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MTJVUTES Caucus of the American 'Legion MTJVUTES FIRST MEETING OF THE Caucus of the American 'Legion MARCH i5th, 1919 MINUTES FIRST MEETING OF THE CAUCUS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION March 15th, 1919. The caucus was called to order at 2:55 P.M. by Major E. P. Wood, Temporary Sercetary of the Temporary Committee, in the absence of Lt.-Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Temporary Chair- man of the Temporary Committee. Major Wood, in opening the caucus explained the steps taken by the Temporary Committee as follows: “Early this year it was decided by (t. II. Q. that it would be advantageous to get in personal touch with the point of view of the citizen soldiers of the A. E. E.:—with the drafted men of the National Army Divisions and with the volunteers of the Militia Divisions, as well as with their respective reserve and national guard officers.” “In order to bring this about, (I. H. Q. decided to hold each month until further notice a meeting of some 20 or 30 National Guard and Reserve officers of field rank in order to obtain from them an expression as to the wants, inclination, and needs of the non-professional soldiers who constitute the vast majority of the present American Army.” “The first of these meetings began in Paris a month ago today and lasted three days. It was attended by 20 officers from all parts of the A. E. F., who were ordered to Paris for that purpose, and it resulted in a report to G. IT. Q. signed by these offiicers making certain recommendations, many of which have since been carried out; as for instance (1) that G. H. Q. take the armies into its confidence as to its policy of demobilizing and publish a priority list of units returning home, (2) that every- thing possible be done to'again grant promotions, many of which had been justly won prior to the termination of hostilities but cut off on November 11th, and (3) that the number of divisional manouvers and terrain exercises be reduced. “These 20 National Guard and Reserve officers, who were thus thrown together for several clays for an official purpose, inevitably fell to discussing among themselves the want and need for a proper association of the veterans of the great war, for they entertained a feeling which had been shared for some time past by a great number of the members of the army. They dis- cussed with growing interest the various steps which would be incidental to the formation of such an association, as well as the difficulties incidental to each step. They commented upon the fact that several previous attempts had failed, either because the initiators had some personal aim in view, or because they were insufficiently representative of all classes and units of the army. Several attempts failed because the initial membership was limited to one unit or section of the country, or to one transversal strata of the A. E. F., as for instance one movement composed solely of officers. The 20 officers realized that one of the principal ob- 3 stacles to the proper initiation to such a movement was the assem- bling of a gathering of individuals who would be even approxi- mately representative of such a vast aggregation as an army of four million men. “The 20 officers referred to above, upon comparing notes, discovered that they collectively were acquainted with prominent leaders, both in civil life and from a military point of view, in nearlv every combat division and in every section of the S. O. S. As a natural conclusion the thought cocurred to them that if these various leaders known to them collectively could be gather- ed together in caucus at some central point, that caucus would not only be representative of the whole A. E. F. and of all units, ranks, services, corps, and classes thereof, but that it would be the first and only such gathering called together during the life of the A. E. F. They naturally felt that once such a caucus had been successfully assembled, it would be competent to take at least the preliminary steps for the eventual formation of a great association of the great war, to include all of the four million individual American citizens who had served against Germany in the combat units, in the S. 0. S., or at home. “It appeared to them that their united presence in Paris constituted an unusual opportunity to initiate such an organi- zation; an opportunity which was unlikely to be repeated and which ought not be let slip. “It was finally decided by these 20 officers that they would constitute themselves as a temporary committee to take the nec- cessary steps for gathering together from the whole A. E. F. a body of several hundred officers and men, who would be of a character to command the confidence and support of all units and all states, and who would be sufficiently representative to pro- perly act as deputies from the A. E. F. to a caucus for the dis- cussion and formation' of tentative arrangements which might result in creating a satisfactory permanent organization of the American Veterans of the Great War. It was assumed that the principal and primary duty of such a caucus would be the de- signing and setting up of a definite machinery for the holding of a convention next Winter in America, and for the proper election of delegates thereto, such delegates to be elected from units or territories on some basis of proportional representation, so that the convention would be in every way competant to decide the purpose of the organization. “As subsidiary to this primary and principal object of the caucus, it would in the nature of things be necessary to take certain other steps, as for instance, the adoption of a tentative name for the organization, and the drafting of a tentative con- stitution which could later be adopted, modified, or rejected by the convention in America next Winter. “This tentative constitution might even be limited to a preamble for the final constitution; a preamble which while it more or less fixed the spirit of the new organization, still left the working out of detailed plans to the convention and bore much the same relation to the final constitution which the archi- tects original design or sketch bears to the working drawings in accordance with which a building is eventually erected. It was distinctly the opinion of the temporary committee that neither they nor the caucus would be competent to decide any definite policy or policies for the Government or adoption of the organi- zation. The temporary committee felt that all such matters should be deferred for decision by the convention projected for next Winter, which being an elected assembly, would alone be competent to decide matters of policy. “There was at first a temptation on the part of several members of the temporary committee to commit the organization, by means of resolutions proposed and passed in the caucus, to various policies which they as individuals deemed vital to the welfare of their country. And this tendency has at various times been manifested by others who have since become associated with the temporary committee. “The temporary committee soon realized, however, that not only was the caucus insufficiently representative of the whole- army to properly commit the eventual organization to any policy, but that if at this early stage the organization were actually com- mitted to a policy it would attract into its membership not the entire A. E. F., but only a few hundred enthusiasts who support- ed that particular policy or policies adopted. “In accordance with these ideas the 20 National Guard and Reserve officers constituted themselves a temporary committee to take the necessary steps for the convening of this caucus to act only until such time as the larger and more representative caucus could be convened, and elected Lt.-CVl. Roosevelt tem- porary chairman, and Major Eric Wood, temporary secretary. “In the absence of Lt.-Col. Roosevelt, who has recently re- turned to the United States, it has developed upon me to call this meeting to order, and after making this explanation,to withdraw and leave all further problems to the decision of this caucus, which we have so boldly called together. “In conclusion it might be well to add that it very early occurred to the temporary committee that a single caucus held in France would not be sufficient to solve the problem, because many troops have already returned to America and many other troops were denied the great privilege of coming to France to fight the Germans. It, therefore, Jras taken steps to call a simi- lar caucus a month hence in America, to be attended by officers and men representative of the troops now in the States. This caucus, it is hoped, will send an equal number of delegates as ourselves to the convention which will be arranged for in this caucus. This work in America is being carried on by several members of the original temporary committee who have been returned to America during the last month. “A delegate from the 42nd Division moved that the steps taken by the temporary committee, as read by Major Wood, be approved and endorsed. Motion seconded but not voted upon, be- cause various delegates made motions looking towards the organi- zation of the caucus. 5 “It was moved by Major Patterson, delegate from the Paris Command, and seconded by a delegate from the 28tli Division, that Lieut. Col. Bennett C.' Clark act as temporary chairman of the caucus.
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