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April, 1927 Vol. 2, No. 4 ItfERICAN 4EGION Contents Cover Design: the spirit of 19 17 by Howard Chandler Christy The Message Center by The Editor A Month That Made History Decorative border by William Heaslip A Pass to Paris by William Slavens McNutt Illustrations by Kenneth Camp Why We Went to War bv Newton D. Baker With portrait by Frank Moore Studio The War Path by Henry W. Daly 16 Illustration by Remington Schuyler How We Revisited France by J. J. Jusserand 21 Eggs by Drew Hill 22 Illustrations by Wallace Morgan Editorial with cartoon by John Cassel 26 Extracts from President Wilson's address to Congress, April 2, 191 7, calling for a declaration of war against the Imperial German Government Ten Years Ago 28 They Also Serve: part three by Peter B. Kyne 30 Illustrations by C. LeRoy Baldridge Next Stop— Paris by Lt. Cmdr. Noel Davis, U. S. N. 34 With portrait by Campbell Studio In O. Henry's Home Town by A. B. Bernd 36 Remember the Firsts of 1917? by Wallgren 38 Bursts and Duds with cartoon by Don Herold 39 Why They Want to Go to France by Frederick C. Painton 40 With prize -winning essays by Robert McKinnis, Faustus P. Hardesty and Harry C. Westover A Personal View by Frederick Palmer 43 A Teacher Who Is Still Learning by Clara Ingram Judson 44 Keeping Step by Right Guide 46 Then and Now by The Company Clerk 49 On To Paris 50 * 06, The Patriotic Calendar is omitted from this page in this issue to permit the publication of a special calendar devoted exclusively to April^ 1917^ which appears on page six Robert F. Smith, General Manager T. H. Lalne, Advertising Manager John T. Winterich, Editor The American Legion Monthly is the official publication of The American Legion and The American Legion Auxiliary and is owned exclusively by The American Legion Copyright. 1127, by the Legion Publishing Corporation. Published monthly at Indianapolis, Ind. 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Depew's "Pres- THOSE who enjoyed reading "The artist; the country penetrated was so idents and Others" appeared in the Powder - Stained 70's" by Major tremendously difficult that no photo- January number, the Message Center re- Henry W. Daly in the October, 1926, graphic apparatus could have been taken marked: "Mr. Depew is the only Ameri- issue of the Monthly will welcome "The —no photographer would ever have can we can think of who has enjoyed the War Path" in this issue, another colorful dreamed of trying. For likenesses, cos- honor of having a statue of himself un- and accurate picture of the days when tumes and background, the artist had to veiled during his lifetime. (Are we the West was the West and Indians were fall back upon such photographs as were wrong? If not, tell others; if yes, tell Indians, including as it does a vivid ac- available. Chief among the actual pictures us.)" The alibi has proved highly use- count of the Custer massacre. Letters to which he referred in making up his group ful. Seven correspondents informed us discussing Major Daly's first article con- was one of the C. S. Fly (not Sly) photo- of four similar instances, as recorded in tinue to come in. The most recent is one graphs alluded to. This particular copy last month's Message Center, and here inspired bv a communication from Colo- of the photograph, together with a num- are six more letters, with mention of four nel Charles D. Roberts, General Staff, ber of other photographs, was owned by new candidates, making, with Senator U. S. A., a member of Plattsburg (New my father, Lieutenant C. B. Gatewood, Depew, nine Americans who have en- York) Post, which was quoted in the Feb- Sixth Cavalry, and was loaned to Mr. joyed the distinction of having statues of ruary Message Center.