is ringing the doorbell, from a foreign land comes to America the waste basket is yawning, the morn- upon what is always called a "mission of ing's newspaper is on the chair; Tommy good will." There is no harm in employing

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a super advance agent such as one of our American artists in the publicity bureau business. Of course interest in the pil-

grimage is necessary to fill the auditori- ums, to scatter by every means possible the message the stranger has to deliver, to produce the maximum of hospitality. To accomplish all this an organization is created. Folks like to see their names on the stationery and appear in silk hats when the steamer docks. And if the committee is distinguished enough, if each member is what is called a leader in his or her community, then the organizers of the committee will be almost certain that the statesman or the princess will talk to packed halls, have top-hole luncheons and banquets from coast-to-coast which in turn will mean everywhere a "big press" front page, headliners. For what purpose? Why the purpose disclosed is to create international good will. And if that is the purpose, what is the criticism?

It is only when the is purpose some THE INCREASING USE OF THE TELEPHONE REQUIRES THE EXPENDITURE OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS other than the one candidly announced ANNUALLY FOR EXTENSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS that criticism may be directed at the propaganda. We only become cynical when we learn that the real purpose of the princess is to raise a loan in the United States. Those particular bankers feel that It keeps faith with your needs the American people are dazzled by royalty and that the loan they arrange can be better sold after the princess' parade An Advertisement of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company has just passed by. And if the statesman the genial foreign general, or the — sad You have found a constantly growing branches of your service, even to calls faced statesman Lord Somebody, or a use for the telephone. You have for distant points—so that all but a happy, hearty ex-Premier really are here learned its value in business. You very few of them are now completed because it is the eve of a debt settlement, or the eve of a Navy parley, of course the have found it helpful in keeping con- while you remain at the telephone. whole thing is sour cream. It is oblique tact with family and friends. Its in- In order to give the most effective, siy perhaps and fools the mass for a little creasing use has given the telephone as well as the most economical service, while a little crooked maybe? Whoever — its humanly important place in mod- the operation of the Bell System is heard of Senator Borah going to France ern life and requires the expenditure carried on by 24 Associated Com- on a speaking tour to advise France on of millions annually for panies, each attuned to the part of her foreign policy, or Senator Hiram of hundreds Johnson speaking to the great cities of extensions and improvements. the country it serves. England, Scotland and Wales on the Brit- In 1929 the Bell System's additions, The Bell Laboratories are con- ish attitude toward the League of Na- betterments and replacements, with stantly engaged in telephone re- tions? My guess is that they would be new manufacturing facilities, meant search. The Western Electric Com- put on a steamer. Especially if they had an expenditure of 633 million dollars. pany is manufacturing the precision gone heralded as speakers of "good will.'' this total will be equipment needed by the System. The disclosure of real purpose decides During 1930 more often enough the worth or the rottenness than 700 millions. The staff of the American Telephone of this tremendous machine of propa- Definite improvements in your ser- and Telegraph Company is develop- ganda. vice result from a program of this size ing better methods for the use of the When organizations using this machine and kind. They start with the average operating companies. —buying this machine—to create mass time required to put in your It is the aim of the Bell thought disclose who pays the bills and in five years System continually to furnish the real purpose of the campaign and the telephone—which /g^asT^ real color of their organization, no one has been cut nearly in halt. a better telephone service for raises objection. But if I create even a They range through the other the nation. co-called church organization, if I and my group represent nothing much more than a self-perpetuating, well-advertised, high- sounding publicity bureau; if I claim to represent the views of all the church-goers ^^MAGICAL in the United States, and if I raise my Wopular DEVICE GRINDS money on this claim and pay salaries to NEW BLADES myself and associates of this publicity of- Learn saxophone, cornet, trombone any band instrument. Be popular. It's I nstantly/ fice, then when I speak over the radio in easy. Learn quicker and gain greater 1 musical success on a Conn. Endorsed favor of conscientious objection in war, by Sousa and the world's greatest artists. men the shaving discovery ^ Easiest to play in perfect tune. Many o device which myttenously of racial equality, of hands off in Mexico, exclusive features. Yet they cost no more. brings otd blades bock to life — and even mokes new Write for Free Book blades H keener! All done by o sensational method Nicaragua or China, of recognition of the Free Trial — Easy Payments of grinding o CONCAVE EDGE, wh.ch is the whole secret of the BtLLO HOUOW GRINDER. Soviet, of the Youth Movement—I should on any Conn. Write for special offer and free book. tell the truth. Mention instrument. AGENTS WA N T E D ! C. G. CONN, Ltd. Quick) Grab this chonce 10 moke some real Most of the commercial organizations 603 Conn Bldg. Elkhart, Ind. y. Introduce BELlO in your neighbor- Joseph r ..lk . AMsti hood. No investment or experience. We tell do the truth. It pays. The last decade Mass., earned JS.OOO.OO trust you — furnish everything. Get focts. playing a Conn saxo- Write AT ONCE to has seen a tremendous growth in associa- phone while In college. BELLO CORPORATION tions which wish ( Continued on page 42) Gordner Trust Bldg, Gardner, Massachusetts RANI) INMHI SU\ Is

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to protect or to develop their industry. terial world is concerned we may call this There are already more than a hundred the "Power-Machine Age." of these national associations—hardware But insofar as the intangible world is manufacturers, credit men, bankers, the concerned the age is as clearly marked Protective Tariff League, shipbuilders, silk "Propaganda and Canned Causes." association, and so on. In this movement First, the facilities for propaganda have there is not only something new in organ- multiplied in wondrous ways. ization to obtain public opinion but by- Second, the art in the use of these fa- products of no mean value. cilities—a beneficent art or a baleful art One executive said to me, "Founded on according to its conduct—is developing ON THE RANGE a desire to let the public know the uses to at breakneck speed. which our product can be put we joined Third, the organization for special in- together for what you call honest propa- terests—national, religious, commercial ganda. We were astounded to find that and personal — has begun a wholesale, one of the best results we have had is in complex and sometimes devious develop- standardization and the yield from our ment which may stop heaven knows where centralized research bureau, the ability to We have become the consumers of can- distribute market reports, maintain offices ned thought. And we should know it. abroad and adopt arbitration as a means of settling our disputes." In a second article Mr. Child will set SUPREME The American mind desiring intelli- forth this newly developed art of propa- gence must realize that so far as the ma- ganda. FOR the N. R. A. and American Legion Out- door Small Bore Matches the Winchester Model The (Rapture of Qeronimo 52is unquestionably your best target rifle. It loads ( Continued from page 30 as conveniently — single of it. But after our throat-parching march trail from Canada to Mexico, but this was loading,—as a single shot. what we all appreciated most was a rivu- the most notable feat in that line of my And it has speed of fire let that cascaded down the timber-clad experience. We crossed the Sierra Madres when that is needed. And crags: its water seemed literally as cold from the Sonora to the Chihuahua side, what is most important, and clear as ice. being. I understand, the first white per- the shooter can push the Little time was left to admire the beau- sons to do so in that region. We made it cartridge in a straight ties of nature, however. The scouts spread in fifteen days without losing a man or a line, into the chamber, out to feel for signs of the hostiles and mule, though there were narrow squeaks. even in the dark. on June 23d, they had a small fight, cap- We got fairly close to Geronimo a few In accuracy — rifle after turing twelve squaws and children, two times but that was all. rifle—the Winchester 52 full-grown boys and the aged chief Nana. A party of scouts under Lieutenant El- is phenomenally uniform. They were sent back to Arizona under liott preceded us down the eastern slope. This is general knowl- guard and we broke camp and pulled out Arriving at the town of Casas Grandes. edge among expert small in the wake of the scouts on a trail that they told the authorities that they had bore shots—Legionaires, led straight into the Sierras. come over the Sierra Madres. They were and others, the country A few days later there was another told that no one had ever crossed those over. The 52 is abso- small fight, and we pressed on with all mountains and were locked up until the lutely the easiest rifle on possible speed in the hope of a decisive arrival of the main body under Captain the market to hold stead- engagement. With each day's travel the Crawford confirmed their story. ily; You can be sure of going became more rugged. The dense Geronimo's trail had been lost and the your best scores because growth of pine shut out the daylight. expedition turned north, arriving at Fort with a Model 52 you can Steep descents and steeper ascents were Bowie, Arizona, in mid-September. hold your best and pull made more difficult by fallen timbers. In my article, "Scouts Good and Bad." them where you hold. It will suffice here to summarize brief- published in The American Legion Month- ly the remainder of the history of this ly for August, 1928, 1 described the expe- booklets Free on request. particular expedition, which is only re- dition, headed by Captain Crawford, markable for its marches, as we did not which conducted the winter campaign Dept. A. L. get Geronimo. that almost resulted in the capture of WINCHESTER The Indians lured us more deeply into Geronimo. Readers will remember that REPEATING ARMS CO. Captain Crawford was shot perhaps by New Haven, Conn. the mountains. Our maps were worth- — his during an U. S. A. less. The cavalry horses and the men Dutchy, one of own scouts— were worn out, and the clothing of all was engagement with Mexican troops who at- in tatters. Captain Crawford sent me tacked his Indians under the impression back to the border for more supplies. By they were Geronimo's own band. Geron- trail this was a journey of four hundred imo's braves, warned through treach- miles. On my return, in August, I found ery, had scattered before the Mexican at- MODEL that he had also sent the cavalry troop tack took place. back, deeming it useless in such country. I rejoined Crawford's command just 52 The hostiles were in the Sierra Madres after this episode. The unconscious cap- proper where no military expedition had tain was sheltered in the one "A" tent. ever attempted pursuit. Nevertheless, I was alone at his side at two in the Crawford pursued them with his scout morning, the only white man awake. WINCHESTERTflAOE MARK low of voices With Winchester Precision Ammunition company and two pack trains. Presently I heard a hum recently there was made a record score for I would not attempt to say how many and a padding of moccasined feet outside. fifty shots at 100 yards indoors. 500 x 500 stirred into with 36 Vs. FortarBetshootinKyou cannot times I have crossed the mountains by The ashes of a fire were a do better than a Model 52 and Precision.

42 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly small blaze. I peered out, and imagine my astonishment when the flickering light revealed the unmistakable countenance of Geronimo, talking and signing to some of our scouts. He was not alone. I recognized Natchez, Chihuahua, Josanna and one or two others. It was a weird scene. A few yards away, rolled in their blankets, slumbered the few white men of our command. The In- dians talked for a long time, one speaking at a time, Indian fashion. Now and then one would stand up, pull his calico blanket closer about him and sit again. From signs and glances in the direction of the "A" tent I learned that among other things Geronimo was inquiring as to the condition of Captain Crawford. Just before dawn the hostiles departed and when the camp was awake I informed Lieutenant Maus of what had happened. About noon Geronimo and his chiefs re- appeared and asked for a conference with the lieutenant. The result was an arrangement for a meeting between Geronimo YOU BREAK- A- HUNDRED GOLFERS 1 Relax and break and General Crook at the Canon de los Embudos, about twenty-five miles south ninety. Ease into one of those new knitted athletic union suits of the border. Geronimo had become by Coopers —thigh-high, sleeveless, never binding, never convinced that his position between the bunching. Top off with a polo shirt, also by Coopers, also Mexican and American forces was un- tenable and he chose to make his terms knitted. Nothing like knit-stuff for ease-in-action ! Now— with us. don't press, and you'll shoot a string of pars. . . . Good shops Five days later Crawford brea'thed will show you. Coopers, Incorporated, Kenosha, Wisconsin. his last on the march, and three days after that we laid him to rest in the sun- baked little village graveyard at Nacori, Sonora, while a parcel of goats browsed UNDERWEAR POLO S H I RTS among the wooden crosses. There was no service, and for the want of a bugle, no HOSIERY PAJAMAS taps, but we moistened the earth with our tears and kneeling in the dust repeated in unison the Lord's Prayer. We moved on up toward the Canon de los Embudos, and camped not far from the camp of Geronimo to await the com- FEET HURT TERRIBLY ing of General Crook. Matters were almost at the breaking But in 10 minutes pain had gone point when on March 26, 1886, the scouts shouted news of the arrival of General vised for severe cases. Pain Costs nothing if it fails stops like magic. Soon Crook and party. On his saddle mule. Burning, aching, tired feeling in the feet and legs- bands may be discarded and feet are well to stay. Apache, the general rode at the head of cramps in toes, foot calluses, pains in toes, instep, — Nearly 2,000,000 now in use. the procession with his bushy beard in ball or heel— dull ache in the ankle, calf or knee Specialists, amazed at re- shooting pains from back of toes, spreading of the sults, urge them widely. two braids. The Gray Fox was the name — feet all can now be quickly ended. FREE 10-DAY TRIAL the Apaches had given to General Crook says 94 of all foot pains result Wear a pair ten days; if not with his beard in SCIENCE % and when they saw him from displaced bones pressing against delighted, your money re- braids they knew he meant business. A sensitive nerves and blood vessels. Weak turned. Go to druggist, ened muscles permit these bone displace- shoe store or chiropodist. council ground was selected by repre- If they can't supply you. ments. Now a way is discovered to hold use coupon below sentatives of both sides, and the parties the bones in position and strengthen the and pay postman. Write for muscles. Pains stop in 10 min of General Crook and Geronimo took free booklet. utes when these amazing bands, their places in a semi-circle. Jung Arch Braces, are worn. Squatting on the ground Geronimo be- Stand, walk, or dance for hours you just don't get gan his address. He spoke with fire and — I with over- tired. Just slips on—results Btrained, weakened eloquence. I have never heard a trained are almost immediate. muscles. Tiny bones aredisplaced. Pain One of the secrets is in orator make a more moving presentation follows. the tension and stretch. super-elastic of a case that rested on such flimsy foun- It is highly elastic, 2 A band assists dations. amazingly light and and strengthens thin, yet strong and muscles, replaces General Crook had listened with im- durable. Worn with bones. 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bitter. An Indian dearly loves to parley tion, as it was evident that he had made for terms. For two days the Indians de- good his escape into the mountains. It NATIONAL CONVENTION bated the situation among themselves, would take another expedition to get him, roaring drunk on mescal. Finally Geron- and so we retraced our steps toward the LEGIONNAIRES! imo with bad grace and with a mind in- line, arriving at Fort Bowie on April third. flamed by cactus whisky decided to sur- I shall pass over several painful inci- from the WEST render. The terms were stiff, and included dents that happened after our return. Suf- two years of exile on the Atlantic sea- fice to say that General Nelson A. Miles board before being allowed to return to succeeded Crook in command of the make the trip Arizona. Arizona Department, and with great en- When this was accomplished General ergy began assembling troops for the Crook returned to Fort Bowie, leaving capture of Geronimo and his handful of by sea Lieutenant Maus to bring in the prison- followers. ers. That night Geronimo got drunk. He The intrepid Apache gave the new com- TO OR FROM was in no shape for the trail next day. mander a warm reception. Leaving his We covered little ground that day. but squaw camp in charge of one or two next morning got an early start with the bucks, with seventeen fighting men he cAMI OltMA prospect of reaching the border by night- made two remarkable forays into Ari- fall. This hope, however, was promptly zona. Slipping from mountain range to disappointed. Geronimo and his people plain and from plain to range, making un- thru PANAMA were marching in front of us. In the mid- believable marches, passing in front of. forenoon they halted and prepared to behind and between pursuing forces, he CANAL .... via camp, explaining that they were "tired." fought two skirmishes with Regular GAY HAVANA Then and there I made up my mind that troops, one with the Tucson Rangers, and Geronimo was playing a game and so in- after keeping our entire army in that part formed Lieutenant Maus. of the world and a large part of the citi- AND what a trip! 5,500 ocean miles The Chirichuas were encamped in two zenry on the run for forty days, retired parties—Geronimo on the top of a small back into Mexico with the loss of but one xtL — Coast to Coast — in 13 days, mesa and Chihuahua, his subordinate, at man, and he a deserter. on the electric liner, NEW S. S. Cali- the foot of it. We packers made camp On June sixth Geronimo recrossed into fornia, 33,000 tons in size. Good times about fifty yards from Chihuahua's Mexico for the last time. The principal camp, in such a way as to prevent a sur- force of pursuit consisted of infantry, all the way—New York, Havana, prise or meet an attack. From my experi- and what was more helpless than infan- Canal Zone, San Diego (Coronado ence with Apache tactics, gained in previ- try, dismounted cavalry, under command Beach), Los Angeles, San Francisco! ous campaigns, I did not like the look of of Captain Henry W. Lawton, Fourth things. That night I outlined a plan of Cavalry. They had with them a few In- The ideal way to rest up for the resistance to the packers in case of attack. dian scouts, ably directed by Tom Horn. Jamboree in Boston, and to recuperate With our entire camp asleep I got the The wisdom of sending a force of this after it's over. Use the few days after lead or bell horse of the pack-train, and character into a difficult and unfamiliar quietly led him around in the rear of country to pursue the bedouins of Geron- the Big Doings for sightseeing in old Geronimo's camp and put him to graze. imo is obscure to me to this day. New England or new New York. Pack loads are borne by mules, but the In company with Lieutenant Abiel Take the steamer eastbound for the file is always led by a horse. A mule Smith and Billy Long, a dispatch rider, I will follow a horse, but will not follow an- was ordered to join this command. On Convention—westbound for Califor- other mule. Any stir in Geronimo's camp July 29th we met up with it in camp nia, after the Convention—or enjoy a would send the bell horse trotting back about a hundred miles, as a bird flies, be- Bound Trip, One Way Water, One to where I was and I would know that low the border, and fifteen miles south of something was up. the lonely hamlet of Nacori where we had Way Bail—8,500 miles—at Beduced Having posted my bell horse, I lay down buried Captain Crawford. The force was Summer Bates. Choose either or with rifle and ammunition handy but pur- in a sorry condition. both of the sailings below—and don't posely kept awake. At about three o'clock Captain Lawton immediately sum- forget to fetch the family along. I thought I heard a faint tinkle of the moned me to his tent, where he spread horse bell. Placing the palm of one hand his maps on a blanket. Explaining what Convention Bound Homeward Bound to the ground and pressing an ear to it I had taken place in my absence, he asked San Francisco Sept. 20 New York Oct. 11 could hear distinctly the bell and the the opinion of Tom Horn and myself as Los Angeles Sept. 22 Havana Oct. 14 bell hostiles might be. Canal Zone Sept. 30 Canal Zone Oct. 17 trample of horses' feet. The was to where the Havana Oct. 3 Los Angeles Oct. 26 drawing nearer. As it developed, we were both wrong New York Oct. 6 San Francisco Oct. 27 With rifle in hand I aroused Lieuten- —not that that made any great difference. ant Maus. With the command at his disposal, pur- For full information apply to No. 1 The bell horse was now coming our way suit of Geronimo in force would have Broadway, New York; 460 Market as fast as he could travel. been futile no matter where he was. St., San Francisco; 715 W. 7th St., The packers were awake and one of On my arrival at Lawton's camp I was my men, Willis Brown, came running in suffering greatly from sciatica, due to Los Angeles; our offices elsewhere, or from a brief reconnaissance. sleeping in wet clothing and blankets. authorized S. S. or B. B. agents. "Geronimo's gone!" he shouted. The pain was so intense that Dr. Leon- Geronimo and Natchez with seventeen ard Wood gave me a dose of morphine braves, fourteen squaws and four children and said I would have to return to Ari- noma fie had skipped toward the Sierra Madres. zona as campaigning would aggravate the fa fad Chihuahua with something like eighty trouble. I started back that day. Captain people, of all ages, remained. Lawton jokingly telling me to inform m ALL N E STEAMERS Lieutenant Faison, with a large part of General Miles not to send him any more IJJw" our force, took Chihuahua into Fort Bowie soldiers as one might as well try to hunt INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE MARINE COMPANY while Lieutenant Maus led the pursuit of Geronimo with a brass band. Geronimo. The chase was of short dura- On my return march I met a troop of

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the Fourth Cavalry under, if I am not fact that the mother and daughter of $500 in REWARD mistaken the name of the officer. Lieu- Natchez were already in Florida. tenant James Parker. I directed him to This fact resulted in a second parley at Captain Lawton's camp. I was feeling so which Geronimo capitulated, one of the badly that I did not recognize Lieutenant stipulations being that Gatewood should Charles B. Gatewood, Sixth Cavalry, who march, eat and sleep with the hostiles un- was with the party. Had I done so I til they reached Arizona. He did this, and would have entertained higher expecta- twice forestalled attempts by men of tions for the success of the expedition Troop B, Sixth Cavalry, to kill Geronimo than then rilled my mind. The death of in revenge for a defeat the year before. Captain Crawford left Gatewood the best These circumstances and others caused versed officer of our army in the subtle- strained relations between Gatewood and ties of Apache diplomacy. His selection Captain Lawton. to join Lawton meant a radical change in On August 31, 1886, Lawton's com- the Miles policy of all force and no par- mand and the hostiles reached Skeleton ley with the hostiles. Canon, in Arizona. On the evening of Shortly after Gatewood reached Law- September third General Miles and es- ton a report was received at the camp of cort arrived and went into camp. Geron- Geronimo's presence in the vicinity of imo mounted his horse and presented Fronteras, seventy miles to the northward. himself at the tent of the American com- With his chief of scouts contending that mander. A lengthy conference took place, for ADAM RAT Geronimo could be found south of the and on the following day Natchez, as the ond other rodents, predatory animals, injurious camp, with me contending for the east, titular head of the Chirichua Apaches, birds and harmful Teptiles that prey upon domestic and now with this report from the north, formally surrendered his band, which, if stock and wild game, consume crops and food- Captain Lawton was in a quandary such I remember rightly, numbered twenty- stuff, and spread disease. There are both monthly as had been responsible for the indecision seven persons of both sexes, including ond grand rewards — nearly IOO cash prizes. For of more than one pursuer of the slippery three papooses. full information on the Crosman Rogues' GalleTy Apache. the last of the Thus ended Apache cam- and the valuable rewards for the capture of these Taking Tom Horn and six Indian scouts paigns, sixteen months in duration, and outlaws, see youT Crosman dealer or write the Gatewood set out for Fronteras. After requiring the entire military forces of manufacturers of the long marches and a series of skillful ma- Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas neuvers which included the outwitting of to overcome a foe which never numbered Mexican officials, Lieutenant Gatewood as' many as eighty fighting men. In a finally achieved a meeting with Natchez plentiful distribution of honors among CROSMAN and Geronimo. He said that General the victors it is a matter of regret to re- Miles's terms were unconditional surren- cord that Lieutenant Charles B. Gate- . der and exile in Florida. Geronimo said wood received no recognition, though it SI LENT 22 he would fight to the last rather than ac- must be that there are men now living cept, but Natchez was not so belligerent. who will agree with me that no one did The Most Amazing Gatewood had made effective use of the more than he to bring Geronimo in. Gun Ever Invented for Small Game and J^ivingston ^Brothers Target Shooting

( Continued from page 23) Although it uses no powder, the Cros- man Silent .22 has deadly accuracy and of correspondence, so Rupert decided that "That your mother that runs that horse tremendous power. The Single Shot is further questioning would not be tactful. farm?" the highest powered pneumatic rifle in Rupert discovered at dinner that there "Yes, sir." the world. ..the Repeater is the only high was a brigade of field artillery of the "Well, well. Have a cigar. You know powered repeating pneumatic rifle in the

National Guard in the camp, together I've bought horses from her for a num- world ! They have all the advantages of with a large detachment of casual troops ber of years. Breeds nice ones. Those .22 powder guns combined with six who were being trained as replacements Morgans are a fine race, you know. If features that no firearm possesses. for units already in the field. she's your mother I knew your father in He went out, after dinner, to see what the Islands. He was a splendid officer, a Exclusive Crosman the camp and neighboring town looked splendid officer. If you're half as good, Features are: like. It was not attractive. The camp you'll be a good man! Well, what brings itself was composed of stone barrack you here? Sick?" 1. Low Cost Ammunition buildings, running away up the hill like "No, sir, a court martial." 2. No Bullet Splatter flights of stairs. "Hah?" barked the commanding of- 3. Adjustable Power The town consisted of cafes, there be- ficer, spinning about in his chair. "Been 4. No Cleaning ing about one house to every ten of these tried, have you?" 5. Noiseless drink dispensers. "No, sir. I was kept behind as a wit- 6. No Recoil "I'll be glad not to spend too much ness, and then the son of a gun pleaded time here!" decided Rupert. He went guilty. So I lost my outfit. They went ACT NOW back to the casino and wrote a letter to overseas ahead of me." Combine "good sport with the John, giving his address, and suggesting "Hmm. Well now what do you intend good Tiddance." Enter Crosman contest. See that if John could get leave, he, Rupert, to do?" your Crosman dealer or would see what he could do to arrange a "Why," smiled Rupert, "I don't im- WTite us at once for full meeting in Paris. agine I'll have much to say about it. I information and FREE The following morning he was sum- had hoped I could rejoin my regiment." book on "Target and moned before the commanding officer. "They're at the front," said the other, Game Shooting." "Glad to meet you, Captain," said the glancing at Rupert's order. camp commander, as Rupert presented "Well, all the better." CROSMAN ARMS COMPANY himself. "Sit down, Livingston. Hmm. "All the better? Do you know anything St. Paul St., Rochester, N.Y. You any relation to a family by that about a seventy-five? Ever see one in 41 5 name that lives in Vermont?" your life? Know what sondage means? "That's where I come from," smiled Can you figure correction co-efficients CROSMAN RIFLES Rupert. from it? Do you ( Continued on page 46) SILENT .2 2 . " POWDEB" I I P O W E B WITHOUT

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know what a geodetic point is? Lambert was slow. The British claimed huge ad- North? Gisement, ligne de reperage. 'O. vances on the Somme, but the lines on C. P. general' mean anything to you?'' the map did not seem to advance very far. a ''No, sir," gasped Rupert. The French front was stationary. The "You'd be a hell of a lot of use to a war would go over into another summer, battery at the front then. There are too no doubt of that. many officers up there now heaving steel Meanwhile Rupert doctored horses dur- into their own infantry!" ing the day and read books about the "Well, sir," sighed Rupert, "what would seventy-fives at night. He received at the TIXW, you suggest?" end of the first week a tumultuous letter "I have a job for you," said the com- from John, that he, John, was expecting Send the manding officer impressively, leaning to get ten days' leave that was due him, coupon today NOWI over and shaking a pencil at Rupert, "a and where the hell was La Courtine? If and in six weeks your Post can have a job that I've been trying to find a man Rupe might advance—as a loan of course drum corps ready for public for for a long time. A real important —the railroad fare, John would come appearance ! A snappy outfit to job. And you're just the man for it!" visit head up all Post activities and put new" down and him. pep in Post programs — to lead you in "And what is it, sir?" The railroad fare went off by the next convention parades! "Remount officer. We had two troops mail, but John did not get his leave. Then, of cavalry here, but they've gone to Giev- the division being ordered back to the LUDWIC res to lay a sewer system. So we've got lines, all hope of leave went glimmering. to look after our own horses." returned will show you how to or- To Rupert's astonishment, John ganize in easily carried out "Remount officer?" gasped Rupert. the money for the railroad fare. instructions. "Why, I know, but that doesn't instruct "Keep it for me," John wrote. "I can't Complete playing manual me in the use of a seventy-five or any of spend it at the front, and if anything with every outfit, FREE. With Ludwig drums it's these other things I know nothing about. should happen, the first thing they'd grab easy to develop a fine roll, A remount officer has enough on his hands would be those francs." quickly — the tone is bril- keeping his horses in shape without doing The "flu" made its appearance in the liant, snappy. anything else. I know. I've run a horse camp. A few cases at first, among a draft Get this farm long enough to know what the du- of replacements that had come up from ties of a remount officer are like." La Rochelle. Then men in the batteries

I'm giving you it. CD EC* Shows every ^ Book "That's just the reason began to go down with one or two a •*»• stepinorgan- the job!" smiled the other. day, then, suddenly, by squads. The camp izing a successful drum corps. Send now. "But I'll never get to the front!" pro- awoke to find itself stricken with the tested Rupert. plague. LUDWIC & LUDWIC "That's not the question!" said the They gave up drill, they turned whole I've 623 Ludwig Blag., 1611-27 N. Lincoln St. commanding officer coldly. "Listen. barracks into hospitals, they did no guard CHICAGO, ILL. had twenty-six years' service in the field duty, nothing but care for the sick. The Please tell tis how we can have a drum corps. artillery. Don't you think I'd rather be at Saint Mihiel offensive came to an end

Name , the front than a glorified child's nurse to with the American arms covered with Street militia draft- salient flat pancake. City State a bunch of goddamned and glory and the as as a ed replacements? Do you think it's pleas- Rupert, up to his neck in work, con- ant being buried here in this backdoor of tinuing to be remount officer, but acting Airrow Motor Boats the world? Suppose everyone went to the as camp adjutant as well, noted this in front suppose every in uniform was passing. The few officers not stricken be- ; man

in the front line ; then what ? How' would gan to talk of the end of the war. troops get from Havre or Bordeaux to The Argonne offensive began. "One the front? Walk all the way? Who'd show more poke in the jaw like that and Fritz Built for Outboard Motors. Designed for safety 'em the road? Who'd feed 'em after they is done." they said. It was the consensus andspeed. Priced $38. to $80. Write for free catalog. got there?" of opinion that the next offensive would AIR-FED MFG. CO., 455 S. 7th St., Quincy, 111. "But—" be in Lorraine, a drive on Strasbourg, and "That's all!" so on into Bavaria. "Yes, sir." The ice began to form about Rupert's UNIFORMS Rupert saluted and went out. How heart. It was not that the end of the war WRITE FOR well that interview had begun! This ofmight be near, but for another reason. He CATALOG No. SO. ficer had known his father and mother, had not heard from John for six weeks. ALUMINUM HELMETS and had bought horses that probably Ah, where was he? Had he been wound- POLISHED orANY COLOIi Rupert had trained. Another string-pul- ed he would have had a letter by now GEORGE EVANS&Co- ler! Another friend to help him to the from him in hospital. His mother, in her 132 N. FIFTH ST.- A.L.DEPT- PHILADELPHIA. front! last letter, had simply asked him if he had Instead—ah, it was not all in getting heard from John lately. That was enough. overseas. He was here, this was France, She had had no letters either, but would yet he was a long way from the front. not voice the fear that was in her heart. "We'll grit our teeth and bear it," he Rupert dreamed of his father, a thing advised himself, "and meantime we'll he had not done since he had been a child. dead, a ) Railway Mail Clerk ( ) Meat Inspector study nights and in spare time and read Where was John? Why was John

( ) P. O. Clerk ( ) Special Agent j up on this thing, so that if we ever get a gallant soldier, and he, Rupert, alive? Rup- I ( ) Post-office Laborer ( ) Customs Inspector File Clerk Steno-Typist j ( ) ( ) chance to go to the front we won't lose pert had tried to tell what he had done, ) Matron Immigrant Insp. \ ) General Clerk !)) City Mail Carrier! it because of lack of knowledge of a and had choked and stammered. Chauffeur-Carrier 5 Border Patrol ) isn't What were the salient points of his ) Skilled Laborer ( ) Typist seventy-five! Courage! The war ) Watchman I I Seamstress over yet. Everyone will get his turn." service? He had found a poor ignorant ) Postmaster I j Steno-Secretary ) Carrier ) Auditor RFD ( This thought encouraged him through- recruit asleep on post, and had allowed a struclion OuraiD, 110, SI. tauit. Me. read the mess sergeant to get away with the bat- end in* particulars about qualifying for position out the weeks that followed. He V " ..l.n.. InoaHttn.. onm ir t not tirtu communiques religiously. The Americans tery mess fund. Other than that he had were fighting along the Vesle. but progress done nothing except cash his pay voucher.

46 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly He had hoped that some day he would "Yeh," muttered Rupert, "that's what have his chance, that some day he would he went for. He didn't want to go up. command a battery in action, but even There was a man that didn't believe the that hope had crumbled now. war would be over tomorrow! I wish " In the Argonne, the American troops they'd order me to the front surged forward irresistibly. The French, He stopped. the British, the Belgians, all were engaged There was no one else in the office but in victorious offensives. The Flanders the personnel clerk, the French liaison of- coast was evacuated. Bulgaria collapsed. ficer, and the orderly sorting mail. If Allied newspapers began to prophecy the this man Gideon Blaney was A. W. 0. L., abdication of the kaiser. then no one would answer "Here" when Rupert dreamed again, that he crossed his name was called the next morning. To a field, and in the center of the field he prevent this, his service record had been found a cross made of white wood. He bent sent over from his battery orderly room to read it and saw a name, "John Living- with A. W. 0. L. marked on it, so that his ston, Sgt. Hq. Det., Croix de Guerre." name would be crossed off the order. But This thing so startled him that he arose if the A. W. O. L. were taken off—Rupert HEAD-WORK and dressed, and went over to headquar- took it off with a swift jerk, then looked ters where he checked property returns to see if he had been observed. No. Was until daybreak. He was still there dis- he not acting adjutant, and did he not go SAVES ARM -WORK heveled, unshaven, when the command- to that desk ten times in a morning? He ing officer came in. smiled to himself. What was this he was "The 0. D. says you've been here all doing? He hardly knew himself. Was he night," said the commanding officer, paus- going up to the front in this man's place? ANY rifle deserves good ing by Rupert's desk. "What's the grand What would it mean if he got caught? idea?" "Nothing!" he answered himself. "I've Xa. care — must have it to "The work must done, sir," said got a leave, what the hell difference does be remain accurate. It's easier Rupert dully. it make where I spend it?" "Huh!" responded the other, and went It did, though. There were certain for you to exercise care in into his office. Five minutes later he leave areas, and an officer was not al- sent word for Rupert to come in. lowed out of them. He was risking his selecting ammunition than to "Livingston," began the commander, commission if he were caught —he took "I've got a telegram that we're receiving his cap and went out. Was he a fool? exercise your arm with a a replacement draft of six hundred men. He would be caught instantly. Was he cleaning rod. That'll fill up the militia a little. Another not known to every officer in the camp? draft like that and maybe they'll be up to What officer was taking that detail up:' strength again. Everything all set for that A certain Plug Mahone. He was a lieu- Remington Kleanbore Car- bunch that's going up? Well, never mind tenant of Military Police, a former corpo- rust, if it isn't. What I wanted to say was this. ral at the recruit barracks on Governors tridges prevent corro- There are twenty-five officers coming in Island. "And he wouldn't spot me? Not

! sion, pitting and leading in with this new draft. What they'll be like much " He was, however, hardly what one I don't know. But I'm going to get a new might call intimate with Rupert. the barrel. They shoot more adjutant out of the lot, and a new re- Rupert had breakfast, which he ate mount officer. Go out and make yourself slowly and thoughtfully. He packed a accurately and they will pre- out a month's leave for Vichy or Aix-les- bag, leaving out, however, his toilet arti- rifle's Bains. Go enjoy yourself." cles. He rolled up his bedding roll and serve your accuracy '"Thank you, sir," said Rupert. sent it and the bag to storage with the for years. He went back to his desk and reached quartermaster. He went back to head- for a typewriter. "From, To, Subject," he quarters, got his leave, and applied for muttered, rubbing his bristly chin. "What transportation to Aix-les-Bains. Kleanbore Cartridges are the hell will I do with a leave? I don't Just before recall blew he presented want a leave. I'd go off my conk com- himself at the salvage warehouse and in- made in all the popular sizes- pletely." formed the sergeant in charge that he rim fire and center fire. Their He wrote out the application, however, wanted to inspect the condition of the and tossed it into the basket for the colo- property. When mess call blew the ser- protection is particularly nel's signature. He wandered past the geant was only too glad to depart, on sergeant major's desk. There was a pile promise of the adjutant to lock up and needed in high-power rifles. of service records there, probably those give the key to the sergeant of the guard. of the men going up to the front on the This he did, but when he went to his own More Kleanbore ,22's are morrow. Yes, that was what they were. dinner, there was a complete outfit for an sold than all other makes Rupert looked at the records idly. Queer enlisted man—uniform, hobnails, rifle, names. "Brickbottom," "Wiznosky," pack-carrier and blankets in a room in a combined. "Toperson." "Enlisted or inducted in nearby stable, a room to which Rupert,

service, June 4, 1918, Aug, 2, 1018, April as remount officer, still had the key. 25, 1918, July 10, 1917-" "You're a dam' fool," he kept telling "Gideon Blaney, 2553456, pvt. Induct- himself. "You're heading right straight REMINGTON ARMS CO., Inc. ed June 4, 1918, Camp Zachary Taylor, for a general court!" Originators of Kleanbore Ammunition Ky. Born Sept. 4, 1894. Paratyphoid Pro- Yet on the other hand his heart was " 25 Broadway New York phylaxis The rest was hidden by a lighter than it had been at any time since strip of paper attached by clips, on which his old regiment had gone overseas. He © 1930 R. A. Co. was scrawled the letters, "A. W. 0. L." was going to the front! At last! To the Private Gideon Blaney. then, had gone front! Not as he had hoped, at the head Remin fftoil over the hill, weary of the army in gen- of his battery, but he was going just the eral and La Courtine in particular. Per- same. haps the sudden announcement of his im- He knew the route and the schedule. pending departure for the front had had Chateauroux, Noisy-le-Sec, Court rai. something to do with it. Was his name Three days. Let the war last four days he would be satisfied. KLEANBORE on the order? Yes, it was. He must have more and gone recently, then. In the after- ( Continued on page 48) C A R_T R.IDGES

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noon he wrote to his mother, tipped the heard the slam of a door. A stable ser- French soldier that swept out his room, geant lived there. Had it been that he had and went down to the stables to sleep. called to some companion, "I'll see you He dreamed again of John, as he had tomorrow?" Or had it been John? Was known he would, but this time John was John waiting for him? alive, and laughing. "If that was you in that dream, John.'' en he does Rupert sat upright on the bunk in a he said aloud, "don't be impatient. I'll cold sweat. First call blowing. to Hi is to the ball was Had hurry get to you just as quick as I can." the detachment gone? No. they did not Then he bent to put on his hobnails.

go until eight o'clock. Across the yard he ( To be continued The Players own Finish -AUTOGRAPH MODELS The Backfire NOW BONE" RUBBED (Continued from page g) One reason Simmons of the World Champion Athletics pistol is a great batter is that he is always doing everything and more than a hundred rounds of ried to another high mango tree some two he can to improve his batting. Fot instance, in the upper rifle ammunition. hundred yards east of his first station illustration, you see him honing his bat. and in its thick top prepared himself an- MORE PUNCH PER HIT. Honing, preferably with a dry meat bone, closes the pores or the Dat, hardens its THE day following his resolution to other platform and rifle rest. The view of surface, prevents slivering and increases its driving pow- kill Tuan Garvey, Datto Tindig jour- the camp from this second station was er. Now all Autograph Model Louisville Sluggers are bone rubbed by hand at the factory. All Simmons need neyed several miles from his cota and in fully as good as from the first—so Datto do is say to us, "Send me one of my model", and he a wide field set up a target at a range of Tindig returned to the first tree and wait- will get it, bone-rubbed finish and all. And that's all you have to say to yout dealer to get Simmons' bat, perhaps five hundred yards. He knew ed there until he saw Tuan Garvey come Ruth's bat, Hornsby's bat and the models used by moSt nothing of sight adjustment, but fortu- out of his headquarters and stand talking other great sluggers, bone-rubbed finished and with the playets' signatutes burned in the barrels. Send the cou- nately the rifle, although a sporting model, with one of his lieutenants. Thereupon the pon today for our new/rwbook "Fam- had a point blank range of approximately Moro fired and little spurt of ousSluggers of 1929", containing latest marked a records, pictures and instructions for bat- three hundred yards and by taking a dirt short and to the left. His two ene- ting. Hillerich & Bradsbv Co., Incorpo- slightly ragged sight Datto Tindig got mies immediately stepped rated, Mfrs., Louisville, Ky. back from each three hits out of ten shots. Immensely other until perhaps twenty feet separated pleased with himself he returned home. them, but they did not discontinue their LOUISVILLE Before dawn the next morning he was discussion. Datto Tindig fired again and in the jungle in rear of the Scout's camp, saw a little column of water thrown up a SLUGGER Bats which lay in a clearing along the lake hundred yards out in the lake. The lieu- shore. When daylight came he selected a tenant still stood his ground but Garvey l^iftv Hook Free — ^Mail Coupon Hillerich & Bradsby Co.. 438 Finzer St., Louisville, Ky. mango tree some ninety feet tall and started walking very slowly back to his Send me, without charge, copy of your new book. Famous towering more than thirty feet above the tent. Datto Tindig fired thrice before the Sluggers of 1929, with instructicna for Batting, level of the surrounding jungle. Climbing captain disappeared from sight behind the Name to its thick top he gazed across the jungle tent; one of his bullets landed in the lake, Street and discovered that it afforded him a one kicked up dirt in line with Garvey City State perfect view of the Scouts' encampment. but a little beyond him and one shot ap- 1 mXui^m I Training for men of am- The company was at reveille and Tuan peared to have been lost. Thereafter in tlCCiriC3l bition md limited time. Concise, comprehensive Garvey's tall figure stood in front of the quick succession, Datto Tindig fired five course in Theoretical and Practical Electrical line, * his right side toward Datto Tindig. times at the tent, descended from his f — 1 m-m _ -« — . including Math- Engineering ^^xv. "By Allah, the Compassionate and the aerial station and departed at a swift jog Students construct motors, install wiring, test elec- Merciful," Datto Tindig breathed joy- trot for home, for a wily Moro was Datto trical machinery. A thorough course designed to be completed in one college year. ously, "he is delivered into my hands. The Taguian Tindig. He knew a skirmish line THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS* successful experience distance is perfect." would be between him and home if he assures you maximum training in minimum time. Send for free catalog However, although the distance might delayed his departure unnecessarily. be perfect, Datto Tindig's marksmanship The value of his discretion was evi- BLISS was not, nor was he sufficient of an ego- denced when, two hours after his arrival ELECTRICAL SCHOOL tist not to realize this. He knew he must home, Tuan Garvey appeared before his Q 416 Takoma Ave., Washington, D. C. be prepared to waste several cartridges cota with two platoons of Scouts. The before a lucky shot accomplished his pur- American had, years before, mastered the pose, and unless he could shoot at Gar- not very difficult Moro language; now he ORGANIZE vey while the latter stood in the company hammered with the butt of his pistol at street and the bullet threw up a little the tall bamboo gate and in a ringing a Drum Corps cloud of dirt or dust when it missed him, voice cried: he would have no gauge for the adjust- "Ho, Datto Taguian Tindig within! THIS FREE BOOK ment of his fire. Give orders that this portal be opened, SHOWS YOU HOW He descended the tree and with his that I may enter and have speech with "\X7IUTE now for your Free copy " of "The Roll-Off." Interesting sarong cut several lengths of bamboo, my brother." 42 page book. Tells everything you want to know about organizing which he carried into the top of the tree Datto Tindig came forth, hurriedly and and equipping a drum corps for your Post. Now is the time to get and there, with strips of green bamboo obsequiously. Instantly Tuan Garvey started. Be ready for conventions into upon which stretched out a great arm vice-like and celebrations. bark tied them a platform and a Hundreds of Posts say a drum he could lie prone. Next he made a sort grip closed cruelly over the Moro's corps is a wonderful year around stimulus: — to boost attendance, of crutch upon which to rest his rifle. shoulder. "One of your people, O my get new members and increase public interest. Get the facts. Datto Tindig was now ready for busi- brother, has been shooting into my camp. Write today. No obligation. Leedy Manufacturing Co. ness, but—he did not choose to do busi- He has injured no one, for he is, of a 501 LeedvIildg.Barth Ave. and ness at this stand. Instead, he descended, truth, a most inferior marksman; but he Palmer St., Indianapolis, Ind. cut more bamboo and was particular not is a nuisance and I tolerate no nuisance. to cover up the evidence of his opera- Moreover, as my brother knows, it is for- tions. This new cutting of bamboo he car- bidden to your people to bear firearms.

Harken unto me, 0 my brother. At sunset tomorrow you will deliver to me the Will You Accept This ritle and the man who employs it shooting into my camp. This is an order." ItEMAKKABLE ICAZOll SHARPENER "Alas, it is an order I may not obey." Datto Tindig wailed. "I have faithfully FREE for lOO days kept the law and so have my people. We have no rifle. Seek in the cota of Datto Silogan, Tuan. That son of a swine it is who has done this thing, hoping to cast suspicion upon me and my people." Tuan Garvey released his grip and the datto thoughtfully rubbed the numb shoulder. Garvey pondered. "It may be as you say, my brother. I will investigate. But my order still stands." "And will Datto Silogan receive the same order?" Aye, he shall. And if my order be not obeyed, then shall there be war between us, Datto Tindig. 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De La Cruz had made $ the mistake of arguing with a private and This complete 8 LearnAviation employing a short curved dagger to clinch his points. The possession of private weap- FIREWORKS in this National System of ons is forbidden in the Scouts and Con- Approved stabulary and, since the injuries inflicted U. S. Gov't upon the private were trifling, Garvey, in Celebration Aviation order to avoid future reprisals and a military funeral, had had the latter trans- Schools ferred to a company in Leyte and then | Learn to fly tri- had "busted" his first sergeant to private. | I motor transport Now, there is a malevolent sense of planes. Learn welding, rigging, the humor in all people of Malay blood, and. business side of aviation. Highest because Plaurencio De La Cruz had been type training offered in all aeronau- "hard-boiled" while he wore the diamond, Give touh fam- tical subjects. 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lished in the Philippines following their mand of the first platoon. "Ah saw one HASTY EATERS annexation by the United States, he spoke of those bullets strike a tree, suh," he English and Spanish and half a dozen na- announced. "Saw the sap fly, suh. Ah no- who repent tive dialects, with a fair smattering of ticed the bullet didn't come through, so Chinese. He was inordinately proud of his ah dug it out. Here it is, suh." education and it was his ambition to se- "Thanks, Radford." Garvey took the at leisure cure, ultimately, a commission either in battered bullet and examined it. "I the Constabulary or the Philippine Scouts. thought so when I heard him shooting. Pepto-Bismol will end your diges- And now Captain Garvey had spoiled it all Sporting rifle—soft-nosed bullet. It hasn't tive discomforts quickly. So De La Cruz suffered, and as he suf- quite the spiteful bark of any army weap- It brings amazingly swift relief fered there gradually welled up in him a on and a Moro was using it, of course. unreasonable, rage His marksmanship very erratic. from indigestion, heartburn, acid or wholly murderous was How- against his captain. The very soul of the ever, I anticipate an improvement. De La sour stomach, and it checks fermen- man cried out for vengeance. Cruz is excused from duty to lay for that tation and the formation of harmful For days now, De La Cruz had pon- bushwhacker. The fellow's a marvelous acids. dered ways and means of killing his cap- tracker. He ought to bring the Moro in." Pepto-Bismol is safe prescribed — tain. In the brush with the two dattos he When the lieutenant departed Garvey by doctors for 25 years. Even children had hoped to find an opportunity to ac- moved his cot from the right to the left- love its agreeable flavor. complish this, for many an officer has hand side of his tent and his field desk Pepto-Bismol is sold with a flat been murdered in action and his demise from the left to the right-hand side. Then

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points you. Buy it in the 3-cornered vey always walked behind the skirmish Private De La Cruz emerge from his bottle at your druggist's. Only 50c. line and, with his devil's devising, had quarters with his Springfield rifle over his assigned De La Cruz to the first platoon, shoulder and a Moro kris, scabbarded, at Take it and enjoy serene after-eating watchful eye of his hip. yards in hours. where he was under the Twenty back of De La

one of the colored lieutenants, a parti- Cruz the jungle wall rose ; he slipped into cularly astute and hard-boiled product of it and was gone. Pepto-Bismol the Regular Army, who, in the event of the "Pretty good soldier sense," Garvey captain becoming a casualty, would take decided. "He's gone out on a flank, to relieves INDIGESTION quickly command of the company. De La Cruz circle around in rear of the Moro's posi- had a suspicion that the captain had in- tion. But he's too late. The Moro's gone. structed the lieutenant to keep a watch- Fired ten shots and then decamped be- MAKERS OF UNGUENTINE ful eye on him. fore we could send out men to look for On the morning Datto Tindig opened him. Hope De La Cruz doesn't pick up his bombardment De La Cruz had an in- his trail and follow it too far. He might

Hiking, Exploring. Prospecting. Boating, spiration. Upon the return of the two not come back!" Hunting, Fishing, Camping, Canoeing platoons from their visit to Datto Tin- dig's cota he sought and secured the first 10NG before Garvey had reached his Sleeps 2. Weighs sergeant's permission to speak with Gar- J camp with the two platoons, Datto S% lbs. vey and forthwith presented himself at Tindig, circling swiftly around the col- the latter's tent. umn and traveling by jungle paths known "Well, De La Cruz, what's on your only to him and his people, had returned

8 ft. Long mind?" Garvey queried in the easy affa- to the tree where his rifle and ammuni- ble manner that concealed the underlying tion lay wrapped in the sarong. In view SNAKE—BUG—WATERPROOF iron of the man. of Tuan Garvey's ultimatum to surrender At Your Dealers, or Send Stamps for Catalog "Sir," De La Cruz replied in his pre- the rifle or take the bitter consequences INDIANAPOLIS cise clipped English, "I noticed that a of refusal, he knew it behooved him to COMPAC 1102 W. 28th St. INDIANA Moro was shooting at the captain this return to his task and, if possible, com- morning." plete it that day. If unsuccessful he still AMERICAN LEGION "Somebody has certainly been shooting had until sunset of the day following; if at me, De La Cruz, and it seems reason- still unsuccessful at that hour he planned UNIFORMS able to suspect a Moro." He pointed to to send his imbecile son in with the rifle. Massachusetts Specifications two holes high up in the rear wall of his He reflected that he might as well get rid Prices and Measure Blanks on Request tent. of the boy that way as any other. "I would like the company command- He waited awhile, thinking deeply. As ft. W. ROBERTSON 62 Summer Street Boston, Mass. er's permission to go out and get that a result of his cogitations he decided MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION Moro." presently that it might not be a bad idea "That is very kind and thoughtful of to fire his next shots from his Number you, Private De La Cruz. It will, prob- Two station, so he slipped down from Arty PHOTO ably, be a difficult task, but you may try. Number One and repaired to the other. I will tell your platoon commander that From his eerie he looked down into the ENLARGED you are excused from all formations for camp of the Scouts. Presently he saw the Size 16x20 inchesches that purpose." column return, swing up into the heart of Same price for full i length or bunt form, De La Cruz smiled for the first time in the camp and form company front. Gar- groups, landscapes put animals, etc. .or 1 a month, thanked the captain and with- vey stood before them; evidently he was enlargements of an part of group pic 98 drew. gazed after him and around giving them some instructions. So Datto ture. Safe return of your own Garvey original photo guaranteed. SEND NO MONEY the grim mouth a gentle little smile was Tindig fired at him twice and missed him Just mail photo or snapshot* any" playing. "I never knew one of his breed twice, although he had the pleasure of Bize)and within a week you will receive yr.ur beautiful life-tike loyal," seeing one of the Scouts in ranks collapse enlargement b ize 1 Ox 20in. guar- to be so forgiving, so touchingly antee! fadeless. I'ay poHtman 9Hr plus postage or send $1.00 he soliloquized. "Perhaps he thinks I may ergo he knew he had not lived that day in with order and wo pay pontage. make him a corporal if he brings in that vain. He hoped he had killed the man. Special Free OfferS — enlargement we will nend Free Moro. Perhaps he has an idea However, he discovered he had no time a hand-tinted miniature reproduction of phot-i sent. Take ad- the to exult or to indulge in further target vantage now of this amazing His cogitations were interrupted by offer. -send your photo today. UNITED PORTRAIT COMPANY advent of the colored lieutenant in com- practice that day, for suddenly the Scouts 900 West Lake Street, Dept.G-330, Chicago, III. 50 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly — !

broke ranks and, fanning out into a skirmish line, ran toward the jungle. Aeroplane Drafting Datto Tindig chuckled. He had a three- hundred-yard start of them and he knew Room Blue Print the jungle paths. He paused long enough to wrap his rifle and ammunition in the sarong, then dropped swiftly to the ground; as his feet touched terra firma he felt a kris slide between his shoulder FREE! blades. He grunted, whirled and with a Learn to be an aeroplane designer. I will train you RIGHT IN YOUR dying effort drew his own kris. He had a OWN HOME. Here's your opportunity to get into the big money earn- ing branch of Aviation— Designing aeroplanes. Copy the aeroplane pic- brief vision of a large mestizo Scout peck- ture shown here and mail to me with coupon below. If I think you show talent for this work and really want to train for a big pay position in ing at him with a rifle, parrying his blows, aviation, I will mail you direct from my drafting room an aeroplane blueprint in three views with all main parts named and explained. smiling at him as they grew feebler. Then the rifle descended on his sinful head and the soul of Datto Tindig was knocking at GET INTO AVIATION the mother-of-pearl gates of the Moslem through the Front Door-theDrafting Paradise. Room Private De La Cruz did not linger to exult over his victory. Up the mango tree he climbed swiftly and at the top he LEARN AERO-DRAFTING found that which he sought—the sporting rifle and cartridges of the deceased. If you want to fit yourself for a start to- Aero Drafting Experts ward — Quickly he filled the magazine and peered making big money in AVIATION In Big Demand get into the creative end of this rapidly out over the jungle, just in time to see growing industry. There are good aero- Captain Garvey strolling thoughtfully plane designers today who get $12,000 a year—think it — toward his quarters. He waited until the of $1,000 a month. Let me train you in Aero- Drafting — and put you captain entered, then sighted carefully on in line for a position like this — Remember, the rear wall of the tent. Ten times he you don't need /tying or mechanical experience to become an Aero- Draftsman. cracked away, then carefully rolled the rifle up in Datto Tindig's old sarong, Former Factory Helper descended the tree and stood waiting and Raises Income to $7,000 a Year listening. Presently he heard his comrades A H. Bernier of Detroit, Michigan — one of my students had a factory job at $12.00 a week when he scurrying through the jungle at a little enrolled with me. After taking my course he was picked from 65 men and made assistant Chief distance, so he called to them . . . Draftsman. When they rallied round him he My Training the Front Boor spurned Datto Tindig's corpse with his Pay-Raising Plan To a Place in AVIATION Write today for this booa army brogan. "Take this carrion to the No matter what you are doing now— if you can read, which has started hundreds of write and understand plain simple English and want men -many with but little education Bnd no captain," he ordered. He strode back to to get into Aero-Drafting, mail coupon today. Let the road to success Learn the camp and went straight for Captain me show you what I can do for you. See how 1 about the drafting Instruments train you — at home by my easy practical method 1 furnish my students without Garvey's tent. He found Garvey stretched — Learn about my employment service that is free extra charge. And all tho to my students. Copy sketch and mail today-! other featureBOf my training. on his cot reading an old magazine, and Write today, at the sight De La Cruz started visibly. For the thousandth part of a second sur- IS You Earn Less prise and disappointment showed in his ENGINEER DOBE, Div. A-40S somber eyes; then he saluted. Than *7© a Week 3951 Lawrence Ave., Chicago* III. I want to get into Aviation through the Drafting Room. Here's my copy "Private De La Cruz has the honor to Get my free books giving all the of Aeroplane sketch. Send me the blue print and your free books "Sue- Engineer Dobe facts about Aero-Drafting and my eeasful Draftsmanship" mod "My Pay-Raising Plan," all Free to me. report that a few minutes ago, in the training Read my money back agreement which says you must be satisfied or your jungle yonder, he came across the Datto training costs you nothing. Make the start to big Name Age Taguian Tindig acting suspiciously. The pay today. Mail sketch. Get Free Blue Print. Addrtn datto refused to halt, so I. killed him. The Engineer Dobe, Div. A -405 men are bringing in his body." 1951 Lawrenc* Are. 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In the morning Garvey turned out two me to the spot where Datto Tindig was platoons to search for the rifle. The other killed," he commanded. two platoons (being a cautious man) he The man reported almost immediately kept in camp. He saw to it that Private and, under instructions from Garvey, led Can De La Cruz turned out with the first the captain to the spot where Datto Tin- dandruff platoon. And when the men had disap- dig's indiscretion had led him to an un- peared into the bosque the captain exam- expected finish. "That will be all," Gar- be checked? ined the tree out of which his lieutenant vey told the man. "Return to your quar- Why tolerate dandruff? It can be checked. had cut the bullet the previous day. It ters." Your own doctor will tell you that pine had lodged just under the bark. Garvey He found himself standing under a tar and cleanliness will keep your scalp dandruff-free. This treatment, endorsed drove a steel ramrod through the tiny giant mango tree. "Ah, the poor De La for 60 years, combines both remedies. hole, nailed a slim bamboo stick to the Cruz!" he sighed. "That fifty per cent of Wet your hair. Massage the rich, tonic lather of Packer's Tar Soap well into the tree trunk, parallel with the cleaning rod Malay blood in him has been his undo- scalp. Rinse. Again lather, massage and and sighted along this bamboo stick into ing. He was too anxious. He should have rinse — finally in cold water to close the pores. the heart of the thick top of a towering permitted Tindig to escape! What hap- In severe cases, do this every other day mango tree. pened here all men may read. After until scalp clears. In milder cases, every 4 or 5 days. Then keep up regular weekly He was no mean judge of distance. prowling in the bush for hours, De La Packer shampoos, to prevent recurrence. "Better than four hundred yards," he de- Cruz suddenly heard Tindig loose al- You can't reasonably expect now-and- cut then care to keep your scalp clean of cided. "No wonder old Tindig missed me. most over his head. So he hid and waited dandruff — and it won't. It would have been a sheer accident if he until Tindig came down out of the tree; Send 10i for sample cake had hit me at that range. But for an ex- then he killed him silently. Why? To get and book "The Care of the Hair". Address Packer's, Dept. 25-F, 101VV. 31st St.. New York. pert rifleman that range is duck soup. the rifle? He could have secured the rifle Evidently he has a pal who can shoot. He and turned Tindig loose. But he didn't. PACKER'S Tar Soap spaced eight shots at six-inch intervals He knew Tindig was gunning for me, that through my tent and at the height of my the old wolf wasn't interested in anybody body when sitting down. Had I been sit- else until he had me out of the way so I ting at my field desk in the old position it suppose De La Cruz had a furtive hope UNIFORMS occupied, he would have gotten me. Also, Tindig might succeed if he let him alone. had I been seated on my cot he would But when he heard the company running have gotten me, because he put two bul- across the clearing he realized that here DISTINCTION lets through it." was a chance to make himself solid with For Legion Bands, With his pocket compass he took the me again, so he killed Tindig—silently. Drum Corps, Etc. bearing of the tall mango tree and Still if he hadn't been up to some skull- walked out to it. At its base he found the duggery he would have shot Tindig. He's rite for our new Legion faint imprint of bare feet; six feet up the an infantryman and the primal weapon Catalogue Samples trunk there was a smudge of dirt, left of an infantryman is the rifle. It is in- and Prices there, undoubtedly, by Datto Tindig's stinct with him to use it first. But De La CRADDOCK COMPANY muddy toes as he climbed. Garvey glanced Cruz remembered that if he shot Tindig Fine Uniforms around him, saw that none of his men I would hear the report of his rifle, and Craddock Building, were in the vicinity, and climbed the tree. recognize the fact that somebody had Kansas City, Missouri He found the little bamboo platform and fired a Springfield. De La Cruz couldn't America's Most Progressive the rifle rest, but no rifle. have showed me a soiled rifle barrel and Uniform House He returned to the camp and sat down Datto Tindig's corpse and not have me to ponder the situation. "The shot that ask him the reason for those additional STUDY AT HOME missed me and wounded Corporal Men- ten shots with the sporting rifle after Become a lawyer. Legally trained didn't that tree I just ex- I Springfield! win high positions and bis doza come from had heard the report of the business and public life, sb in amined," he decided. "It came from far- Now, why did he kill so silently? The s independent. Greater opportuni- s now than ever before. Biff corporations are headed by men with legal ther east. Tindig must have had two answer is obvious. Immediately after raining. Earn 5,000 to $10,000 Annually nests . . . yes, he would be likely to killing Tindig he climbed this tree, with

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Frank Fancher, world's cham- up the afternoon previous, and his own quickly . . . Well, guess I might as well pion rudimental drummer, position in front of them. "Yes," he de- investigate this big mango tree." plays and endorses Slingerland cided, "that shot came from the left rear He climbed to the thick top, found the Drums. Send for beautiful illus- —Number Two position. Had it come bamboo platform, the crutch for the rifle trated Drum catalogue showing from No. One it would not have hit Men- rest, the rifle and ammunition wrapped finest complete guaranteed Drum doza. I imagine I shall have to seek an- in Datto Tindig's old sarong and on the Corps equipment. other tall, commanding mango tree." floor of the bamboo platform, eight emp- He went to the first sergeant's tent. ty cartridge cases. He recalled that twelve SLINGERLAND "Find me one of the men who can lead shots had been fired. Datto Tindig had DRUM & BANJO CO. 1325 Belden Ave. Chicago. Ill 52 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly — —

evidently fired the first two, one of which the bright green leaves he saw a faint Soldier and Famous had missed him and the other of which glimpse of yellow, a slight movement of had gone through Corporal Mendoza's the branches not due to wind, since there thigh. Thereafter De La Cruz had put ten was no wind and an instantaneous flash, Author Tells Today shots through the tent. as from a tiny heliograph. Garvey wrapped the rifle and ammuni- "That flash of yellow is Private De La How HeWon Success tion up exactly as he had found it, re- Cruz in his Chino khaki uniform," he so- placed the empty cartridge cases on the liloquized. "I remember he is wearing a platform, descended the tree and searched brand new one that hasn't been faded. in the grass and litter at its roots until The slight movement was made by his he found the other four empty cartridge rifle barrel when he thrust it into the rest, cases. He did not disturb them. and the flash of light is the sun shining He followed an exact compass course on the nickel-bright end of the barrel.

back to his camp, turned, sighted along the The idiot ! He should have the light be- compass course he had pursued and de- hind him! They don't think! They don't cided he could not be in error in selecting think!" the top of the mango tree where Datto He set his field glasses aside, thrust his Tindig had left his rifle and ammunition. rifle through the aperture and sighted At noon the two platoons- came in from carefully at the mango top. Through the their search and messed. After mess Pri- telescopic sight he had almost as clear

vate De La Cruz called at Garvey 's tent, vision as with the field glasses. Military Cress bringing with him a three-months-old pig. Suddenly the crash of a rifle sounded Winner of D. S. O. and andAuthor of " The'W Plan," Explains "It is one of a litter of wild pigs I ran from the jungle. Instantly Garvey snug- How Books He Read While in the Trenches Changed Course of His Life across in the jungle today, sir. I shot it a ged his siing a little closer around his very little bit through the hind quarters shoulder, drew in a deep breath and let it THIRD winter of dugout life. Legionnaires A know what that meant. Long, nerve-wrack- brought it in, it half out as he took the slack of his and knowing would be up ing, monotonous days of nothing to do hut useful at the funeral of Datto Tindig." trigger, the while his bronzed cheek cud- WAIT! Lieut. -Colonel G. S. Hutchison desper- ately looked for something to key him up Garvey laughed. "Good head, De La dled the dull stock. Meanwhile another take his thoughts from bursting shells and Cruz. Fine work. Well put old Datto shot had sounded from the jungle. Then whining bullets. From fellow-officers—from men under his Tindig on a bull cart this afternoon, and Garvey pulled away—slowly and meth- command he heard about Pelmanism. Privates with the third and fourth platoons for odically, five times—and from the jungle and Colonels, poilus and tommies— thousands of men at the front were studying Pelmanism. escort, we'll go to his cota and summon came no more the sound of rifle shots. Soon Lieut. -Colonel Hutchison was a Pelman- ist, too deep in the most profitable and result- all his people to his funeral. And at the The colored first lieutenant, Radford, — ful of all studies—the study of HIMSELF! grave I'll cut this little pig's throat and came running over to the company com- Then—but let him tell the rest in his own words as received in a recent letter: let the blood drip down on Tindig's corpse. mander. "Good Lawd, Cap'n, suh," he "Following the excitements, tragedy, Then we will bury the pig with him, and cried, "what you-all shootin' at? I cawn't victory and disillusionment of the Somme and finding myself committed thereafter, since pig is unclean, Datto see nothin' mahself." for a third winter to the stagnation of Tindig's soul will be lost for all eter- Tuan Garvey smiled his little cryptic dugout life, I undertook a course in Pelmanism, Pelmanism came to the nity." smile. "Radford," he said pleasantly, rescue then 'and in the years of the "It is the only way, sir," De La Cruz "run over to my tent and see if there adjustment period afterwards it proved to be invaluable. It lias come, and to agreed humbly. "It will be a lesson to his aren't two new bullet holes through the tens of thousands others will come becoming one- people, who will perhaps hereafter be- rear wall which might be just high enough again to save us from track merchants, dull operatives, rou- have. They will be fearful of a similar to clear the top of my cot and yet riddle tine workers, men and women without imagination, with the spark of fate. Death is nothing to these dogs of a man who might be lying on it. Report!" genius extinguished, hope obliterated Moros, but to be buried with a pig ah, When Radford returned his pleasant and the joy of living gone. By means of — this system master minds are made. I sir, that is horrible." brown face was serious. "You're suttinly have a recommendation to make as Garvey dismissed with of guesser, cap'n. shots, suh one who once traveled on a single him one his a good Two track and since then has not been un- bird-like nods and stretched out on his an' one of 'em went thu yo' piller, suh. I successful, and this is to urge ever}' man and woman to make Pelmanism cot. "Bringing the pig to me was his ex- calls that shootin'. This here ol' Datto the FOUNDATION STONE OF SUC- cuse; he decided he had to view again Tindig must have a couple er expert rifle- CESS." Happy, successful, author of a hook which has been little the rearrangement of my furniture. He men in his ahmy." called "the greatest spy story of the war," Lieut. -Colonel name) is hut one should have reported to the first sergeant Garvey laid the rifle across the top of Hutchison ("Graham Seton" is his pen nt the 750,000 men and women who have found that the or to his platoon commander with his ac- the canned goods cases and sighted it on BIG difference — the ONLY DIFFERENCE between whether vou ate a success or failure is entirely a matter cursed pig . . . Well, he'll think I'm due the center of the mango top. "Sight along of just HOW you USE VOI R BRAINS 1 All of us have the same mental equipment hut most of us —according to for this rifle, a siesta for the next hour and before Radford," he commanded. "See eminent scientists—USE ONLY 10% OF OUR BRAINS' we start the hike for Tindig's cota." that tall mango? Think you can locate it Do you want to know how to DOUBLE your brain-power —how to banish forgetfulness, indecision, self-conscious- He cut a small slit in the west wall of in the jungle? The compass bearing from ness, mind-wandering and timidity — how to WIN SUC- CESS AND HAPPINESSS? Send today NOW for a his tent to is northeast exactly, and the — — and was thus enabled glean a my tent — copy of our FREE Book, "Scientific Mind Training." In wide view of his camp; presently he saw distance is five hundred and two paces. it you will find details ahout Pelmanism— the world's only practical, scientific time-tested method of mlnd-tralnlng. Private De La Cruz shoulder his rifle and Take four men and go over there, climb Endorsed hy Lieut. -General Sir Baden-Powell. Prince Charles of Sweden, Frank P. Walsh and hundreds of Le- slip off into the jungle. up into that tree and report back to me gionnaires—Pelmanism develops your powers of concentra- tion, improves your memory, strengthens your will power, Immediately Tuan Garvey left his what you find there. Take a stretcher creates self-confidence and an impressive personality. tent, taking his field glasses with him. He with you—for luck." Give youtself a chance to "Make Good"—the opportunity to really FIND YOURSELF! Be fair to yourself and crossed over to the supply sergeant's When Lieutenant Radford returned those who are near and dear to vou —do what thousands of other Legionnaires have tlom MAIL THE COUPON TO- tent, selected a Springfield rifle from the with his detail he brought with him the DAY—NOW ! It means happiness—success! spares there, saw that it was clean, and riddled corpse of Private Plaurencio Fe- slipped a clip of cartridges into the maga- lipe Federico Roderico De La Cruz. THE PELMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICA zine. Next he equipped it with a tele- "Found his Springfield on the ground, Suite G-120, 71 West 45th St., New York City scopic sight which he used when hunting. suh, leanin' agin the trunk o' the tree,"

Outside the supply tent a quantity of he reported. "On a bamboo platform in I The Pelman Institute of America, s„it,. G-120, 71 West 45th St., N. V. C. canned goods, cased, was piled, so Garvey the tree top, suh, I found this here yaller | all spraddled out on top of this rearranged some of these cases so he native I Please send me without Obligation your FREE hook, '

r "Scientific to could lie on his belly, with a clear view, here spo'tin' rifle." Mind Training." No salesman is call on t me. was still smiling a little, through an aperture between the cases, Tuan Garvey 1 I of the thick-topped tree where it was a sad and twisted little smile mango but I Name , Datto Tindig's rifle and ammunition lay now. "I knew he'd do it, Radford." he wrapped in an old sarong. Carefully he set complained. "I saw hell in his eyes the Address 1 his optometric centers and focused on night I told him I was going to bust him I City State | ( Continued on page — the mango tree . . . presently, between back to private. 54)

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3653 Qr^vols five. called the Hub of the Solar System may of the Cod Fishery of this Common- | W f 1 V 1 W^TTtT u s . Mo be viewed if you don't care to walk to wealth" is suspended in the House of As one of the oldest these places. All during convention week Representatives. patent firms in Amer- there will be opportunity to make up par- The State House looks out over Bos- PATENTS ica we give inventors at lowest consistent ties of congenial friends, parties large or ton Common, whose nearly fifty acres charge, a service noted for results, evidenced by small, which may in the course of an hour have been public property almost since many well known Patents of extraordinary value. Bool:, Patent-Sense, free. or so traverse afoot the main points of the beginning of the town. The Common interest in old Boston. Eben Putnam, has been jealously guarded against en- Lacey & Lacey, 643 F St.,Wash., D. C. Estab. 1869 National Historian of the Legion, is in croachment of streets. Here demure co- Numerous Leglonimire References general charge of this department of the lonial maidens sometimes sat with their entertainment program, and the various spinning wheels, here the British soldiery WE civic and industrial agencies and the marched in formations in the days pre- newspapers will provide for every con- ceding the march on Lexington and Con- ToAnySuit! vention guest the material for a proper cord, and here during the Civil War the

' Double the life of your understanding of what is to be seen. The volunteer soldiers drilled before going coat and vest with correctly matched pants. 100,000 patterns. - boys of Boston, who were not backward off to war. No vehicles of any sort are Every pair hand tailored to your measure; no "readymades." Our match sent FREE for your about letting General Gage know that allowed on the Common, and there are O. K. before pants are made. Kit guaranteed. keep-off-the-grass signs to Send piece of cloth or vest today. they ought to be allowed their sledding no hamper the SUPERIOR MATCH PANTS COMPANY have their counterpart in the boys of the pedestrian who wishes to forsake the 115 So. Dearborn Street, Dept. 268 Chicago north side of the city who have the his- winding paths. At its highest point, op- tory of the Paul Revere house and the posite the State House, is the beautiful Old North Church and other places duly Shaw Memorial by St. Gaudens, one of catalogued in their brains and bursting the most effective monuments in Amer- with the desire to communicate it all to ica, recalling the services of the first colo- strangers. nel of negro troops in the Civil War, as Of course the visitors won't want to well as of his men. The Boston Public

"Old Towns" are modeled after Indian birch- miss going through the Massachusetts Garden, separated by a single street from barks. They quickly answer every dip of the blade. State House, with its golden dome, set the Common, in season is aflame with Graceful, strong and durable. atop Beacon Hill. This noble pile, de- flowers. Free catalog gives complete information on pad- signed by the famous architect Bulfinch, And so it goes. Merely to enumerate dling, sailing and square-stern canoes; also outboard boats, including big, fast, all-wood family is a vast museum of memories and the Boston's places of historic significance boats; dinghies; rowboats; and speedy step-planes. pat phrase "ringing corridors of time" would be too much, but here are some of Write today. Old Town Canoe Co., 156 Main may well be applied to the staircases and the highlights that should not be missed. St., Old Town, Maine. hallways which bring the story of the Old North Church, from whose belfry Old Town Canoes" State in war and peace graphically by pic- tower the lanterns were hung which told 54 The AMERICAN* LEGION Monthly " !

Paul Revere that the British troops were University and Massachusetts Institute coming to the attack "by sea." Faneuil of Technology you may see in Cambridge Hall, the "Cradle of Liberty," whose the site of the elm under which Washing- ground floor still serves as a market, and ton took command of the American whose meeting hall above rocked to the Army, as well as the homes of Longfellow enthusiasm of Revolutionary audiences and Lowell and so many other person- as well as those of every generation since. ages. In Quincy are the birthplaces and Steady Life On the top floor is the interesting armory homes of John Adams and John Quincy of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, Adams So with other towns, too num- JOBS the oldest military company in the west- erous to mention. The committees of ern world. King's Chapel and Burying various sorts connected with the conven- Men Ground, the building of the first Episcopal tion will have the data assembled in com- 18 to SO. church in New England, where General pact form for you. Gage and Sir William Howe worshipped New England's colleges and universi- prior to the British evacuation. The Old ties are justly famous. There is Har- $1260 to $3400 State House, before which occurred the vard, the oldest and richest, at Cambridge Boston Massacre of 1770 and within just across the Charles River from Bos- A YEAR whose walls councils of rebellion were ton, well worth a trip even if your visit taken a few years later. The Old Gran- must be so brief as to allow only a view ary Burying Ground on Tremont Street, of the noted Yard and the Soldiers Field PICK YOUR JOB where many of the early governors of the with its stadium, the first of any Ameri- colony lie, as well as personages of the can university. The libraries and mu- Revolution. Old South Church, which the seums of the university are a delight to Ex- Service Men Get British used as a riding school up to the the scholar and a source of wonder to the time when the cannon of the Americans casual visitor. There is the world-re- Preference planted on Dorchester Heights at last nowned Massachusetts Institute of Tech- forced them to abandon the town on nology, which came into being in Boston March 1776. That evacuation, you just after the close of the Civil War, and These are steady positions. Strikes, poor business con- 17, ditions, or polities uill not affect them. Government em- may be certain, was cheering news to the which has been in the last few years ployees get their pay for twelve full months every year. rebels in New York and Philadelphia, moved over to Cambridge. $1,900 TO $2,700 A YEAR Railway Postal Clerk! get 1,300 the first year, being it that In $ and was again Paul Revere brought New Haven, Connecticut, four paid on the first and fifteenth of each month. $79.17 them the message. On horseback, of hours by train from the convention city, each pay day. Their pay is quickly increased, the maximum being $2,700 a year. $112.00 eaeli pay day. course. Boston was to remain free of is Yale University, founded in 1701. Is British troops for the remainder of the it necessary to say anything more about Travel On war, and in the darkest days of the strug- Yale? gle it must have been heartening to the To call the roll of colleges in New "Uncle Sam's" Continental army to reflect on this, with England would be quite too much. Their Pay Roll the other two big towns in the hands of name and fame has gone out through all the enemy. nations. As you travel to the convention If you are interested in American an- in sunshine of early October you may tiques, Boston and New England as a want to drop off and see a football game whole were made for you. Just to get in at one of these colleges. Long before Octo- Railway Postal Clerks, like all Government employees, visit will all the in- the spirit of the past, the Harrison ber the committee have have a yearly vacation of 15 working days (about 18 Gray Otis House on Cambridge Street, formation you may require for such in- days). On runs, they usually work 3 days and have 3 days off duty or in the same proportion. During this where the Society for the Preservation of formal turnings-in on the way. It is pos- off duty and vacation their pay continues just as though they were working. They travel on a pass when on busi- New England Antiquities maintains its sible also that during the convention a ness and see the country. When they grow old, they are retired with a pension. headquarters and a fine museum of fur- game will be staged between teams of a CITY MAIL CARRIERS, POST OFFICE CLERKS niture, pottery, glass, paintings, articles New England and a Middle West college Clerks and Carriers now commence at $1,700 a year of costume and other material that links Just another thought and I have fin- and automatically increase $100 a year to $2,100 and $2,300. They also have 15 days* paid vacation. City the olden, golden days with the present. ished. Boston loves its past, stands rev- residence is unnecessary. This society maintains a number of erently saluting it. But it's alert, modern, IMMIGRATION INSPECTOR — CUSTOMS INSPECTOR houses in other cities and towns, all pat- on its toes for progress. It thinks in terms Salary $2,100 to commence. Work connected with Immigration and Customs examination for incoming pas- terned on the Boston headquarters. of its airport, its up-to-date hotels and sengers from foreign countries. When these places are enumerated the business houses, stores and industrial IS YOUR JOB STEADY? story is not a tenth told, but we must plants. It's a town worth seeing. Absorb- Compare these conditions with your present or your prospective condition, perhaps changing positions fre- hurry on. Plymouth is worth a trip, as ing its flavor is a matter that takes at quently. no chance in sight for PERMANENT employment; frequently out of a po- is Salem, with its memories of the witches least a few days. You'll enjoy it, thor- sition and the year's average l^Zi V.t salary very low. DO YOU GET and of Hawthorne. Besides Harvard oughly. r=5 V 5rjV\1v i $1,900 EVERY YEAR? HAVE '(flw'fasA / YOU ANY ASSURANCE THAT U] 9^*?B9wJ A FEW YEARS FROM NOW YOU WILL GET $2,100 TO $2,700 A YEAR? YOU CAN GET THEM Experience is usually unnecessary and political influence is not Big foments how. permitted. Let us show you GET FREE LIST OF ( Continued from page 13) POSITIONS Fill out the following coupon. Tear it off and mail it today— now, at once. stamp may At the time I was ward-master of ing and tossing. I noticed his lips movinp. Tliis investment of two cents for a postage Ward 13. result in your getting a Government Job. He was young. A severe mustard gas I leaned closer to listen. His voice was FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, case. Burned terribly. plenty and hoarse. "Mother, where raspy . His name, Jim- Dept. K184, Rochester, N . Y mie Callahan. I overheard the captain are you! It hurts so! It's so dark! Rush to me entirely free of charge (1) a full descrip- — tion of the position checked below; (2) Free Copy of 32- tell Miss Farley, "I doubt if he will last Mother, I can't stand " His voice faded page book, •'How to Get a Steady U. S. Government .lob"; — (3) A list of the U. S. Government Jobs now obtainable; the night. Opiates seem useless. Still into a meaningless jumble. (1) Tell me all about preference given to ex-service men. he shook his head. "If he passes this It was driving me crazy. I found the Railway Postal Clerk (SI, 900-52, 700) Post Office Clerk (SI .700 S2.300) crisis, he has a fighting chance to make nurse and told her about Jimmie asking City Mail Carrier (SI ,700-52,100) it." for his mother. Rural Mail Carrier ($2,100-53,300) ($1,260-52.500) ! Government Clerk-File Clerk My job was to keep his bandages soaked She knelt at his head, and started to Immigrant Inspector ($2, 100 up) ($2, 100 up) with Carrel-Dakin solution. It seems it's talk. It sounded as if she were praying. Inspector of Customs... all they can do. "Jimmie boy, mother's back. I'll never He had been delirious for hours. The leave—you again. There, there, now be pain must have been awful. He kept roll- quiet " Softly, ( Continued on page 56) Use This Coupon Before You Mislay It.

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A thrilling story based fmm m*J slowly, endlessly she talked. Finally with I looked around and picked up a letter, on American Legion g a deep sigh, Jimmie fell asleep. unharmed, that one of the soldiers had Junior Baseball • *^ Miss Farley arose, wiped her eyes and started to his wife. Blood was on the let- smiled at me. He slept. The crisis had ter. There were two pictures of a baby Read this smashing sport story of a typi- passed. Jimmie's living now. — Dr. nearby, and several letters that the sol- cal Legion Post team, in which Harold M. Charles W. McQuarrie, Gardens, Calif. dier had received from his wife telling Sherman captures the spirit and thrills of American Legion Junior Baseball. about the little baby that had been born AS THEY PASSED THE STATUE after daddy went overseas. The letter the soldier started to his $25 Prize wife read like this: Dan Sowers, Director of the National LAY on my back dreaming, day "Somewhere in France, Oct. 10th, 1918. Commission, I Americanism who has contrib- dreams. Christmas morning, 191 8. "Dear Wife and Baby: uted a foreword to the book, writes: " 'Hat-

ter Up!' ;'.s to me a tremendously thrilling Looking up at the rafters in Napoleon "This leaves me well. I am under the reproduction hi fiction form of The Amm- Barracks at Brest. The quarters for the sound of guns and have been for many can Legion s great Junior Baseball Program. It gives me great pleasure in commending enlisted men of Camp Hospital 33. days. I only wish I could tell you what I it to juniors and adults alike/' I heard the huge door downstairs slam, have seen and— To Post Athletic Of- then the thump of hob-nails on the stairs. More was never written. I gathered ficers and Scoutmas- ters: Tell the boys And into the room the office orderly the letters and pictures up and didn't about this great story. They'll enjoy it for its rushed with a cry, "Want twenty men to mail them to his wife until I returned to BATTER ii thrilling plot and go back to the States right the States. She was so happy to receive will foster in them the away." Not a UP/ spirit of democracy man in the room moved. Just a stall for them and asked me lots of questions. She and fair play — the foundation of Ameri- a detail. As my name was on a list for a said she thanked God she had the baby canism. Incidentally, to live for. L. 'Batter Up!" will detail, I went to investigate. My name — O. Gunn, San Pedro, make a splendid prize headed those twenty men. Calif. for hoys' contests of all kinds. That afternoon we boarded the Nieitw

If your dealer can't Amsterdam. And on the 27th some 289 TOO LATE supply you, send 7T>c convalescent men came aboard, the line plus 10c postage for $10 Prize your copy of "Batter headed by four blind boys. Up!" It fell to me to care for one Corporal THE comedies and tragedies of the big Address: Junior Baseball Book Service, Ed. Roberts, Co. A., 16th Infantry. He fight were not confined to the A. E. F. Freeport, New York was the first American blinded in the My big moment came at the base hos- war and was a prisoner from February pital, Camp Dix, at 2 a. m. of an Octo- 8, 1918, to November 30, 1918. ber morning in '18. After ten stormy days we drew into As night orderly in Ward 36 I played New York harbor. The sun greeted us my part in the "Battle of the Flu." You can be quickly cured, if you With him holding my arm, the boys on We had a patient. Charley Fox, from the rail gave way. The sound of the wel- the 34th, who had just gone west after a STAMMER coming band came to our ears. The set- gallant battle of his own. Send 10 cents coin or stamps for 288-page cloth ting sun was full in our faces as he asked Charley was laid on a stretcher to take hound book on "Stammering. Its Cause and Cure." It tells how I cured myself after stam- me if we were passing the Statue of Lib- his journey to the morgue and as my mering and stuttering 20 years. erty. buddy and myself journeyed along the BENJAMIN N. BOGUE, The one thought came to me when he corridor, we heard the soft strains of 1080 Bogue Bldg Indianapolis asked that question. Was he thinking of "Yankee Doodle" whistled from a neigh- the day he sailed for France? With a tear boring ward. Coming out into the square in my eyes I gazed into his face. He was with the stretcher, we met an old couple smiling. "Larry" Paper, Avalon, Calif. who had evidently lost their way. The old lady informed us they had THE UNFINISHED LETTER come all the way from Texas to see their soap t_ Big profits. Send name and address today boy, who was sick. She wanted to know for details. COSTS NOTHING. Prize GV-RO BRUSH CO. $10 Dept. F-32, Amp«r«, N. J. the way to Ward 36. As I volunteered to AGENTS MAKE IT WAS the morning of October 10, show them, I noticed the old gentleman 1918. We had been in the Argonne gazing at our burden and then hastily- since September 26th. The Fourth Di- glancing away. vision was seeing plenty of action. I was Some time later, returning to our ward, in the Signal Battalion and stationed on we met the old couple wearily making top of a hill with blinker equipment. their way out. Four of us were there watching and wait- "Nurse," I asked as we entered the ing. There was a high fog above and the ward office, "who was the boy that old shells were coming over from an early couple were looking for?" morning German barrage. To the left of With tears in her eyes the war-hard- the blinker station about 75 feet away ened nurse replied: "Charley Fox." LITTLE COR- four soldiers were sitting down under the William V. Costello, Bondsville, Mass. PORAL is the crest of a little knoll. One was writing a reducing hplt of service and sat- letter and I remarked to my buddies, ONLY AN M. P isfaction. "Look at that fellow writing a letter and Makes you look $10 Prize and feel fine. Re- he will be going over the top in a few tired, lieves ach- minutes." I had no more than said it when WAS in the 151st Railroad Artillery. in ff hacks and I Reduces the Fat . . . . I in a little town after the war t v tic »> IS surprisingly a shell landed on top of the four fellows. was IncreasesYour' Snap comfortable We at the blinker heard the whine of the standing at the railroad station when one Satisfy yourself as to the truly No lacers. straps. imazine benefits which THE or buckles to shell and were flat on the ground. We of the divisions was going through on LITTLE CORPORAL hrlnKS. bother you. "On waited about three minutes so we wouldn't trains. The train with this division stopped SEND TODAY FOR SPECIAL 2 WEEKS and off in a TRIAL OFFER AND FREE LITERATURE .iiffy." get the second shell they sometimes sent for about five minutes. There was one THE LITTLE CORPORAL CO. over, and rushed over to the soldiers. lone M. P. at the station and the soldiers Dept. V6. 1215 W. Van Buren St., Chicago, III. They were all blown to bits. on the train were shouting at him, "Who

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y won the war?" He finally took his over- this to a house built into the hill. Open- Soldby ^ coat off and he displayed one wound ing a door, he bade me precede him. I EYINKUDE I stripe and three service stripes, a D. S. C. hesitated. Before me was pitch-black and Croix de Guerre. They stopped darkness. eeut $ shouting then. Fred Branning, Wash- Whether my guide originally had in- LOCKWOODl] ington, D. C. tended to ask a favor of me or had an exaggerated sense of hospitality, I do not J Dealers J THE DOCTOR PASSED HIM know, for he left me soon. Following me inside the door, he struck a match and I $10 Prize saw that we were in a wine-cellar. Then, inserting a rubber tube into the bung of a WHEN I was about 14 years of age, barrel, he offered me the other end I had the misfortune to lose my with the right eye whilst fooling with gunpowder. words, "Trinken sie!" Whereupon, I Notwithstanding this handicap, I joined drank—and how! —F. D. McHugh, New the New York National Guard as a bu- York City. gler. At that time the physical examination was not very strict for a musician, SO VOTED so I squeezed in. $10 Prize After I was in for some time I trans- -World's ferred to the ranks as a private without TWENTY-ONE days on a couple of further examination. We were mobilized lousy old transports from San Fran- Lightest for the Mexican Border and I went cisco to Hakodate, Japan, was one thing; through several physical examinations shore leave for three thousand en Twin Outboard/ men m without being discovered, as I had taken route to exile in Siberia was quite another. the precaution to learn the eyesight Fourteen percent rice beer and other ' f f ERE'S the boat motor that all out- chart off by heart, although not too per- things soon served to render all ranks r~% door America is talking about. As "stowable" and compact as a fect. equal. two hours after American Some traveling bag — it f-o-l-d-s, as shown, During the World War the examina- occupation of Nipponese soil, I found to only 11^4 x 13?4 * 1? inches. Weighs only 29 pounds — world's lightest twin tions became stricter, but still I managed myself with a captain of infantry, a lieu- cylinder outboard. Powerful, too — its to squeeze through undiscovered until tenant a la M. C, and a corporal (I rated 2% horse power giving efficient speeds on family and fishing boats and yacht one day at Camp Wadsworth, when my a sergeant's chevrons), all of us wonder- tenders. Gallon of fuel lasts 2 l/z hours. regiment was having its final examination ing what brand we would try next. for overseas, I passed everything fine and The captain hit upon a brilliant idea FOLD-LICHY saw my slip being marked "F. D. 0.," and we would have tea in a Japanese tea Folding steering handle forms comfort- was passing on, when the Medical Officer house. "K. 0.!" shouted the lieutenant. able carrying handle. Twin cylinders for smooth performance, with an indi- gave me a close look and said "What's "Forward, the lit brigade!" vidual silencer for each. Self steering. the matter with your right eye?" Of Five minutes of reconnoitering brought First to minimize vibration by cushion- course, I had to tell. us to our objective. A pretty little kimono ing power head in rubber. Gas tank in front, thus easier to fill. Automatic cir- The Medical Officer was a good scout admitted us into a dark hallway where, culation of oil to main bearings. and evidently thought that inasmuch as by sundry signs and giggles, she made it Write for Catalog. I had gotten so far on my journey to known we were to remove our shoes. Outboard Motors Corporation France it would be a shame to stop me In the tea room were half a dozen more Ole Evinrude, President there, so he wrote on my examination silks who threatened to pass out with v 551 l-27th Street Milwaukee, Wis. paper a full description of my disability convulsions as we seated ourselves in a to protect himself, and passed me for solemn circle on the floor. Run on Battery 20 Minutes "Full Duty Overseas." This was my big Three weeks on transports of the Lo- moment. William 0. Doran, Buffalo, gan and Sheridan types had not proved I'owcrful 12-volt starting, used exclusively N. Y. conducive to approved sanitation and by Evinrude, Elto and Lockwood, will spin a large outboard motor 800 revolutions per faultless wardrobes. Toes protruded from minute for at least 20 minutes without drain- the ends of socks like derricks on Signal WHEN THE MATCH FLARED ing the battery — four times as long as the Hill. We were all in the same fix. "The $10 Prize conventional 0-volt system employed on auto- saluting. toes have it!" said the lieutenant, mobiles. THE Armistice had just been signed "The hell they do!" came back the cor- and on our first trip into occupied poral. "Take a sniff and you'll let the ! " territory, our sixty-man convoy had nose have it —D. C. Evans, Dufur, Ore. stopped at the little town of Alf on the Moselle River between Trier and Co- HE WANTED TO KNOW blenz. The people seemed hospitable $10 Prize enough, so I found a private home in which to spend the night, and then went THE war was over. The First Division EVINRUDE out in search of my pal, from whom I returned from France and paraded had become separated. in New York with General Pershing at The "Main Street" of Alf parallels the LOCKWOOD the head. From there we went on to Outboard Motors river and the houses on the off side jut Washington for another parade. We de- JUST touch a switch to start back into the steep vineyard-clad hillside. trained during the night in a pouring and stop. Battery is re- charged automatically. To me at 10 p. m , it appeared very rain and through some slip-up no pro- Have spot and running gloomy and the aged stone nouses crowd- vision had been made to billet all the lights — all the handling ing the narrow, cobbled roadway loomed men. which made it necessary for us to convenience of costly run- abouts at a saving of hun- ominously grim and deserted. At first I stand out in the streets and wait until dreds of dollars. Write saw no one, and then I noticed a man they had been made. The sun came out today for catalog on your favorite outboard — Elto, beckoning me mysteriously. I went toward bright and clear the next morning, when Evinrude or Lockwood him and discovered that he was a Ger- a buddy and I walked down town to take — all divisions of Outboard Motors _ man. I was puzzled. I knew but few in the sights. Buying a morning paper I Corporation. words of German and still less of the atti- saw by the headlines that a storm had tude of the people toward their conquer- broken loose about our war heroes, etc., ors. Was this man planning to satisfy his standing for hours in a pouring rain all personal enmity by murdering me? through the carelessness of their officers. OUTBOARD MOTORS CORPORATION I followed, however, and my mysteri- As we stood in front of our Capitol in Ole Evinrude, President ous guide led me to an alley and down admiration, a (Continued on page 58) 5511 -27th Street Milwaukee, Wis.

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gentleman came up to us and questioned and blue-sashed, "Our Lady of Lourdes." They were great friends, but a quart of us as to the truth of the statements made I soon found myself waiting and whiskey, the Civil War and the Blue by the newspapers, to which we agreed breathing hard, after having jangled the Ridge Mountains of Virginia spoiled in very strong terms. He told us he bell. The door opened quietly, and a everything. wanted to investigate this affair himself, Sister—a nun—in linen so white and As the train wound its way through the and then telling us he was Secretary of with face so clean that I drew back feel- Blue Ridge Mountains, suddenly Ken- War Baker, he thanked us and while we ing guilty, looked at me in mild surprise. nedy jumped up, staring out of the win- in astonishment stood he gave an about Then I began. I opened my mouth, and dow, gazing at a distant mountain. Dur- face and walked off. That, I would say, closed it; I fumbled at my camera; it ham: "What's the matter?" Kennedy: was my biggest moment. — Hugo H. occurred to me I should take off my cap; "That's the mountain." Durham: "What Meyers, Fargo, N. D. I did so and dropped it; I stooped, arose, mountain?" Kennedy: "The mountain pink as a rose; and then—I began again. my dad run your dad over during the HOME I took a deep breath that hurt, I pointed Civil War." Durham: "That's the moun- to the camera, I touched my heart, or tain, all right, that your dad and mine $10 Prize rather pushed it back: "Voulez-vous, er- run over, but you are a liar when you say WAS a sunny Saturday afternoon in er-permittez-moi, que, que—faire photo- that my dad was in front." IT graphic?" They went together and fought all June, 1910, about 5 o'clock when I jumped off the trolley car and looked She smiled—she almost laughed—as over the coach before they could be sepa- down our street and saw my home with she answered with a slight Irish brogue: rated. Old Glory extending the length of the "Now, what is it you wish?" From that time on every time they porch, and several small flags waving Breaking ice-floes—cracking log-jams! both got drunk, they argued and some- use. Irish, times fought about whose led the over it. I had been discharged that day Oh, what's the Yes, she was dad at Camp Dix, and as I walked up the and so was I. The Chateau was a hospi- chase over the Blue Ridge Mountains of street with the children running in front tal. She had arrived from Ireland only a Virginia. of me looking at my uniform, I would few days before and couldn't speak This incident may not read funny, but not have traded my corporal's chevrons French. Rev. John P. O'Day, North it always furnished a good laugh for the for Black Jack's stars. Brook field, Mass. men, and if they could get together now, nothing them As I neared my home, the neighbors I am sure that would amuse coming out on the porches with their UNTO THE LEAST OF THESE more than to get Kennedy and Durham about half shot and have them renew "Hello! Eddie" and"Howareyou,Mac!", $10 Prize their argument about whose dad was be- I thought of the Jerry "77" shell at in Blue Ridge Montfaucon that proved a "dud," the NEW YEAR'S Eve, two years ago, hind the chase over the ON Raley, Paragoidd, dose of gas, the hospital, the cooties and our local Legion Post served a rab- Mountains.—M. O. Ark. the gold-fish and monkey meat, and I bit dinner. Legion members all went laughed. Why, they all seemed to be hunting with some success. trifles now! The night of the feed was a terrible FOR ONE WOUNDED MAN Then my big moment came! My night. Thermometer registered near the $10 Prize mother rushed down the steps, and there zero mark, the wind a howling gale. As we were, in each other's arms and joy- mess sergeant I had prepared to serve THIS happened on the Champagne ously crying, with all the neighbors look- more than one hundred persons. Only Front in October, 1918. ing on. about fifty appeared. At the dinner table We were lying in the front line, which

Thrill ! Why, buddy, I was home again I asked if anyone knew of a worthy fam- consisted of a shallow trench about waist —Edward McKee, Philadelphia, Pa. ily or two who could use the remainder high the other side of Blanc Mont Ridge. of our feed. Found several. The next They had sent out a reconnoitering ERIN GO BRAGH morning with two members of our Auxil- party which had got badly shot up. A iary, I called on four families of ex-service fellow crawled along the trench asking $10 Prize men who had passed on. for stretcher bearers. He said there was The first was a family of six, mother out front badly wounded and AFTER having lived for a year along- a man side the biggest and dirtiest pile of and five little ones. Never in my two- wanted some one to carry him to the first and-a-half years of active service, here and I volunteered to coal in the A. E. F.—in all history, for aid station. Braun can bad- that matter—forty thousand tons of the and in France, nor at any time since go. The trench we were in was being experienced a dan- ugly stuff in one sprawling heap—having I say that I have ever ly raked by machine guns. It was eaten its dust and been steeped in its greater thrill than when I saw those gerous to stick your head out above the peering slush until I was black in the face and pinched, cold, hungry little faces, ground. We knew if we crawled through my mind was cloudy, I was suddenly over the table edge, change to beaming the trench it would take us half an hour transported on leave to a wonderland in beacons of happiness before my eyes as or longer. the Pyrenees. From Gievres, the mud- I unloaded those goodies for them. I asked Braun what we should do. He hole of France, to that delightful resort All that day and for days and days said, "What's the difference—we only die in the French Pyrenees, Luchon. afterward I kept repeating in my own once. Anyway, we'll throw the stretchers On the outskirts of the village was a mind, "Happy New Year." Paul D. up on the parapet and jump up after them small chateau surrounded by a high wall Halder, Xenia, 0. and the Jerries might stop shooting when which partly hid from view a flock of they see what we are going to do." I nice, friendly mountains. The road led NORTH VS. SOUTH said, "Let's go," and away we started. bullets were flying like bees, but as along this wall for some distance, and I $10 Prize The was impatient to find an opening. When soon as we jumped out of the trench they if magic. walked on top I did, it took my breath away. Through WHEN war was declared the 28th In- ceased as by We an open gateway I gazed into a small fantry mobilized at McAllen, Texas, of the parapet a distance of a quarter of orchard-garden, flush with new grass, gay to go to France via New York. a mile in sight of the enemy. Not a shot with tulips and daffodils, festooned with In the machine gun company there was fired. We got the wounded soldier flowering plum and pear trees, and at the were two red-headed Irishmen. Kennedy, and carried him to the first aid station end of a central path—on the farthest long and slender and a true Northerner. and returned the same way. Still there wall, standing, it seemed, tip-toe—was a Durham, low and chunky and a true were no shots. As soon as we got back in gleaming white statue, golden-crowned Southerner. the trench they (Continued on page 60)

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of me, and experienced everything else The walking soon tired me and I sat on chair Inches I down a outside a cafe. lO Off which was part of the war. However, As I have forgotten all of this—it was just .1 was resting, I noticed an old Frenchman part of the day's work. who detached himself from the merry- Waistline^ The incident which stands out clearly makers and came toward me. When he from 42 in my mind is a very insignificant one. reached my chair he bent over and said My waistline went down to inches. It took only When returning from France our com- in American, " Wiz your assistance. Thank 34 35 days," says E. D. Lane, of pany was fortunate enough to get trans- you." He was gone before I could collect Albany, N. Y. "Just wore a on my wits enough to answer him. The portation on the George Washington warm Director Belt and got results. that filled February iS. when President Wilson and glow my heart at his words Never felt better in my life." his staff were returning to the States. has persisted to this day. I will never The Director Belt gets at the The ship was waiting in the harbor and forget the courtesy of that Frenchman cause of fat and quickly re- moves it by its gentle, kneadine, we started up the gangplank, with most who paused in his happiness to thank a massaging artien on the ahiio- soldier his men, which causes the fat to bo of the French mud still sticking to our lone American for small share dissolved and absorbed. Thou- hobnails. Imagine my surprise when a in the work of saving France.—W. Stu- sands have proved it and doctors recommend it as the natural way gob stood on deck with a broom to brush art Weed, Decatur, III. to reduce. Stop drugs, exercises and dieting. Try this easy way. our shoes. Sent Trial That was the biggest kick I got out of EXTENUATING on CIRCUMSTANCES Let us prove our claims. my entire eighteen months' service. $10 Prize We'll send a Director for trial. Isaac Velleman, Hannibal, Mo. If you don't get results you owe nothing. You don't risk a penny. Write for offer, doctors' en- Devens, 1018. I was at- trial GAMP July, dorsements and letters from BACK FROM THE SHADOWS tached to the headquarters staff of users. Mail the coupon NOW! LAN DON & the 70th Division as assistant adjutant. WARNER $10 Prize 332 S. La Salle St., Chicago, III. The rest of the staff had left for France Landon & Warner, Oept.C-119, 332 S. La Salle, Chicago EVACUATION Hospital No. 6 was on the night of July 3rd. Sailing orders Gentlemen: Without cost or obligation on my part please send me details of your trial offer. sent to Coblenz to take over a Ger- for the division were being received man hospital, in the Army of Occupation. nightly. News that the division was leav- While giving an anesthetic to a dough- ing had spread and telegrams and letters boy for a minor operation for appendici- from well meaning relatives and friends tis, I discovered my patient was not were coming in bunches. Washington had breathing, had no pulse and was deathly wired that no man should be transferred white. I said, "Colonel, stop the opera- from the division except under "extenu- New Kind Of tion, the boy is dead, and I have killed ating circumstances." can him with chloroform. Oh, I thought I While running through the usual morn- had a can of ether and instead it was ing supply of sob letters my eyes fell on Opener chloroform." The colonel said, "You one addressed in pencil to "Mr. General.'' have killed him indeed." When I had finished reading that letter, Works Like Magic! We lowered the head of the table, gave I knew it was genuine. The writer was At last! An automatic, simple little him artificial respiration and other restor- a mother of four boys. Two had al- AGENTS can opening machine for the home. Men and Women This revolutionary invention in only atives. ready made the supreme sacrifice, the a few short months has banished old make up to $6 and can openers from over 100,0041 kitch- Feeling I had carelessly killed a boy by third was in France, the fourth in our $S in an hour, full ens. And no wonder ! Imagine an or spare time. Big, getting the wrong can of anesthetic and division. Couldn't "Mr. General" find amazing, lifetime device that holds worthwhile com- the can and cuts out the top leaving can rim being unable to stand on my feet or do some use for this boy on this side the missions on every slick. m.OOth and clean. Just turn a crank, sale. Exclusive that's all. Approved by Good Housekeeping Inst., Modern Pri*cilta, any more for him, I dropped on my water? It was so simply written, so Territories. Send etc. Write today for special introductory advertising offer. knees by his head and felt his pulse once pathetic, so brave that I decided here quick for FREE TEST Offer. CENTRAL STATES MFG. CO. more. Imagine the big moment in my was an "extenuating circumstance." Dept. G- 1003. 4500 Mary Ave., St. Louis, Mo. life when I felt a tiny flutter of pulse. I found the boy was in the 301st Ma- In a few moments we knew he would chine Gun Battalion; they would leave live. for France at eleven that night. I sent ^/ree^Jugyestions in The boy slept through the long hours for the boy, satisfied myself that the of the night, but I lay awake hour after mother's statements were correct, and BRONZE TABLETS hour, went down into the shadow of dictated a special order transferring him MEMORIAL FLAGPOLES. GATEWAYS. ETC. death with him, and lived over again and to the Quartermaster Corps, for domes- JheJlour CHy Ornamental /ran Co. again the happy moments of his resur- tic service. Z637-27'™*VE.SO. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. rection to life. Mrs. Frances Peters, It was a sorely disappointed young- Gai?iesville, Fla. ster who left headquarters with that order, but a very grateful mother who GRATITUDE wrote her thanks to "Mr. General" a PETTIBONE'S few days later. Charles F. Reid, Pitts- FEATURE PARADE AND BAND $10 Prize field, Mass. TT WAS on November n, iqi8, that I UNIFORMS OF SPECIAL DESIGNS * got my first pass to go to town from THE TOP MAKES THE GRADE PETTIBONE'S Write for Catalog CINCINNATI. O. the base hospital at Angers, France, where $10 Prize I had been since I was wounded on Octo- ber 14th. You can imagine the rejoicing FOR nine months I was the top ser- that was going on, for the Armistice had geant in Co. C, 311th Field Signal been signed only that morning. Old men Battalion, 86th Division, Camp Grant. and women as well as children were After the Armistice, I attended "in FIREWORKS dancing in the streets, waving flags, and person" a reunion of our outfit at the old The Kind You Saw at the shouting, "Fini la guerre!" Nobody paid Palmer House in Chicago. any attention to me as I strolled along Contrary to expectations no one Louisville Convention Superb selections of highest class display enjoying the scene. It lot hell"' out of but it was a meant a to me "knocked me, fireworks with complete instructions to know that the war was over and that Big for a long, long while Cor- Moment $100.00 to $500.00 my buddies were no longer in constant lis O. Nutt, Winona, Minn. Extraordinary displays with expert danger of death or mutilation from enemy operators, $500.00 to $50,000.00 shells. It meant a great deal more to FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The last Write for Catalog and Information these French to know that their sons, instalment of prize -winning Big Moments brothers, husbands and fathers were safe, will be published in the September num- Thearle-Duffield FireworksCo. 624 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago and that their nation was preserved. ber. No contri- ( Continued on page 62) The Largest Producers of Displa r the World

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This For but ion reaching the office of The Ameri- final) enter into a correspondence about can Legion Monthly after June 20th will them. Contributions need not be type- be considered. The prizes, as heretofore, written, though typewriting is preferred. will be: A first prize of $100 for what, Address Big Moment Contest, The Amer- FLAG DAY in the opinion of the editors, is the ican Legion Monthly, P. 0. Box 1357, best story submitted, $50 each for the Indianapolis, Indiana. Submit as many Dear Comrade: next two, $25 each for the next four, stories as you like, but do not enclose and $10 each for the next twenty. more than one story in a single envelope. Here is the opportunity of a life- Contributions submitted will be judged Each story not to exceed 250 words. time for your Post to materially not by their literary finish or lack of it, Write on one side of the sheet only, and contribute to the civic better- but by the quality and interest of their put name and address in upprr righthand contents. No contributions will be re- corner each sheet. Besides the con- ment of your community! of final turned, nor can the editors the Month- tributions to be published in September, "OLD GLORY", an accurate of ly ( whose decision will in all cases be instalments will appear July and August. motion picture history of the origin and development of our national emblem, affords your post an exceptional opportunity Jfe Wrecked flis Way to fame of bringing to your fellow towns- ( Continued from page 2q) people a never-to-be-forgotten "With the greatest race in the world, with the flesh on arm in tatters and lesson in patriotism and flag one the greatest audience and the greatest his face and side badly cut, and staggered etiquette. Surely no project aggregation of racing drivers; not to toward the wrecked car. of your could be more worthy mention the largest purse, my car wouldn't The Flying Cloud was repaired in time sponsorship. It is an educational start when the word came to crank up for the race, but it was not driven by classic which every man, woman for the preliminary pacing lap that would De Paolo. He insisted on being carried launch us into the race proper! from the hospital to watch the race, but and child in America should see! "My mechanics cranked and pushed. did not stay long, returning to the hos- Flag Day is rapidly approach- Then four or five other men got behind pital, where he remained for several ing and your community will me and pushed. Ten feet, twenty, fifty, weeks. look to your Post for a fitting a hundred, two hundred. A couple of Pete entered the 1929 Indianapolis race, observance of this patriotic hol- weak coughs, a sputter and then a roar driving a Boyle Valve Special, but a brok- that shook the whole speedway! I was en steering arm put him out early. He iday. Your present program, on my way! Not such an auspicious was scheduled to drive a Duesenberg regardlessof how elaborate,can start!" Special in the 1930 Indianapolis race and be materially augmented with Nevertheless, De Paolo quickly worked then to retire from racing. "OLD GLORY" and at a very into the lead of the procession and dur- The cars used in racing's major league nominal charge. ing the greater part of the 500 miles are the finest and fastest in the world. held that position. Toward the end Ben- They have looped circular or oval speed- Theatres everywhere are co-op- nie Hill came up to challenge Pete, but ways at speeds approximating 150 miles erating with Posts in bringing De Paolo's lead was sufficient to bring an hour, yet their straight eight engines "OLD GLORY" to their commu- him in fifty-eight seconds to the good have been of only Qi /;1 cubic inches dis- nities. The coupon below will with an average of 101.13 miles an hour. placement — less than half the size of Just to show what a difference 58 seconds the present-day Ford power plant. (This bring you full details of how may make, Pete's share of the prize year the rules are changed to permit a easily your Post can sponsor money was $36,150, while the driver of maximum of 366 cubic inches.) Racing this unusual picture. The num- the second car got $15,000. engines are built as accurately as a watch ber of Posts which we can serve With the jinx apparently relegated to —and as well balanced. They have to in blaze at is limited and it is, therefore, im- the rear, Pete finished 1925 a of be if they are to stay in one piece the glory. His record for the rest of the year speed at which the parts move. With the portant that you act immediately. was: Won Altoona 250-mile race, June cars wide open the engine crankshafts of won Laurel 250-mile race, July 11; the cubic inch jobs revolve as high Sincerely yours, 13; 91^ second in Laurel 250-mile race, October as 8,000 times a minute! With an engine

26; won Salem 250-mile race, October speed of 7.000 r. p. m., which is not at 21. He won the driving championship all abnormal, the pistons must move up- with 3,260 points; Milton was second ward 7,000 times a minute and down- with 1,735. ward the same number of times. The E. O. Marquette, Pete finished third in the driving supercharger, which forced gas into the Director Film Service championship in 1026 and won the engine, turned up approximately 37,000 championship for the second time in times a minute! The peripheral section 1927. of the supercharger has a speed of 690 MAIL THIS He came to the 1928 Indianapolis race miles an hour! (Today's rules ban the with a front-drive Flying Cloud Special, supercharger.) AMERICAN LEGION FILM SERVICE, painted the all-time De Paolo color, can- Racing is an expensive profession. 777 North Meridian Street, ary yellow. While making his four-lap Cars cost from $12,000 to $18,000. The Indianapolis, Indiana: qualification trial with his throttle wide prize money is large, but there is a Please send (without obligation) a copy of your open his steering froze on the northeast heavy-footed flock of big time drivers special pamphlet "OLD GLORY" which explains turn of the track, his car turned over sev- who make the winner of every contest can exhibit this patriotic film how easily our Post eral times and slid along the rough bricks drive his head off to stay out in front. on Flag Day. for a couple of hundred yards. Pete was I have never heard a breath of scandal NAME - - thrown from the car. Spectators started about an A. A. A. race. The business of toward him, expecting to find him dead, managing them, and writing about them, ST. AND NO - but he pulled himself slowly upon his feet, has kept me in close touch with these CITY AND STATE.___ 6 30 62 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly ) — — .

youngsters who literally ride with Death may slide up to the top of the track, and $10,000 at their elbow. if 1 don't crash on through the guard Protection Against "When a tire blows, something breaks rail and drop to the ground below, I may on the car or it hits an oil streak and slide to the bottom again— all in the ACCIDENT gets out of control, maybe in the interim course of a second or so. One thi g is and shooting to the top of the track and sure, if my car decides to go over the top then down again, is a driver's mind there is nothing I can do to prevent it. SICKNESS For working fast enough to know just what "Maybe some drivers believe they are tfiflffc \fC No Dues or Only 91 Wi I LAKAD Assessments it is all I doing something to help themselves about?'' asked Pete. "I have Men, Women 16 to 70 accepted heard some of them say they know all under such conditions; maybe some of NO MEDICAL, EXAMINATION about what is going on and as soon as them can keep track of everything; may- Policy Pays 810.00C for loss of life, hands, feet or eyesight. the car straightens out they tromp on be some of them fight the steering wheel. Many unusual protecting clauses. Weekly benefits, pays doctor and hospital her and let her go." to if they could handle the bills. Covers Seems me Automobile, Travel, Pedestrian and many common accidents. Pete looked off into space for a min- car, direct its movements, it would not Covers many common sicknesses, including typhoid, appendix operations, lobar pneu- ute. "Let's grant that a driver's actions get away from them in the first place. monia, etc., etc. Oldest Phila. Casualty company, "out delay, you may be npNt, to meet sickness or are more or less automatic, superinduced I'm not speaking now of slight skids. If accident. Mail coupon today lor tiee descriptive literature. by the necessity for quick work in many they can't prevent it going A. W. O. L. COMMONWEALTH CASUALTY CO., tight places. For instance, I am passing in the first place, it is difficult to see 706 \V „llui h tilde; Newark, >ew Jersey. a car on a turn. The car I am passing how they can bring it back to normal Name- skids a bit and slides out toward me. until its gyrations have slowed down to a Without even thinking, I'll swing out practical stop. About the first thing most into the clear. drivers do when they see a car is on its City nnd Slnte _ _ "There isn't any doubt that a racing own is to 'go down in the cellar', as we AGENTS WANTED tor Local Territory

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L^CK of space in this department last can Exposition at Buffalo in iooi. He mitted to the bar in 1906 and continued > month prevented the inclusion of had learned to letter his name, and was in practice until 1917, meanwhile contrib- some interesting asides inspired by Mar- selling autographs for a quarter apiece uting to magazines fiction and articles quis James's article on the ill-starred ex- "for whiskey money." "When I looked on the problems of the day. During 191 pedition of Senor Lopez for the liberation at him I thought this Indian must be an and 1918 he was assistant to Frank A. of Cuba. Twenty-five years ago a popu- impostor," continued Major Daly. "All Yanderlip in war finance work, and in lar school exercise recitation in the South of the old pride, the old force of character 1919 he became editor of Collier's. and Southwest was a poem by Mary gone. It did not seem possible, in spite President Harding appointed him am- E. Wilson of Kentucky on the death of of reverses and imprisonment, that one bassador to Italy in 192 1, and he occupied Crittenden at Havana. Possibly boys could change so. I touched his arm and this post until February, 1924, serving may still declaim these lines: spoke to him in his own tongue. 'Are also as chief American representative at you Geronimo?' A look of great sur- the important Genoa and Lausanne con- Ah! tyrant, forge thy chains at will prise came over his face. 'Who are you ferences of 1922. Some of the results of gall this flesh of mine; Nay! that asks?' he said. I mentioned my his diplomatic experience are embodied My thought is free, unfetter'd still, name, or rather the name of his own in "A Diplomat Looks at Europe," pub- And will not yield to thine. making that Geronimo had always called lished in 1925. Take, take this life that heaven gave, fell into arms, later, And let my heart's blood stain thy sod; me by. He my and But know ye not Kentucky's brave in his tent, we had a very long talk which Will kneel to none but God? I am not ashamed to say brought tears THE fact that Walter P. Chrysler, a to my eyes." native of Kansas, has built the tallest The lines were inspired by the last words building on an island inhabited almost of Crittenden as they are reported in exclusively by buildings that are not many accounts: "An American kneels ALEXANDER GARDINER, who quite so tall is, in a sense, simply evidence only to his God and always faces his l writes on "Saint Botolph's Other of Mr. Chrysler's affection for an old enemy." Mr. James reports: "When I Town," is himself a native of Massachu- family landmark. For he is a descendant began my studies of the Lopez expedition setts, and received most of his education of Tuenis Van Dolsen, the first male I expected, or at least hoped, to be able and his initiation into journalism in that child born in New Amsterdam in a day to reproduce those words. It seems, State. He is the author of "Canfield: when, w-e suppose, the tallest building however, that they were not uttered. The True Story of the Greatest Gam- was a two-story blockhouse and the Professor R. G. Caldwell of the historical bler" (Canfield also being a New Eng- fastest vehicle an ox-cart. The story of department of Rice Institute, Houston, lander). which has recently been pub- Mr. Chrysler's own romantic career is Texas, in his exhaustive examination of lished by Doubleday, Doran & Co. perhaps too familiar to require retelling. contemporary evidence finds that they Sears Gallagher, who made all but two He graduated from railroads to automo- first appeared in the New Orleans of the etchings which illustrate Mr. biles when, in 191 2, he became works Crescent's write-up of the execution, and Gardiner's article, is a native of Boston manager for the Buick Motor Company, are not corroborated by eye and ear and still lives there. He is a member of of which he served as president and witnesses, including several Americans. the Guild of Boston Artists, the Chicago general manager from 1916 to 1919, His conclusion is that they are a jour- Society of Etchers, the Brooklyn So- when he joined the General Motors Cor- nalistic elaboration. But this should not ciety of Etchers, and the Boston Society poration as vice-president in charge of trouble school boys, past or present, for of Water Color Painters. In 1922 he operations. He is now president and the words do reflect the spirit with which won the Logan Medal awarded by the chairman of the board of the Chrysler Crittenden met his fate." Chicago Society of Etchers for his Corporation. drypoint "Maine Coast." He is repre- sented in numerous libraries and mu- attention is called to the an- LIKE all old-time Southwesterners, seums throughout America and in the SPECIAL * Major Henry W. Daly pronounces Bibliotheque Nationale at Paris. Samuel nouncement of the impending close contest, is Geronimo as if it were spelled Heronimo, V. Chamberlain, who made the etchings of the Big Moments which accented on the second syllable, which is of Faneuil Hall and the Fish Pier, is a printed at the end of this month's instal- the way Geronimo himself pronounced native of neither Boston nor Massachu- ment. No contribution reaching the In- office after it. It is simply the Spanish equivalent setts, but, like everyone who isn't a dianapolis of the Monthly of Jerome. Major Daly's account of the native of Indiana, of Iowa. He served June 20th will be considered for the final last of the campaigns in pursuit of the in the American Field Service in France instalment of prize-winning Big Mo- great Apache chieftain is interesting at during the war. He is a member of the ments, to appear in the September num- this time because of a revival of popular Chicago Society of Etchers, and in 1925 ber. Including the September instalment, interest in the subject. It has been received first honorable mention in a total of one hundred and sixty-two Big written from his personal diary, kept in etching at the Paris Salon. He is repre- Moments will have been printed—that the field amid the stirring incidents de- sented in the Bibliotheque Nationale, the is to say, nearly two and three-quarter scribed, and embraces much not before British Museum, and in many public hours of them—and three thousand dol- published or at variance with generally collections in America. He now lives in lars will have been awarded as prizes, or accepted accounts. As he turned in his Paris. less than a month's pay for a wartime manuscript Major Daly said that it Master Signal Electrician, Chief Water- depressed him, in a way, to write on such tender, or Quartermaster Sergeant, Senior subjects. In view of the state of our A NATIVE of Worcester, Massachu- Grade. Indians today he said that many people setts, Richard Washburn Child re- must think him drawing the long bow. ceived his A.B. at Harvard in 1903 and Fifteen years after the surrender he said was graduated from the Harvard Law that he saw Geronimo at the Pan-Ameri- School three years later. He was ad-

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