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Beginning wiih 1926, year after year the Women's Patriotic Conference on HAROLD D. ROBINSON National Defense, with The American Legion Aux- iliary as its most numer- ous group, has demanded that our national defense be made adequate to any cond itions. Developments since last May have shown how right were these straight-thinking real- ists and how utterly wrong those who branded them as mere flag-wavers
STEEL of the spirit to match the steel of the guns.
That is what America must have to make its defenses in- vincible. Without this, all the mighty munitions our factories can pour out, all of the fighting skill drilled into our men will be meaningless. This steel must be forged in the home fires of America. Its tempering to a flawless strength that will stand up against the worst a mad world of the Legion President D. Fuller can give must be guided by the National Commander Warner and Walter Association of Manufacturers grasp hands as Mrs. women of America. of the National Louis J. Lemstra, National President of The American Legion Auxiliary, greets them Again and again the speakers at Patriotic Conference on National Defense the Sixteenth Women's Patriotic at the Sixteenth Women's Conference on National Defense, held in Washington, D. C, during the last September, 1939, have shown how right necessity to awaken a crusading spirit for days of January, emphasized this theme. were these devoted women and how ut- the purpose of national defense pre- Delegates from thirty-four women's or- terly wrong those who condemned them. paredness," Commander Warner told the ganizations, with a combined membership The conference delegates came from crowded ballroom of the Mayflower hotel. of well over one million and led by The every part of the country, and numbered "America grew to greatness through toil American Legion Auxiliary, heard them nearly 800. Among them were 290 mem- and personal sacrifice. There is need to drive home this point. bers of The American Legion Auxiliary, rekindle the spirit of sacrifice of the cov- "Morale," they called it — the thing including representatives from every De- ered wagon days to meet the needs of which makes a soldier keep on shooting partment. Presiding was the Auxiliary's this hour in history.
instead of throwing up his hands and National President, Mrs. Louis J. Lem- "Valley Forge and Gettysburg and howling "Comrade." stra. and by her side as vice-chairmen Chateau-Thierry come back to our minds
"Civilian Morale," they termed it were the National Presidents of the to indicate that many times in the past the thing which keeps a country going United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary, our sacrifices have been made individ- and grinning when bombs are screaming the Woman's Relief Corps, the American ually in the preservation of our nation. down and every day is darker than the Cold Star Mothers, the American War The time is present when each of us, one before. Mothers and the Auxiliary to the Vet- whatever the station we occupy in life, The women at that conference listened trans of Foreign Wars. must be ready and willing to make what- tensely and applauded vigorously, ex- After they had visited the Tomb of the ever individual sacrifices are necessary to pressing their determination to help Unknown Soldier, escorted by the Le- prepare our country materially, physical- America be strong enough to maintain its gion's Guard of Honor, and pledged ly and morally for future events." freedom and security, whatever may hap- themselves anew to service of the coun- When the National Commander had pen. They have been talking that kind of try for which he died, they opened the finished speaking for the war veterans of
language since 1926, when the annual conference with a patriotic mass meeting. America, Walter D. Fuller, who is Presi-
Patriotic Conference came into being, Legion National Commander Milo J. dent of the National Association of and they have been dead right. Through Warner, about to take off for his flight to Manufacturers, spoke for American in- the years the pinks have branded them as war-blasted England, was the first speaker. dustry. mere flag-wavers, but developments since "We have indicated our belief in the "Let me tell (Continued on pa^e40)
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April. 1941 Vol. 50. No. 4
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16 TIMES RIGHT , Message Center By Harold D. Robinson IT'S MILWAUKEE IN SEPTEMBER said Fanta in 3 JCEBOATING. Julius By Carl F. Zeidler the February number of this indis- NO "NEW ORDER" FOR OUR pensable family journal, is the king of SCHOOLS 5 winter sports. Judging from the response By R. Worth Shumaker Cartoons by John Cassel to his story, "Faster Than The Wind." MANY EGGS, MANY BASKETS 8 there are a multitude of sports-loving By Ray Tucker Legionnaires who agree with him. But HIS OWN KIND 10 there was a little slip that calls for cor- By Tom Sayres rection—that King of Iceboating, 0. Illustrations by Courtney Allen Lyman Dwight of Milwaukee, who WE WERE IN METZ 12 comes in for good mention as the de- By Robert Beith Anderson BURSTS signer and navigator of the wind-splitting AND DUDS 14 "TO PROMOTE PEACE ..." 15 Marcia I and //, is not only a member of By Georce P. Gillan Drawing by William Heaslip TRIP TO ENGLAND ,6 Important From the Legion Mission's Diary YOU'VE REALLY GOT TO BE A form for your convenience if you wish to GOOD ,8 have the magazine sen! to another address By Wallcren a ill he Joiind on page 65. MORE POWER TO YOU. UNCLE 20 By Frank G. McCormick THE ARMY GOES INTO HIGH 22 By Ared White Alonzo Cudworth Post of Milwaukee, EDITORIAL: Still in Service ... 24 but is now serving that Number One out- WANTED: VETERANS FOR JOBS 26 fit as its Commander. In that office. By Paul H. Griffith Commander Dwight will be one of the I WOULDN'T CHOOSE BETWEEN hosts in his home city next September THEM 28 Nixson Denton to the 23d National Convention. By VIRGINIA REMEMBERS 50 By Boyd B. Stutler T EGIONNAIRE SHUMAKER, who SHIPS THAT PASS ... 34 J—iwrote the article No "New Order" By John J. Noll in Our Schools, was Superintendent of THE LAST CLASS 54 (Continued on page 62) Translated by Jacqueline Powell
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The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine When Purchas:inc. Products Please Mention The American Legion Magazine THERE was no doubt last year in Boston that Milwaukee wanted By CARL F. ZEIDLER you men and women of The American Legion and The Amer- Mayor of Milwaukee ican Legion Auxiliary to come to our city for your 1941 conventions. The enthusi- astic demonstrations by Wisconsin bands, drum and bugle corps, carolers . . . the sincere pledges and statements by our civic representatives at that historic Bos- ton convention are all well remembered. The privilege of officially presenting Milwaukee's invitation was mine. I was deeply honored in being allowed this ap- pearance. The gracious and overwhelm- ing acceptance of our invitation has only increased every pledge, every statement that Milwaukee will give to The Amer- ican Legion a convention they will re- member for a long, long time. As you know, the dates are September 15th through the iSth. "It's Milwaukee in 1941" has become
a by-word in this city. Never before have the citizens of Milwaukee become so alert and anxious for the task of enter- taining the greatest convention-holding organization in existence. Even though we in Milwaukee have become accus- were Milwaukee's first residents, but in tomed to receiving convention visitors place of the tepees and wigwams are and sending them on their way happy, thousands of smokestacks of industry the Legion's coming has added inspira- and many buildings towering into the sky tion to the job of being a friendly and with flags unfurled—symbolizing a great hospitable host. city with a great spirit. Milwaukee is the most civic minded Milwaukee is the metropolis of Wis- city in America. Thirty-nine nationalities consin and the thirteenth most populous are represented here, molded together in city in the United States. It is probably a true picture of working fair to say that Milwaukee has a greater democracy. In these times diversification of industry than any city
as never before it is fitting in America. that Milwaukee, so truly You may be surprised to know: That an American city, should Milwaukee employs more persons in the be the 1941 gathering place manufacture of automotive parts and for The American Legion accessories than any city in the United and for advancing its pro- States with the exception of Detroit. gram for a unified America. That despite the importance of Chica- As the Mayor of Mil- go as a packing center Milwaukee packs His Honor and His City Hall waukee, let me again urge you to come more veal than any city in the nation. to Milwaukee to celebrate the 23d an- That while Milwaukee does not make niversary of The American Legion as a meeting place were apparent to the In- a ton of steel it consumes more steel nation-wide organization of World War dian braves of many tribes before the ar- than any industrial area in the country, veterans. Bring your family and friends; rival of white settlers. including Pittsburgh.
make this trip to Milwaukee and Wis- The name Milwaukee is an adaptation That Milwaukee leads the world in the consin in September a never-to-be-for- of the Indian combination Man-au-wauk- manufacture of a great variety of prod- gotten vacation event. seps, meaning "good and beautiful lands." ucts ranging from silk hosiery to steam
Come and enjoy the natural beauties Its first recorded interpretation is given shovels and including motorcycles, large of our city located on the shores of beau- as "Milioke'' in the Jesuit Relations gas engines, heavy pumping machinery, tiful Lake Michigan. The Milwaukee recorded in Montreal by Father Mar- automobile frames, dredges, outboard Harbor has many times been compared quette after he had explored the Mis- motors, electrical control apparatus and with the Bay of Naples. Its location is sissippi with Louis Joliet in 1673. steel wheelbarrows. further enhanced by the confluence at The same spirit of friendliness and That the beer industry with an esti- the bay of three rivers—Milwaukee. Kin- hospitality that existed in pioneering mated annual volume of 4.250,000 bar- nickinnic and Menomonee— that mean- days is common today among Mil- rels is expanding within the city and der throughout the city. The advantages waukeeans. Today there are no signal perhaps we shall soon lead the world in of this location for a city and natural fires kindled by the bronzed figures who that industry. (Continued on page 38)
APRIL, 1941 3 No car has ever carried the Ford idea quite so far
The ford business started as a man the economies we make along the way that shows the benefits to you of this and an idea. Today, on River Rouge, are passed along to you who buy Ford way as no car we've ever made thousands of well-paid Ford workers our cars. before has done. It is the product of wield the tools and vast resources of It is a way of quality, producing our 39th car-building year. Behind it one of the greatest of all industrial many extra-fine materials which are are over 28 million Ford cars. plants. Here we build cars in what is built into your Ford car at no extra Its size, comfort, quietness, beauty
1 known as "the Ford way. ' cost to you. and driving ease surpass anything we
It is a way of great efficiency, in a It is a way in which we take one have done before. How it compares plant so complete that raw ore may small profit on each car, so that more with what others do, we leave to your find itself a precision-finished fine steel of the price you pay goes into the car own judgment. part in a new Ford car in as little time you drive. We know that we have built it to stand as 28 hours from start to finish! And At your Ford dealer's now is a car out, and its owners tell us that it does.
Some Ford Advantages SOFT, QUIET RIDE. A new Ford BIG WINDOWS. Windshield and GET THE FACTS AND ride, with new frame and stabi- windows increased all around for 1941: lizer, softer springs and im- to give nearly lour square feet of YOU'LL GET A FORD! proved shock absorbers. added vision area in each '41 Ford Sedan. NEW ROOMINESS. Bodies of the GREAT POWER WITH ECONOMY. big 1941 Ford are longer and This year, more than ever, Ford tARGEST HYDRAUtIC BRAKES in wider this year. Front seating owners are enthusiastic about the Ford price field. 12-inch width, for instance, is increased the economy ami fine all-round iIiiiius. For added safety, longer as much as seven inches. performance of Ford cars. brake-lining wear.
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1940 picturesque Brenner Pass be- lenge to the democratic ideals and sacred teachers who have carried the democratic INcame the rendezvous of Hitler and traditions which have made America the processes of education forward, are truly Mussolini for planning a contem- greatest country in the world. American. They have trained Young plated "blackout" of democracy A great responsibility rests on the America in those ideals and aspirations throughout the world. American parent in safeguarding' that true to the American tradition. In contrast to the Hitler-Mussolini charter of freedom which, since the days In general, the builders of curricula, two-man meeting under the protection of Washington and Jefferson, has been the writers of textbooks, and the class- of steel and armed guard, and the unholy perpetuated through an effective program room teachers, have performed their
alliance of the Hitler-Stalin Pact. Amer- of education. Each parent is charged tasks most creditably. The National Edu- ica keeps her house in order through the with the sacred obligation of actively cation Association, state associations, ac-
democratic process of education in which supporting and defending the first line crediting agencies, administration groups, the voices of all the people are heard. of defense in America—our great public and many other education organizations More than a million members of The school system. have collaborated in building a great
American Legion, home guards of con- The defense forces of our nation are educational system which is the pride stitutional democracy, have a common no stronger, and never will be. than the of the nation. interest in fostering the improvement of morale of those enlisted as defenders of Thus, the first line of defense of Amer- education and the perpetuation of the the nation. The public school teacher ica has held firmly to the straight course. American way of life. Members of The >tands sentinel over a sacred legacy. The Thus, constitutional democracy lias
American Legion are alert to any chal- objectives of that fine, loyal corps of existed through the years and the ills of
The "Frontier Thinkers" want every detail of our lives planned out for us. As Mr. Shumaker points out, that's a 'new order'' that has never operated suc-
cessfully anywhere, though Berlin, Moscow and Rome are trying it. As for us, we believe with Jefferson that government ought to keep men from injuring
." one another, but 'otherwise leave them free to regulate their own pursuits. . .
APRIL, 1941 5 the nation have always been solved the background of the author, the accom- ing of history and geography may easily through the educative process. The old panying teacher's guides, related mate- be neglected. Ship of State may have sprung a few rials used by both pupils and teachers, But in recent years an attempt has leaks but there has been no scuttling of and the method of context presentation, been made by a group of persons calling any part of our great heritage— the leaks are significant factors in the fashioning themselves "Frontier Thinkers" to cap- have always been closed up and the ship of the plastic minds of immature pupils. ture control of American education in continues seaworthy. Inasmuch as the direction of the process the interests of building in this country
The year of 1941 marks an epoch when of learning is by the teacher instead of a social, economic and industrial system schools should stress education for de- the textbook, the interpretation of sub- which has never operated successfully mocracy, patriotism and national defense ject matter is vitally important. anywhere in the world. —MAKING AMERICA STRONG. The American Legion has accepted the Some of the more prominent members In any discussion of school textbooks grave responsibility mandated to it by of this group hold or have held impor- public opinion in surveying the textbook tant positions in Teachers' College, Co- situation to see that the schools of Amer- lumbia University, in New York City. ica shall not be used as an instrument of They are John Dewey, George S. Counts, SCHOOL HEADS propaganda aimed at the destruction of Charles A. Beard. William H. Kilpatrick, our democratic, constitutional ideals. It Harold 0. Rugg and Jesse H. Newlon.
is aware of the danger of subtle methods Here we shall deal with the work of but PLAN PRESSURE which may pervert the thinking of Amer- two of these men, Professors Counts and ican boys and girls to un-American ob- Rugg, because we are concerned particu- jectives in belief or support of alien larly with the type of education offered ON ROOSEVELT theories of government. For reasons stated, the Americanism Commission of the Legion commits itself Educators Would Force Move to the service of presenting certain find- ings, based on extensive research, and for Radical Changes in Economic System
By OMAR RANNEY The vast majority of school Within the next three months teachers are loyal to Amer- progressive educators of the coun- ican ideals. They do not tiy will attempt to force more radi- approve of the Rugg and cal changes in the economic system Counts model bf organizing 14.000.000 people or more into a closely -knit pressure KOBUP. This was announced today by Dr. Harold Rucg of Teachers' College. Columbia University, one of the leaders In the "left wing" movement among educators, at a group meet- ing of the Progressive Education As- sociation convention In Hotel Cleve- land. friar Dr. Rugg revealed that funds to carry on the program will be forth- coming "In perhaps three or lour weeks ." He declined 10 divuke the source of the financial assistance He said, however, "we probably will get about *50,000 a year for thret, jears " The program, which Dr Rugg be- lieves will leach groups of people throughout the entire country, is the result of a conviction by hun and other progressive educators, pruui- pally Dr. George S Counts and Dr. Goodwin Watson of Teachers' CoUtgc. that more radical and fun- damental changes in the economic and social structure must be made The plan he outlined before the group meeting includes the setting up of a central planmnc agency, probably in New York City, which will tie together thousands of groups of citizens desirous of seeing a defi- nite left wmg movement on the part of the administration. analysis, the current "textbook" situ- our sons and daughters in the grammar "The president, said Dr. Ruse. on
' will go just as far to the lei t as ation. and high school grades. Here it should push " we him In the Social Studies, geography, his- be stated that Teachers' College has long Dr. Rugg s aiu^Mincrmeiu .of the - tory, civics and other related studies are been a mecca for graduate students seek- ill wa^ ^ Ned integrated or fused into one course in ing to enlarge their educational horizon the school program for the purpose of and win advanced degrees in education. • • • • offering boys and girls realistic experi- It is a great institution and in spite of ences and creating life-like situations. the "Frontier Thinkers" is doing fine Rugg in 1934 was planning to Many schools follow the traditional work. Counts and spend $ 1 5 0,000 to put over his idea method of presenting separate courses in We charge that these men. of pushing education "far to the history, geography and civics. Some pro- Rugg. through their publications, some of being left." This excerpt is from the fessional leaders are skeptical of using them used as textbooks and others Cleveland Press. Social Science courses because the teach- made available to pupils in school refer-
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which the fates have ence libraries, are attempting to build a on the present social order. His aim is the opportunity placed in their hands. (P. rtew social order of a collectivist type to win teachers to his theories and leave 54) which strongly suggests that of Soviet it to them to inculcate these ideas in the Dr. Counts is the author of The Soviet Russia, with emphasis on "accelerating minds and hearts of their pupils. Challenge to America, and it was he who change" (we define that as an attempt Dr. Counts states his aims in plain translated the New Russia's Primer into to bring in a hurry a type of civilization words in Dare The School Build A New the English language. This translation which Counts or Rugg guesses we are Social Order? which was published in found its way to the reference shelves of inevitably to have, say twenty years from our public schools. The Ameri- now. and which we might as well get can Legion called the attention much sooner.) of school men to the fact that Our charges are based on such premises this translation of the New as their attacks on American loyalties Russia's Primer inevitably con- stituted alien propaganda. As a result of the Legion's being on the alert this propaganda publication was removed from a number of reference shelves. Dr. Counts has served as president of the Progressive Education Association, presi- dent of the Teachers Union, editor of The Social Frontier, Director of Research for the Committee on Social Studies, and in 1926 was a member of a committee for labor which went to Russia to study condi- tions there. Dr. Counts was a member of the National Executive Com- mittee of the Communist-or- ganized and controlled Ameri- can League against War and Fascism, later known as the American League for Peace and Democracy. He was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Communist-front American Student Union. An advertisement in the Con- necticut Teacher, February,
1935, ' for the Educational Dept., Intourist, Inc., for the purpose of securing registration for Moscow Summer School, includes the names of "Profs. George S. Counts and Heber Harper, Teachers' College, Co-
lumbia Uni- ( Cont. 0:1 p. 43) and allegiances, the indoctrination of 1932. Speaking of the existing school, he youth against traditional ideals and in- says stitutions (Dr. Rugg, as we shall see, Almost everywhere it is in the grip of wishes to abolish intercollegiate sports conservative forces and is serving the MOSCOW competition, since in his view it has "no cause of perpetuating ideas and institu- SUMMER educational value whatever''), lack of tions suited to an age that is gone. SCHOOL emphasis on true American life and too (P. 5) That the teachers should deliberately OPENS REGISTRATION great emphasis on the unfavorable as- SCO STUDENTS reach for power and then make the FOR pects, failure give acknowledg- to due Las: year students and graduate* of 60 uni- most of their conquest is my firm con- ment to the deeds of our great American versities in 20 State* and 4 foreign ccmntna viction. (P. 28) enrolled in the Anglo American Section of heroes, questioning private ownership, Mosrow University 1935 registration now too favorable emphasis on what has been In reference to democracy. Dr. Counts open to limited number Summer session writes July 16 — August 25. includes approximately done in the Soviet Union, the creation of 4 weeks resident itudy in Moscow and 2 Courses doubt in the minds of pupils and teachers Democracy of course should not be weeks field travel through U S S.R. deal with education, art. economic*, literature, identified with political forms and func- as to the ability of our democracy to social science* and Russian. Instruction in function successfully, the dissemination tions—with the federal constitution, the English language by prominent Soviet pro-
fessors. American advisors . Profs Georye S. popular election of officials, or the prac- of alien propaganda, statements that the Counts and Heber Harper. Teachers College. tice of universal suffrage. (P. 40) United States Supreme Court favors Columbia University. Write for booklet CE-2 to: vested interests. Finally. Dr. Counts advises the teachers EDUCATIONAL DEPT. of the nation: INTOURIST. Inc 545 Fifth Ave New York COUNTS is one of the most DR. The times are literally crying for a articulate of the "Frontier Think- new vision of American destiny. The ers." He is an ardent advocate of teach- teaching profession, or at least its pro- In 193 5 Dr. Counts was interested ers becoming the spearhead of the attack gressive elements, should eagerly grasp in sending students to Moscow
APRIL, i Defense Commission, it has inaugurated an intensive program of farming out —or subletting—Army-Navy contracts to the "little fellows." In England this method is known as "the bits and pieces" sys- tem. A special Knudsen-Hillman agency has been established to exhume and classify and mobilize every usable lathe A drill press like this could be housed in a farm building like that at the left instead of being part of an elaborate machine shop system in the usual peacetime tradition country benefit from "war prosperity," the underlying idea is to locate industries essential to rearmament in areas safe from possible bombing by an invader. It is also designed to minimize sabotage by placing plants in country communities where a spy or saboteur would be easily spotted. In general, the theory is to build new war-producing units between the Allegheny and Rocky Mountains. Still a third agency—on specific order The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine This steel mill would make a perfect target for bombers. Many of its processes could be taken care of in small, well separated shops of President Roosevelt—is engaged in therefore, scant time to prepare. More- towns." They were casualties of the war the work of furnishing farms and small over, the progressive mechanization of as surely as any soldier who sleeps in communities with electricity and elec- warfare has emphasized the cruel neces- Arlington Cemetery. Nationally, our so- trical facilities that can be converted to sity for tooling up our lives—mayhap cial and economic system was thrown out military manufacture, if necessary. The our homes. of joint. The aftermath was the 1920- Rural Electrification Administration, Europe's unexpected collapse also 1923 slump and the more severe depres- closely copying the methods which en- forced a faster tempo. In 191 7 the Allies sion which began in 1929. abled Hitler to rearm Germany so speed- were holding the line. Their heroic re- Thus the present movement to decen- ily and secretly, has undertaken a pro- sistance provided time for the extra tralize and distribute our war-making gram by which empty barns and sheds preparation our entry necessitated, but activities—to spread present profits and and even cottages covered by rambler even then, the lessons of Chemin des to prevent a sad sequel—and to speed up roses may be transformed into centers Dames and Chateau-Thierry demon- national defense—represents an attempt of production. strated that the "Yanks" moved into the to rearm in a sane and orderly manner. There are numerous reasons why the front line not a moment too soon. This It has its sociological as well as its mili- slogan of "Keep the home lathes turn- time it is a question whether Yankee tary values. ing'' has supplanted the nostalgic re- weapons will arrive soon enough to save Although changing events may modify frain of "Keep the home fires burning." lonely, beleaguered Britain. it, the American system combines the The first is the contrast between our There is, too, the desire to escape the more practical fe'atures of the British 1941 and 191 7 industrial preparedness. tragic experiences which crushed the and German methods as noted by our In World War I the United States had American people—and the returning vet- observers abroad. One of Hitler's first served as the "arsenal of democracy" erans—after the World War. When the acts on assumption of authority was to for three years before we entered the need for war production ended on the electrify substantially all the farms of conflict. Our production plant had been glorious morning of November 11, 1918, Germany. Next he forced the sale of geared to rearmament requirements, and millions of workers who had thronged to small motors, supposedly for agricultural needed only to be stepped up to supply congested industrial centers got their red uses. In 1937 there arrived on these the A. E. F. But Hitler's lightning con- slips. They and their families suffered mechanized farms carefully packed quest of Europe gave hardly any warn- cruelly. Communities which had thrived crates. The rural populace was informed ing of the magnitude of the crisis, and under the "war boom" became "ghost that these {Continued on page 48) APRIL, 194 9 — made him feel alone—so entirely alone. For it reminded the Legionnaire so vividly of . . . AN ARMY DAY REVERIE WHEN he had been in the mud and blood of Flanders a year with the Canadian Corps of the British Army in A RMY DAY always made him There was a bugle call, a rolling of 191 8 he wT as granted permission to apply /\ feel lonely. drums, a flashing of flags, a hush for his first ten-day lea ve-of -absence. / % The day seemed different while a few words were spoken about They gave him his choice of asking from other days. It stirred a the Tradition of the Army. for furlough in France or in England. strange restlessness within him It Then the soldiers would be gone. Leave in France would mean Paris awakened a queer longing. But mostly With quick, sharp steps they would and Nice: the capital of the world and the sight of olive drab in the crowded march off, their tread resounding on the a blue sky; gayety and sunshine; Mont- city square on Army Day would send hard pavement for a moment or two martre and the Mediterranean. England shooting through his heart again that . . . then dying away. . . . would mean Oxford. sharp stab of pain which was Loneli- It was the sight of the 0. D. amidst Because he was a college man and had the civilian dress in the crowded square ness. , spent that year in mud . . . and in For always, on Army Day, the streets ... it was the echoing of the drums khaki ... he chose England. of the city were tinged with olive drab among the towering skyscrapers . . . And wrapping his khaki greatcoat the dying of the soldiers' footfalls . . . and there was a beating of drums away around his aching body, he settled down in the distance. . . . the fading of their faintly-beating in the muck of the Front to wait for his At noon there was a ceremony in drums in the distance . . . that always leave to come through. front of the City Hall. He had not seen a book in nine A company or two of Regulars—trim, months. bronzed men and keen, lithe, laughing He craved to get into touch again boys—came in from a nearby fort, and with English literature; with the things stood at "Attention" in the heart of the of the mind. He was starving to hear metropolis. TOM SAYRES once more his own language; not merely 10 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine — Anglo-Saxon, but the language of his a fantasy. Study halls had dissolved own kind of people: the language of into dugout walls; his college campus ideas, of intellect, of the arts. ARMY DAY had faded into the bleak, ghastly, shell- He craved, in short, Oxford. APRIL SIXTH torn Front, marble libraries and carved Oxford stood for all that he had classrooms had changed into wretched missed while in the army. There he TWENTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY huts, foul barns, ether-filled hospitals, OF OUR ENTRY INTO THE would find again the things that made WORLD WAR acetyline-smelling dressing stations, ce- life significant. At Oxford he would ment machine-gun forts: deadly "pill come, once more, into his own world. He boxes" of the Ypres sector. would be, again, among his own kind. Studios had sunk into holes in the Mud and khaki. Barnyards and khaki. Always this "mother of universities." ground; brilliant classmates, and distinc- Trenches and khaki. Muddy blankets he had wanted to visit. It had stood to tive associates in art had been dissolved and khaki. Field kitchens and khaki. him as the symbol of education, of learn- into millions of figures in khaki; soli- Shells and khaki. Roads and khaki. Holes ing, of the arts. It was the master key tude, meditation, and individual crea- in the ground and khaki. Dugouts and to the culture of the mind. tion had changed into a beehive life of khaki. Mire and khaki. Mud, mud, mud. And now, since his coming overseas to constant companionship with these mil- Khaki, khaki, khaki. Europe, and with a year in the mud of lions of figures in khaki: the army. Always it came back to that : mud and Flanders in his soul, Oxford had become Always they were with him, around khaki. Khaki and mud. Khaki figures a longing to him. him—figures in khaki: dawn, day, everywhere; mud everywhere. Mud, Ever, during the interminable days night—marching at his side, streaming khaki and soldier talk. That had been between the grim trips into the Line, and in front of him as far as he could see, his life since enlistment; it now seemed more and more impatiently as the dreary following behind him as far as he could to him that it had been his life . . . winter settled down despairingly over hear them, long endless columns of always. the cold gray Front, he kept gnawing them. Except the few years in that shining on the one bright hope which burned Figures in khaki: always with him: bright time, long ago, when he had lived forever in every soldier's heart: the ten- always at his (Continued on page 62) in his own world, with his own kind day leave which would be his at the end a world of books, of ideas, of things of of a year in France. It kept the army the mind; the world he had been born sane. into, the world he had grown up in, the One by one he watched the men of world in which he had been awarded an his outfit receive their summons for academic diploma. "Leave;" one by one he helped outfit his Now that world lucky comrades for their brief stay in was only a memory, Paradise—the average man owning only the suspenders of his swanky Leave ensemble. And nearer and nearer drew spring; and his own turn for Leave. But as spring came on there slowly lengthened over the Western Front the sinister shadow of a great impending enemy drive, "the drive to decide the war;'' the drive that was to strike like lightning and to pour, as a devastating torrent through the gap rent by the lightning, the flow of bayoneting green- gray troops headed for the Channel. And with the shadow^ there spread over the bogs and barnyards and mud- holes of Flanders the even more sinister rumor that all leaves were to be stopped. Even the Padre swore. Oxford became more coveted than ever: Oxford and release from the in- tolerable khaki that deadened the mind, dulled the senses, and suffocated the significant things of life. Now, instead of a stimulating Leave to Oxford which would give freedom from it all, the drive was to add carnage to the khaki and the mud. Then, unexpectedly, his "Leave" came through. And so, he crossed the Channel to Illustrated by England, left behind him in the fresh, COURTNEY ALLEN clean foam of the churning wake of his Channel leave-boat the nightmare of mud and khaki and blood which was the Front. He passed his hands over his eyes and went forward and stood in the wind and spray at the bow of the boat, trying to shut the recollection of the past year He passed his hand over his eyes to blot the from his memory! recollection of the past year from his memory APRIL. 1941 the 33d D.v.sion A few hundred Yanks of Lost Provinces and sow the return of the Marshal of France Henri Retain become a A sace and 7978. Here's their story- in ogam. The Los Lorraine are German " French story of the 1871 Class a famous an idea of how coZueror, wifl 9* YOU page 54 they feel. Its on line , i i ~f Prince. In the in 1792, for the first time, the stirring tions of the people of what had for 47 strains of "The Marseillaise" were heard. THROUGH the thick veil of cen- years been the "Lost Provinces" when When Bismarck, in 1871, tried to ap- sorship that cloaks Occupied the Allied victory in our World War re- ply the age-old rule of military conquest, France comes news of the evic- patriated their homeland. he failed miserably. From all of Alsace tion of 100,000 residents of Al- History tells us something of the and part of Lorraine he forged a hybrid sace and Lorraine, who have been forced stormy temperament of the residents of state and sought to Germanize it. But to migrate to Unoccupied France. No these gypsy provinces, from which these these were a free people, with ideas of details are given—just the grim figures Yanks can well imagine the spirit that their own regarding military allegiance. and a hint of Vichy's flaming protest must have animated them when again in They abhorred thoughts of assimilation which seems to have fizzled out with the 1940 the Teutonic tide from across the and resented Bismarck's iron discipline. same pathetic abruptness as did poilu Rhine poured across their borders. Thus were Alsace-Lorraine born to lighting spirit in June of 1940. For centuries this Teutonic tide has live for 47 years as the Siamese step- Obviously there is a story here, one of been surging back and forth across Alsace children of Germany. They refused all those countless tales of indescribable and Lorraine. Ever since the days of Prussian overtures and set up an inces- tragedy that follows in the wake of Nazi Charlemagne the political affiliations, if sant demand for liberty. This resulted, conquest. It will be years, if ever, before not the faith of the provinces, have been in 191 1, in the establishment of a diet. that story is known, yet 767 former determined by military conquest. This body did nothing but vote censure members of the A.E.F. have a pretty Racial origins of the two provinces are for administrative tactics. good idea of what took place. largely Germanic. A Teutonic tribe, the When the World War broke out, more These 767 Yanks were members of Alemanni, settled Alsace and part of Lor- than a thousand of the Alsace-Lorraine the 131st Infantry who formed a Pro- raine, and German is still the predomi- leaders were seized and thrown into pri- visional Battalion which was designated nant language in many sections. But son. German troops upon crossing the by General Pershing to represent the forces more potent than race or language Rhine were warned that they were enter- American Expeditionary Forces in the have dictated Alsatian allegiance. From ing "hostile territory." formal ceremonies attendant upon the the beginning they drew their culture, During the war Alsace-Lorraine lived re-occupation of Alsace-Lorraine. These religion and economic prosperity from under a virtual reign of terror. When ceremonies took place on December 8, the west. The French Revolution swept German victory seemed assured, plans 1918 in Metz, capital of Lorraine. across them like wildfire and to them were made to partition the territory be- The members of the provisional bat- French became the "language of liberty.'' tween Bavaria and Prussia. Thousands talion remember something of the reac- It was on the streets of Strasbourg that were deported, property confiscated and 12 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine BY ROBERT BEITH ANDERSON the Infantry, representing of„f thcj^the 131st Provisiona IB.tt.hon applause the head of the ^ ^ up at color guard drawn appeared in tne capi The " the Yanks ceremonies. Wherever A IU at the driving along the Troyon-sur-Meuse as a challenge. During those last long front. colonization by disabled Prussian soldiers days of the war we had stared across the It was on November 19th that Gen- begun. In 191S there were 19.000 Alsa- inundated flats of St. Hilaire and dared eral Petain led a victorious French army tians still in exile. to dream of Metz. It was a military ob- through the streets of Metz. But two It was this unquenchable spirit of free- jective out of which a bloody sun arose days before, "Wild Bill" Gillespie, 33d dom which undoubtedly motivated the each dawn and toward which, as late as Division dispatch rider, with Sergeant Nazis to decree mass migration of these the morning of November nth we were "Jimmy" Epperson of I company, 131st people in 1940. Infantry as his passenger, had And it is this unquenchable spirit pushed his motorcycle across the which runs like a golden thread cobbled area of Place de la Repub- through the memories and imagina- lique. These two informal and de- tions of the men of the provisional cidedly unofficial representatives of battalion. In 191 8 they witnessed the A.E.F. found Metz quiet and the exuberance of that spirit. In orderly, yet tense with excitement. 1 941 when again overrun by a ty- A few out-runners of the French rant, can that spirit of the "lost army lounged about the streets. provinces'' be any less defiant or Nothing to get excited about. deathless? Following the Armistice the 131st Of course, in that bleak fall of Infantry retired a short distance to 1 91 8 we had only the vaguest no- Hannonville, which lies at the foot tions about Alsace-Lorraine—and of a high plateau overlooking the none at all about the spirit of the Woevre. We were busily engaged in people. Few of us knew anything clearing away the filth and debris about the history of the provinces, left by three armies when, about but the name Metz was significant December 1st, we heard that the to us in a very real sense. formal occupation of Alsace-Lor- To us Metz was Germany. We raine was to be celebrated in a cere- had come this far the hard way; mony at Metz. The most famous before we returned to America we fighting troops of France were to wanted to see Germany. We wanted, participate, and Governor-General in particular, to see Metz. preferably De Maud'huy had asked that the the easy way. For weeks the name of Colonel Joseph B. Sanborn, D. American Army be represented. He that stronghold had rung in our ears S. C, who led his men into Metz made a (Continued on page 51) APRIL. 1941 13 " loudly. "Dar now," he said, "I knows jest whah I left mah pocket knife." NOW, ladies and gentlemen," screeched the political LEGIONHEIR Robert L. Legg of orator, "I want to tax Peoria, Illinois, says that the bedside j your memory!" "Great 'phone of one of the neighborhood doc- grief!" groaned a man tors rang one night, awakening him from in the audience. "Has a sound slumber. "My wife, doctor," !" it come to that shrilled a voice. "It's her appendix. You'd better come at once." AND here's a story The doctor sighed. "Go on back to l\ that H. K. Van bed," he said. "She hasn't got appendi- Alen tells on Legion- citis. I'll look in tomorrow." naire John Saari of The husband became wilder; choking Beacon, Michigan. Pri- sir." and sputtering, he insisted on immediate My wife needed a muff, vate Saari, during his recruit days, failed to salute an officer when he passed him on soldier and are you thinking of yester- the company street. The officer called day?" him to attention and, after the usual "Nope," clipped the dejected one. lecture, asked his name. "Saari, sir," he "I'm a street cleaner and I'm thinking replied. of tomorrow." The officer reddened to his eyebrows. "I don't care a THIS one must be good; no less than rap how sorry six contributors have sent it in you are," he within the past month, but in each case snapped. "I want there was some variance in locale and to know WHO object of the search. The dollar goes to you are!" K. T. Stiewing. R. D. 3, Bridgeport, Connecticut. His letter was opened first. T WAS the Jones entered a department store to first night of buy his wife a birthday present. He the Legion con- asked a saleslady just where he could vention. Crowds find some nice silk stockings. "Go to jammed the Helen Hunt," she replied. streets, littering them with con- GEORGE BEHRENDS of Chicago fetti, scraps of paper and other odds and says that he saw this sign on a ends. A dejected-looking man stood on service station at Peoria: "Run in before "How's the water?" the curb and surveyed the scene. Then, you run out." with a gusty sigh he turned away. "What's the matter, buddy?" asked a TUDGE: "Now, sir, please tell the attention. "But she can't have appendi- sympathetic bystander. "Were you a u court exactly what passed between citis," insisted the medico. "I took her you and your wife appendix out three years ago and I during the quarrel." never heard of anyone having two Defendant : "A flat- appendixes." iron, rolling pin, six "Yea-ah," said the husband, bit- plates and a tea- terly. "Did you ever hear of a man kettle." having a second wife?" WAS a new 4 HE I HIS," explained the chemistry Chaplain. When J. professor, "is one of the most he discovered a group dangerous explosives known. If I am of men out behind the the least bit wrong in my experiment cook tent, bunched we are liable to be blown through the together in a forma- roof. Kindly come a little closer, so tion resembling a that you can follow me better." football huddle, "What are these men LEGIONNAIRE F. S. Mauldin of doing?" he asked of a jAnderson, South Carolina, says passing soldier. that during a revival in his section "Shooting craps." of the country the parson was trying Whereupon the to impress his hearers by making a Chaplain became series of striking comparisons. "You much excited. "Stop know, brethren and sistren," he said, it!" he commanded in "you can compare the good old re- his best military tone. ligion with a ripe, juicy watermillion. "Those poor little It jest can't be beat." One of the craps have the same members had been dozing; he awoke right to live that you ! with a start and snapped his fingers "But Chief, nobody turned in an alarm!" have 14 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine muWxtx on Eatth Eighth of a Series on the Prin- ciples Contained in the Pre- amble to the Constitution of The American Legion BORN of war, The American Legion is. of course, emphati- cally dedicated to peace. Ever since the founders of the organi- zation wrote into the preamble to its constitution the principle "To Promote Peace and Good Will on Earth ' the more than one million men and women who served their country honorably dur- ing an emergency and who now make up the membership of the Legion, have fol- lowed a true course towards this cause, not only as an organization but as in- dividuals, too. The American Legion believes, and has so expressed itself at every national con- vention, that the best assurance of an honorable peace for this nation is the adoption of an adequate national defense program. It believes, also, that in addi- tion to a two-ocean Navy and a sizeable standing Army with ample trained re- serves, to complete an "adequate national defense" requires the adoption of legisla- tion that will function in time of war in conscripting capital, industry and labor to serve side by side with its manpower. Take the profit out of war and the cause of peace will be materially benefited. Despite the fact the carol "Peace on Earth. Good Will to Men" has been sung for ages in every tongue by Chris- tian peoples throughout the world, nations are now engaged in bloody con- flict. The wars in progress now have been incited by practices of intolerance, by greed, distrust and the desire for profit. It behooves us (Continued on page 40) GEORGE P. GILLAN The R.A.F. pilot helps the National Commander inspect a Hurricane fighter craft EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF THE AMERICAN LEGION MISSION ing home, saw things many English- men are not permitted to see. Here- with a fragmentary part of the Mission's diary: WED., Feb. 5—Left New York on Yankee Clipper, 8.52 a.m. Arrived Bermuda, 2.20 p.m. (750 miles) Left Bermuda, 5.00 p.m. Feb. 6—Arrived Horta, Azores, (2,160 miles) 8.00 a.m. Left Horta, 9.00 a.m. Arrived Lisbon, Portugal, (1,200 miles) 3.00 p.m. To Hotel Palacio. Feb. 7 —At American Legation. Ar- ranging transportation to England. T70UR or five lines a day cannot tell, but can indicate, the high pressure Dinner at English Club. Visit to JL movements of National Commander Milo J. Warner, Past Commander Casino, which is said to be full of Franklin D'Olier, Ma). Gen. Frank Parker and Commander's Aide Joseph Deut- spies. schle, who flew to England to study home defense under war conditions as a Feb. 8—At airport, 5.00 a.m. Left program. this is help to planning The American Legion defense Before pub- 7.00 a.m. All window shutters closed. lished the report the Mission will have been given to the National Executive of Very bumpy. Deutschle thrown into Committee in special session, and resulting plans will be moving forward. These aisle and cracked a rib. Landed in fragments from the diary the trip show some places visited and things studied. of England (1,200 miles) 3.00 p.m. The Mission had eighteen days in England, touched four continents by air corn- Feb. 9—To London, Claridge's Hotel. Catch up on sleep. Inspecting a model of a German Feb. 10—At American Embassy plane at an R.A.F. training center and at Ministry of Information. Learn regulations, get passes, credentials, helmets, gas masks. Interview by Br : British press. Register with police. Feb. 11 —Going over Air Raid Precaution work in detail, from top to bottom, office and field. Feb. 12 —Learn details of Women's Volunteer Service of seventy women's organizations its - and work. Inspect- ing London damage, City, docks, n 1 military. Feb. 13 —The Navy. Southampton, Portsmouth. On ships, including an ex-U.S. destroyer, and one vessel recently in action. Feb. 14—The Army. Famous regi- ments. Coastal defenses. New troops. Materials. Waiting, impatiently, for trouble. Feb. 15 —The R.A.F. Airdromes. With the Hurricanes. Civilian jobs with the air forces. The fighters. Youngsters. Feb. 16—-Windsor. Church in St. George's Chapel. Eton. Rugby as usual. Lunch with Lady Edward Churchill, aunt of the Prime Minis- ter. 16 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine 7 Feb. 1 —Coventry. Birmingham. ceed to point of departure, sched- at Lisbon. Industrial plants. Guests of British uled for next morning. March 1 —Off for home on Atlantic Legion. More damage to houses Feb. 24, 25—Delayed by weather. Clipper, via Africa, Brazil, Trinidad, than to industry. Mayor thanks us Finally flew to Lisbon on Feb. 26, San Juan, P.R. (delayed by weather) for American gifts of cash and cloth- having missed one Clipper. and finally New York at daylight, ing. Feb. 27, 28—Waiting for Clipper March 6. Feb. 18—The Home Guard. Vet- erans of 1914-18. Their numerous These are the fellows that give Goering's Luft- tasks. Call on Winston Churchill. A pilots at their barracks frank interview with a truly great waffe blow for blow: R.A.F. leader. Feb. 19—Communications. The Postmaster General. Telegraph, tele- phone, wireless. Espionage. The mili- tary and civilian counterparts of our F.B.I. The fire brigades. Feb. 20—London. The complete picture of a "secured" factory. The workers. Underground London. Feb. 21 —Dover and Folkestone. Defenses nearest the channel—a tour few Englishmen can make. Feb. 22 —Clearing up many ques- tions at Ministry of Information. Then to "Investiture" by the King. Some 200 soldiers and civilians dec- orated with various honors. There- after we had a 15-minute interview with King George VI. Lunch with W.V.S. leaders and workers. Visit hospitals. Inspect some dud bombs, and incendiaries. Feb. 23—Wind up details. Pro- APRIL, 1941 17 J — YOU'VE REALLY GOT TO BE GOOD A Moving Travelogue in twenty-two scenes VJW;r\ was >o 1 qi4- five bor*\ -a*^d wo- ticks iP I quess disc- Keep VJoEdLi uou»"_ Hve a^socics ? Uncle Emtl d ; V of- iP (Dozens STH6M "1— - PRAFTEE No. \3l3-e>'<6 reports For ENTRamce. 2. -T-I en -me Fuki Serins . 3 HE ANSWERS A Lot of- <£uesTicnS UXAM.'S REQUIRED TOR. INDUCTION iNlb "ITfe'NEW AWy- He. (5 given a"E>oc.-ta6 - — ENOUGH TO ElLL A"EtOK All of ^m?y Are ue qai\ fo\ Clo+W^ OPP .Mistevv'^-f a n\oodU curop- uniform '? 7 5 FT. IN HEj^HTCX jf IM €>-He ahj> His new fals, Have. to 7- -THE Doctors start WorkiMG on Hua. each man ha-s to Pass (M - Peel Pdwn fofi a stkvp t^ase "Review; and b& inspected e>y eleven p^erent specialists---' You Wwe art occ\usio^- you dortr bite nqhr-" lO -iHEy GET OCCULI.STED - BUT ITS THeTXD.S WHO DISCOVERS 11 — SOME OF -(HEM HAVE ALRE^DV RlCKFiO Oaf THfe " - we Hou&i> IN "THEIR- PEFENSBS AHP SlNG ' THE yANKS AR6. GbMiMfe BRanch op the army —rH&y'D mk£.to serve ui- I ^ate. a. C CANVAS TOPS, .' piv<2 cusdiSlX VJITH SCREENING \^9iPi to*'/ AU- AfiouNp^ - - twe Quarters assigned Tw en - awdtentor l5 "THE/ ARRtVE I N GAMP -AND, ARTER AACRE QUESTiONlMfe 16 THEY \ 19-tUose who do use Mess gear 6et 20 Th&. new aruv v^iti. notomlv p>& aab?waw^e"d but Electrized as well- nice QCALOiNG Hot vvkter To Bathe "em m- THE coo<6 Ekocv "all ELecruic'WiTCw&Hb -Am&-the. K Vjr. LOT IS MOW a FiARPY Oh4E- 7"/^ AMERICAN LEGION Magazine " TO GET IN UNCLE'S ARMY TODAY By Wallgren t \ Jonr uxaimau be^=f -ty\u$rs mJt forV iKe^ lodcA v^Cje** pri^Ved- I uou»» like j\ Pecord- /] Wofe a J to me »/ 4- WHICH -THEY T)0 -NINE "To TEX PA3ES (mast/ IN .5 — He For A new Process Ex- way Vhotdgrafh -ThE - "TriplicateJ ARE P(LEJ> WITH EACH A1ANS B&30RD r\?\HT P&veloped immediately fow- Poctor's examination Mo"* E*A i^3u haifd me whisper ikat I -HAou^Ht jur Vieur'mq I'wyht be iwpei, (%cr'— diuVt tjou P SPEOj) 25" ONLY 8- THEN (In 6ROUR5 OF 3o) .THE. M El D I COS "PUT TMEM 9~ FEVJ OF -TUEM-TRV-TD (36-T PtFERMfeMT- AMD -rUROU6H TWE vlUMPS TO CjE.r "THEIR. PHYSICAL REACT\ONS. — A VERY Few GET BY "THE C1VIUA.N E>CAMIN*E^. AVC&. -TW 'iHtVv'iss^ teste ''(juess I'll HaPfei is acit\cir\-but- cuaib ioif\ +te Navy told we befcne \MeA do we/; / -HI I TVofesscv Qui IqatPfaf I Sold wu, <2at» w' V 63V!! qiVs ho asfm' i/a. aM 12.- -THEY TXkfc. THE. INTELLIGENCE 13-(U)HICU (5 UNLUCKV) BUT ONLY l4 -~THE*LUCKY"ONES "TAKE THE OATH oF AufCwNce - TESTS - X GET PSYC HO - ANA LVS&D — aeoot l77o A«& Bemfa We^ected V OFF TUty March- flew ?uck Privates in tue U.S. Aony. L_ - ' aiw\- tag<« ^/ 1*7- TXXJE>LE, --TlEPt OHICKEAI VvJIRE FiJMKS fORTriESe, 18- Some olitfit5 are Ea-hh& off of Hotel. China- wit«K- Rca. 2.1- Most of the Camps have Hos-rEases — asd -the. "Recreatonal 2.2.- Ho\aieve«.- outside, of a few New r&3ulatiok&, FACiu-ne.5 -ihCludino SR%rrs equifmemt e-rc.-ARe. entirely ApEOciATe- new cohfusmis (1& us) i d.r - its the -same old stuff . 19 APRIL, 1941 BY FRANK G. McCORMICK Director of Athletics, University of Minnesota Horseback riding is fine exercise for people of all ages, and most of us are vigorous enough for bowling IS spring in America : snow going, ITwater running, ice breaking in the upper Mississippi; pussy willows and bloodroots out. redwings and bluebirds singing; little boys by the mil- lion outdoors playing marbles and little girls by the million outdoors jumping rope or swinging "O'Leary." Kids at play, all so intent on their games they do not as physically unfit give a glance at airplanes cruising over- for general military head, everyday airplanes common to the service. The showing world those youngsters were born in. of v o 1 u n t e e r s is friendly airplanes whose pilots, they about the same. The know, would wave them a greeting, if rate is not so large near enough, in the same good will and as that in the war of camaraderie shown them by passing loco- 1917-1918, which was 29.1 percent, but Some of you readers would like to motive engineers and firemen, bus drivers it is alarmingly high. It points the need know what are some of the main reasons and, and—why. just everybody, in fact. of prompt effort to reduce the number for the rejections being made by ex- The cherry trees are about to bloom in of rejections, help correct the disabilities aminers. The chief one so far is poor the nation's capital, gift of a friendly of those rejected, and improve the health tooth and mouth condition. The require- Japan in another day, and the statue and physical condition of the civilian ment is at least six good teeth in each with the upraised torch, gift of France, population generally, children and adults, jaw and they must be opposite one an- dear to many millions, looks out toward boys and girls, men and women. Atten- other. This is to enable the soldier not. peoples at death grip beyond the sea, to tion to the civilian population should be as someone has pointed out, to bite the whom the spring can bring no wonted continuous from now on, regardless of enemy but to chew food so that he may quickening of spirit nor renewal of joy the passing of the defense emergency. digest it properly. Armies today as in and hope. To meet this need The American the past travel on their stomachs. Poor s, Flags on countless buildings all over Legion -irk- to do imrt bins,' aboul il . The eyesight comes next, mainly nearsighted- America shine in the mellow sun, remind- Legion is promoting, through its National ness. Other causes include heart condi- ful of a world at war and of national Americanism Commission, a nation-wide tions, hearing defects, overweight and unity in time of menace. In the belief activity to enlist groups and agencies, underweight, tuberculosis, hernia, birth that the holocaust abroad threatens public and private, for development of deformities. American safety and institutions and manpower and morale through a pro- A man anxious to pass the test cannot way of life. Uncle Sam has called for a gram of physical education, health edu- conceal his mouth condition from the mobilization of manpower for the de- cation and recreation in schools and com- examiner but he can make a try on fense of the nation. Two million young munities. The program is designed to vision. Perhaps most veterans of the men are to be inducted or enlisted in the toughen the body and mental fibre and World W ar have heard that old one of armed forces within the next two years. build a rugged citizenry for preparedness the volunteer who sought to cover up his Early reports on examinations of selec- and defense. Every member of a Legion poor sight by memorizing in advance the tees disclose that about 26 percent of Post may get in on this. More about the normal-reading and smaller-type letters the number examined are being rejected program in a minute. on the vision chart. He did all right with The AMERICAN' LEGION Magazine — them in the examination, spotting "D" doing bead work flat on your back in a The Legion's emphasis is on organized, from "P" and "C" from "O" without a Veterans Hospital, may be recreation. So coordinated recreation under trained hitch. Then the examiner turned on a may pullaway, tennis, volleyball, hiking, leadership to help people to be well, line of extra-large letters—and the man shot putting, boxing, mountain climbing. strong and'' > n command of their bodies flunked completely. Not having counted Recreation is any refreshment of body or and their minds so that bodies and minds on that test, he hadn't memorized for it. spirit that tends to re-create the man. do what their owners wish them to do. A variant of this story, also gray- Monsieur Jourdain, in the story, was Such recreation will develop both the bearded, has to do with an inductee who astonished on being told that all speech manpower and the morale of our civilian had gone all right up to the eye test. The was either prose or verse, was one or the population. This looks to group activities doctor said. '"Weak eyes, eh? How many other. He was filled with pride and de- in vigorous play, where there is a striving - lines can you read on that chart? ' And light. Here he had been talking prose all for excellence. Legion-promoted junior the man said, "What chart?" his life—he, a plain, ordinary citizen baseball, now engaging half a million In the Legion program, "physical," and hadn't known it ! Recreation is like boys yearly, is an instance. "education" and "recreation" are high- that. Most people have been engaged in Four groups are to be reached in the brow words, hard to get excited over. it all their lives, from the first dash for program. The first group comprises selec- They are cold, colorless, dead-level words what Mr. Micawber referred to as tees, and young men who have left school that inspire no one to wave his hat and "Nature's founts" to the feat of breaking but are below the registration age. This cheer. Just what is the Legion getting at? one hundred after twenty years of golf. group should have at least a preliminary It might be stated with truth that its They have been doing from choice what physical development before call into advocacy is largely one of physical and they enjoyed doing, of their own free will. service. Schools should open their facili- ties to selectees during the summer months and at other times when not needed for the (Continued on page 46) Archery is tops for coordinating eye and muscles. No matter how old a man is he can play at lawn bowls health education through recreation. And what is recreation? Some folks might say that recreation is having fun in your leisure time, chiefly in games and sports. That wouldn't be a bad try, but recreation is more than that. It often means activity, but need not mean it. Resting for a tired or an ill man may be recreation. Reading, sewing, looking at a movie, listening to music, APRIL, 194.1 The Armv goes Each rifle company in the new Army has six of these 60-miIli- meter mortars, each capable of spewing thirty shots a minute into dive bombers the spirit of '17 animates today's Army, reflecting in the highest degree the best American tradition of service to the limit. THIS business of building an ef- Just where this massing of manpower World War I veterans, recalling the in- ficient Army on a large scale is for defense will end none can say, since superable difficulties that had to be over- the same intensive job of two the size of our future Army must depend come in those days, may argue that the decades ago, when the men who upon world developments. If events dic- job of making an Army is much simpler are now The American Legion were being tate, this new Army might easily surpass today. Why not, since we have an shaped into soldiers from the raw ma- in strength that vast host we marshaled adequate officer personnel, at least for terial of civilians. Differences are chiefly for World War I. the first million or so, and plenty of technical, based on new methods and In 1917-18, the men in service were rifles and field guns for infantry and field weapons devised in a war-torn world dur- certain of the purpose for which they artillery. ing those years since we fought a war to had been called into uniform. War had But in this first year of the new Army, end all wars. been duly declared by Congress, expedi- the problem is just as complicated as in So far as popular interest is evidenced, tions were being organized for dispatch the days of 191 7 when regiments used you would hardly know that a great new to European battlefields. Those grim cer- wooden substitutes for rifles. In fact, it Army is in the making. Normal life goes tainties fed zest into the work of shaping is even more complicated. In World War on smoothly, newspapers have little to an Army. I, we were able to draw upon our allies say, few visitors ever arrive at training for basic weapons and war materials. The army- areas and cantonments to see the BUT there is no less animation and British supplied rifles, steel helmets, gas in-thc-making. But among the troops, be- spirit of service in the men who train masks and other basic necessities. The hind all the calm of cities and villages, today. They know that their long hours French gave us large quantities of artil- there is the same sweltering intensity of of the daily military grind are vitally lery, light, medium and heavy. action that marked World War days necessary for the protection of their Now, since World War I weapons are when we faced the task of building an country. They know that if we build an obsolete in many instances and so many Army of 4,000,000 men within the short- Army quickly enough and efficiently new types have been developed, we have est possible span of months. enough, that Army may not have to fire to fall back upon our own forges. And Up before daylight, work until dark, a shot in anger. At the same time they the task of adapting our factories to mili- then study for officers and non-coms well are preparing themselves for any eventu- tary needs on a large scale is proving into the night. That is the day's grind for ality. Having observed the World War I slow and intricate despite the best-laid the 600.000 men who were under arms Army in the making and in action over- plans for industrial mobilization. In so at the end of the year, and it will be the seas, and having also observed our new simple a matter as uniforms it has been chore for the additional 900.000 coming Army in many parts of the country these necessary to dig out of mothballs the old in during the next few months. past few months, I am convinced that high-collared uniforms of ancient vintage 22 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine upon the fellow behind the bayonet. But in the fire and movements that flank or penetrate hostile positions, the doughboy now has supporting weapons at his own immediate disposal to help i/x/ro JitGH him, and on a scale never before under- taken. Hack of the infantrymen rise many while waiting for the looms to turn out new types of support. There is the in- new uniforms for our volunteers and se- evitable light and medium divisional ar- lectees. While rifles of a kind are plenti- tillery to cover and assist the attack. In ful for the infantry, such modern in- the National Guard Divisions (square) fantry weapon.- a> the 60-millimeter and there is a brigade of two light artillery 81-millimeter mortars are still wanting ARED WHITE regiments and one medium artillery regi- in many Divisions, except a few samples ment. World War stock, remodeled in for training purposes. Innumerable new weapons must come now from American fac- tories. Consider infan- try weapons alone. First is the M-i semi- automatic rifle which is replacing the old bolt- action Springfield. Rel- atively few regiments are equipped with these, but they are pouring out of arsenals at a rapidly increasing rate. These rifles will vastly increase our infantry fire power, and the United States Army will be the only one in the world having such a weapon. The infantry regi- ment has been reorgan- ized completely to use The tank, spearhead of the attack. Other mechanized equipment follows the various new arms. it, widening the thrust. Then the infantry, as always, to consolidate and There is a new antitank hold gains. Below, the 8 1 -millimeter morta r, hell on machine-gun nests company that mounts twelve 37-millimeter antitank guns, high-ve- locity, flat-trajectory, rakish weapons that fire armor-piercing shells as well as high explosives. This gives the regiment independent protection against enemy tanks. Each battalion of the regiment now has its own heavy-weapons company in place of the old-model machine gun company. In addition to its eight .30-caliber machine guns, the heavy-weapons com- pany mans two .50-cali- ber machine guns that are supposed to be ef- fective against light armored tanks, and two 81-millimeter boasting heavy rubber . mortars, a low -velocity, trajectory weapon, a small edition of the some respects and high-angle fire gun whose shells, normally 8 1 -millimeter gun, and capable of putting tires for speed in transport by trucks, fired from enfilade, are effective in reach- down thirty shots a minute. serves the purpose in many Divisions. ing the reverse slopes of hills and in All of these, of course, do not change The Regular Army's lighter division (tri- flattening out machine-gun nests. the basic function of the doughboy. His angular ) has three 105-millimeter how- Each rifle company also has a new job remains that of attack with rifle and itzer battalions and one 1 55-millimcter weapon in the 60-millimeter mortar, six bayonet to capture and occupy enemy howitzer battalion which also includes per company. It is a smooth-bore, high- positions. Victory or defeat still depends eight 75-milli- {Continued on page 38) APRIL, 1941 23 Still i/v Slekvlce EDITORIAL Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation! . . . COURSE you recognize it —the opening lines of OFthe fourth verse of The Star-Spangled Banner. It is appropriate to remember these words at this mo- ment because tens of thousands of our fellow Americans are in the armed service of their country, standing ready to defend die civilization built up in this land over the last three hundred years. Many of these men in uniform are Legionnaires, and those of us who by reason of age, physical disability or other commanding conditions are not able to be with them can only wish them godspeed and pledge them our wholehearted support in whatever situation they may find themselves in the months to come. Port Washington, New York, Legion- The uniform is in public favor today to an extent that naires spot planes for the U. S. Army would amaze a man from Mars if he could return now after having visited the United States for any lengthy period be- tween 1919 and 1939. We World War veterans are de- lighted, and we think we understand how such things can be: In times such as these when national safety is the first consideration, the logic of the situation tells everyone that the soldier, the sailor and the marine are the insurance pol- icy for sheer survival of America's institutions, its civiliza- tion. In every county in the nation an aroused citizenry is anxious to help in every way possible the men going to training camp or ship. WOULD it be sheer impudence to point out to those old enough to remember, that the million members of The American Legion and all the others who marched to war in 1917 and 1918 were in those days just as much in favor with their fellow countrymen as are these service men of Stanford Hospital gets a three-bed ward, today, who, God willing, may be spared the horrors of ac- gift of San Francisco County Auxiliaries tual warfare. Concerning the soldier in peace and in war Rudyard Kipling in numerous poems has told the sorry tale of the indifference of the public to his lot once a crisis is passed. A seventeenth century writer put it neatly: Our God and soldier we alike adore, When at the brink of ruin, not before; After deliverance, both alike requited, Our God forgotten, and our soldiers slighted. The foregoing is written, not to prove that in all times and places human nature is the same, not to warn the young men now in the uniform of their country that popularity is a fickle jade, and that no matter how meritorious their services, a section of public opinion will regard them, once the need for our expanding national defense has been met, with condescension mixed with something of contempt. The kids enjoy a grand summer camp thanks No, these lines are written merely as a preliminary to a to McFarland Post, La Junta, Colorado 24 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine 1 for America report to the people of the United States that the million men and women of the Legion and their families are proud to consider themselves still in the service of their country, even though the uniforms they wear are not in every case those of its armed services. The uniforms may be those of the Legion, of state guardsmen, policemen, firemen; they may be overalls or indeed no uniform at all, but just las. year's suit. During the World War some four and three-quarters millions of Americans served in the uniform of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. The twenty-three years since the Armistice have reduced that army of veterans to just above- four millions. A few more than one million of these are members of The American Legion. We do not think it will be denied that this particular million is the cream of the crop, that they are the self-starters, the unselfish promoters of good enterprises benefitting their home communities, their States and the nation itself. These million veterans will never forget 1917 and 1918, but they are not resting on their oars, even those of them who might be thought in- capable of any sort of constructive service. As did the men "America is worth defending," the sign of 1776 we have pledged to this nation "our lives, our for- says, and Salt Lake Legionnaires mean it tunes and our sacred honor." ON THIS page are pictured a few of the typical sorts of things Legionnaires are doing and have been doing to make their communities a better place in which to live. Mul- tiply these incidents ten thousand times and add countless varieties of service and you will hardly have half the story of unselfish devotion back of the Legion program. For Legion- naires are more than a many-sided group of men and women bound by the ties of a common service: They are united in Posts that reach into the heart of every county in the land and provide insurance against anything approaching a Fifth Column; they will give unstintedly of their time and strength to foil the efforts of saboteurs—and they will continue to carry on with a singleness of purpose and a devotion to this their land which is implicit in every section of the This $5000 school bus was presented by Preamble to their Constitution: Richard L. Kitchens Post, Helena, Arkansas For God and Country, ive associate ourselves together for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to main- tain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hun- dred percent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the Great War; to incul- cate a sense of individual obligation to the community. State and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safe- guard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. A" At The County Court gets an American flag from Hommon Post, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania APRIL, 194 25 WANTED Eu PAUL H. GRIFFITH certain that proper at- Director, National Veterans' Employment Committee, tention is given to the The American Legion employment problems of veterans in all the local TATION W-O-R-K calling all social and economic disease appear offices. He is a federal veterans." brightest. America has embarked on a officer, a Legionnaire S: Assembly will sound next May national defense program which calls for himself, who has general 4th. Every day for a week it will the services of a vast army of workers supervision over the be repeated and unemployed veterans and now is the time to get jobs for un- placement work of the everywhere will be urged to report and employed veterans. For the first time in state and local offices in behalf of vet- register with the local employment offices the memory of World War veterans jobs erans and who cooperates with The operated by the Veterans' Placement are literally seeking men. The jobs are American Legion and other veteran or- Service. To get out the registration of not in Washington. They are not in the ganizations, with the Government and the jobless, local Legion Posts will can- pockets of Senators or Congressmen; nor industry, to promote jobs for veterans. vass their communities, locate the vet- in the custody of the director of the "Veterans" belong to the age-group erans out of work and steer them to the National Employment Committee. They known as "older" workers against whose convenient points of registration. are much closer to home. The local Vet- employment prejudices often arise. With Registration of unemployed veterans erans' Placement representative knows the aid of The American Legion the Vet- during employment week. May 4th-ioth best where they are; it is astounding for erans' Placement representative fights to this year, is a major policy adopted by how many veterans he is finding work. overcome these prejudices. He tries to the National Employment Committee Employment interests of veterans are interest employers in taking on veterans of The American Legion, under Chair- served by Veterans' Placement represen- on the basis of their individual abilities man Jack Crowley's direction. It is the tatives—one in each State—whose re- without regard to age; and he is succeed- first and basic step toward licking unem- sponsibility it is to see that employment ing to a remarkable degree. ployment among veterans at a time when preferences for veterans on certain gov- What the Veterans' Placement Service, prospects for victory against this grave ernment projects are observed. He makes with the cooperation of The American Legion, has done and is doing now to bring job Inspecting the work of an electrical class training project: and veteran together can per- haps Left to right, Oscar G. Jones, O. D. Hollenbeck, Paul Griffith, a best be illustrated by actual case trainee, Administrator Edwards, the class instructor, District histories. Here are a few taken from the of Columbia Commander W. H. Hargrave, and another trainee records of the District of Columbia Em- ployment Center. There was the case of Legionnaire A, who had served as a first lieutenant dur- ing the World War and remained in France after the Armistice. Opportuni- ties for employment had grown scarce. French citizenship had become a pre- requisite for a job in French industry. Legionnaire A left his family abroad and came to America to land a job. The Veterans' Placement representative found him a temporary position which he filled satisfactorily. When the time ran out, Veterans' Placement got him a second and later a third, until finally he located a permanent job with the Internal Rev- enue at $2600 a year. Today Legionnaire A has been joined by his family and they are now living on American soil. Then there was Legionnaire B, whose job in London was cut short by the war. He was rehabilitated in a position under the National Defense at a salary of $4600 a year. 26 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT WEEK-MAY 4th-Wth Secret Service also have called for Le- gionnaires to serve as guards. The only ones who could be referred were men who had applied for the Departmental Guard examination. Both agencies require an FBI investigation of their character. Men must be at least five feet, seven inches in their stocking feet. Many Legionnaires were referred to them and hired. The officers in charge stated these veterans were of the very best type and admirably suited for the job because of their military experience. During the Inauguration the Ford Motor Company, which furnished the cars for Governors of the States, called on The American Legion to furnish chauffeurs, and a number of unemployed veterans got the chance to earn money as well as witness the spectacle from a point of vantage. A short time ago. retraining classes were started in the various schools in the The Legion helps bring the District of Columbia. The Legion knew man and the job together there were numbers of men working on WPA projects who would be able to take their places in private industry with a and broke his leg and was confined to little additional training. They arranged Walter Reed Hospital for approximately to have these men entered in these classes one year. His child was about a year and up to the present writing more than old at the time he entered the hospital 25 of them have obtained jobs in private and because of the hospitalization his industry and in the Navy Yard. They are funds were exhausted. The gas and elec- now drawing mechanic's wages. Before tricity were cut off in his apartment, and this training they were only able to get he could not obtain milk for the child. approximately $54 a month on WPA He was a good lawyer and through the projects. Their present wages range from efforts of the Veterans' Placement rep- $160 to $200 a month. resentative he was placed with the Re- A recent case was referred by The construction Finance Corporation at American Legion in California, where $4200 a year and was later promoted to a disabled war veteran was rejected as a $6500 job. a farm agent in the Indian Service be- About three years ago contact was cause of a minor disability. This case made with the contractor who was erect- was taken up with the Indian Service, ing the Mellon Art Gallery and the the personel office of the Interior De- superintendent agreed to hire only dis- partment and the Civil Service Commis- abled war veterans as watchmen. This sion, and the man was placed in the job. These two cases are exceptional, of agreement was lived up to and the build- It is worth mentioning that he was re- course, but they show that "top" jobs, ing was only recently completed. It jected two years ago for the same kind too. are often available for the jobless reqjired a great number of guards, as of job. He appealed his case to the veteran. Most of the jobs, however, are there were many gates open to the build- Civil Service Commission and his name lower down the scale. ing. The guards worked on eight-hour was restored to the register. However, There was the case of a Legionnaire shifts. A great deal of care was taken in when he was rejected this time he made who was drawing ten dollars a month referring men who were qualified for this contact through The American Legion compensation for service-connected dis- job. The superintendent recently re- and the Veterans' Placement Service, ability. He. too. had remained in France ported that all veterans furnished wr ere who knew what to do and how to help after the Armistice and came to this of the best type and that he had no him. This time he got a job, not mere- country only after the collapse. He ar- trouble with any of them during the ly a restoration of his name on the rived destitute. The Veterans' Place- three years. Each of them was given a register. ment representative interested him in a letter of appreciation for his services A few years ago a disabled war vet- civil service examination and helped him which will help him obtain employment eran, who was drawing a small compen- file the papers for departmental guard. with other contractors in the commercial sation and had a large family, called for Today he is working for the Treasury field and will serve as a good reference help. The Veterans' Placement represen- Department in Washington at a salary when taking the Civil Service examina- tative contacted the Rehabilitation Serv- of $100 a month. tion for guard positions. ice and arranged for a three-year Three or four years ago. a veteran who The Potomac Electric Power Com- scholarship in the National University was a member of The American Legion pany upon request was furnished with a Law School, which resulted in his em- and served during the World War as a list of unemployed veterans and a num- ployment as a lawyer with the Govern- captain, came to Washington and opened ber of them got jobs as watchmen. ment. This was an outstanding case be- a law office. A short while later he fell The U. S. Engineers and the U. S. cause at the (Continued on page 41 1 APRIL, 1041 27 / It OLID IT CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM of the more men skeptical of his judg- ONEcharming vagar- ment and far from satis- ies of maturity Graduates of Legion Junior Baseball are fied with his vision. is the quaint il- Instead, the writer, not becoming more and more numerous in the lusion of everlasting youth as incongruously as it maintained stalwartly as a Major Leagues. Legionnaire Denton won't might appear, turns back- barricade against the years ward over almost three by the mature whose youth give Ernie Quigley's National Leaguers the decades and conjures up has fled. It is the troublous Mr. Quigley, not standing ferment that has spilled nod over Dan Barry's American Leaguers, statuesquely behind home over to create the folk- plate, but toppling from circuit's myth that old soldiers though he comes from the older the steps of a car attached never die. It is the blos- to a Union Pacific train. No. 1 town as of the moment. Maybe the somy wine that causes It was in the days when gentlemen of few teeth and American League fans will say there's a Mr. Quigley was the foot- little hair, who have passed ball coach at what was unwittingly from adoles- reason. Do you? then St. Mary's College in cence to obsolescence, to Kansas, and the writer was perk up when their rheumy a thirteen-year-old brat eyes light on what is currently known as getting larruped about four times weekly a Good-Looking Number, and, veering for being caught smoking on that splen- from the romantic, to recall, with scant did educational institution's handball al- regard for truth, deeds of derring-do no NIXSON DENTON leys, receiving such education as could less heroic because they never were. be imparted to him when the pain had Unfortunately, Legionnaires are not SPORTS EDITOR ebbed away. thing, being no The immune to this sort of Cincinnati Times-Star occasion of Mr. Quigley's great different, their own opinion notwith- tragedy was, oddly enough, a triumph. standing, than veterans of the Siege of We're in trouble already, as a mat- For the St. Mary's football team that Troy; the Greeks of the Anabasis; the ter of fact, due to two things—one, the afternoon had scored on the University Romans who divided all Gaul into three fact that we used to play baseball, but of Kansas. It hadn't scored enough, it parts and who have since been anathema unquestionably not as well as we think must be confessed, but that was beside to all school boys; the survivors of Val- we used to play it; and, two. because the point. ley Forge; the Johnny Rebs who were Ernie Quigley, dean of the National The student body-—at least the body the bright blades of Lee and the Yanks League umpiring staff, selected the All- had a leaven of students—proceeded to who were the bludgeon of Grant. Star National League team which ap- go off the reservation completely, and In a general way, of course, it doesn't pears in connection with this article. proceeded, in mob formation, to meet matter. Soldiers high and low from the Now, the trouble with the Quigley Quig and his homing heroes. far-off day of the first campfire have angle is that we knew him when. And, The shock must have been too great been that way—and so are Legionnaires. although we have seen him on every for Mr. Quigley. As the vestibule door But that does not render a Legionnaire National League diamond from Boston was opened by the porter, Quig opened unfit to practice surgery or to milk cows. to St. Louis, we have never managed to his mouth in surprise as the cheers rose. It doesn't bar him, by any manner of associate him completely with his base- And he must have closed his eyes, for means, from the bar (either kind), and ball surroundings: pointing with this he missed the step, landed on the station it shouldn't stop him if he wishes to hand or that and being firm with young platform and soon after in the hospital. make a scale model of If Mr. Quigley has the Taj Mahal out of closed his eyes since, toothpicks or carve except when capari- monkey heads from soned in robes de nuit. peach stones. no one has proved it ; But the writer sub- certainly not a ball- mits that no Legion- player. naire, unless carefully Certain persons, watched, should be en- who would seem to be trusted to write history, of the type who take up to and including the advantage of inno- history of American Le- cence, suggested a gion Junior Baseball for couple of weeks ago a i 940, throwing in a sort of game. That is. prospectus for 1941 as the writer was to beat good measure, which on his breast, double happens to be, thanks up his fists and ex- to the carelessness of plain in this article the Legion magazine, why The American Le- our present assignment. Dan Barry Ernie Quigley gion National League 28 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine Junior World Champions, the Albemarle, North Carolina, team which won the Little World Series in competition with San Diego, California All-Stars, selected by Mr. Quigley. would of Jim Tobin, of Boston, and Kirby out, should make him a diamond great, defeat the American Legion American Higbe, of Brooklyn, and Ken Raffens- not of last year and the year before, but League All-Stars, selected by Dan Barry. berger of the Cubs, probably doesn't of all time. The case of the American League was come up to the American League All-Star On the other hand, in the catching whether to be argued by another unsuspecting pitching brigade that is headed by the department, it is a question sports editor, from an American League great Bob Feller, of the Cleveland In- Birdie Tebbetts, of the American his enthusi- bailiwick, inasmuch as the writer is from dians, and includes John Rigney of the Leaguers, notwithstanding Cincinnati, the home of the Cincinnati White Sox and Hal Newhouser of the asm, his constantly increasing knowledge Reds. Detroit Tigers. of how to handle pitchers and a throw- But no. thank you. That would have Feller happens to have the qualities ing arm that makes opposition attempts involved experting. And having always that, barring an almost impossible wash- at stealing bases very precarious, is quite of been wrong when it up to Mickey Owens came to experting on the Brooklyn Dodgers. matters that could be Owens can backstop STAR TEAMS like nobody's business proved, such as prize THE ALL and he can hit when fights, World Series, AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE etc., we were in no hits matter. It is gen- erally known in base- mood to expert on Chosen by Dan Barry Chosen by Ernie Quigley something that couldn't ball circles that Larry Umpire, American League Umpire, National League be proved—a mythical MacPhail, of the Dodg- ers, is depending on the game between a couple George Case, Washington, C. F. Dominic Dallesandro. Chicago, R. V of aggrega- added strength that mythical Buddy Lewis, Washington, 3 B. Charlie Gilbert, Brooklyn, L. F. tions scattered all over Mickey will bring to Walter Judnich. St. Louis, L. F. Eddie Joost. Cincinnati, 2 B. the country. Flatbush to win the Ted Williams, Boston, R. F. Myron McCormick Cincinnati. C. I . Anyway, it appears 1 94 1 National League Joe Gordon, New York, S. S. Phil Cavarretta, Chicago, 1 B. to us that the teams, pennant. Bobby Doerr. Boston, 2 B. George E. Myatt, New York, S. S. actually, are pretty Owens has another Chubby Dean, Philadelphia, 1 B. Lee Handley. Pittsburgh, 3 B. evenly matched, not in quality that should fit Mike Tresh. Chicago, C. Mickey Owen, Brooklyn, C. all departments, but in him into the Brooklyn Pittsburgh, total strength. Birdie Tebbetts. Detroit, C. J. C. Schultz, C scene as a bride-to-be For example, the Na- Bob Feller, Cleveland, P. Jim Tobin, Boston, P. fits into a solitaire. A tional League Ail-Star John Rigney, Chicago, P. Kirby Higbe. Brooklyn, P. fine gentleman off the mound staff, consisting Hal Newhouser, Detroit, P. Ken Raffensberger, Chicago, P. (Continued on page 42) APRIL, 1941 29 Breaking ground for the Mei torial Museum of The American Legic at Newport News, Virginia —a building that will house an inte nationally-known collection f World War weapons and equipmei t SOMETHING more than a dozen is hardly probable, will ever again be years ago the members of Braxton- duplicated. Perkins Post of Newport News, The Memorial Museum is dedicated Virginia, set about collecting a not only to the soldier sons of Virginia few World War relics to decorate their who served their flag during the World Post home. It was then the intention War, but it is also dedicated to the to assemble a modest collection of arms soldier sons of other States who passed and equipment which could be displayed through the port of Newport News dur- on the walls and about the club rooms, ing the period of 191 7 to 1919 en route established as a national memorial. and there was at first no thought of to or returning from overseas; 702,966 The museum collection is all embrac- building the collection into museum pro- men, in exact numbers, who came from ing, running the entire scale from buttons portions. The idea, however, caught the every State in the American Union. In and mess gear to 8-inch howitzers and intense interest of a group of members that ^ense the Virginia museum has been seven-ton whippet tanks, all of which who were more or less historically grew from the idea of gathering a few minded and, before a definite plan had relics to decorate a Legion hall. On Janu- been outlined, the relics piled up in ary 1, 1936, after the collection had out- greater numbers than could be conveni- grown the Post facilities to care for it, ently cared for. Then another idea was an inventory was taken—there were then born—the establishment of an American 1,292 pieces, large and small, on hand. Legion Memorial Museum. The group most interested in forming Now, after years of work and planning, the collection, headed by George Col- that Memorial Museum is to become a lings, were confirmed in the conviction reality. The Museum building constructed that some effort should be made to pro- to meet the special needs of such a vide for the permanent preservation of collection, located in the city-owned the collection, and that it should be Huntington Park, Newport News, is made available to the general public. well under way and before the summer The first step, it seemed, was to obtain is far advanced its doors will be thrown the approval of the Department of Vir- open to receive visitors who throng to ginia for the creation of a Virginia that gateway to the Old Dominion and, Legion Museum and to get the state for that matter, one of the great organization behind the movement. That gateways to America. There will be seen was accomplished at the Department one of the first museum collections of its Convention held at Roanoke in 1936 kind in the world—the like of which, it when Past Department Commander John The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine J. Wicker, Jr., introduced a resolution Past Commander of Braxton-Perkins creating such a memorial and pledging Post, assumed the contract to erect the the support of the Department. But an- building at a cost substantially lower other obstacle arose; more funds were than any other bidder. needed than could be supplied from How was this collection brought to- Legion sources, so Comrade Collings, gether? That's a story, a long one and who had been named State Director, a very good one. The inventory of Janu- and the committee in charge turned to ary, 1936, set a measure for what could the State of Virginia for some financial be accomplished if Director Collings and assistance. Again it was Legionnaire his group worked hard enough at the Wicker who took charge of the bill and job. They did work, and the museum guided it through to an ultimate appro- with its tanks, big guns, little guns, priation of $15,000, though it took three trucks, and on down the scale to pigeon Legislatures, spaced two years apart, to coops, medals and buttons is a monument do it. The City of Newport News, on a to their energy and, one might say, in- referendum approved by the voters, ap- genuity. The collection cost money to propriated the sum of $14,995 to apply assemble, even though the major portion on the building. The money made avail- of pieces in the collection were contri- able, it was not until January 11. 1941, buted. To meet that emergency, the transportation of freight placed on the that all preliminaries were completed and Director and committee arranged with dock at Le Havre, France, and with the ground was broken for the construction the Roosevelt Steamship Line for free Black Diamond Steamship Line for pieces from the docks at Antwerp, Bel- gium. Some American railways extended like courtesies, thus overcoming one of the major costs in getting heavy pieces to Newport News. Director Collings made a tour of Europe in 1937, collect- ing and arranging for shipment. Other important exhibits were secured through the good orifices of Senator Harry Flood Byrd, who contacted the embassies in Washington. The inventories of every American fort, post, depot and arsenal were inspected by the Museum Commit- tee and application was made for all surplus material relating to the war. Other contributions came from Legion- naires and their families, rounding out what is claimed to be the most complete museum of World War military equip- ment in America, if not in the world. Just to give an idea of some of the things the Virginia Memorial Museum will show when its doors are thrown open to visitors, there are thirty-two different types of machine guns; 117 different silver Charlottesville and Albemarle Post won the cup offered kinds of rifles; tanks; eight-inch howit- by the Forty 'n' Eight to membership champ of 7th Virginia zers down to trench mortars; Liberty and District. Below, members of William Leach Post, Olympia, F. W. D. trucks; uniforms of all the Washington, planted rhododendrons on the Capitol grounds of the specially designed building. Built to house an unusual collection, the building itself is constructed along unusual lines; a brick and concrete structure 150 feet long by 50 feet wide, without a stick of wood in it, and there- fore absolutely fireproof. It is also with- out windows, all light comes in from the roof, so arranged that the direct rays strike at a point three feet above the floor. Two sets of steel doors make it semi-burglar-proof, providing against theft of portable pieces and items of great intrinsic value. The plans and specifications were furnished without cost to the committee by Homer L. Ferguson, President of the Newport News Ship- building and Dry Dock Company, and were made in the shipyards by men who had designed museum buildings for the great Huntington Estate in California and elsewhere. Ralph G. Newsome, a APRIL, 1941 7.1 Allies; medals; five types of pigeon coops; mess gear; rolling kitchens; medi- cal equipment operating tables and sur- ; gical instruments; signal equipment, and on through the list of all sorts of things used by troops during the war. In fact this museum has set as its objective the presentation of a cross-section of World War weapons, tools and auxiliary agents. Director Collings admits that some foreign museums excel the Virginia col- lection in uniforms and paintings, but that deficiency is made up by a collection of 115 World War posters, mounted, framed and ready for hanging on the walls. The lack of uniforms can be made up later, but Europe will prove a poor hunting ground for World War guns, large and small, and other pieces con- taining metal, after the conclusion of the present war. All these pieces, if reports are accurate, are going into foundries to be cast anew into weapons of de- struction. The Memorial Museum of The Ameri- "Second to none and next to nothing" is the Davis King Summers can Legion, Department of Virginia, has D & B Corps of Chattanooga, Tennessee, but when the social meet- been set up to endure through the ages. ing of their Last Man's Club is held the wives and daughters attend When the Legion passes out of the pic- ture, all relics and property owned by naires who hail from other Departments members, but long ago it was discovered the museum will become the property of may remember it, however, as the outfit that the greatest thing to be gotten out the City of Newport News to be carried that marches in mud-splattered, wartime of the Corps was comradeship. We have on as a memorial. The Department uniforms, with full equipment. Our corps never missed a Department competition, Museum Committee, under whose gen- has made all the Department Conven- and have never entered a National con- eral supervision the plans have been tions and more than half of the National test; we have always followed the policy worked out, is composed of twenty-eight Conventions since 1924. of working at our Department affairs Legionnaires, including Department offi- "For seventeen years this outfit has and playing at the National meets. So cers and leaders in the Department. In been everything a drum corps should not when part of our Corps attended the addition, this Committee has had the be. Everybody in it has had his say, Boston Convention the part that stayed benefit of the counsel and advice of an abused the Corps and defended it, told at home conceived the idea of organ- Advisory Committee composed of Sena- what was wrong with it and contributed izing a Last Man's Club. Now we've got tor Harry Flood Byrd, H. L. Ferguson toward helping it, fought for it and it, with a scheduled meeting every third and C. K. Hutchens. against it. It has had 108 Legionnaire month; all are eligible who served with the Corps at any time up to November "Second to None" 1, 1940. It's still a great outfit and we THIS narrative." says Donald M. hope to see you all at the National Con- Johnson, Vice President and His- vention in Milwaukee next September." torian, "deals solely with the Drum and Bugle Corps of Davis King Summers Still in Service Post, Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is the under the handicap of oldest drum corps in the Department, and WORKING total blindness, one of the most has always been known locally as 'second efficient Service Officers in the Depart- to none and next to nothing.' Legion- ment of Oklahoma is W. S. Rodgers, who fills that office in Green-Bryant Post at Durant. Known as "Sonny" through- out the Department, he maintains his home at Colbert, "the only address I have ever had, except while I was in service during the World War," he says, but each day he is driven the few miles to Durant where he keeps his office open and takes care of the problems that con- front his comrades. He has frequently been commended for his work in straight- ening out the tangled threads of many knotty service problrms. W. S. (Sonny) Rodgers, Service The going has not been easy for Officer of Green-Bryant Post, Du- "Sonny" Rodgers, for during the years rant, Oklahoma, carries on his when he had full use of both his eyes work despite total blindness. His there was in his home his father. Thomas late father, Thomas G. Rodgers, Guinn Rodgers, who was blinded by in- at left, was blinded in service of fection from gunshot wounds in the face, the Confederate States Army arm and shoulder while in the service 32 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine — of the Confederate States Army Sons of the Legion Squadron. during the Civil War. It was an That, it seems, adds up to a odd quirk of fate that sent the Legion family." son out of the Argonne to spend the rest of his life in darkness. Guam Post 'I'm /is Out The father, Thomas Guinn Rodgers, served with Company THERE are very few Posts, I, 2d Tennessee Cavalry, from wherever placed, that tan 1 86 1 until he was wounded and boast of a one hundred percent captured. When sent home in attendance at any meeting. Mid- 1865 he had about .3 vision, but Pacific Post at Agana, Guam, from 1889 until his death he had a full turn-out of its one could not distinguish between hundred and one members for the daylight and darkness. He was observance of ceremonies com- killed in a storm in May, 1920, memorating the World War Arm- when within a few months of his istice, and to attend a high mass 96th birthday, while visiting a at the Agana Cathedral, writes daughter at Wilmer, Texas. Adjutant Juan S. San Nicholas. "Sonny" Rodgers enlisted at Mid-Pacific Post was organ- Durant in May, 191 8, and after ized in 1930 by Sailor John A. a period of training with Com- McCormack, one of the early pany L, 141st Infantry, at Fort National Vice Commanders. Worth, Texas, he was sent over- elected in 1922 from the Depart- seas and assigned to Company G, ment of Colorado—who served 167th Infantry, but on Novem- as its first Commander. It lias ber 3, 1 91 8, he was transferred continued as one of the active to Company G, 324th Infantry, outposts of the national organiza- 81st Division, and on the 7th, Elizabeth and Caroline Layton, tion, with a high average mem- "with when operating his Regi- twins, are the high-stepping, trick- bership. The 1 941 Commander is ment just south of Verdun, he was and-chic baton twirlers of Homer M. Sgambelluri. wounded and burned by mustard gas, L. Ewan Post, Clayton, New Jersey with the result that he has been blind That Record since discharge. Some little vision was picture enclosed. They are fifteen years "TSN'T this some kind of record?" given him during the late 1920's by an old, five feet, three inches tall, weigh JL asks Post Commander Bill Ham- operation, but that little faded after pounds, have brown hair mond of Lancaster (Ohio) Post. about three years. 103 with a glint in it, and starry blue eyes. "We've had twenty-four Post Com- Notwithstanding his handicap, "Sonny" Twirlers? they are champs! Two girls, each with manders since the Post was organized in Rodgers is still in service. — two batons. They led the Band to top 1 9 1 q. Twenty-three are alive and are Twin Baton T^v triers place in the 1940 competition. active members. For these and all future "But the girls are not the only ones Commanders we have an organization ""\TOT that we want to start any- of the Layton family w'ho have some in- called the 'Black Cat Club' which meets, -L > thing." writes Howard Lore, Pub- terest in the Legion. Father, Fred R. whenever Friday falls on the thirteenth licity Officer of Homer L. Ewan Post Layton, Sr., is a four-star member and of the month, for the very definite pur- of Clayton. New Jersey, "but we be- Past Commander of Homer L. Ewan pose of promoting the welfare of the lieve we have something unique in our Post; mother, Mae C. Layton, charter Post and its members. twin baton-twirling Junior Band major- member of the Auxiliary and at present "Over the years we have bought and ettes—the Layton sisters, Elizabeth on its Vice President; brothers, Fred, Jr., paid for a $25,000 home and have quite a the left and Caroline on the right in the and Boyd, both charter members of the sizeable nest egg (Continued on page 60) Mid-Pacific Post, at Agana, Guam Island, out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, musters a full attendance of its 101 members for Armistice celebration The above snapshot of the Alsatian, STRANGE, isn't it, how every so in convoy, was a surprise gift years his question as to which transport I often out of a clear sky something later to a doughboy who sailed to was on I said the Alsatian, he remarked, will come along to reopen the the A. E. F. on her in 1918 'Why, I have a picture of that ship that channels of memory back to the I snapped when we were off Halifax.' days of our service. Either an unex- He got out the print and, sure enough, pected meeting with a man of your old there was the old Alsatian, with the outfit, or a casual conversation with U. S. S. Cruiser San Diego, which led some other veteran from which it will the convoy, showing out ahead. develop that your outfit followed in the "The San Diego led the convoy, the path of his in the A. E. F., or vice versa, Alsatian, an Auxiliary Cruiser of the that his artillery regiment supported British Navy, followed, and the rest your infantry regiment in one of the of the ships, formed in an inverted V, offensives, or perhaps that you even trailed out behind, flanked by a group traveled on the same transport, either of destroyers. We sailed on July 14, going over or coming back. 1918, and the following day the Sa?i Such an instance was reported to us Diego turned back and sank off Fire recently by Legionnaire E. R. Sizer of Island Light, near New York Harbor, 3724 South Thompson Avenue. Tacoma, after either being torpedoed or striking Washington, who boasts that Company a mine. C, 316th Supply Train, with which he "All of the 600 officers and men of the served during the war, was "the best 316th Supply Train were loaded onto feeding outfit in the gist Division." At the Alsatian, as all available space on the top of the page you will find a pic- vessels had to be utilized, but at that ture that Sizer submitted, about which I guess we had a little the better of it, he tells this story: as the Alsatian was a former Allan "The enclosed picture is an enlarge- Line passenger ship and had quite good ment of a snapshot taken by Harry staterooms and accommodations. The Hupp from one of the transports in a first few days English navy cooks pre- convoy of thirteen ships that carried the pared our chow, but we were soon fed 91st Division overseas. up on their type of grub and cooking, "On a visit to my neighboring State so our officers made a deal whereby the of Idaho a few years back, I met Harry rations were issued to our own mess Hupp and we got to comparing notes of sergeants, and our own cooks and K. P.'s our World War service. We discovered prepared them. Everything was fine after that we had both been in the 91st Divi- that. sion and had gone across to the A. E. F. "Harry Hupp gave me the small in the same convoy. When in reply to negative of this picture and I had some 34 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine enlarged prints made, which had the means to visit Eu- 1 Said - J- dcn\\ provided me also with a "Pobct-o clock.'.'? rope. That condition, how- like re\fe\'f>v\ so ever, changed radically after negative of the enlargement. 1 v\ever keered tell If any of the old 316th Sup- eadv^oA acc'-h some two million American ply Train gang wants a copy "tourists" in service uni- Td We to a[\\r of the picture, I can get forms made the Atlantic them printed and mailed for u£- 11:05 a. 11 . . July 19. 1918, while the DURING the years before our coun- and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium on the ship was in passage from Portsmouth, try entered actively in the "war occasion of their visit on March 19, New Hampshire, to New York City. The to end all wars," back in 191 7, it was 1919. It was taken as they alighted from ship listed to port and finally rolled over the privilege of comparatively few- their car at the Hotel de Yille—or City and sank, bottom up. at about 11:25 Americans to find themselves in the Hall. a. m. on the same day. All of the crew presence of royalty. The privilege was "This is how I happened to be there: except six men—Clyde Chester Blaine, largely restricted to those Americans who I began my service at Camp Dix. New Jersey, with Company D, 3 1 1 th Infantry. I arrived when the camp was still an infant and our company was used as a policing outfit, cleaning up after the crews of carpenters when they finished a barracks. During the first week or so of service, my captain called me into the Orderly Room to complete my service record and in the proces of filling out the form, came to the ques- tion, 'Have you any musical ability?' I answered, 'No,' but for some reason he repeated the question and then I ad- mitted that I had played the drums in civilian life but only for my own amuse- ment. He said, 'Well, we'll put you down as a musician, anyway.' I mention this incident because it really changed my whole career in the Army. "Only a short time afterward a call went out to each company for eleven men to be sent to another section of camp to form what was called the Provisional Recruit Battalion. The idea was to as- semble specialists in all lines of work Royalty visits the A. E. F. The King and Queen of the Belgians ar- for shipment to France where they would rive in Chaumont, France, in March, 1919, to call upon General Pershing be available for call by outfits which APRIL, i 9+ i 35 Tourists in O. D. visit the emplacement of "Big Bertha" near Laon, France, after the Armistice. The mammoth gun which shelled Paris, some seventy-five miles away, had long before been removed needed certain craftsmen. We were sent "After the Armistice, General Per- known as the Field Music and did not to France shortly after I joined the out- shing wished to have organized a top- have to take the examination, so stayed fit and after landing at Brest, were sent notch band and while Walter Damrosch, on. with the new band. to a small town called Selles-sur-Cher. the great conductor, was still in France, "After the new band was fully organ- About two weeks later there came a call had men from different A. E. F. bands ized, we were taken to Paris and stayed from the 6th Field Artillery Band for send to G. H. Q. for musical examina- there for about two weeks, during which two musicians, and another soldier and tions by Damrosch. The men who passed time we played a number of concerts at 1 were detailed for those jobs. were kept at G. H. Q., those who didn't the Paris Opera House, the Palais de "Our band duties were light—a daily were returned to their outfits. In this Glace and other places. Our band was rehearsal from 10 to n A. M., later at way a band of about 105 pieces was called upon to play when the formal ii :3<3 A. M. we played for formal guard formed. entrance of the Allied troops into Metz mount, and then a band concert from Some of the band's members had took place. [See II 'e Were in Metz, 2 till 3 p. m., which finished our chores formerly played in the Boston Sym- page 12 of this issue.—Ed.] for the day ... I had a bit of a knack phony, Philadelphia Symphony and other "The entire band was finally brought for cartooning and when The Stars and renowned musical organizations. I was back to the States, arriving the day Stripes was first being organized, a staff a member of that part of the band before Easter, 191 9. We made a two- member of the paper months' tour of all wanted me to go to the big cities from Paris as its cartoon- Boston as far west as ist. I finally con- Chicago, including vinced him that I Cincinnati and Louis- didn't have the nec- ville, Kentucky. We essary experience for were in New York the job. City twice during the ".tbout the pic- tour, playing at the lure showing the Bel- old Hippodrome. Dur- gian king and queen, ing the tour we were there isn't much under the supervision to tell. Of course of the Fifth Liberty we were all excited Loan Committee. when we were told "Our tour finally that we were to play ended in Washington, at the formal re- D. C, when we were ception which was given a thirty-day given at the Hotel leave of absence, after de Ville, but it all which we were ex- turned out to be the same old routine— Added to our gallery of brothers- pected to sail for London, England, to the same as when on Christmas Day, in-service are, left, the Vodicka take part in some sort of a big celebra- 191 8, we were called upon to play at quartette of Kalona, Iowa, and, tion. We all returned to West Potomac the regimental review for President right, the Robillards of West Barracks in Washington after the leave, Wilson and General Pershing. Brighton, New York but after a week or so were finally dis- 36 Tht AMERICAN LEGION Magazine — — charged. I wonder where all those musi- and wounding 640. Seven of these guns cians are now—I'd like to hear from were manufactured. The life of each them." gun was but 50 rounds, when it had to be rebored to a somewhat larger caliber.'' EACH new war—and there are plenty Additional data is contained in this of them right now to choose from item in The Encyclopaedia Britannica: brings forth bigger and better and more Big Bertha, the nickname of the Ger- horrible engines of destruction. Perhaps man long-range gun (from Frau Bertha the biggest of our particular war. al- von Bohlen, principal proprietor of Krupp's factory, where it was made), though it didn't prove to be very efficient which in 1918 shelled Paris from the or practicable, was the famed gun that forest of Coucy at a range of 76 miles. from a great distance shelled Paris. The bombardment commenced on March Everyone will remember ''Big Bertha." 23rd and extended over 140 days, tiring taking place about every third day; 256 the huge gun which the enemy used, not people were killed, but the moral effect, so much for its destructive qualities as after the first day, was slight. The most Other families well represented in uniform during the World War in- to break down the morale of the people cluded, at top, the Beardens of Lin- serious losses were caused on Good Fri- in the French capital. coln, Arkansas; left, the Peytons day, March 29th, when 156 were killed or wounded in the church at St. Gervais. With the picture of the emplacement of Huntington, West Virginia, and, The piece was a high velocity gun made of the mammoth piece of munitions that right, the Curry family of Phila- by boring out a 15-in. naval gun and is shown, came this report from Claude delphia inserting a projecting tube of 21 cm. cali- Van Winkle of 514 Main Street, Jasper, ber which was re-bored to a larger width Indiana, who belongs to the Legion Post as it became worn, and by lengthening the muzzle increased the range. The in that city: This department itself was curious to weight of the shell tired was 264 lb. and "I am submitting a snapshot picture learn more about "Big Bertha" and so that of the piece, which was on a railway of the emplacement of 'Big Bertha' did a little digging in the Legion Maga- mounting, 142 tons. that was taken on April 6, 1919. I am zine's reference library. The following is the soldier at the right indicated by the extracted from The Paris Gun by cc ( )RI>I\'( i In our re< olid lion, it arrow. I also have a souvenir of this Colonel Henry W. Miller: "This gun a : noted spot. In the picture you can was afterwards known as 'Big Bertha.' training days of our war period to obtain see an attempt had been made to It was 120 feet long, caliber 8^ inches, passes or leaves of absence and so we're destroy the emplacement and many and used a shell weighing 264 pounds. It surprised that so many family reunions rivets had been sheared off—so I was fired from different positions, at of brothers-in-service took place back in swiped one of the rivet heads and still ranges varying from 56 to 75 miles, and 191 7 and 1 918. Vou may remember that have it. at intervals from March 23rd to August in the March, 1940. Then and Now pages "I served as cook and dietitian in the 9th. using 367 shells, killing 250 people we showed pictures of the four Burks Medical Department with Camp brothers of Texas and the four Hospital No. 37, attached to the Morelli brothers of New Jersey Air Service Production Center No. not because four men of one v o\ln bovoujeii cm 2 at Romorantin. France. On April family in service was an unusual a Iwie Kxvrieh\ io 4, 1 91 9, I obtained a ten-day leave happening, as some families I like -K»e had , Stxfqe- the Alps, Reims. Chateau- six to to French WUasic iuke*\ I clicks mu eight menfolks in uniform, Thierry. Belleau Woods and to many and qiV a nice but because we thought it sur- » of the sectors of war-torn France, e tco prising that the brothers got to- including the emplacement of Big gether from different outfits —tu&. and Bertha, near Laon. I recall during SALUtiN<& different camps and had such group my visit to Belleau Woods on April Demow APRIL, 194! 37 — is the Wisconsin River, with a range of high hills—a stream more picturesque MILWAUKEE than the Hudson and with little of its fa natural beauty marred. Near are the Dells of Wisconsin, a scene of wild waters and weird rock formations. In Southwestern Wisconsin large hills rise one after another in almost endless {Continued from page 3) arrive at a modern municipal airport only succession, presenting a view that rivals Milwaukee is a city of homes and three miles from downtown Milwaukee. the Green Mountains of Vermont. home-loving people. Beautiful residen- The hotels in Milwaukee are all the Sixty miles north of Milwaukee is tial districts in all parts of the city bear very finest and the accommodations are Lake Winnebago, named after the most evidence to that fact. We are proud of ample. The Milwaukee Auditorium and eastern tribes of Sioux Indians. It is fully being the healthiest city—a consistent most of the hotels are within walking 28 miles long and very wide. winner in national safety and health distance of each other. The city is com- Then there is the North Woods—the contests—and, also of having the lowest pactly and conveniently arranged. home of the pine; the region of lakes fire losses in the country. Because of the many nationalities without number, lakes that teem with We are proud of the many parks and represented within the city, Milwaukee game fish, a territory alive with streams playgrounds scattered throughout the boasts of some very fine eating places. and seething falls. city covering an area of more than 1.500 From big, comfortable restaurants to This is only a brief summary of the acres; of the educational advantages in small homey, intimate cafes with a true vacation lure in Wisconsin—of which city and private schools and colleges; of atmosphere of conviviality, we have here Milwaukee is the gateway. the Public Library and Museum which good, tasty food of all kinds. By all means let me urge you now to has a noted collection of Indian history Don't forget that when you come to visit Milwaukee in September—attend and Early American characterizations. Milwaukee you will be visiting the State the great Legion reunion. It is easy to get to Milwaukee. Its cen- with the finest recreational facilities in In Milwaukee—democracy is alive tral location makes it easily accessible the country. Who has not heard of fish- ours is a typical American city developed from all parts of the United States at ing in Northern Wisconsin! by the zeal and enthusiasm of brave surprisingly low travel rates. You can Just outside of Milwaukee, southwest, pioneers and carried to prominence and come to Milwaukee by an overnight train west and northwest, within a ride of from world fame by honest, hard-working citi- ride or less by motorcar over a network one to two hours by train or motor car, zens whose interest is AMERICA and ; of fine interesting highways; by steam- are scores of lakes, most of them large, its welfare. ships over Lake Michigan which afford and all of them possessing tree-lined We'll see you soon—and recalling the ferry and overnight service; by airplane shores that are a joy to see. campaign slogan—"It IS Milwaukee in over Lake Michigan or over land and Within a hundred miles of Milwaukee 1941!" {Continued from page 2j) meter guns also largely of World War The Ahmv goes mro High stock, although new mortars and new 75 field guns are coming rapidly from the On smashing through at a given point, armed might, any army would find itself arsenals. the German formations drove ahead. in a sorry plight standing against such Back of these come new types of army Cyclists dashed on into French territory weapons, training and organization. corps and army weapons. Antitank bat- to disrupt telephone and telegraph com- All of which gives some idea of the talions, armored divisions, mechanized munications. Parachute troops leaping vast job of organizing, training and divisions, antiaircraft regiments, tank from 500 feet, even from as low as 350 equipping our own new Army, an Army regiments, heavy long-range artillery, and feet, seized other strategic points far in that must be equal to the task of de- finally the might of the air corps. the French rear, further disrupted com- fending the country against any force The purpose of these is to help the munications, spread wild rumor and that might ever dally with the idea of doughboy get ahead; in a word they are played havoc generally. Many a French attacking us. various adaptations of artillery might. commander found himself cut off from No other nation on earth could have To gain some picture of their necessity all communications with his corps or done what the United States did in in modern practice, check over the Ger- army. Rout was inevitable. World War I: Raise an Army of 4,000,- man attacks of the past year. Ahead of All of this the German machine ac- 000 men, project more than 2,000,000 the infantry rolled huge tanks, spitting complished with a perfection of detail soldiers to European battlefields and at fire and flame from their mobile citadels. and coordination that was irresistible. the same time organize industry and Behind the heavy tanks came medium Through long years every contingency manpower in readiness to double or triple tanks, then lighter tanks; behind the had been studied, the answer prepared. that force if necessary for war to the tanks, mechanized outfits with speedy If the Germans needed to bridge a river, utmost. No other nation on earth could vehicles equipped with various types of up rolled pontoon engineers with a bridge hope to accomplish what this country is machine guns; behind them motorcycle all ready to fit this very place and now undertaking on its own. It is only troops also armed with machine guns, stream. Gasoline supplies came along in American initiative, energy, ingenuity, rifles, pistols, grenades. a perfect rhythm to keep the steel mon- determination and character that can And before the tanks struck, great sters rolling. Food shuttled forward for perform this miracle without misgivings waves of bombers dived on the French the infantry, foot soldiers hardened by as to success, no matter what turn world concentrations raining heavy bombs and past training to cover thirty miles a day events later may take. followed by fighter planes with their on foot for many days in succession. On successive fronts the job moves machine gun fire. It was on the heels of From that glimpse of 1940 combat, the ahead. Industry steps slowly but surely this terrorizing attack that the armored World War I veteran will see that today into stride. Uncomplainingly and with divisions struck. Plodding along behind finds a much better organized and solemn determination the country faces all that avalanche of fright fulness came equipped foeman than the one he faced its necessities. Industry's ablest men are the German infantry to close the deal, on the Marne or in the Argonne. And brought into service. All see that today's occupy, hold. that without a similar or equal array of infantryman needs help, more help, if he 38 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine is to defend the country should danger But gradually all troops work toward meter or 81-millimeter mortar, a 37- threaten. Pie must have innumerable that day when their fighting teams can millimeter antitank gun or a new ma- motors in which to whirl up to the scene go forth in maneuvers of the higher chine gun and his enthusiasm knows no of possible invasion. He must have tanks units. Probably late this spring some bounds. Crews of these weapons all but to meet tanks, planes to fight planes, troops will be ready to operate as Di- take their ordnance to bed with them. every manner of new defensive and of- visions, by fall, even Field Armies may Even our parachute troops are well ad- fensive weapon to back him up. be brought together for war games. Con- vanced. The first parachutist battalion, Likewise there must be protection for sidering that an Army Corps comprises recently organized with station at Ft. civilian populations in these days of the 45,000 men, or more, and that a Field Benning, Georgia, is able to put on a devastating sky marauder. Antiaircraft Army may have 175.000 or more, the first-class attack. These parachutists regiments must be on a scale commen- chore of shuttling such forces around were selected from soldiers of one year surate with the job of defending our the maneuver checkerboard is not a or more of training, all volunteers for parachute work. They have arduous hardening drills as well as technical and tactical training. They work regularly at the adventurous exploit of leaping, in number, from transport planes flying at 750 feet. On jumping they are armed with pistol, knife and grenades; putting their machine guns, rifles and mortars to earth in special parachutes, forming quickly for assault with all weapons once they reach solid ground. Along with all this training of combat troops is the lining up of service organ- ization: mobile field hospitals equipped with every facility of the modern hos- 'Optimistic—eh, Jones?" pital, engineer battalions and regiments of various types, quartermaster trains, signal corps organizations that utilize cities. Every modern means of combat- simple one. Imagine taking the whole ting bombers must be organized and population of a city of some 200,000 every modern method of communication, smaller service units embodying made available. Our own sky fleets, persons on an articulated pilgrimage, sup- and bombing, attack, pursuit, reconnaissance, plying them and administering them as specialists in every trade. must be equal to the best, or better. they move over wide horizons, fanning How ready, today, are the first 600,- 000 for active field service? So it is with the end of preparing man- them out into orderly maneuvers in power for all these defenses that 600.000 which they respond skilfully to the will Frankly, not very ready. Germany men train from daylight to dark every of a single individual. That gives you spent years on Hitler's present army. The day, many of them living in tents some idea of the responsibility of an United States will require many more through the winter and working on with- Army commander. months to do an efficient job of it. Rapid out regard to weather and personal com- In World War I the United States had expansion is one drawback to early fight- forts, always without complaint; and for no single Army Corps until the middle ing efficiency. All Divisions now in the this same mission another 900.000, or of 1918, following the second Marne. field are being increased at this moment more, must report as rapidly as they can Then our First Army Corps was estab- to full war strength, which means 18,000 be housed and equipped. lished, under General Hunter Liggett. for each Guard Division, nearly 14,000 For the men as they come into service Not until September did we have a for Regular Army Divisions. Add forty it is much the same old story of World Field Army, of which General Pershing percent of new men, wholly untrained, to War I. Basic drill for long, hard weeks, took personal command, later turning it any organization, and months are re- beginning with school of the soldier; how over to General Liggett during the Ar- quired to absorb the influx. Moreover, to stand, how to march, salute, care of gonne offensive. The Armistice found when the Army and Guard Divisions are self and equipment, how to subordinate our Second Field Army lined up, though full up, new Divisions must be formed. one's self to the necessity of strict disci- not in full flower. That means the withdrawal of thousands pline. During this period the soldier In our new forces, General George C. of trained officers and noncoms from ex- learns to handle his weapons, take care Marshall, head of the Army and the man isting Divisions to supplement officers of his equipment or shape himself into responsible for its future, is looking drawn in at this late date from the re- his specialty if he is not a combat man. ahead. With his genius for organization serve corps for new units. Pinally he fits himself into the teamplay and direction and his broad, realistic Supposing corps maneuvers and army of his squad, his platoon and company vision of necessities, General Marshall is maneuvers are held in late spring and and learns the fire and maneuver of laying down his corps and armies. Today, early autumn, only the initial 600.000 minor tactics. It may be that, by apti- we have six Army Corps well advanced will be ready for the tests. By late tude and application, he wins his first in organization and four Field Armies. autumn we should have close to a million chevrons during this time, or even a Each of these has its commander and men in various degrees of training for chance to qualify for commission. This staff. Corps commanders are directing active service. new Army has hundreds of junior officers the training of their Divisions, field army But the important thing is that a sub- who had not donned a uniform one year commanders direct the training of their stantial foundation has been laid for ago. Thousands more officers will come coips. All of these commanders, without whatever armies we may need, the task from the ranks in the future. a single exception, are veterans of World moves smoothly ahead under the highly Basic training, of course, is only a be- War I as are the key men on their staffs. efficient direction of General Marshall ginning. But here is laid the foundation Likewise every Division Commander is and the seasoned experts of his staffs, of military education for all ranks, educa- an officer who served with the United and 1 94 1 will see coordination shaping tion that is never completed since the States Army in the World War. up to the final point where he can move profession of arms has so many require- As for the men who are learning to and maneuver huge masses of men to ments and ramifications that no man ever handle the new weapons, their progress meet any threat that may shape itself lives long enough to know it all. is rapid. Give a doughboy a 60-milli- against us. APRIL, 1941 39 "Promote Peace and Good Will" members who gather at meetings and participate in the Post's affairs. Here again the man of foreign descent may {Continued from page 15) The banker's son and the son of his be seated beside the native born or the to "practise what we preach" if our janitor may have occupied the same former captain may be serving on a objective of "Peace on Earth" is to be quarters to find that both enjoyed a like committee headed by his "dog robber" reached. recreation when off duty and experienced of service days. Tolerance and understanding are as the same thrill on receiving a letter or Membership in the Legion extends to essential to nations as they are to in- on hearing the bugler sound "Pay Call." men and women of all races and re- dividuals if peace and good will are to The boy from the farm, perhaps, be- ligions, all nationalities and political exist among them. came the buddy of the boy from the parties. These veterans who have seen The American Legion has always big city and they soon found out that war know best the advantages of peace. advocated maintenance of friendly re- each had formed a grossly inaccurate They "speak the same language" when lations with other nations and has sought idea of the other because both had ac- it comes to the subject of citizenship to insure a standard of government that cepted propaganda as fact. When they and the rights that are due each citizen would warrant the continued respect of returned home these boys became am- to pursue his own happiness. Those of other nations. Its voice has frequently bassadors of good will between their a faith or nativity whose people in other been heard asking for the adoption of respective communities. countries are now being subjected to policies that champion the cause of Each Department in its State and each the miseries and abuses of intolerance peace. Post in its locality does much to pro- can do much among their own people As individuals, we of the Legion have mote good will through its Americanism in this country in teaching them to re- learned by experience the benefits that and community service programs. Spon- spect and cherish the tolerance they are come with tolerance and understanding. sorship of Boy Scout troops, annual permitted to enjoy here. Service in the armed forces of our nation Boys' State encampments, district and The right to govern in The American gave to us an indelible education, department junior baseball tournaments, Legion, of course, rests on the vote of whether that service was on board ship oratorical contests and the many other the majority. This places an important or in a training camp, on the battle- youth activities conducted by the Legion responsibility on the shoulders of each field or in a hospital, on foreign soil do much to create among the boys of individual Legionnaire as it does on or in our homeland. different communities in each State that each citizen. "To promote Peace and That service provided us with an op- broad understanding which veterans ac- Good Will on Earth" we must support portunity to learn what goes on in quired from their service. Participation that principle in act and deed. We must communities other than those in which in these programs makes for better citi- accord to our fellow man the same we had lived and to know the thoughts zens and good citizenship and that regard tolerance in business and in social life that occupy the minds of those who fol- for the rights of others which is para- that we ask our Government to use in low vocations different from our own. mount to peace. its intercourse with other nations. We It brought together men and women of The value of an American Legion Post must ask our Government to make as practically every walk of life and gave to its community is inestimable. Toler- adequate preparation to protect the them a common occupation with the ance is prevalent within each Post and nation in time of emergency as we have same daily problems to face, the same better understanding is bound to result made to protect our own homes and routine and the same duties to perform. from the intimate association of the communities against fires or robberies. {Continued from page 1) you," he said, "that American industry will do what it took Germany six years to do, what England has not yet com- pleted in four; we will make America supreme on land, on sea and in the air. And we will do it far better and quicker than any foreign nation ever dreamed we Two members of Congress, a Senator that American Legion citizenship training could." from the deep South and a Representa- camp. Growth and importance of the He stirred the conference to frequent tive from the North, both World War merchant marine as a national defense applause with his account of things veterans and Legionnaires, then gave the arm was outlined by John W. Slacks, of American industry is accomplishing and conference their views on America's de- the Maritime Commission. Brigadier his appeal to the women to help bring fensive position. Senator Lister Hill, of General Lewis B. Hershey, Deputy Di- America through the emergency with "no Alabama, emphasized the world-wide rector of the Selective Service System, serious losses in our American way of character of the present struggle and the told how the United States is mobilizing life." necessity for all-out aid to Great Britain. its military manpower for defense train- The next morning the conference heard Representative Melvin J. Maas, of Min- ing. Rear Admiral John W. Greenslade tell nesota, also urged fullest aid to the other Many of the state delegations had their of the expansion of the Navy to meet democracies but cautioned against giving Senators and Representatives as guests national defense needs. Carl E. Milliken, up democracy to defend democracy. at the conference banquet that night. Sir World War Governor of Maine and Sec- An for the strengthening of the Willmott Lewis, noted British journalist retary of the Motion Picture Producers moral and spiritual defenses of the who is described as the "unofficial British and Distributors of America, described United States, from the Rt. Rev. James ambassador," spoke for his embattled the work of the motion picture industry E. Freeman, Episcopal Bishop of Wash- country, and Paul V. McNutt, Past Na- in fulfilling its responsibility toward the ington. opened the third session that tional Commander of the Legion who is strengthening of the nation's patriotism afternoon. The part of radio in building now Federal Security Administrator, de- and morale. Activities of the Federal and maintaining national morale was de- scribed the program he is directing for Bureau of Investigation in combatting scribed by Niles Trammell, President of improvement of the health, strength and sabotage and espionage were discussed by the National Broadcasting Company. Al- morale of all Americans. Lee R. Pennington, Administrative As- lan Webb, Governor of the Virginia Boys' The third day of the conference began sistant of the Bureau. State, told of his experiences in leading with addresses by Miss Mabel T. Board- 40 The AMERICAN LEGION Ma Sa-Jne man, Secretary of the Central Committee political parties and prohibiting their purchase war materials through exchange of the American Red Cross; William C. members from holding elective or ap- of British islands in the western hemi- Pfeifter, Baltimore boy who won the pointive public office, and to prohibit sphere. Pershing medal for the best record in the strikes in defense industries. A continuing program of national de- C.M.T.C. last summer: Stuart Johnson, Other resolutions urged continuance of fense was asked, with amendment of the Lt. Col. of Cadets at Virginia Polytech- the Dies committee; investigation of Selective Service Act to provide defense nic Institute, and the Rev. Edmund A. questionable educational organizations, training for all able-bodied young Amer- Walsh, Vice President of Georgetown subversive teachings in the schools and icans when they reach military age. University. the use of subversive text books; govern- Upon adjournment of the conference The delegates then turned to discus- ment recognition of the Flag Code, and and completion of plans for the Seven- sion of resolutions, brought in by Mrs. registration of members of women's pa- teenth National Conference next year, William H. Biester, Jr., Past National triotic organizations for emergency vol- the delegates scattered to their homes to President of The American Legion Auxil- untary service. take leadership in similar local, district iary and chairman of the resolutions com- The conference reaffirmed its stand for and state conferences on national de- mittee. Resolutions were adopted asking neutrality, urging Congress to retain its fense, through which the call for aid in legislation to ban all immigration, includ- power to keep this country from any strengthening America was to be carried ing political refugees; to prohibit foreign policy that might draw the United States to millions of women throughout the subversive groups from functioning as into war, and to permit Great Britain to country. would hire a man of his age and he had come to register simply because a friend WANTED had asked him to. His classification was $6- Cost Accountant, but he said he would be willing to work at anything as he (Continued from page 27) time, arrangements were made with an needed money for food. A friend was time he called for help his salary was agency of the Community Chest for a paying his room rent and he had only very small and it was impossible for his loan of fifty dollars to enable him to pay $1.25 a week to spend for food. He had family to exist on his income. He now rent in another place. Later a position walked about three miles that morning owns his own home, his family is well was found for him with a Government and was weak from under-nourishment. thought of in the community, and his He also said he could scarcely see as he children are getting the proper education. needed glasses but could not, of course, There was the case of a veteran who pay for them. had seven dependents and who registered As Mr. K was a Maryland veteran he with the Employment Service as a de- was eligible for financial assistance from livery truck driver. Because of his age, the Maryland Veterans' Commission. the employers did not think he was The Veterans' Placement representative active enough for this type of work. called the Chairman of the Commission Since he had no education, he presented and explained the circumstances to him. a serious problem. He got a job at $130 He said he would give him a letter to the a month, as a caretaker in charge of a Veterans' Administration so he could building which housed important and have his eyes examined and glasses valuable documents, thanks to the Vet- prescribed, would see that the money erans' Placement representative. was available for glasses and would in- Another case was a member of the clude an additional sum to help him until Legion, a statistician who was placed as he could obtain employment. In the a statistician and economist at $3200 a meantime the Employment Service office year. was called and asked if there were any A short time ago a Legion Post Com- jobs for which this veteran could qualify. mander notified the Veterans' Placement There was an opening for a watchman representative that twenty-five members with an industrial firm and Mr. K was of his Post were being dropped by a cer- referred to this job and hired. His em- tain Federal Agency because, it was ployer told him the job might eventually "No, sir, it's just the start" claimed, they were not physically able lead to one as bookkeeper, as he thought to perform their duties. he would soon have such an opening. An interview^ with the chief of the agency as a plumbing inspector at $3200 Then there was Mr. L, who came into bureau was arranged. Each case was a year. the Baltimore office of the Employment analyzed. The result was that twenty- Since 1934 a total of 628 veterans has Service a few months ago and said he four men were retained in the service been placed in jobs in the Federal Gov- wanted a job. He was 49 years old and and one was retired since he was no ernment by the District of Columbia for the last fifteen years had been "out longer able to perform his duties. Employment Center. The salaries ranged of work." He had been at one time a Some time ago a veteran called, stat- from $1080 a year to $5400 a year. The journeyman electrician. He said he had ing he had three dependents, including salaries of these placements total $2,- made up his mind he would like to get his mother who was eighty years of age. 087.062. started again. At that time he was living and that an eviction notice had been Records of the Veterans' Placement at the Salvation Army headquarters. He served on him which meant that his representatives in Maryland show similar had no tools and his opportunities for furniture would be moved out on the examples of bringing job and unem- employment were not very bright. He was sidewalk. It was a very cold day, with ployed veteran together. given a trade test and the results indi- snow on the ground. The Veterans' There was the case of Mr. K. who had cated that he was well informed about Placement representative contacted the studied two years at Georgetown Uni- electricity, notwithstanding the fact that judge who had issued the eviction notice versity and at one time had dealt in old he had not practiced his trade for fifteen and he arranged for a few days' delay books and first editions. He was very years. because the mother was ill. In the mean- much discouraged and said that no one (Continued on page 42) APRIL, 1941 WANTED fitfa- {Continued from page 41) that he had been promoted to assistant decorator at twenty-five dollars a week. The interest and sympathy of the in- foreman at seventy 1 ents an hour. About From a similar camp at Fayetteville, terviewer were aroused. On the strength three months later he came into the New York, after two years' service, Vet- of the good showing Mr. L made on the Baltimore office to thank the placement eran B returned to New Haven, Con- trade test, an employer who called in for officer and to say good-bye. He had been necticut, with enough money to start a an electrician was told the story. He, promoted again by the construction com- small repair business. too, was sympathetic and hired Mr. L pany to the position of civil engineer In a Minnesota veteran CCC camp. at seventy cents an hour, furnishing him and was leaving then for the South to Enrollee B learned to make snowshoes. tools. He is still employed there. take charge of new construction there. He became so proficient that a job was There was Mr. D, who came into the Another agency that is performing found for him $100 a month. Baltimore office of the Employment excellent service in getting jobs for un- In one month thirty-eight veterans at Service three years ago. His mental con- employed veterans is the Civilian Con- the CCC Camp at Camp Lee secured dition was such that the interviewer servation Corps, and a few examples of jobs through efforts of the Committee feared he would kill himself. He was a modest "success"' stories will help illus- on Education. civil engineer by profession but had been trate the extent of its influence. Perhaps enough examples have been unable to obtain employment. There was In a veteran CCC Company in Mary- given to prove that jobs can be found no opening for civil engineer but he said land was found an aeronautical techni- for veterans. In practically all cases, he would take anything. He was referred cian who was discharged to work on however, the intial step in bringing job to a large construction company in the Martin bombers at a salary of $2000 a and unemployed veteran together was city as a laborer at forty cents an hour, year. Two weeks later he was raised to his registration. The polls for registration after the circumstances had been first $2600 and now inspects airplane parts. are open. Any day is a good day for a explained to the personnel officer of the Out of a veterans' CCC camp at jobless veteran to register. Employment company. The Baltimore office checked Niagara Falls came Mr. A, for whom Week, May 4th-ioth. is the time to con- on Mr. D about a week later and learned a job was found in Buffalo as an interior centrate upon such registrations. you are pitching or catching for the CHOOSE occupant of the cellar you won't be both- I WOULDNt ered much at night by newspapers tele- phoning you for your picture or to ask BETWEEN THEM you whether you think the girls of today are smarter than their grandmas. {Continued from page 20) has its points, too. He whacked in 105 Beyond the playing ability of the men field, courteous and soft-spoken. Mickey runs last season. on both teams, The American Legion is a game hombre in uniform. The American League All-Stars prob- certainly can be proud of the high type MacPhail, who, usually eager to fight ably have a little the best of it at short- of youth that Junior baseball has pro- before th^e drop of the hat himself, be- stop. Joe Gordon of the Yankees is a duced and continues to produce. came interested in Owens, not because spectacular but certain fielder, covering Without exception, the men named by of his ball-playing ability, but because plenty of ground, and he also is a hitter Mr. Quigley and Mr. Barry are con- Owens, while a St. Louis Cardinal, tried in the older Yankee tradition. In 1940 siderably more than fine athletes. They to lick half the Brooklyn Dodgers, who he drove 105 runs across the plate. are fine sportsmen, always on top of the aren't the sort of lads who retreat singly George E. Myatt of the Giants, right ball, always out to win. But they know or en matse. They didn't when Owens across the Harlem River, is a constantly they can't win 'em all, and when the battle is charged them, but his gamecock ! ag- improving fielder, equally at home at goes against them, tomorrow gressiveness won MacPhail's heart. shortstop or second base, and with a another day. They are fine gentlemen, If he had to choose a first baseman stronger team than the Giants probably and fine Americans. between Phil Cavarretta, of the Cubs, would have been able to progress more You may say it isn't necessary to and Chubby Dean of Philadelphia, a than he did. As it is, he can still give stress the Americanization and patriotic smart manager probably would take Gordon a run for his money. phase of The American Legion Baseball the Cub. Cavarretta has been dogged At third base, it probably would be program, but I would be faithless to my by bad luck, playing part of the time at a toss up between Lee Handley, of the own conscience if I didn't point out that T I Legionnaire, first and part of the time in the outfield, \ Pirates, and Buddy Lewis, w ho, as Mr. think, as a that the Le- depending on the problems confronting Barry points out. was used in the out- gion's Junior Baseball program is the 1 his manager. But Dean is really a field by the Senators in the 1940 cam- finest thing the Legion sponsors. pitcher, inserted in the line-up by Barry I paign. Study the rosters of these two all-star when the Yankees let Babe Dahlgren : And. so far as the outfields are con- clubs. Consider the different nationali- go right out of the league, to the Bos- cerned, there is not a great deal of ties represented and the different locali- ton Bees. choice. ties. And then try to think of some other base, It should be remembered, in compar- Legion activity that is more important. At second the contest could be . called to all practical purposes a draw. ing the two teams, that both, for the You can't do it, comrade—not when Eddie Joost. of the Cincinnati Reds.' is most part, are made up of kids whose you consider American Legion Junior improving constantly and certainly did best is ahead of them. And it should be Baseball offers to tens of thousands of his share for the world champions in taken into consideration also that the lads in their most formative, receptive 1940. standing of the clubs for which they period, an opportunity to learn under As for Bobby Doerr, he has been the play has much, perhaps, to do with their competent, friendly guidance, the high mainstay of the Red Sox for two years fame. principles of sportsmanship, which, after and is a cat at double plays. His batting In this best of all possible worlds, if all, are the high principles of citizenship. 42 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine : ) Thus through the schools of the world we shall disseminate a new con- ception of government—one that will embrace all of the collective activities of men . . . (P. 271 FOR OUR SCHOOLS In the early twenties Dr. Rugg wrote a number of experimental Social Science pamphlets for school use. These were consolidated into book form as the Social {Continued from page 7) his program for correcting through the Science Series during the years 19:6- versity." under "American advisors." schools the ills that he sees in our social, 1933- Dr. Harold O. Rugg of Teachers' Col- economic and political life, are vul- lege. Columbia University, is a fellow- nerable points of objection. Perhaps in- THE Great Technology was published traveler of Prof. George S. Counts. He is advertently. Dr. Rugg states that his in 1933. It was not written for use as author of the Rugg Social Science Series personal theories are taught through his a textbook but Rugg's ideas are clearly of textbooks used in grades seven, eight textbooks. He says this in his Great expressed and, one concludes, serve as and nine. These books are in approxi- Technology the basic philosophy on which his public mately 5,000 school systems. Children school textbooks are constructed. It is a truism of educational history using the books range in age from eleven that the school program is determined The substance of any textbook mate- to fifteen years. by the theory of those who make it. rial is based, and consequently judged, Dr. Rugg. through an interview, in As we look upon life, so we teach. What on the philosophy of the writer. The the New York Herald Tribune, October we believe, the loyalties to which we printed page is the reflection of the hold subtly determine the content and 3, 1940, said: author's thinking. the method of our teaching. . . . Our this time, counting exercise book- Dr. Rugg has often expressed his be- By courses of study, the atmosphere that lets as well as the large works, about liefs on "private" capital, "collectivist surrounds our educational work, our 5,500,000 copies [of all categories of control" and "accelerated change.'' The statements of objective, our method of Rugg books] have been sold. of Massachusetts' " Re- instruction—all retlect the general orien- Commonwealth tation life which port of the Special Commission to In- Many parents have raised their voices and attitudes toward we subhume under the term philosophy vestigate the Activities Within This in strong protest against the use of these of life and education. (P. 258) Commonwealth of Communistic. Fascist, textbooks and the accompanying Teach- Nazi and Other Subversive Organiza- er's Guide and Key. and Pupil's Work- The lack of "planning and of central tions, So Called," states: book, respectively accompanying each control over the production and distri- of the six junior high school textbooks. bution of physical things." and "an un- Progressive Education Association Rugg's personal beliefs, his manner of fair division of social wealth and income'' comprised Left-Wing groups of educa- depicting the American Way of Life, and will be solved as follows: ( Continued on page 44) APRIL, 1941 43 When Answering Advertisements Please Mention The American Legion Magazine : our boys and girls. Such favorable treat- ment of the Soviet Union appears to be a part of a subtle program to divert the thinking of young America to the Rugg theory of a socialized state. Teacher's Guide (accompanying text- FOR OUR SCHOOLS book) says: (Pp 126-129). We suggest that the new regime in Russia be discussed as a great experi- (Continued from page Year Plan of the Soviet Union in a most 43) ment. Indeed, treat all the forms of tors. Massachusetts' contribution to the favorable light. government in the world today as ex- committee which issued its "Call to the From "An Introduction to Rugg's perimental. Teachers of the Nation" was Prof. Problem of American Culture (1931), Merle E. Curti of Smith College. A central concept of the entire social- textbook for the first semester of the science course is "increasing change." To quote the committee: ninth grade (recently revised), we quote: At the very heart of it (Five- Year It [the Association] . . . the necessity for careful plan- has entered a Plan) is the social reconstruction of the revolutionary epoch ... If the teachers ning is now beginning to be recognized. village. are to play a positive and creative role Two things help to arouse our leaders. first Thus the socialist leaders have exact- . . . they will have to . . . take up bold- The was* the World War. . . . Hence ly the same fundamental education idea ly the challenge of the present . . . and the whole must be planned. will transfer the democratic traditions The second factor was, and is, Rus- and purpose as have the leaders of America, that is, the building up of the from individualistic to collectivist eco- sia's "Five- Year Plan." . . . nomic foundations. culture of the people by the finest kind ... So are the number and kind of of education. (Pp. 126-129) At the convention of this Progressive schools, colleges, social centers, and In the New Era (England), January, Education Association in Cleveland on public buildings to be erected. In fact, every aspect of the economic, social, 1938, magazine of the New Education March 2, 1934, Rugg stated that the political life of a country of one hun- Fellowship of Progressive three-year "New American" campaign (parent the dred million people is being care- forty Education Association), report is financed year source a made by $50,000 a from a planned! fully (Pp. Australian and Zealand N. which he declined according on the New to name, to 596-597) E. F. Conferences in July-August, the Cleveland Press, would be launched 1937. From Changing Governments and Included in Dr. Rugg's contribution to obtain the support of all intelligent Changing Cultures is found: liberals of the country. The Cleveland (1933), second se- mester textbook for ninth grade (also Plain Dealer and the Press quoted Rugg ... a revulsion against the mass-pro- recently revised ) as saying that a group of 14.000.000 duction of athletes—a result of investi- gation which will come as a shock to people would be organized to push Pres- "The Five- Year Plan." ... It is the advocates of competitive sport in ident Roosevelt "to the left." According most daring and at the same time the many Australian schools. to the Plain Dealer's account Rugg went most scientific attempt that a large nation has ever to plan its on: made ways The experimental schools of the of living. (P. 437) United States were wiping out inter- A dying laissez faire must be com- collegiate competition on the sports pletely destroyed and all of us, includ- There were two aims behind the plan. field, as they were considered to be a ing the "owners" must he subjected to The first was to transform a backward pernicious influence in the training of a large degree of social control. farming country into a rich industrial young people and had no educational one—one in which all wastes in the pro- Note that COMPLETELY DE- duction and distribution of physical value whatsoever. STROYED. goods would be eliminated, one which This philosophy is typically Dr. Here are more of Dr. Rugg's ideas as would be even more efficient than Rugg's opposition to "individual enter- America. The second was to do away — set forth in his Great Technology: - ' "free competition." with private capitalism, to set up the prise and It follows from these established completely socialized state. (Also, P. Democracy and the Curriculum, facts, therefore, that to guarantee a 4^6 revised edition, 1937) Third Yearbook of the John Dewey stable and a high minimum living for Society, 1939, Harold 0. Rugg, editor, all, the national economic system must Most Americans feel that no part of states that "the American Problem" is: be reconstructed to provide for central the Russian program has ever been control of the whole enterprise, with worthy of serving as an inspiration to . . . to bring forth on this continent power to develop a designed system and to provide for its operation by expert personnel . . . (P. 181) And finally. Dr. Rugg advances his objective and makes it clear that he con- siders our sacred traditions a stumbling block to his program: There are huge obstacles in the path of those who create a new climate of opinion in our communities. These ob- stacles reside in part in the powerful in- dividuals and groups which control the economic system. But they lie even more deeply in the stereotyped loyalties and opinions of the public mind itself. Indeed, it is to the uprooting of in- grained concepts and motives that we must commit ourselves" ... (P. 188, ibid.) Until recently revised, the Rugg Social "I did some dental work on a barter Science textbooks presented the Five- basis for a gentleman wearing a turban" 44 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine —in the form of a cooperative com- monwealth—the civilization of abun- dance, democratic behavior, and integ- rity of expression and of beauty which is now potentially available." Rugg says this problem can be accom- plished by "the American Way." But "the American Way" he subtly proposes is emphatically NOT the traditional American Way. Rugg states: . . . that we dare not longer leave those persons who have happened to inherit a surplus of intelligence, ambi- tion, energy, and other drives that lead to "success," free to exploit their neigh- bors without let or hindrance. We must now impose sufficient restrictions upon them to guarantee a continuous opera- tion of the social system and a humane and efficient division of the social in- come. How far that social control shall ex- tend and how much it must be accom- panied by the socialization of ownership no person living today can now state. (P. 120) Throughout Dr. Rugg's publications one inevitably gets the impression that he is constantly and subtly driving to- ward a socialistic state which can be grafted on American democracy. Dr. Rugg's idea of this "social change" II is verified in his Great Technology: Ma Says It Tastes of Coal Oil! But to transform our exploitive civil- ization into a great culture we must IS probably right. The clerk who had to fit shoes and horse unite successfully a centrally controlled technology with representative democ- collars, measure out nails and puttv, and draw kerosene couldn't racy. We must substitute scientific de- always stop to wash his hands before he handled the butter and sign for competitive exploitation and oligarchic business dictatorship. (P. crackers. And every so often the potato on the spout of the oil can 185) would joggle off. Dr. Rugg calls this '"social reconstruc- Today, for most of us, the mixture of food and kerosene odor has tion" (P. 185). but analyses show that it sums up to the socialist state. Rugg ceased to be a problem. More and more of our food, packed by ele< eric further proposes government control machines, comes to us in sanitary containers. Electricity does the over private capital for the purpose of work, too, of washboard and carpet beater. Automobiles and good obtaining economic security. He would sell our individual freedom and he would roads have shortened distances to town and work. And because so eliminate free competition which has many of the unpleasant jobs which occupied our parents' time are made both man and nation in America. Dr. Rugg's works reveal that his main now only memories, we have more opportunities for enjoying life. objective is to prepare youth to live in Practically every industry in America has helped to bring about this his "new social order"—a "collective society." The practical application of progress. And every industry, in doing so, has made use of the econo- such a theory has been a failure wherever mies and manufacturing improvements that electricity brings. General tried throughout the world. Some of Dr. Electric scientists, engineers, and workmen have been, for more than Rugg's theories on international affairs have been wrong, and he has been forced 60 years, finding ways for electricity to help raise American living to revise his textbooks to meet the tran- standards to create More Goods for More People at Less Cost. Today sitional world order. A good example of this is his forced change of attitude on their efforts are helping further to build and strengthen the American the Russian situation. way of life. No one, not even Dr. Rugg, knows what tomorrow will bring. Why should G-E research and engineering have saved the public from ten to one hundred millions of our children be educated in dollars for every dollar they have earned /or General Electric a "new social order"' for a world which probably will never exist? The tradition- al, time-tested, and accepted method, GENERAL ELECTRIC based on our ideals and institutions, as HI opposed to Dr. Rugg's philosophy of "accelerated change," is the only truly (Continued on page 46) APRIL, khi V7hen Purchasing Products Plfase Mention The American Legion Magazine in forming our portrait of modern so- ciety"-—well, what more need one say about this group? Finally, on page 32 of Building a Science of Society for the Schools, Dr. Rugg states that some of the pathways FOR OUR SCHOOLS of tomorrow lead to "social chaos and the possible destruction of interdepen- (Continued from page 45) "Our corps of frontier thinkers" in- dent ways of living. One leads, however, American way of educating boys and cluded "representatives of the Left and to the era of the Great Technology." girls—the only road leading to the per- the Right." A new public mind is to be created. petuation of constitutional democracy. Listed among new historians "to- Il'iu '> Only by creating tens of millions Building a Science of Society for the ward the Left," the names of Charles of new individual minds and welding Schools was written in by Dr. A. Beard and Harold Laski are in- 1934 J. them into a new social mind. Old cluded. Continuing, the Left," Rugg. It states his ideas on the Social "Toward stereotypes must be broken up and new Science textbooks. Dr. Rugg lists . . . "such epoch-making "climates of opinion" formed in the He says that "the building of a crea- pioneers as Karl Marx and Thorstein neighborhoods of America. But that is tive portrait of our changing society" Veblen." (Pp. 14-15). The author states the task of the building of a science of required the help of many specialists that, "The interpretations of these stu- society for the schools. And the first step is the preparation of an honest and (P. 14 ). We quote: dents of the Left were scrutinized" by intelligent description of our changing representatives of the Right, but he social order. Thus the search led to the "frontier further says in commenting on both thinkers." Who are they ? . . . They are Lefts and Rights: So. Dr. Rugg says that the purpose seldom conservatives, and they are of his Social Science Series of textbooks, These are typical examples of the never followers. On the contrary, they frontier students of world cultures who in use in approximately 5.000 school lead, even though they may lead mis- served jointly in forming our portrait systems of America, is to educate "tens takenly. . . . One need not follow them, of modern society. . . . Their generali- of millions" of our boys and girls "into but one ought to know what they have zations provided a new synthesis of said and done. One need not, for ex- a new social mind" with "old stereo- meaning and emotion which became a ample, subscribe to the doctrines of types" destroyed and new "climates of foundation for our educational recon- Marx, but one ought to know what opinion" installed. struction. (Pp. 15-16, ibid.) they are. (P. 14) Dr. Rugg's philosophy of a "changing Harold J. Laski of the London School social order" does not meet the chal- Rugg states that the "Frontier Think- of Economics is an alien propagandist— lenge of the Social Studies in the school ers" in "tracing factors and relation- an outstanding and devoted advocate of curriculum. The challenge is to train our ships" do so "without regard for the con- Marxian Communism. boys and girls to become useful members Did that such a search may set up with And when Dr. Rugg says that the of society—and thoughtful parents will prevalent concepts and norms. . . . epoch-making pioneer, Karl Marx, was continue to insist that this be done in (P. 14) among the specialists who"served jointly the American Way. (Continued from page 21) regular school purposes. Such facilities include use of gymnasiums and play- grounds, with provision for physical in- structors. The next group embraces boys in would have been just no excuse at all. naming of key persons to serve on an school, mainly in colleges and universi- You have to do better than that. Think- advisory committee and cooperate with ties, who will be eligible for military ing fast, I said, 'By authority of General it. This advisory committee is the hub, service in the next four years. Boys and Order Number Eleven, sir.' the front and center, of the setup. All the girls in grade and high schools form the "'What!' he roared, like to bust his major agencies and organizations may third group, with stress on periodic phy- collar. 'What has Number Eleven got to well be represented in it: school board, sical examinations and ample supervised do with it?' park board, city or village council, Legion recreation. The fourth group includes " 'Why, sir,' I said, speaking fast to Auxiliary, parents and teachers' associa- adults, both men and women. slur the comma, 'it says "to salute all tion, woman's club, Kiwanis, Lions, Ro- This is a job for the 11,714 Legion officers and all colors and standards not tary, church groups, medical groups, Y. Posts and their Auxiliary Units to do in cased"—and isn't that a Case car, sir?' M. C. A., labor organizations. Or the their local communities. They can do it "He looked at me queer. Then he Auxiliary Unit may have a committee of by enlisting all civic and welfare groups laughed a deep, belly laugh. 'Soldier,' he its own working directly with the Post. for utilizing schools, gymnasiums, pub- said, 'you have a quick mind. Your in- In getting under way, one of the first lic playgrounds, recreational equipment genuity is touching and your nerve colos- steps is to learn whether the state law and trained personnel. But, before one sal. We need men like you in this Army. authorizes public agencies, as school and goes into that, what is this about having I'll let you off this time. Forget about it.' park boards, to conduct a program of minds and bodies that do what their "No, I didn't forget about it. not me. physical education, health education and owners wish them to do? It was too close. But you don't key-sack recreation, and raise and spend public Hack in the old war, a private on on your high-school team and quarter- funds for it. If there is no such law, t guard duty was startled when a Case car, back, too, without getting the old bean legislature should pass an enabling act a make popular in those days, hove sud- to work fast in a pinch." under which local communities may pro- denly in sight and stopped before him. That for having the mind under com- ceed. Colorado and Minnesota have en- "It was so unexpected," the buck re- mand. There's a good one about the acted model statutes of the kind. Many lated, "that I failed to salute the officer body too, but it will have to wait. state legislatures are now in session. The in the car. He nailed me at once. For the job of starting this three-phase proposed law should authorize operation " Why didn't you salute me?' he de- program in the local community, the of programs for twelve months in the manded. And was he sore! Post Commander appoints a Post com- year, hiring of qualified instructors and "To say you didn't see him in time mittee. The Post committee invites the inclusion of the cost in the tax budget. It 46 The AMERICAN LEGION Ma-a-inr the country. All the Departments are actively at work on it. Members of the committee are James F. O'Neil of Man- chester, New Hampshire, chairman of the National Americanism Commission; Sam H. Cobb of the Physical Education Department, Ohio State University; and Frank G. McCormick, director of Physi- cal Education and Athletics, University of Minnesota. The Legion's only purpose in all this is to stimulate the various services al- ready doing the work of the program to expand it to reach a greater number of persons. It regards this as an oppor- tunity, not a task. Most people will be glad to help the cause along. Suppose you, a Legionnaire, are pres- ent at a meeting of a school board at which members of the local advisory committee ask for cooperation in the program. A large, poker-faced, pompous- looking school director has sat silent through the discussion. He is a banker seems likely, at this writing, that the through Department, district, county and and president of the board. No flicker of local communities will have to bear the local community. An impressive film on interest, no smile of assent, no frown of cost. recreation, sponsored by the National disapproval, has indicated his reaction. It would be a mistake to look upon Americanism Commission, is being shown You fear he is "agin" it. this Legion enterprise as a thing hard to widely to arouse interest in the program You are wrong. Get him by himself. tackle and hard to put over. The plan is and is being made available to Posts and Talk with him. Invite his views and simple and cooperation of citizen groups other bodies asking for it. listen to him. And he will tell you how can be counted on to be prompt, hearty Tin- National ( 'umiii.mdrr of the Le- at old Siwash he hit the three-bagger in and complete. The setup of Legion com- gion has appointed a committee of three the ninth, with two on and two down mittee cooperating with an area ad- members to outline the three-phase pro- and the score 7-6 against; or, proud as a visory committee runs in each State gram and help get it going throughout (Continued on page 48) "THE MONSTROUS SHAPE BORE DOWN UPON US!" experience / . \ nj w. h. 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FRESH BATTERIES LAST LONGER...^/^^ PATE-lltt^ APRIL, igti 47 When Purchasing Products Please Mention The American Legion Magazine : — early made known steps it could take toward applying the program to selectees within its campus. About 4500 men of the campus population, student and fac- ulty, were subject to call. Four lines of (Continued jrom page 47) "The guy don't raise his hands. He service the university could give these little boy with a scab on his knee, he will just ducks every time I swing. And he men were outlined. show you his enlarged thumb knuckle keeps on grinning. So I says, 'Who are The first was a medical examination, and tell you how he got it back in 1902 you anyhow? I can't hit you!' And he similar to that of the Army. Second, in an evening game against the creamery says, soft and pleasant and not mad at muscular-strength test. Third, a survey nine in Dobson's pasture while catching all, 'Buddy, my name is Gibbons, Mike of recreation skills, including kinds of with the sun in his eyes. Gibbons.' games played, tastes, aptitudes, and the This man was with you from the start. "Say, I just turns and beats it back like. Fourth, a conditioning process to He didn"t have to be sold. He has always to the truck and gets away from there. prepare for life in the military service. believed it more important to a boy to Me swinging at Mike Gibbons! Gibbons, This last looked toward helping the man have a sound body that he could do the fanciest middleweight I ever see! toward that goal of military training things with and rejoice in than to be able And he an instructor in games and box- ability "to march fifteen miles carrying to work square root or tell who Romulus ing and such in my training camp in a heavy pack of at least fifty pounds was. 1917! And he calls me 'Buddy'! Maybe and, in addition, take two steps forward A sound body under command? That he remembers me! So I gets out of Saint and fire a rifle." recalls the story that's been waiting. It Paul. I might meet him again and he'd After the on-campus group was cared has to do with a truck driver who re- pull that grin on me." for. the university would consider ex- cently worked in Saint Paul but who got To feed the people better is one of the tending the service to selectees outside out of there. objectives of the health-education phase. the institution, perhaps on a fee basis. He had been bowling along with a load About one-third of the population is said It was said there were more than a of coal when he nearly collided with a to be ill fed, for the most part for want, score of institutions of college grade in light car at a cross street. The driver of not of enough food, but of properly bal- the State, public and private, for which the light car got out. a white-collared anced food; to an extent, a matter be- such a plan was workable. man a little past middle age. The driver tween calories and vitamins. Faulty nu- America is not at war. America be- of the truck got out, a big, burly person trition is held to account for much of the lieves that the best assurance against war with a bull neck. He was foaming at the underweight, as well as for many other is the ability to defend against possible mouth. Here is his own account of what variances from physical well-being. Nu- aggression. All that she holds dear is be- followed trition specialists are at work devising ing challenged, "the principles that gave " 'What the hell!' I says, and the guy improved diets for the Nation. her birth and happiness, and the peace standing there grinning. 'Why don't you Futherance of cooperation between which she has treasured." It is a time watch where you're going?' I says, and educational and medical groups for school for dedication of all the people to the then I swings at him. without waiting and community service is an objective country's service; to take on the armor for no back talk. Oh, I may have been of the general program, as is extension of of God, having on the breastplate of wrong myself at that turn, but at first, physical education in schools and col- justice and feet shod with the prepara- you know, you always think it's the leges. tion of the gospel of peace. The moment other fellow. One of the largest state universities in solemn in the Nation's life. (Continued from page 0) contained machinery designed to estab- lish a vast toy industry throughout the countryside. But they were also warned not to open them until instructors from Berlin appeared to teach them the use it gave Der Fuehrer mastery of the air from 50 to 12, the Ministry made a re- of the tools. when he finally broke loose. gional survey of unused industrial capac- Short ly before the invasion of Poland, Britain did it differently—and pain- ity, including garages, hosiery mills, the instructors bobbed up, the crates fully at first. From 1935 to 1938 she re- candy plants, food processing centers. Of were opened, and the contents turned armed by building new factories and ex- 6500 small establishments surveyed, 3000 out to be all kinds of machine tools—an panding existing plants, especially in the proved able to do precision work on war automatic screw machine, a drop forge, aircraft industry. She made the addi- orders. Subsequently, a system of "Area a drill or punch press. These were set up tional mistake of locating these units in Boards" was set up to make and keep a in barns, sheds, even in homes, and the the London area, with Coventry as a permanent and current inventory of idle farmers were shown how to operate tragic example. In this entire period air- machines and idle time and idle men. them. Next came supplies of semi-fin- craft employment increased from 15,000 Then they were puu to work day and ished materials. The rural mechanics to only 60.000. Not one plane had been night. were now taught how to make a rivet turned out by any of the three entirely British sources have advised Washing- on a plate for a tank or airplane part, or new factories within two years after the ton that it was the last-minute, desperate how to rough-drill a hole in a connecting first order to proceed had been given. installation of this program, particularly rod. In 1938 the British government vir- in the aircraft industry, which enabled These articles then flowed from one tually ordered aircraft firms to farm out the RAF to withstand Hitler's fierce air farm to another and so on, each farmer a minimum of 35 percent of contracts to raids last fall. And that may yet prove performing a specialized bit of work. plants outside their own industry. In one to have been the turn of the war tide, Previous planning, management super- year the number of men employed on for it was the conqueror's first major vision and good roads insured smooth making planes leaped to 185.000. But not repulse. What troubles he has had began operation of what was, in reality, a rural until the invasion of the Low Countries then. assembly line. The finished parts were in May of 1940 did England go in for The "bits and pieces" program got its assembled in small and well-hidden barns. "bits and pieces" on a large scale. start in the United States on October 3, It did not provide Detroit efficiency, but After reducing the number of models 1940, although it had been under casual 4S The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine : — — discussion tor several months previously. The September bombings of Britain— and the general course of the war—had alarmed Washington authorities. So, on the third day of October, Morris L. Cooke of Philadelphia, an eminent man- agement engineer, was summoned to Washington by the President. Then the TEETH men charged with our national safety Mr. Roosevelt, Messrs. Knudson and Hillman and Cooke, Secretaries Stimson often and Knox—held long and earnest con- worst b sultations at the White House. Here 'ecth offenders was the problem which faced them Billions in Army-Navy contracts had been awarded to the great, well-estab- lished firms, and billions more were scheduled. Their backlogs had become so Don't let Denture Breath and stains shout "False Teeth" big that it would take years to fill them KEEP PLATES LIKE NEW WITH POLIDENT with their present facilities, and build- thin dark film collects on plates or danger. It is Polident, a powder that ing new plants would require still more A and bridges. This film soaks up odors and dissolves away all film, stains, tarnish and delay. And America could not wait! impurities like a sponge! It holds germs odor. Makes your breath sweeter — and Washington newspapers were throwing and decay bacteria . . . gets into every tiny your plates or removable bridges look out hot stories to make room for the crevice where brushing can't even reach. better and feel better. blackening warning: "It is later than And it's so tough that ordinary brushing Tens of thousands call Polident a bless- you think!" seldom remotes it. ing for convenience and hygiene. Long- the difficulties involved in break- But Almost always it results in "denture lasting can costs only 30^ at any drug ing down orthodox ideas and methods breath", one of the most offensive of store, and your money back if not de- of production seemed insuperable in this if breath odors. You won't know you have lighted. Approved by Good Housekeep- era of bigness. Army-Navy officers pre- it but others will. ing Bureau and thousands of leading den- ferred to deal with known and respon- Yet there's a perfect way to clean and tists everywhere. Hudson Products Inc., sible corporations. Organized labor ob- purify false teeth without brushing, acid New York, N. Y. jected to giving government business to scattered plants not amenable to union- ization. The larger corporations wanted to hog the gravy for themselves. Small POLIDCIIT firms had had no experience in dealing Brushing with the haughty bureaucrats at Wash- Cleans and Purifies Without ' ington. In fact, they stood in some awe Do this daily: Add a little Polident powder to half a glass of water. Stir. Then put in plate or bridge fr^rV*"'" of the vast federal machine. for 10 to 1 5 minutes. Rinse — and it's ready to use. Mr. Cooke had hardly any funds. But he whipped together a small staff bor- rowed from other agencies and set to work. They .ead confidential memos and foreign magazine articles on how England Attention! FAST! and Germany had done it. Then they made sample surveys in areas where Piles Sufferers SAFE.' they knew that economic and technologi- The McCleary Clinic, C466 Elms Blvd., Excelsior Springs, Mo., is putting out cal changes had created unemployment 10WPR/CED! an up-to-the-minute 122-page book on of men and machines. They came up Piles (Hemorrhoids), Fistula, related Canoes. Rowboats. Outboard Motor Boats. Olympic. Snipe. with the discovery that about 50 percent ailments and colon disorders. 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They persuaded local Chambers of Commerce, Roy Pomeroy of Oshkosh, Wis., earned $1950 getting new customers for American Legion Posts, State Defense Jewel routes in 1940. Wm. B. McKee of Des Moines, Iowa, earned $2715. Councils, business men and manufac- Wm. J. Altringer of Moorhead, Minn., earned $2335. Dozens of other men turers to organize on a community basis earn steady, comfortable incomes as Jewel advance salesmen. YOU can —to investigate and report on the indus- earn good money too. No investment is required, not even your own car. trial potentialities of their cities, coun- No experience needed we train you locally. Jewel food and laundry products are easy to sell. Over a billion cups of Jewel Coffee used in ties, States. They got the Army and American homes last year. See local manager or write home office today. Navy to order their Washington and regional purchasing agents to explain JEWEL TEA CO., INC. JEWEL PARK BARRINGTON, ILL. (Continued on page 50) APRIL, 1941 49 When Purchasing Products Please Mention The American Legion Magazine — handle negotiations with Washington, as in Kansas City. America's No. 1 Rearmer and Produc- tion Man—Mr. Knudsen— is an avowed believer in this break-up method. He (Continued from page 40) horizontal boring machine in this area. hammers at it in private conversations and whoop up the movement. They ob- Normally it operates only 60 days in the and public speeches. He once told a tained the support of organized labor's year. But since the "bits and pieces" cast group of manufacturers that no more spokesmen. It was a grand promotion came to town, it has been running daily than 7500 men should be housed under job. since last fall, and still has orders for one roof, explaining that for this reason Mr. Cooke went on the air with a months ahead. he divided the tremendous Chevrolet speech entitled "Keep the home lathes The resulting expansion has, of course, factory into six units. With character- turning." He sent out bulletins listing necessitated a hunt for fresh manpower. istic understanding of the human aspect the mechanical capacities of ghost towns So they are looking up, through relatives of the problem, the "Great Dane" added: his scouts had discovered. Here is a and friends and other sources, young, "Besides, it gets the bosses nearer to sample: "In Western Kentucky. Well- skilled huskies who have moved away the workers." equipped machine manufacturing plant also older ones. They uncovered a mail- He persuaded automobile and airplane with heat-treating facilities employing man with mechanical talents, and pur- interests to adopt this theory in an at- about 75 mechanics (including six tool- loined him from Uncle Sam for the dura- tempt to produce in a hurry those 50.000 makers expert on jigs and fixtures) tion. They discovered that one worker planes President Roosevelt promised. capable of doing highest quality preci- was doing time for drunkenness in a They have established an airplane dis- sion work. Working one shift 50 per- neighboring hoosegow. They bailed him play at Detroit to which the Army and cent. Excellent transportation facilities out. Now he is a sober and industrious Navy ship their finest fighting craft. by rail or water." soldier of the machine. There they are stripped down to com- The response to the radio appeal was Other communities may be interested ponent parts and inspected by represen- amazing, and, in some instances, pathe- in the economic effects of this pooling tatives of automobile and other non- tic. Several thousand letters written in process. According to the New York aircraft producers to determine if the lat- scrawled penmanship poured in. Men Times, it has boosted 1941 Xmas savings ter can produce them in whole or in part. who had managed to maintain a small, by 20 percent—increased 1940 bank For four months Mr. Cooke promoted family tool shop during the depression clearings over 1939's by $6,000,000 this program almost singlehanded. But offered their services. Others with lathes brought 1 7 percent more consumption of in early February the OPM made it an and drills in their basements only as a electric current—lowered the relief load official agency under the name of the means to an after-work hobby asked if by 75 percent—caused a payment of old Defense Contract Service. It was placed they could help. One letter came from bills and boosted retail sales—enlarged in charge of R. L. Mehornay, a Kansas a small manufacturer of embalming tools the market for liquor and facials. City manufacturer. He has established for undertakers. It is hardly probable The Midwest War Resources Board, 36 field offices throughout the country. that such fragmentary aid will be needed with headquarters and industrial exhibit They will eventually be staffed with the except in an all-out emergency, but their at Kansas City, Mo., operates differently. necessary experts—business, industrial, names and capabilities have been care- A non-profit organization founded by contract, financial, engineering—to make fully filed away. the region's go-getters, it obtains con- the "bits and pieces" scheme operate in Meanwhile, the "bits and pieces" idea tracts from the government and parcels detailed fashion on a nationwide basis. was catching on. It has spread widely them out. Their original survey revealed As in York and elsewhere, each head- since this article was written, but its so many idle machines in their area as quarters will survey its district, and keep earliest manifestations were in York, to make the combined capacity equiva- on file a roll of mechanical soldiers wait- Pa.; Kansas City, Mo.; Indiana, Ken- lent to that of some of the nation's ing the call to service. Through coordina- tucky, Virginia, the New England States. largest factories. Depending upon local tion with the Federal Reserve Banks, In those places the local manufacturers, conditions, industries may obtain con- they will furnish advice on how neces- business men and bankers surveyed, tracts individually, as in York, or the sary financial aid may be obtained from mobilized and publicized their resources pool with which they are associated may various federal agencies. of production, and they are obtaining defense contracts they might have missed otherwise. These initial successes have converted erstwhile skeptics from coast to coast. Although local factors govern in each instance, the methods and achievements in York are typical. The system here is patterned after the British "Areas" set- up. The Defense Commission of the local Manufacturers' Association first made a survey of 180 establishments. It discov- ered 1400 partially idle machine tools whose existence was known only to the owners and operators. A central commit- tee then made a "master list" of all this machinery, and kept a day-by-day inven- tory of its idle time. Each York plant does its own nego- tiating with Washington. But if one gets a job which it cannot handle alone, it farms out the unperformable portion to a fellow-manufacturer. A York ice com- "It's my home town but I can't pany, for instance, has the only large believe all this fanfare is for me" 50 The AMERICAN LEGION Maga-.ine — The Rural Electrification Administra- map, even under the war's impact. tion—President Roosevelt's favorite Economic and natural factors located agency— is, of necessity, following the our major, heavy industries on the two Hitler method in contributing to national seaboards, and at such cities as Detroit, defense. It has electrified almost 2,000.- Chicago, St. Louis. It is easier to add 000 farms, and many are equipped with to them than to construct new ones else- motors that can be accommodated to where. Problems of supply, labor, trans- the manufacture of military articles. It portation and management are less diffi- LOST! has made its own surveys, especially in cult to handle, when concentrated. Manx 37,012 rural areas, of idle plants equipped with sections of the hinterland do not possess machinery but requiring REA "juice" to access to railroad or water routes for PIPE SMOKERS make the wheels whir. It is now provid- ingress of raw materials and outbound ing power to 1 1 7 plants engaged in some shipments of finished products. form of war production—mining, manu- Nevertheless, Advisory National De- facturing, food processing etc. fense Commissioner Chester C. Davis Harry Slattery. the Administrator, has who is also a member of the Federal promoted the purchase of portable. 150- Reserve Board—has made a beginning. horsepower Diesel engines by farm co- Three great airplane factories will arise operatives financed by the Government. at Omaha, Kansas City, and Tulsa, with Eight are now in operation, and 7-5 are smaller ones in Texas. One of the world's under construction. These will be located largest powder plants is under construc- in strategic areas selected by the War tion in Indiana; Missouri's plane, small Department. arms and powder facilities have been These trailer-mounted Diesels are able enlarged. About 300 submarines and to provide power to a bombed factory mine-sweepers will be built on the Great until it can be repaired. They can supply Lakes. light and water to a battered town or Success in this direction has not been city, as one recently did for a southwest- marked, however. Capitol Hill members ern municipality whose utility services have charged that the "bread basket had been temporarily disarranged by States" have been neglected. Their com- floods. They can supply the juice for plaints may yet provoke an investigation electrically-operated Coast Defense guns, of national defense operations. Mr. Davis for airports, for cantonments, for almost frankly concedes the justice of this any center of military operations. criticism. He points out that of 78 new- Indeed, REA rendered such valuable projects inaugurated to mid-February of Once they try BOND STREET— the truly aromatic blend — most hard-to- service during the period of cantonment 1 94 1, only 21 were located west of the construction that Secretary Stimson sent Mississippi—and 10 of these fell to Cali- please pipe smokers are set for life! a letter describing its performance to all fornia and Washington. That applies to a high percentage of corps area commanders. He also urged Unfortunately, Der Fuehrer does not exacting smokers. them to take advantage of its organiza- seem inclined to give us time to reshape Yet — by applying that figure to tion and facilities, whenever necessary. American geography, if we are to become readers of this magazine — we know It is doubtful if the United States will an effective "arsenal of democracy." But there are 37,012 pipe smokers who ever have to adopt Hitler's extreme in many other respects he has forced us still have this delightful discovery to strategy of improvising weapons. But if to remake our economic, industrial and make. That's why we urge you to try it. we do, the REA will carry a major share military structure in a way that may Bond Street is rich-tasting of the load. have vast implications for him and for bite-free — leaves no pipe odor in the Many practical difficulties beset the Uncle Sam—now and in the post-war effort to remake the nation's industrial era. room. It contains a rare aromatic tobacco not hitherto used in a popular priced mixture. Even the ladies like its aroma! Buy a tin — today! (Continued from page 13) condition of our uniforms. For we must special request through the French gov- look presentable if we were to represent ernment that a "picked battalion from the A. E. F. We could make no excuses some fighting regiment" be chosen. for our appearance at Metz. When we learned that the 131st In- For three months we had virtually fantry had been selected loud whoops of lived in our uniforms. The last two joy rang throughout the regiment. Of months of the war we had slept, fought, course it was a signal honor bestowed marched and labored in them. upon us. But that was of secondary im- What if we did have to swap breeches portance. The principle reason for our and blouses, packs and belts? What if we hilarity was that we were going to Metz! did strive futilely with elbow grease and Actually! dubbin to get some semblance of a shine But all was not quite so simple. First, upon our shoes? We were bound for high the battalion had to be chosen, picked adventure! We were going to see Metz! STREET from the various companies. As nearly When Major General Bell, commander as possible only veterans of the regiment of the 33d Division, inspected us he said PIPE TOBACCO would be selected. But a more important nothing. But shortly thereafter we re- A PRODUCT OF PHILIP MORRIS factor guiding choice of men was the (Continued on page 52) APRIL, i 94I 51 When Purchasing Products Plfase Mention The American Legion Mac.a/.ini ! ; same number of us were assigned to an Australian battalion and they made An- zacs out of us. Why not Frogs? So we tried it. Because of the limited space it was necessary for us, after passing the re- viewing stand, to swing rapidly into col- {Continued from page 5/) For nearly half a century they had umn and break into double time to clear ceived some new belts and other equip- been oppressed by their conquerers. For the way for advancing lines. ment. The general was critical but he four years they had been virtual slaves. They formed us in French sections of was wise! At last they were free to express their ten files, single rank at two pace inter- Eventually we were pronounced ready. long pent emotions. Repercussions of five vals. Or something like that. We started. The scrubbing and brushing were at an decades of enslavement shook the city. We got past the reviewing stand all right, end. We were fit to represent the great Emigrants from Germany, under pa- as well as the best troop of Chasseurs republic from over the seas. But we en- tronage of the imperial government, had that ever lifted an Alpine lance. But tertained no illusions of being paragons settled in Metz, opened shops, factories when it came time to swing into column of military virtue. and stores. With the collapse of the em- and break into the double, voila! we were On December 4th we left our stations, pire and the flight of the Hohenzollems an angry mob 32 officers and 735 men, burdened with these transplanted Teutons were in a Even the colonel laughed and that was heavy packs. We had all our equipment desperate plight. To emulate their em- something. The upshot of the matter was with us, including rolling kitchens and peror and flee meant leaving behind all that we decided to remain Yanks. supplies. We did not know it but we were their possessions. To remain meant fac- ing persecution. ONE respect the selection of the on our way to join the Army of Occupa- IN Vindictive streets as the tion. Metz, our cherished goal, was just bands roamed the 131st Infantry sole foreign a wayside stop-over. we were told, searching for Germans. All representative of allied armies was for- for tunate. 7 Through the flat expanse of the Teutonic shops had been marked W e had, through the roulette Woevre, through towns that had seen looting and vandalism was rampant. wheel of military fortunes, served by this were quartered out- turn with the Australian, English, fierce fighting a few short weeks before, For reason we the the on we pressed over roads that pre-Armis- side the city gates and refused passes American and the French armies. Not into town. But on December 7th we merely had we been brigaded with them tice rumor had the Americans destined finally entered Metz. we had actually engaged in offensive bat- to traverse in a major attack on that very town of Metz toward which we We marched through quaint, irregular tles with troops from four different coun- were now marching. streets and down wide, modern avenues. tries. The Aussies at Hamel, the Tom- the Place de la Republique mies on the In early afternoon of the 6th we found At we Somme, the Poilu astride the halted. Although long a famous review Meuse, and the Yanks in various ourselves in hilly country. Then we ap- places. ground, the plaza has only a limited One circumstance preciated the smooth, level stretches of coincidental with space for the movement of large bodies the Metz affair was indeed striking. the Woevre. Heavy packs bit into our The of troops. It is less than a city block in ceremonies took place on December 8th, shoulders. We were road-weary and crab- area. and that day happened to be the 63d by. The next hill stood vertical before us. staff birthday of the commander of the pro- Someone far up in the column General De Maud'huy and his for us with complete instruc- visional battalion. shouted: '-Metz!" were ready The late B. Sanborn, Like magic the word flashed along the tions. And how! They merely wanted us Joseph Colonel French drill regulations! of the 131st Infantry, A.E.F., was no column. Our weary spirits brightened. to learn We squared our shoulders and eased Well, we were game! Once about the ordinary soldier. Frail, below average in height, with thin gray hair, defective our packs. sight and lamed as the result of a broken Far below us a city shimmered in the leg. his physique anything but that of a glow. The Gothic spires of a cathe- hazy * m soldier, he. at an age when most men dral shot heavenward. The city sat upon Mo? - I'm are content to toast their shins by the several low hills over which wound nar- read "t^e tei\dwv' k) fire, was leading a fighting regiment in row, crooked streets. Modern buildings the world's most terrific war. The exact vied with ancient ones. The historic antithesis of Pershing's ideal line officer moat, the famous rampart and forts and excels!.) afeuo in physical qualifications, he compiled a outer defenses of the city, constructed record that challenges the best. by Marshal Vauban in 1674. stood as He was decorated six times by four symbols of the military significance of nations, British, French, Belgian and his Metz, dotting the impressive panorama own. that lay before us. Such was the man before whom we We did not pause long. We descended gathered in the crisp dawn of December into the valley and at Longeville, a sub- 8th, prepared for inspection. That it was urb, our march ended. We were assigned his birthday few if any of us knew. If to quarters in barracks but lately quitted he had any thoughts other than that the by the fleeing German army. battalion should not fail to honor the These barracks stood just as the Ger- A.E.F. by its showing, he did not dis- mans had left them, stripped of every- play them. thing of value and without lights, heat With his usual cantankerous criticism or other equipment. They were a part of he inspected every man. His sharp, com- the accommodations for the 50.000 sol- plaining voice whined above the bustle diers the enemy had quartered in Metz. of preparations. And thus we came to Metz . . . not morning he quite! For we soon learned that, al- On that bleak December though an armistice had been signed, the made us feel that we were soldiers. Not what war was not over. At least, not for the so much by what he said, but by citizens of Metz. he did, what he was. 52 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine — We swung into column up a rough, be the French departments. Bas-Rhin, cobbled street. We had no band to lead Meurthe and Moselle. The term Alsace- "MY KLEANBORE us but we needed none. The very music Lorraine was to be but a tragic mem- of liberty beat in our souls. Represen- ory. HI-SPEED* .22 HIT tatives of a land whose proud boast is The Place de la Republique occupies freedom, we were to help celebrate the a hi^'h promontory in the center of Metz. restored liberty of an oppressed people. For nearly five decades the German em- THAT 'GATOR LIKE Something of the spirit of Metz, of peror had reviewed troops there and the Alsace-Lorraine surged through us as we cobbled expanse still echoed the tread A TON OF BRICK!" swept along. Flags, gay bits of bunting, of the goose step. It is surrounded by secretly possessed for years, heirlooms of imposing modern buildings in front of a better day, fluttered from windows, which stretches a narrow parkway. trees and doorways. Everywhere the As the only foreign troops present we French tricolor brightened the gloom of were accorded the place of honor in line. a somber day. We saw little of the We formed by half companies, double Stars and Stripes save at the head of rank, nine companies of nine squads our own column. We were the unknown each. All file closers were eliminated. quantity in the equation of Alsace-Lor- Beside us stood the American Army raine. Band, Pershing's own from G.H.Q. at We were witnessing the formal de- Chaumont. Their instruments sparkled in struction of that forlorn creature, Alsace- the misty light. Their uniforms, pressed, Lorraine; the restoration of two lost creased perfectly and spotless, were a children to the bosom of their family. distinct contrast to the over-scrubbed, Henceforth Alsace and Lorraine were to {Continued on page 54) THE LEGION'S BUDGET FOR 1941 "I found out then how much wallop In conformity with Convention man- by the National Executive Committee at a Remington .22 date, the National Finance Committee a regular meeting held at National Head- can have!" publishes herewith the budget for the quarters at Indianapolis on November "TALK ABOUT POWER! That Kleanbore year 1941 as submitted to and approved 21, 1940: Hi-Speed hollow point bullet hit like a REVENUE BUDGET FOR 1941 bolt of lightning. I'd always known those .22's had a terrific wallop, after General: but seeing that 'gator fold up, I'll always ask for v , $1,464,763.64 Reserve against membership 62,396.36 emington, $1,527,160.00 R NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE, Sam W. Reynolds, Nebraska, Chairman •"Kleanboro" >nd "Hi-Speed" an R>i. U. 9. P.t. Off. Edgar B. Dunlap. Georgia br Reminirtun Arm* Co.. Inc. John Lewis Smith, District of Columbia APRIL, 1941 S3 When Purchasing Products Please Mention The American Legion Magazine : panies was an imposing, compact body that made an impressive appearance. We swept past the reviewing stand with West Point precision. The challenge of the occasion had stirred us and we responded. The ap- plause of the people was tumultuous. {Continued from page 53) few moments later we were to witness Beyond the reviewing stand we pivot- wrinkled olive drab of the provisional a simple ceremony, the results of which ed briskly into column, broke into double battalion. have played, and may still play, a sig- time and trotted around the corner of Thus we stood waiting, a splotch of nificant role in the present crisis in Eu- the Palace of Justice. olive drab blending into a sea of gray- rope. At length the last cart clattered across blue. On the fourth side of the square Petain took his place as commander of the cobblestones. The final note of were the reviewing stands and beside the French forces participating in the martial music drifted away in the murky them all Metz had gathered. ceremony. Shortly the presidential party sky. From the thrilled crowds came the We stood at rest, idly chatting. Then assembled in front of the reviewing last fervent cheer. The reviewing party sharply a cannon boomed. The babble stand. All colors paraded forward, fac- shuffled out of the stand and sought rose to a roar and tiny tri-colored flags ing the President. Poincare spoke briefly, their waiting automobiles. waved briskly in greeting the President then called Petain forward. By a simple Into the deserted plaza swept gay of the Republic. Alsace-Lorraine was gesture, while cameras clicked and all throngs, laughing, singing, dancing. Upon welcoming its new ruler, chosen of the Metz cheered, the chief executive in- their faces glowed the pride that is the people, by the people and for the people! vested the general with the baton of a heritage of all free peoples. Once more Presently Poincare himself appeared. Marshal of France. their city was their own. The troops snapped to attention as his Grouped in the reviewing stand with It is a far cry from that somber, yet party passed, each regiment in turn com- President Poincare were Clemenceau, glad day in December, 1918, to the fate- ing to present arms. In front of the Marshal Joffre, Marshal Foch, Field ful days of the summer and fall of 1940. American contingent they paused. Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Lord Derby Once more the cobbled area of Place de A French officer detached himself and General Pershing. Behind them were la Republique echoes the beat of goose- from the group and approached Colonel other noted generals and statesmen. stepping Germans. This time the uni- Sanborn. This was a birthday surprise We waited, watched, striving to com- forms sport the swastika of Hitler. If the doughty soldier was not soon to for- prehend. To us in ranks these ceremonies there is any cheering it emanates from get. wr ere impressive, reflecting something of the regimented voice of the Third Excitedly Colonel Joe dismounted. His the pomp and circumstance of military Reich; gone is that glad, spontaneous helmet slipped down upon his nose. With glory. paean of joy welling from hearts of a one hand he tilted it back upon his head A crisp command rang out. The drum liberated people. and with the other groped for some place major's shako danced a little jig. His to fasten the reins of his horse. The grop- bright scepter was lifted high. It moved AS TWILIGHT of that brief December ing hand finally looped them over the and a martial air blared forth from Yank day gathered, we waited beside the snout of a big bass horn. Then he instruments. Colonel Joe clucked to his equestrian statue of William I which stepped forward to accept the congratu- horse and raked a rowel across its flank. the liberated French had thrown down. lations of General, soon-to-be Marshal The Metz review was on. Back of the statue was a stone wall Henri Philippe Petain. Behind the commander of the 131st dropping sharply in a steep escarpment. That day, of course, we could not Infantry marched the American Army Presently a long procession of automo- guess that destiny rode with the French Band, crack musicians all, pride of the biles carrying the reviewing party officer who congratulated our command- A.E.F. Back of them rode the staff of streamed down this highway. We leaned er; that he was to become Chief of the 73d French Division. Then we swung over the wall, waving. One of the cars State of the shattered French Republic into line. stopped suddenly. A figure in olive drab in its most trying hour, nearly twenty- Double platoon front, guide right ! The stepped out on the running board. He two years later. To us he was nameless guide charted a course down a row of looked up at us, grinned. His right hand at the time, another of those severely flagstones and we were on our way. This moved in a brisk salute. trim French generals with an unusual double-ranked, no-file-closer formation General Pershing had paid his tribute amount of gold braid on his cap. Yet a with seven-pace interval between com- to the provisional battalion. You'll get to your school soon enough!" I thought he was making fun of me. The Last Class When I entered Mr. Hamel's small courtyard I was all out of breath. How A Translation of the famous Alpfronsc silent it all was. Ordinarily, at the be- Daudet Story by Jacqueline Powell ginning of school, you could hear a great THAT morning I was very late for strong enough to resist and ran swiftly deal of noise. You know, the usual school. Mr. Hamel had said that towards school. noises: the banging of desks as we he was going to give us a test on As I passed in front of the town hall I opened and closed them, our lessons participles, and as I didn't know saw many people stopped near the small which we all recited aloud, always stop- the first thing about them I was very bulletin board. For two years bad news ping up our ears. You could think better frightened of being scolded. had been posted there: lost battles, that way. And then you would hear the I thought of cutting class to go roam- requisitions, orders from General Head- teacher striking the tables with his big ing through the fields. It was so warm quarters. I wondered what it could be. ruler. and clear. You could hear the blackbirds Mr. Wachter, the blacksmith, was there, "A little bit of silence!" he'd say. whistle at the edge of the woods and the and he and his apprentice were reading You could even hear this noise in the Prussians exercising in Rippert's field be- the bulletin. As I ran across the square street. I was counting on it to help me hind the sawmill. All this tempted me he called out enter without being seen, but it was as far more than participles, but I was "Don't hurry so much, little one. quiet as a Sunday morning. Through the 54 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine : WELL, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? ... IT'S SPRING AND HIS RADIATOR NEEDS SANI-FLUSH "My, doesn't the water look inviting today, dear?" open window I saw my friends already How I wished I hadn't wasted time, or u\iatorS to in their places, and Mr. Hamel walking cut classes to go raiding nests or skating P^"^^^^^7car r wait for swe up and down, the terrible iron rule on the Saar! My books, which had Don't overeat, rust, sV,^ 'neath his arm. To have to open the door seemed so heavy and bothersome a little V* easy wjh and enter while it was so still ! You can while ago, my grammar, my Bible, scaie "VSffi"• . i and F uSh. \ s just imagine how red and scared I was! seemed like old friends now. It would be of San ^ tracto r.) worth true f e But Mr. Hamel wasn't mad a me as he hard to say good-bye to them. And Mr. the largest haV Dothejobyo^elf . tplain said gently Hamel. . . The thought of his leaving, station o „r service on "Take your place quickly, my little my not seeing him any more made me Franz. We were going to begin without forget all the punishments, or his terrible you." iron rule. bathroonj I stepped over the bench and sat at Poor man! He had worn his Sunday iT-St £ on bowls- V drug , my desk quickly. It was only after I had clothes just for this last class. Now I L toilet SoW by st?reS. recovered somewhat from my fright that understood why these old villagers were can.) hardware and 5 « HygieIU I noticed our teacher had on his nice there in the back of the class. It was as 10C l inton, Oluo. green frock-coat, his fine pleated shirt- if they regretted not having come here Productsr \s CoCo., ^ . frill, his black embroidered skull-cap that oftener. It was one way of thanking our he only wore on days of inspection or for teacher for his forty years of loyal serv- the distribution of prizes. Another thing, ice, and to do their duty to their depart- there was something strange and solemn ing country. about the whole class. But the thing that My thoughts were interrupted as I surprised me the most was seeing people heard my name called. It was my turn to of the village seated on the usually recite. How I wished I might say the empty benches at the back of the room. whole long participle rule loudly, clearly, They too were silent; old Hauser with without any mistakes! But I got mixed his three-cornered-hat, the old mayor, up on the first words, and as I stood the old postman, and others also. All there, uncertain, heavy-hearted, not dar- Take first step to protect your Invent inn —without obligation. Get free "Record these people looked sad, and old Hauser ing to look up, I heard Mr. Hamel speak- of Invention" form ami 4S page book, "Patent Guide for the Inventor." Tinio had his old a-b-c book that was eaten at ing to me: Counts ! Write today. CLARENCE A. O'BRIEN the edges on his knees. His big glasses "I'll not scold you, my little Franz, Registered Patent Attorney 1D45 Adams Bui Idincj. Washington . D. C. were lying crosswise on the pages. As I you must be sufficiently punished. . . was wondering about all this Mr. Hamel That's how it goes. Every day you say, had seated himself at his desk, and in the 'Well, I have plenty of time; I'll learn same soft and serious tone he had tomorrow.' And you see what hap- greeted he said: me, pens. . . Ah, it has been our poor Alsace's HOME-STUDY "My children, this is the last time I misfortune always to leave her education shall teach you. An order has come from till tomorrow. Now those people have BUSINESS TRAINING Berlin with the instruction to teach noth- the right to say—what'" You pretend to Your opportunity can never be bigger than your preparation. Prepare now and reap the rewards in ing but German in the schools of Alsace be French, and you don't even know how earlier and larger success. Free 48-Page Books Tell Uow. Write now for book you want, or mail couixjii and Lorraine. . . Your new instructor to read or speak your language? My poor with your name and address in margin today. arrives tomorrow. Today is your last Franz, you are not the one most guilty. : : Higher Accountancy Business French class. Modern Salesmanship Correspondence I beg you to pay atten- We all share part of the blame. Traffic Management Credit and Collection Law: Degree of LI.. B. Correspondence tion." "Your parents were not sufficiently Commercial Law Modern Foremanshlp Industrial Mgra't Expert Bookkeeping These few words stunned me. Oh, the strict about your education. They had , Business C. P. A. Coaching devils! So that was what rather Management Business English they had posted you went out to work for a few Stenotypy O Effective .Speaking at the town hall. My last French class. . . extra pennies. I, And too, am I not to LASALLE EXTENSION UNIVERSITY I hardly knew how to write! I wouldn't blame? Didn't I frequently let you water A Correspondence Institution ever learn, I . . now! had to stop . here. (Continued on page 56) DEPT. 4361-R CHICAGO APRIL, 1941 When Purchasing Products Please Mention The American Legion Magazine leave the country forever the next day. Nevertheless he had the courage to The Last Class teach class to the very end. After the writing lesson came history, then the lit- {Continued from page 55) could hear nothing but the scratch of tle ones recited together their A-B-C's. my garden instead of working? And pens on paper. Some May-bugs entered, Old Hauser, sitting in the back, had put when I wanted to go trout fishing, did I but no one paid any attention, not even on his glasses and with his A-B-C book in stop you from having the day off?" the little ones who traced painstakingly his hands he recited with them. You One thing led to another, and Mr. their letters as if they were still French. could see that he too was applying him Hamel began to talk of the French The pigeons cooed softly on the roof, self, his voice trembling with emotion. It language, saying it was the prettiest in and I said to myself: was so funny to hear him that we all the world, the most clear, and the most '"Are they too going to be forced to wanted to laugh and cry. . . I'll always precise. We were never to forget it but sing in German?" remember that last class. . . . keep it among us, for when a people be- From time to time, as I looked up All at once the clock in the church came slaves, their language was the key from my page. I could see Mr. Hamel struck twelve noon, and then the An- to their prison. Then he picked up the sitting motionless in his chair, gazing at gelus. At that moment the Prussians grammar book and read our lesson. I everything around him with such intens- marched back from their exercise, their was surprised to see how much I under- ity as if he wished to preserve forever in trumpets blaring neath our windows. stood. Everything was easy. easy. I don't his mind his little schoolhouse. Just Mr. Hamel got up. pale. Never had I think I ever paid so much attention nor think, for forty years he had been there, seen him quite so tall. - did he ever take such pains to explain. It facing the same little courtyard, facing "My friends.' he said. "My friends. ." was as if he wished to give us all his similar classes. Only the desks and I . . .1 . . knowledge in one lesson. benches were more polished and worn He couldn't finish. Something seemed After the lesson was finished we went with use. The walnut trees in the court- to choke him. He turned to the board, to writing. That day Mr. Hamel had pre- yard had grown, and the hop vine which picked up some chalk, and wrote with all pared new written examples in large let- he himself had planted now wreathed the his strength,—in letters as big as he could ters: France, Alsace, France, Alsace. windows all the way to the roof. How make them "Vive La France." They resembled little flags that fluttered heartbroken this poor man must have He stayed there, his head leaning through the whole class as they hung been, to leave all his things, to hear his against the wall and without speaking from the rods of the desks. What silence, sister moving about the room upstairs as signaled us with his hand: as everyone got down to work. You she packed their trunks ; for they had to "It is over . . . you may go." (Continued from page 37) brothers, as the four men were not alone all in the Army but they are now all members of the same Legion Post. We'll ask Commander Van J. Yodicka of English River Post. Kalona. Iowa, to introduce his quartette: "English River Post of the Legion, of which I am Commander, has among its membership four brothers who served in the World War. They are Van J. Regiment, landed overseas October 6, old had to get father's permission to Yodicka and Stanley Vodicka of Rich- 191S, and was stationed in Le Mans, enlist; later in the Navy War College, mond, Iowa; Anton A. Vodicka of France, attached to the 83d Division. graduated and then entered the Naval Downey, Iowa, and Lad J. Vodicka of "Lad entered service May 1, 1918, Academy at Annapolis, graduating in Berwyn. Illinois. We four are sons was sent to Camp McArthur, Texas, as- 1923. served one year in China, and is of Venzel and Barbara Vodicka, the lat- signed to Company M, 55th Infantry, now an attorney in Hartford, Connecti- ter having passed away in September, 7th Division, arrived overseas August n, cut: and. right, Greg, lieutenant j. g.. 1926. I am the present Commander of 1918, and later transferred to Com- Medical Corps, U. S. N., and since the Post and Stanley served as Post pany C, 20th Machine Gun Battalion." service, an outstanding physician and Commander from 19:7 to 1929. surgeon in Brooklyn, New York. "In the enclosed picture, Anton is in NEXT we have an Army-Navy "Originally I belonged to James S. the rear, Stanley at the left, I am at the (juartette, the Robillard brothers, Slosson Post and eventually became right and Lad is in front. for whom Past Commander C. H. Robil- County Commander in Richmond, 1925- "I entered service July 22, 191S, was lard of 86 Elwood Place, West Brighton, 1926. In 1932 I transferred to Randolph sent to Camp Pike, Arkansas and as- Staten Island, New York, will be called Walker, Jr., Post, to revive it. signed to the Infantry. I became a mem- upon to act as sponsor: "Greg was originally a member of ber of the 33d Replacement Company "Seeing the pictures of brothers-in- Bay Ridge Post, where he lived, and and was stopped from sailing for the service in Then and Now, I am submit- later helped organize Fort Hamilton A. E. F. by the signing of the Armistice. ting a picture in which appear the four Post, of which he is still a member. Anton and Stanley entered service the Robillard brothers. Seated, left: Ray- George, while at Annapolis, belonged to same date and accompanied me to Camp mond, who served as a corporal in the one of the Navy Posts, composed mostly Pike. Assigned to the 4th Training Regi- A. E. F., was badly gassed and died of Naval Academy men." ment, Anton was transferred to the 133d shortly after the war; right, Charles, Company, A. D., we're letting down R. Camp Merritt. New (myself ). Acting Sergeant Major. 418th NOW, although Jersey, embarked for overseas November Telegraph Battalion, Signal Corps, the bars a little by using a pic- 10, 1918, but the transport turned back A. E. F.. who has since held all offices ture of only three brothers, the circum- when the Armistice was signed the fol- in the Legion in Richmond County, in- stances of their service are unusual lowing day. Stanley was assigned to the cluding that of County Commander. enough to warrant it. and four were in 162c! Depot Brigade at Camp Pike, "Standing, left: George, a gob in the uniform. We'll let Legionnaire Laua transferred to Company C, 4th Training Navy who because he was onlv 18 vears J. Bearden of Lincoln, Arkansas, one 56 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine " 1 : "April Fcol of the soldier-brothers, tell the story: Camp Dix, eleven months having been "Although I have a picture of only spent in the A. E. F. Robert M., now three of us Bearden boys who were in of 139 Mill Road. Brookline, Pennsyl- Joe Di Maggio, service, there were four altogether who vania, was during his entire period of A. L. Baiting Champion 1940 served during the World War. We hold service, from enlistment October 1, Batting Average the distinction of being the only family 1917, to discharge, December 18, 1918, .352 in Franklin County, Arkansas, that sergeant 1st cl., Q. M. C, with Head- furnished four sons for service. quarters Company at Camp Lee, Virginia. "The picture I enclose includes my two Samuel J., now deceased, served as a older brothers and myself. On the left corporal with the 336th Supply Company, is Charles S., I am in the middle, and Q. M. C, from July, 1918, to August, Luther G., the eldest of the group, on 1919, being in France from October 27, Debs Garms. the right. We three all enlisted in 1918, until just before his discharge. I N. L. Batting Champion 1940. Company K, 2d Infantry, Arkansas enlisted at Parris Island, South Carolina, Batting Average .355 National Guard, and were called into August 2, 1918, and served as a private service on August 5, 191 7. After we got in the 1 6th Company, 5th Regiment, • Genuine Autographed Louisville Slug- to Louisiana, the overseas Camp Beauregard, U. S. Marine Corps, was from gers in the same models as used by these Champions and other big league entire outfit was made into heavy artil- November 3, 1918, to July 25, 1919, in many stars are carried regularly by your sport- lery units and we three were put into France and the Occupied Area of Ger- ing goods dealer. Ask to see them. He also Battery C, 142c! Field Artillery, 39th many, and received my discharge at carries Louisville Slugger Softball Hats and Louisville Grand Slam Golf Division. Quantico, Virginia, August 13, 1919. Clubs—the finest sports equip- "We remained in the same unit until "We three surviving brothers are all ment sold today. it was demobilized on June 26, 191 9, members of Howard C. McCall Post of after having served twenty-three months, the Legion in Philadelphia." nine of which were in the A. E. F. We were together the entire time and most THEN we learned about the "Fighting of the time while in France we were Peytons" through one of them, for your KREE copy of billeted together. We also got a 30- Legionnaire Thomas W. Peyton, Attor- "FAMOUS SLUGGER YEAR BOOK for 1941" day farm furlough together. Talk about ney-at-Law in the Huntington Banking >r send 5c in *tani|>» direct to Dept. L-21 family affair! picture of us was a The and Trust Building, Huntington, West HIlLfRICH & BRADSBY COMPANY, Inc. taken at Camp Coetquidan. France. Virginia. One of this quartette, techni- LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY "The fourth brother. Fay R. Bearden, cally speaking, might be considered a served in the Medical Corps at Camp ringer, but we display a picture of the Travis, Texas. We are all members of group and give you the following ex- PERSPIR-ATO The American Legion." tracts from a most interesting but lengthy account submitted by Thomas THE MODERN TURKISH OR VAPOR BATH FOR HOME USE BOTH the Army and the Marine Peyton Complete with streamlined cabll Corps benefited from the patriotism "The enclosed camera picture, taken infra-red electric healer, vapori; rubber apron. Portable. Roll up w: of the boys of the Curry family of in Huntington, West Virginia, in late not in use. Positively suaranU Sent postpaid upon receipt of $9 Philadelphia. George B. Curry of 291 August or early September, 1919, shows ... or pay $9,115 plus postage delivery. Try it in your home. If Rising Sun Road. Ardmore. Pennsylvania, the four Peyton brothers after they had satisfied return within 10 days ! we will refund your $9.05. member of Howard C. McCall Post of returned from service during the World PERSPIR-ATOR MFC. CO. the Legion, submitted the picture we War. Three were with the A. E. F. and Dept. 285 Toledo, Ohio show and is elected spokesman for his the fourth, too young to go either by group of brothers: enlistment or by draft, was a corporal "Herewith is a picture of another in a High School Unit, and is now an WAKE UP YOUR four-brothers combination—the Curry officer of the Regular Army of the United Brothers of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. States. From left to right: Samuel J. (now de- "From left to right in the picture, LIVER BILE- ceased), George B.. William J. and Rob- we find: Albert Hovey Peyton, captain, Without Calomel —And You'll Jump Out ert M.—three in the Army and one who commanded Company H. 51st In- of Bed in the Morning Rarin' to Go Marine—and I was the leatherneck. fantry. 6th Division, and saw active ser- The liver should pour 2 pints of bile juice into your bowels every day. If this bile is not flowing "William now living at South vice J., 1237 on the Vesle and in the Argonne. freely, your food may not digest. It may just de- 53rd Street. Philadelphia, served as regi- He continued in the Regular Army and cay in the bowels. Then gas bloats up your stom- ach. You get constipated. You feel sour, sunk and mental supply sergeant of the 315th In- is now a lieutenant-colonel of Infantry the world looks punk. It takes those good, Carter's Liver fantry, 79th Division, entering service old Little stationed as instructor with the Pills to get these 2 pints of bile flowing freely to September 22. 191 7. at Camp Meade, ROTC Unit at the University of Georgia. make you feel "up and up." Get a package today. Take as directed. Amazing in making bile flow free- and being discharged June 7, 1919, at {Continued on page 58) ly. Ask for Carter's Little Liver Pills. 10<> and 25tf. APRIL, 1941 57 When Purchasing Products Pi.ease Mention The. American Legion Magazine — . SAMPLES OF REMARK- FREE ABLE TREATMENT FOR STOMACH ULCERS Ships That Pass . . Due to Gastric Hyperacidity {Continued page j~) pleasant for the will H H. Bromley, of Shelburne, from chairmen who engi- Vt., writes: "I suffered for years "Robert Edwin Peyton, too young for neer the reunions, H. (Gil) Stordock, with arid stomach trouble. My G. doctors told mo I had acid stom- service, was corporal with the Cadet genial Adjutant of the Department of ach ulcers and would have to diet the rest of my life. Before takinii Corps of the Huntington High School Wisconsin of the Legion, 611 North your treatment 1 lost a lot of weight ami could cat nothing hut and finished his academic work at Johns Broadway, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has soft foods and milk. After taking Von's Tablets I felt perfectly well, Hopkins University at Baltimore, where taken on the job of Reunions Chairman ate almost anything and gained hack the weight I had lost." he was cadet major of the R. O. T. C. for the Convention Corporation. He and If you suffer from indigestion, gastritis, heartburn, bloating or unit. Upon graduation, commissioned his committee stand ready to render all any other stomach trouble due to gastric hyperacidity, you. too. should try VON'S for prompt relief. Send for FREE 2d lieutenant, Infantry, 0. R. C, and possible help. So, when you report your Samples of this remarkable treatment and details of trial otter with money hack guarantee. Instructive Booklet is upon completion of medical education at reunion to The Company Clerk for list- included. Write PHILADELPHIA VON CO. Dept. 627-H University of Virginia was recommis- ing in these columns, be sure to report it Philadelphia, Pa. Fox Bldg., sioned ist lieutenant in the Medical also to Reunions Chairman Stordock. Corps, 0. R. C. and served his intern- Details of the following Milwaukee ship at Walter Reed Hospital in Wash- National Convention reunions, already ington, D. C. Was commissioned in announced, may be obtained from the Medical Corps, Regular Army, and is Legionnaires listed: IS now a captain, M. C, at Carlisle Bar- TOP KICK racks, Pennsylvania. [Rank and assign- Soo. of 1st Div.— Annual natl. convention and reunion. Dr. E. H. Maurer, chmn., 7139 W. HELPING ment of these two Peytons may have Greenfield Av., Milwaukee. Soc. of 3d Div. —Annual convention reunion- been changed since this report was re- COMMANDERS banquet. Hy O. Hegna, secy., Milwaukee Chap., ceived in April, 1940. The Company 3d Div., 1st Wise. Bank Bldg., Milwaukee, Wise. Post Commanders say they like the 4th Div. Assoc.—Annual natl. reunion of all Clerk.] 4th Div. vets. Theo. F. Tolzman, reunion chmn., Idea of the Month in TOP KICK "John Thornburg Peyton, was bat- 431 N. 40th St., Milwaukee, Wise. wherein one of their number suhmits 12th (Plymouth) Div. Assoc.—Natl. re- a constructive idea that has helped talion sergeant major with Headquarters union. Write H. Gordenstein, natl. adjt., 12 Pearl St., Boston, Mass. his Post. Company, 150th Infantry, 38th (Cy- 31st (Dixie) Div.—Natl. reunion. 31st Div. Post Commanders say they like the clone) Division, and was in Le Mans, vets write to Walter A. Anderson, secy., 4913 N. Hermitage Av., Chicago, 111. of the one article in high-lighting France, when the Armistice was signed. 81st (Wildcat) Div.—Reunion dinner. Write Legion Magazine of to Jas. E. Cahall, The American He is now an accountant at Stanford, natl. adjt., 625 St. Charles community significance; discussion of Av., New Orleans, La. West Virginia. Coast Art. Coups Vets. Annual reunion and which will pep up meetings. — banquet of all C.A.C. vets. F. H. Callahan. 77 "Thomas West Peyton (the writer) Water St., Medford. Mass.. or J. Donnelly, Post Commanders like the preview A. was a captain in command of Company 913 E. Juneau Av., Milwaukee, Wise. stories and fea- of all the articles, 67th C. A. C. —For details of reunion and for tures in the Magazine because it helps A, 8o:d Pioneer Infantry, served over- regtl. roster, write Gerald D. Nolan, 372 Bridle them judge what material they want seas almost a year; now a lieutenant- Path, Worcester, Mass. Btries. A, B & C, 44th C. A. C—Reunion. to read first. colonel, Infantry, 0. R. C, and in the Write Harold Hallagan, 26 Main St., Asbury Park, N. J. Post Commanders chuckle over general practice of law at Huntington. Btry. B, 50th Regt.. C. A. C.—Proposed re- he portrays Wally's cartoons because "The Peyton brothers come from a union. For roster, write Eugene F. Sherry, the funny side of their job. 4608 Sylvan Av., Pittsburgh, Pa. long line of fighting men. Their progeni- Natl. Assoc. Amer. Balloon Corps Vets.— enjoy the messages 10th annual natl. reunion. gen. Post Commanders tor, Francis Peyton of Alexandria, Vir- Thos F. Burns, from Legion officials because they chmn., 9100 S. May St., Chicago, 111. ginia, was a colonel in the Revolutionary 21st Engrs. L. R. Soc. 22d annual conven- realize we are all one — make them tion-reunion. John M. Kellner, pres., Oakwood his son, I, big family working for the same War; Thomas West Peyton Manor, R.R. 4, Pontiac, Mich., or Chas. L. Schaus, secy.-treas., 325 47th St., Union City, American ideals. was a captain in the War of 181 2 ; his N. J. Because Post Commanders are the son, Thomas West Peyton II, was a 56th (Searchlight) Engrs.—Proposed re- union. Write W. B. Robbins, secy.-treas., 80 sincere, hard-working Legionnaires lieutenant in the Mexican War, and Central St., Hudson, Mass. are, they want more ideas. that they captain of Infantry in the forces of the 215TH Enghs.—Regimental reunion. Write Jacob Lewis, 30 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. want to hear how you other They Confederate States during the War Be- 603d (Searchlight) Engrs.—Reunion. Lewis Commanders go about making meet- tween the States, and was killed in action Nickles, Vets. Home, Waupaca, Wise. ings bigger and better. HQ. Det., 209th Engrs.—Reunion. Lewis T. at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The latter's Wells, 208 S. Ben St., Piano. 111. They want to learn how other Com- 307th F. S. Bn. Assoc. Proposed organiza- son, Thomas West Peyton III, was a — manders go about raising money. tion and reunion. Write R. L. Kissing, secy.- captain in the West Virginia National treas., 240 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Ind. They want to know how other Com- 15th Serv. Co., S. C.—Reunion. Write Pat D. Guard, resigned his commission shortly manders help committee chairmen do Morgan, Grayling, Mich. before the Spanish-American War started Co. C, 106th F. S. Bn., Last Man Club.— their work efficiently. Reunion, Milwaukee, Wise, Sept. 14. Dave and was unable to return for service. Daley, secy., 6705 N. Odell Av., Chicago, 111. learn everything that They want to 4th G & F Bn., Camps Syracuse and Mills. "We four brothers are sons of Captain will help them do a first-class job. — Reunion-banquet, vets of all companies. Sam Thomas West Peyton III and Mary T. S. Gelewitz, 14 Pine St., Hyde Park. Mass. Send your best ideas to TOP KICK, Vets, of Verneuill and Nevers, MTC Units along with photograph. The best will (Hovey) Peyton. 301-2-3.— Reunion and banquet. Rev. C. N. Bit- chmn., 1004 N. St., be selected and printed each month. tie, temp, 10th Milwaukee, Wise. AS USUAL, there will be a lot of late- Motor Truck Co. 401. —Proposed reunion. TOP KICK Write Raymond L. Ristaino, Washington St. -LX. season vacations for tens of thou- Greenhouses, Franklin, Mass. Trn. Club. Reunion-banquet. sands of World War veterans this year. 311TII Sup. — Write W. P. McConnell, 2644 W. 122d PI., Blue The notation on their calendars reads: Island, 111., for details. ( hem. Warfare Serv. Assoc.-—Reunion all 15-18" "Milwaukee, September —where CWS vets, USA or AEF. Geo. W. Nichols, secy.- and when the Legion National Conven- treas.. R. 3. Box 75, Kingston. N. Y. Bakery Co. 337. —2d annual reunion. Write tion will be held. For thousands of them L. E. Bancroft. Sudbury. Mass. Other Bakery Co. vets who are interested, are requested to will an extra-special, added attraction be report also. the reunions of their old outfits, and Am Serv. Vets. — Reunion of all Air Serv. vets. J. E. Jennings, natl. adjt., 1202 S. First many of those outfits have long since St.. Louisville, Ky. he American Legion Magazine Pursuit Group. AEF (Sqdrns. 27-94-95- meeting with the 1st established a policy of 147-185-218 & 4th Air Park.) — Reunion and 15 W. 48th Street Legion National Convention annually. dinner. Finley J. Strunk. adjt., 176 Roosevelt New York, N. Y. Av., Bergenfield, N. J. Just to make things simpler and more Kelly Field Assoc.— Fully organized. All 58 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine When Purchasing Products Please Mention The American Legion Magazine — Kelly Field vets. 1017-19. eligible. Convention Alexander, chmn., 108 N. Forbes St.. Jackson. reunion. Bill Unger. 5879 Shady-Forbes Ter., Life membership, two dollars, entitles member Pittsbunrh, Pa. to free copy Divisional history. No dues. Byron U. S. Gen. Hosp. =30, Plattsbuku Barracks. Beveridge, secy., Capitol, Madison, Wise. Annual reunion. —Convention reunion all personnel. Write Reba 33d Div. War Vets. Assoc. — Hotel Morrison. Chicago, 111., June 28-29. Write SHAVE THE G. Cameron, P. O. Box 84, Redlands, Calif. NEW QMC Det.. Base Hosp. 14, Camp Custer.— Jos. A. Jaworski, pres.. Hotel Morrison, Chicago, Proposed organization and reunion. Write R. F. 111. McKelvy. Box 271. Helena. Ark. 34th (Sandstorm) Div. —Annual convention, Base Hosp. #103. —Proposed reunion. Write St. Paul, Minn., in Aug. Write Ed. H. Slater, details. John I. Makinen. Rockport, Mass. secy., 2076 Dayton Av.. St. Paul, for Base Hosp., Camp Lee. Va., Med. Dept.—3d 37th (Buckeye) Div. Vets. Assoc.—Annual PAINLESS WAY annual reunion. Hotel Prister, Milwaukee, Wise., reunion-convention, Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 30- Mon., Sept. 15. 10 a.m. Luncheon at 12.30. G. P. Sept. 1. Jas. Sterner, exec, secy., 1101 Wyan- 1 > St., dotte Bldg.. Columbus, Ohio. The Assoc. will ex- Lawrence, gen. chmn., 348 /L Wyoming BARBERS KNOW WHATS Pittsburgh, Pa.. R. E. Frantz, secy., Camptown, change divisional magazines with other outfits Pa. H. O. Roth, pres., 1601 C'arew Tower, Cincinnati, 600D_A BIT OF Base Hosp. Camp Sevier Reunion Assoc.— Ohio. Reunion. Write M. R. Callaway, organizer. Vets. Rainbow (42d) Div. Vets. —23d annual natl. NOXZEMA Adm. Facility. Kecoughtan, Va., for roster. convention-reunion, Atlantic City, N. J., July SSU 508.—Reunion. George Jacobs. 1522 W. 12-14. Arthur E. Slattery, chmn., 107 McLaren .BEFORE LATHERING Greenfield Av., Milwaukee. Wise. St.. Red Bank. N. J. U. S. S. Ne/itune. —Proposed reunion of crew. 77th Div. Assoc. —Spring dance and military A. S. West, 1105 Landreth Bldg.. St. Louis, Mo. pageant, honoring Col. Julius O. Adler and Sons Famous medicated cream U. S. S. Orizaba —Reunion of crew. Dr. of 77th Vets.. Hotel Roosevelt. New York City. Groesbeck Walsh. Employees Hosp.. Fairfield, Apr. 26. Walter J. Baldwin, exec, secy., 28 E. softens beard— 39th St.. New York City. Ala. soofnes sensitive skin U. S. S. Plattsbuig.— Reunion of crew. Write 78th Div. Vets. Assoc. — Annual spring re- Av., John Korinek, 5475 N. 41st St., Milwaukee, Wise. union. Capitol Hotel. 50th St. & 8th New • If you have a tough beard and a i U. S. S. Whittemore. —Reunion of crew of York City, Apr. 19. Raymond W. Taylor, gen. tender skin, try the trick used byl "mystery ship" which patroled with U. S. S. secy.. Box 482, Closter. N. J. scores of barbers. Just apply a District reunion. N-S. Write Robt. E. Cooper, P.O. Box 1232. 81st (Wildcat) Div. Assoc. — little medicated Noxzemn before Chicago, 111., last week in June. For details, Amarillo, Texas. lathering—or use it alone as a Charles U. S. S. Zeclandia. —Reunion of crew. Leonard write Jas. E. Cahall. natl. adjt., 625 St. latherless shave. See how Nox- W. Wittman. 1906 E. Main. Rochester. N. Y. Av., New Orleans, La. zema soothes and protects sensi- annual 83d Div. Reunion. Washington. Pa., city Natl. Assoc. V ets. AEF Siberia. —4th — tive skin ... no razor pull—no drag no smarting park, June 14. Write John C>. Dinsmore, secy., convention-reunion. Anton Horn, natl. comdr.. after-shave irritation! And notice how cool and com- Waynesburg, Pa. 10711 Av. G, Chicago, 111. fortable your skin feels. La Valbonne Vets. Assoc. —Reunion of all 83d Div. Vets. Assoc. of Ohio.—For use in Start shaving the newNoxzema way today. For a lim- vets of Inf. Candidates' School. Saul B. Kramer, compiling history, vets are requested to send all time you can get a generous 2 5{ trial jar of Nox- pres., 135 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, 111. historical data to 83d Assoc. Hq„ 312 Akron ited Savings & Loan Bldg., Akron, Ohio. zema for only 19^ at any drug or department store. Inf. Assoc. AEF. For brief history, and activities at times and 4th — REUNIONS partial company roster and information about - places other than the Legion Na- 3d Div. Medal, write Sam Kornbluth, pres.. 506 W. 213th St.. New York City. 25* TRMLJ/IR tional Convention, follow: Ohio Rainbow Div. Vets. Assoc.—Annual frft reunion, Lancaster, Ohio, June 13-14. Jack Soc of 1st Div., Ind. Branch.—Meeting at Henry, 131 N. Main St., Marysville, Ohio. World War Memorial. Indianapolis, first Sun- 71st Inf. and 105th Inf. —Reunion dance. day each month, 2.30 P.M. Alvie R. Brenton, Hotel Abbey. New York City, April 26. John pres., 3914 Spann Av., Indianapolis, Ind. Blaine. 118-20 203d St.. St. Albans. N. Y. Soc OF 3d Div.—22d annual natl. reunion. 312TH Inf.—Reunion-dinner, The Essex House, CROSMAN Washington. D. C. July 10-12. Bill Shomaker. Broad St.. Newark, N. J.. May 24. Write 312th secy.. 3811 25th PI., N.E.. Washington. For free Inf. Assoc., 620 High St.. Newark, N. J. SILENT RIFLE.* copy The Watch on the Rhine, write Harry 314th Inf. Vets. —Spring Round-up at Ami r. Cedar. 4320 Old Dominion Dr., Arlington, Va. Lezion County Council, 3d & Walnut Sts., 10W-C0ST AMMUNITION Soc. OF 5th Div. —-Annual natl. convention- Philadelphia. Pa., Apr. 19. Write Ralph Barclay, reunion, Chicago, 111., Aug. 30-Sept. 1 John P. Eddington, Pa. Memorial services, 314th Me- — 5uperPe/fs \\ f§) Horan, chmn., 6618 Washtenaw, Chicago, 111. morial Cabin, Valley Forge, Pa., May 30. Ray 26th (Yankee) Div. Vet. Assoc.— Annual V. Nicholson, chmn., 1612 Market St., Phila- an SUnl Rifle il co spoil reunion, Manchester, N. H., June 5-8. John W. delphia. 23d regtl. reunion, Lewistown, Pa., . . . — aim i no ooite .no odor Dunlap, conv. corp., 72 Elm St., Manchester. Sept. 26-28. Geo. E. Hentschel, secy., 1845 ninf;! Ammunition co*t* only ont- K. H. Champlost Av., Philadelphia, Pa. tent per thotl Power from com- long range Soc. OF 28th Div.—Annual convention-re- Co. D, 10th Inf. —Reunion. Kalamazoo, Mich., pressed air is adiustablc for short or looting indoor* or out. Sealed compression union, Bradford. Pa., July 17-19. All Keystoners Aug. 10. Alvin Gebard, 1204 S. Grant St., nbti keeps power constant. His real rifled bar- should write to W. W. Haugherty, secy.-treas., Bloomington, Ind. "rel for greater accuracy and added force. Single shot, 1444 S. Vodges St., Philadelphia, Pa. Hq. Co., 108th Inf. (Co. F. 74th Inf.)—Re- tl or 177 C«I. Maflaiinc looder, ClL only. Ask our deoler to show you a Crosman and Dodo Targets. 29th (Blue and Gray) Div. Assoc.—Annual union, Niagara Falls. Ont., Nov. 8. Lawrence ToJey /or Dturipth* FoUtr reunion. Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C. Aug. L. Varley. 733 Tonawanda St., Buffalo, N. Y. Write CROSMAN ARMS (0, INC., 392 ST. PAUL ST., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 29-Sept. 1. For free copy The Twenty-Niner. M. G. Co. Vets. Assoc.. 108th Inf.— 17th write Comdr. Milton E. Groome, 1141 Bladens- annual reunion. Buffalo. N. Y., Apr., 26-27. Jas. liurg Rd., N.E., Washington. For inf. about 29th A. Edwards, 331 Breckenridge St., Buffalo, N. Y. POWER WITHOUT POWDER Div. Medal, write Wm. C. Nicklas, natl. adjt., M. G. Co., 302d Inf. Vets. Assoc.—Reunion. 4318 Walther Av., Baltimore, Md. North Attleboro, Mass.. in May. For details, 30th Div.—450-page Divisional history avail- adjt., 100 South write Jas. W. McLoughlin, CAN able. YOU E. A. Murphy, Lepanto. Ark. Bend St., Pawtucket, R. I. 31st (Dixie) Div. Assoc.— For date and de- Co. I, 308th Inf. —Reunion dinner, Augrick's tai's annual reunion in Macon, Ga., in Au;.. Restaurant. 257 William St.. New York City. Catch More Fish write H. M. Watson, secy.-treas., 514 Orange Apr. 5. J. Steinhardt. chmn., 37 Featherbed Creek Chub's new 1041 catalog is a St.. Macon, Ga. Lane. New York City. practical, fascinating, reliable guide td flies in 31st (Dixie) Div.—Reunion, Springfield. 111., Co. K. 308th Inf.— Reunion dinner. 77th better fishing ! Shows lures and with Legion Dept. Conv., Aug. Walter A. Ander- Div. Clubhouse. 28 E. 39th St.. New York City. natural colors! Sent 1'IiKE upon re- son, secy.. 4913 N. Hermitage Av., Chicago, 111. Mav 3. Simon Reiss, 105 Bennett Av., New quest ! Write today! 32d Div. Vet. Assoc. —Annual convention- York City. CREEK CHUB BAIT CO. i, Jackson. Mich., Aug. 30-31. ( ( 'on I in ai il in' ini in a i reunion, Chas. 354 So. Randolph St. Garrett. Ind. WORK FOR THE LEGIONNAIRE CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE J. W. Sc.hlaik.jer, Winner (South Dakota) Post. Harold D. Robinson, Mcllvaine-Kothe Post, Indianapoli-. Indiana. R. Worth Shumaker, Frank Bartlelt Post, Buckhannon. West Virginia. Ray Tucker, National Press Club Post, Washington, D. C. Tom Sayres, Ford Motor Company Post. Dearborn, Michigan. Courtney Allen, New Rochelle (New York) Post. Robert Beith Anderson. Chipilly Post, Chicago, Illinois. GOVERNMENT George P. Gillan. Omaha Post, Omaha, Nebraska. William Heaslip, 107th Infantry Post, New York City. $1260 to $2100 Year Frank G. McCormic.k. University Post. Minneapolis, Minnesota. TO START Ared White. Capitol Post. Salem. Oregon. Ex-Service Men INSTITUTE get preference ! FRANKLIN Paul H. Griffith. Lafayette Post. Uniontown, Pennsylvania. / Dept. RI8I Rochester, N. Y. Nixson Denton. Mt. Washington Post. Cincinnati. Ohio. You are f Jacqueline Powell, Auxiliary Unit of Hempstead (New York) Post. exempt from Rush FREE list of D. S. Govern- age limits. ment hip pay dependable .Tons. t 32- page hook describing salaries, hours, work. Tell all about Take advantage of O me Conductors of regular departments of the magazine, all of whom are Legion- -Service and your preference. preference to Ex men how to qualify for one of these jobs. naires, are not listed. / Mail / Coupon Same . Today— , SURE / Adihesa APRIL. 1941 59 When Purchasing Products Please Mention The American Legion Magazine — . FINE FOR KIDNEY Ships That Pass . . AND BLADDER (Continual from page off) 309th Encrs. Assoc.—18th reunion. Canton, Hq. Co. 350th Inf.—An up-to-date roster Ohio, Aug. 29-30. Wm. E. Graves, secy., 55 E. will be sent to all vets who write to Raymond Pearl St., Greenwood, Ind. A. Conner, 1312 High St.. Beatrice, Nebr. Co. C, 15th U. S. Engrs.—Annual reunion- WEAKNESS Co. M, 357TH Inf. — Reunion. Medicine Park, banquet, Fort Pitt Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa., Apr. Okla., July 26-27. Martin G. Kizer, secy., Apache, 5. Wm. H. Turner, 125 Montville St., N. S., STOP GETTING UP NIGHTS Okla. Pittsburgh, Pa. 3d Pioneer Inf. Vets. Assoc. —Reunion. Hq. Co., 218th Engrs.—Vets can obtain set AND FEEL YOUNGER Minneapolis or St. Paul. Minn., Nov. 13. Joel of forty snapshot prints of former comrades, T. Johnson, pres., 411 Essex Bldg., Minneapolis, without cost, by writing to Arthur Thompson, Keep your blood more free from waste Minn. 2104 W. Cermak Road, Chicago, III. matter, poisons and acid by putting more 54th Pioneer Inf.— Minnesota Chap, reunion, 211th F. S. Bn.—Proposed reunion. Thos. with Conv., activity into kidneys and bladder, and St. Paul, Legion Dept. Aug. R. Freeman, 3915 Windsor Av., Dallas, Texas. H. W. Teichrow, 1738 Hewitt Av., St. Paul.— 304TH F. S. Bn. Assoc.—Annual reunion- should live life. you a healthier, happier For membership in Pa. Chap., write Jas. J. banquet, Baltimore, Md., May 3. J. P. Tyrrell, One efficient, harmless way to do this Russell, pres., 771 N. 27th St.. Philadelphia. 6144 MeCallum St., Philadelphia, Pa. Proposed reunion, New York Chap. Write Wm. 28th Co., S. C. Proposed reunion and organ- is to get from your druggist a 35 cent — J. R. Ginn, secy., 85 Jane St., Hartsdale, N. Y. ization. Write Alfred W. Cooley, Alton, N. H. box of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Cap- 56th Pioneer Inf. Assoc.—Annual reunion, 15th Cav.—Proposed reunion. John Faulkner, sules and take them as directed—the Tyrone, Pa., Aug. 3. Jonas R. Smith, secy., Box 62, Moultrie, Ga. prompt results should delight you. 4911 N. Mervine St., Philadelphia, Pa. Utilities Det., Camp Dodge—Spring frolic, 59th Pioneer Inf. Assoc.—6th reunion, Minneapolis, Minn., Apr. 19. Ray H. Luther, Besides getting nights, up some symptoms Trenton. N. J., Sept. 27-28. Howard D. Jester, 538 N. W. Bank Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn. of kidney trouble may be backache, shifting secy., 1917 Washington St., Wilmington, Del. 308th M. T. C, AEF.—For new roster, report pains, puffy eyes. 11th F. A. Vets. Assoc. — Reunions at to Ray F. Schuster, 3704 South Western Av., Don't be an EASY MARK and accept a Newark, N. J., and Spokane, Wash., Aug. 30- Chicago, III. substitute — Get Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Sept. I. For free copy The Cannoner, write R. C. 304th Sup. Co., QMC, Madison Barracks.— Capsules — the original and genuine. Look Dickieson, secy., 7330-180th St., Flushing, N. Y. Proposed organization. 0. C. Roher, U. S. Bank Btry. Art. Vets. Assoc. 17th Bldg., Portland, Ore. for the Gold Medal on the box — 35 cents. B. 55th AEF — reunion-banquet. Hotel Manger, Boston, Mass. 35th & 801st Aero Sqdhns.—10th reunion, Apr. 19. Jos. A. Murray, secy., UDC, 63 Leon Hayward Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 22-25. WE St., Boston, Mass. Dell F. Newton, 1660 W. 56th St., Los Angeles. Btry. D, 58th C.A.C., AEF.—Proposed re- 140th Aero. Sqdrn.—For time and place of m ToAnySuitT union. Write Irving Laufer, 621 W. 172d St.. reunion, write Allen J. Hathaway, Shattuck St., jli§ Double the life of your New York City. Littleton, Mass. Btry. D 59th Art. Vets. Assoc. Annual Co. 6, 1st Air Serv. Mech. Regt.—Annual ffjlf' coat and vest with correctly — matched pants. 100,000 pattei dinner-dance. Builders Trade Club, 2 Park Av., reunion-dinner. New York City, Oct. 25. For Every pair hand tailored to your measure. New York City, Apr. 19. Al C. Brown, secy., roster, write Clifford R. Summers, 2156 E. Dau- for your O. before Our match Bent FREE K. 2915 Ave. S, Brooklyn, N. Y. phin St.. Philadelphia, Pa. pants are made. Fit guaranteed. Send piece banquet-reunion. and of cloth or vest today. 71ST Regt., C. A. C.—Annual Base Hosp., Camps A. A. Humphreys SUPERIOR MATCH PANTS COMPANY Providence, R. I., Apr. 26 or May 2. For details, BELVOIIt, Va.-—Vets wanting copy of annual, 209 S. State St. Dept. 165 Chicago write Theo. A. Cote, adjt., 140 Bullard St., New The Belvoir Bugle, write Wilfred J. Harris, Bedford, Mass. 1928 Bristol Ct., Scranton, Pa. Btry. C, 44th C. A. C.—Proposed reunion. Base Hosp., Camp Lee, Med. Dept.—2d re- John List. Gen. Del., East Northport, N. Y. union-banquet, Altoona, Pa., with Legion Dept. Btry. D, 72d C. A. I'. —Reunion, Chicago. 111., Conv. Write F. P. Lawrence, chmn., 348 '/i ^Itchiness Apr. 5. Jos. C. Horsch, 1217 W. 95th PL, Wyoming Av., Pittsburgh, Pa., for details. Sher- For quick relief from itching of eczema, pimples, ath- Chicago, 111. Vets. Amb. Co. 129 AEF.—22d reunion, lete's foot, scales, scabies, rashes and other externally 107th Trench Mortar Btry. Assoc. —Re- man Hotel, Chicago, 111.. May 17-18. Lewis A. caused skin troubles, use world-famous, cooling, anti- union, Antigo, Wise, July 12-13. Amos Maltby, Arkin, secy., 117 W. Harrison St., Chicago. septic, liquid D. D. D. Prescription. Greaseless, Adjt.-Q. M., Elk's Club, Antigo, Wise. Marine Corps League— Natl, convention, In- stainless. Soothes irritation and quickly stops intense VETS. 13th Engrs.— 12th reunion, Emporia, dianapolis, Ind., Aug. 27-30. Wayne Simpson, itching. 35c trial bottle proves it, or money back. Ask Kans., June 20-22. Jas. A. Elliott, secy.-treas., chmn., 14 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis, or Natl. your druggist today for P. P. P. PRESCRIPTION 721 E. 21st St., Little Rock, Ark. Hq., Albany Garage Bldg., Albany. N. Y. 15TH U. S. Engrs. —22d reunion, Fort Pitt 4th Nav. Dist.—Reunion, Sewell's Point Base, Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa., Apr. 26. R. L. Knight, to be held in Philadelphia, Apr. 25. Write Fred publicity comm., 224 N. Aiken Av., Pittsburgh 6, D. Garman, Room 590, City Hall, Philadelphia. Pa. U. S. S. Agamemnon—Proposed reunion. Thos. 19th Engrs. (Ry.) Assoc.—21st reunion- J. Dougherty, Vets. Hosp., Aspinwall, Pa. ASTHMA banquet, Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 9. David Wood- U. S. S. Leviathan Vets. Assoc.—Dinner-re- side, chmn., 31 S. Farragut St., Philadelphia. Pa. union, Rutley's Restaurant, 40th St. & Bdwy.. Vets. 31st Ry. Engrs.—13th reunion, Seattle, New York City, Apr. 26. R. L. Hedlander, secy., "sraamu mat Wash., Aug. 1-3. F. E. Love, secy.-treas., 321 Chateau Lafayette, Greenwich, Conn. If you suffer from Astluna. Paroxysms, from coughs, gasp- 36th St., N. E., Cedar Rapids. Iowa. U. S. S. South Dakota Annual reunion. Aber- ing, wheezing — write quick for daring FREE TRIAL — reunion, Miami Hotel, OFFER of amazing relief. Inquiries from so-called "hope- 34th Engrs.—Annual deen, Wash., Apr. 5. Geo. O. Hill, secy., 510 W. less" cases especially invitee]. Write Dayton. Ohio, Aug. 30-Sept. 1. Alfred Koch, Wishkah St.. Aberdeen. NACOR, 956-R, State Life Building, Indianapolis, Ind. pres., 57 Virginia Av., Dayton, or Geo. Remple, Subchasers 1-342-343-344-345-346 — 4th re- secy., 2523 N. Main St., Dayton, Ohio. union, Philadelphia. Pa., May 9. Walter "Buck" The American Legion 52d Engrs. Assoc.—4th reunion, Buckeye Fulmer, 3403 Friendship St., Philadelphia. Lake, Newark, Ohio, in July. R. L. Dungan, GEN. Hq. Bn., AEF.—Annual natl. reunion. National Headquarters comdr., 507 '/> W. Tuscarawas Av., Barberton, Detroit, Mich.. May 17-18. C. A. Maynard, Indianapolis, Ohio. comdr., 93 Wenonah Dr.. Pontiac, Mich. Indiana 60th Ry. Engrs. and Aux.—Reunion, Min- Natl. Yeoman F—Reunion, Childs' Blue- neapolis, Minn., July 17-20. D. E. and Eula Room, 43d & Bdwy., New York City, May 15. Financial Statement Gallagher, secys., 821 E. 21st St., Little Rock, For details, write Mrs. Ida S. Maher, chmn., Ark. 67 Hanson PI., Brooklyn, N. Y. January 31, 1941 Reunion, Vets. 61st Ry. Engrs.— Kansas John J. Noll 1. E. M. Soboda, secy.- City. Mo.. Aug. 30-Sept. The Com patty Clerk Assets treas., 932 Roscoe St., Green Bay, Wise. Cash on hand and on deposit _ # S34.657.17 Notes and accounts receivable 68,603.31 Inventories 95,878.94 Invested funds 2,249,964.21 Permanent investments: Overseas Graves Decoration Trust Fund. . 2W.OI9.89 OHice building, Washington, D. C, less depreciation 120,597.64 Furniture, fixtures and equipment, less depreciation 37,339.62 Deferred charges 29,700.60 week as a memorial to 33,645,761.38 {Continued jrom page Jj) during Christmas in invested funds. For a Post in a city Mrs. Lillian A. Ross, a Gold Star Mother years served San Francisco Liabilities, Deferred Revenue of 22.000 we think we're good. Do you?'' who for many Bouquets (and brickbats) may be Auxiliary Unit No. i as its hospital chair- rind \el \\ nrth tossed to Past Commander Bill. His ad- man. The presentation was made as a gift San Francisco County Council, Current liabilities 70.299.60 dress is 203 South Broad Street, Lan- from Funds restricted as to use 41,587.46 caster. American Legion Auxiliary, by Mrs. Deferred revenue 543,681.72 Permanent trust: Beata Roberts, President. Dr. Ray Overseas Graves Decoration Trust Fund. . 209,019.89 Wilbur, President of the Univer- Net Worth: Hospital Ward Lyman Restricted capital 542,170,180.37 sity, responded for the hospital. Unrestricted capital 610,992.34 2,781,172.71 THREE-BED hospital ward was The death of Mrs. Ross occurred in ^3,645,761.38 A presented to Stanford University 1927 and, soon afterward a fund of $800 Frank E. Samuel, National Adjutant Hospital at San Francisco, California, was raised to create a suitable memorial 6b The AMERICAN LEGION Maeazinr Whin Purchasing Products Phase Mention The American I-fcion Magazine 1 , umi * ARMY TWILL UNIFORMS... SPORT end WORK CLOTHES LOOK FOR THIS LABEL M www mm \\ it r e 1 r s 21 million yards already : SANFORIZED' sold to the U. S. Army. All j goods bearing this label meet Army Specifications. ; ....„; Glengame Poplin for matching shirts — a SANFORIZED Fabric in a wide range of colors REEVES BROS.7lNc7|f%. 54 Worth Street, New York City «f J[* James F. Sauer, New York Legionnaire, and three sons are doing their turn in the new Army and Navy. Who can beat this record? Relieves Aches and * m to her and to her selfless devotion to the are off to a good start. Pains Without Drugs vnraE You should set prompt relief h*-' SS sick and disabled war veterans within her The Taylor Post Drum and Bugle from irritating pain with elec- tric treatments In your own area. The fund has been under the care Corps was organized in 1935 and was home with the new improved (low frequency) Electric acti- of Estelle Shepheard, Clyde Sweet and four times champion of the nth Legion vator. Effective aid for tran- sient relief from non-inflam- matory nerve pains associated Aaron Chernoff. as trustees, since that District in Pennsylvania, and three times with ARTHRITIS, NEURITIS, MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM, etc time, and it was not until late 1940, when runner-up in the Department competi- FREE folder and 10-dav trial Inc., 3932 Field Ave., Dept the need for a small ward for women tion. at the Stanford Hospital was made ap- parent, that the memorial was decided Old Files and New 1—WANTED—MEN— upon. Dedicated during Christmas week, to cast 5 and 10c Novelties, Toy Autos, Ash- trays, etc. Can be done in any spare room, the Christmas star is inlaid in the floor, LOT of the old files are doing a turn basement or garage and no experience neces- A sary. A rare opportunity for 1941, to devote representing both of the Star Bethlehem in the new Army. And many of them spare or full time to profitable work. Write Dept. y. and the blue star of the Auxiliary, bring- have sons who are doing one, two, three, METAL CAST PRODUCTS CO. ing peace and comfort to all who seek four under the watchful eyes of drill 1696 Boston Road New York City refuge within the ward's walls. sergeants. But the Step Keeper kinda wonders how many can equal or beat Training and Rating the record of Legionnaire James F. COLOR CHART OF Sauer, Sr., of Phoebe Apperson Hearst MEDAL RIBBONS non-commissioned officers' Post, New York City. Sauer rat- Comrade t FROM Showing t he principal medal ribbons of lie world and 52 page Illustrated book showing ings in three a Legion championship Drum and sons are in service—they had all medals anil articles of insignia of the United States Army. Navy, and Marine and Bugle Corps to similar ratings in the a group picture taken when the family Corps. Send 10c in coin or stamps to cover United States Army was an easy transi- got together for the Christmas holidays. postage. GEORGE W. STUDLEY tion for six Taylor. Pennsylvania, young Singles and doubles don't count; it takes 597 Lake Ave. Rochester, N. Y. men. In less than a year's service these three sons or better to rate a picture in soldiers, who got their preliminary train- this service section. ing in the Corps sponsored by Taylor Post Legionnaire Sauer is a veteran of the under the direction of Director Kenneth old 69th New York, later the 165th In- Tired Kidneys Davis, have attained rank in the major fantry—the "Fighting 69th"—not that services of Uncle Sam's military ma- one from Hollywood, but the "Fighting Often Bring chine. Walter Kinel is a corporal. 84th 69th" of Father Duffy and the Argonne. Engineers. Fort Belvoir, Virginia: Arthur He is now a Staff Sergeant with the Davis. Sergeant, G. H. Q.. Army War 69th Infantry. Home Defense, and two Sleepless Nights College, Washington, D. C; Eugene of the sons are carrying on with the Doctors say your kidneys contain 15 miles of tiny tubes or filters which help to purify the blood and Rinaldi. staff sergeant. Headquarters historic old regiment. In the picture keep you healthy. When they Ket tired and don't work right in the daytime, many people have to get Company, 30th Engineers, Fort Belvoir. which is printed reading on this page, up nights. Frequent or scanty passages with smart- something Virginia; Jack Davis, now assigned to from left to right, are: Corporal William ing and burning sometimes shows there is wrong with your kidneys or bladder. Don't neglect M. P. duty. Marine Barracks. Parris Is- P. Sauer. Company D. 165th Infantry; lose valuable, restful sleep. this condition and _ When disorder of kidney function permits poison- land. South Carolina; Jack Manley. and James F. Sauer. 1st Class Seaman. Jr., ous matter to remain in your blood, it may also pains, Edward Gondella. corporals. Engineers U. S. S. Arkansas; James F. Sauer, Sr.. cause nagging backache, rheumatic pains, leg loss of pep and energy, swelling, puffiness under School. Fort Belvoir. Virginia. Two 1st Sergeant. Company K. 69th In- the eyes, headaches and dizziness. wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's Pills, other corpsmen. Jack Reider. Fort Wads- fantry, and Sergeant Donald Sauer. Don't J. used successfully by millions for over 40 years. worth, New York, and Walter Buzesko, Company D, 165th Infantry. They give happy relief and will help the 15 mile3 of kidney tubes flush out poisonous waste from Air Corps, serving at a field in Colorado, Boyd B. Stutler your blood. Get Doan's Pills. APRIL, 194 6i When Purchasing Products Please Mention The American Legion Magazine — THE The Message Center American Legion Magazine (Continued jrom page 2) sons was allowed to leave Occupied INDEX of Schools of Upshur County in West France with more than 200 francs (less Virginia, up to the first of this year, than $5) most of them, like those who ADVERTISERS when he resigned to become Assistant preceded them in the last few months, National Americanism Director. He has arrived in the United States without had a great deal of educational experi- funds; and nearly all of them without ence in his home State. He served dur- prospects of employment. Block Drug Co. ing i933-'36 as a member of the State The Boston National Convention fore- Gold Medal Oil Capsules. .60 Rev ision School Curriculum Committee, saw this situation to some extent, and Brooks Co .63 grades one to twelve, for building the voted that the problem of returning present elementary and high school refugees should be considered as legit- Calvert Distillers Corp. courses in West Virginia, and was a imately coming under the provisions of Old Drum 43 member of Governor Holt's four- the Legion's Disaster Relief Emergency Carter Medicine Co 57 man School Superintendents' Committee Fund. To make this aid effective, the Creek Chub Bait Co 59 which advised the Legislature in the Departments immediately concerned Crosman Arms Co 59 building of the Legislative School Pro- have named National Executive Com- gram. He was a District Governor of mitteeman Jeremiah F. Cross of the D. D. D. Corporation .60 Rotary International in 1931-1932. and Department of New York, National Doan's Pills .61 was a delegate to the convention of Ro- Executive Committeeman William G. tary in Vienna in 1931, touring the McKinley of the Department of New Eveready Flashlights & Batteries .47 Continent while on this mission. He Jersey and Sedley Peck of the Depart- has been Chief Counselor of the Moun- ment of France, as an Advisory Commit- Ford Motor Company 4 taineer Boys' State since its inception, tee on the problems of refugees. At the Franklin Institute 59 and was founder of Student Govern- same time by appointment of National ment and Student Participation in High Headquarters, John J. Cronin of New General Electric Co 45 Schools. West Virginia, begun at Spen- York was named as the representative of Glover, H. Clay 63 cer High School, 1925. the National Organization, to administer such relief. A great deal of worthwhile Hillerich & Bradshy Co 57 AFTER February 17th, by order of the work has already been done by Comrade A. German Occupation Authorities, Cronin and this committee. Jewel Tea Co 49 no Americans except those on official Too much credit cannot be given at LaSalle Extension University 55 government business could remain in the same time to Quinn Post of the De- Occupied France. What is happening to partment of New Jersey which has been McCleary Clinic .49 any Americans who may have defied this meeting all of the refugee boats at the McMorrow & Berman .63 order, or what is happening to American dock and greeting the veterans aboard property, including Pershing Hall, is with distribution of cigarettes and candy Metal Cast Products Co .(.1 problematical. As nearly as could be and local hospitality, such as dances, Morris, Philip. & Co., Ltd. estimated in mid-February there were theater parties and dinners. Service Of- Bond Street Tohaeco 51 some 150 members of the Legion with ficer John Quill, Harold Kelly, Assistant Service Officer, Ezra Nacor Medicine Co 60 their families en route between the and Commissioner Spanish frontier via Lisbon and the port Nolan have headed this group from National Carbon Company, Inc 47 of Jersey City. Since none of these per- Quinn Post. The Editors National Distillers Products Corp. Old Grand-Dad 2 Noxzema Chemical Co 59 %%|S OWN O'Brien, Clarence A 55 K|ft, D Page. E. R.. Co 63 (Continued jrom page 11) he went by instinct before registering Perspir-Ator Mfg. Co 57 side, always in front of him, always at the Golden Cross, was a solid mass behind him eating out of the same of it. . . . He exulted in the white linen, Philadelphia Von Co 58 ; mess tin with him, drinking out of the glorying in the thin glistening glasses Polident 49 same water bottle with him, sleeping in and staring at the sparkling silver. Prudential Insurance Co. of America the same blanket with him. enveloped And he planned his trip to Oxford: Cover II in the hay and straw of every farm-yard that Other World where he would be. Reeve- Brothers. Inc 61 in Flanders, wallowing in the slush and once more, entirely among his own kind. puddles and mire of every barn-yard in He would combine with his trip to Remington Arms Co 53 Belgium, lying fiat in every rat-hole-like Oxford a visit to Stratford-on-Avon. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. aperture in France. The Shakespearean tradition: it was Camels Cover IV Khaki and mud; mud and khaki. Yes, another contact to be reestablished. it had been his life, it seemed now. ever could not leave London quick Sani-Flush 55 He since he could remember! Now he was enough—London: swarming with the Si nil ley. George W 61 leaving it behind him across the Chan- khaki figures; teeming with khaki life, Superior Match Pants Co. 60 nel— for ten days! khaki ways, khaki spirit: London: re- London swarmed with khaki. Victoria sounding with khaki tread; throbbing Thompson Bros. Boat Mfg. Co 49 station was jammed with it; Trafalgar with khaki activity. Unico Product, Inc 61 Square rang with it; the Strand was He lied Lomlun — and khaki. sinuous with it ; hotel, Union Carbide & Carbon Corp 47 his "The Golden Cross" of Dickens' day, gleamed with OXFORD was quiet. And when he Walker, Hiram & Sons, Inc. it, and the "Beaver" and "Eagle" huts alighted from the smooth English Ten-High Whiskey Cover III of the Y.M.C.A. of the Strand, where train and stepped onto the long, low 62 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine When Purchasing Products Please Mention The American Legion Magazine — railway station platform he saw no sign place, sir?" the man asked. "It is in the of a soldier. dining hall. It is quite famous, you know, Five minutes after the train had gone, sir. It is so big." he was all by himself—a lone figure, He followed the man up a broad standing there by the empty tracks, stairway. The hall was getting colder listening to the silence all about him. every moment; and it seemed utterly Carefree Since He Went "GLOVER'S" For began to walk about the town, his deserted. He His Hair. You'd Be, Too! hobnail boots sounding strangely loud. The attendant stopped at a wide, Any serious attempt to curb not see a single opened door and pointed in. "The Com- % In all of Oxford he did Dandruff, relieve Itching Scalp uniform. Ke had never seen, it seemed mons, sir!" he said. or check excessive Falling Hair calls for a serious-purpose to him. in his life before, so many They stared in together. The great MEDICINAL treatment—not something slicked University room was empty. The tables were bare, that's just civilians. The streets of the on the hair. Use Glover's Mange town, the shops, the sidewalks of the the chairs very straight and stiff and Medicine and massage and it will soon be apparent to you ^ campus, were filled with clean-cut, trim still. how really effective it is. No- body knows it better than your , figures in black and white. The soldier looked for the fire-place Barber — ask him! For the The students puzzled him. He soon of which he had heard so much. He shampoo, use Glover's Medi- cated Soap—an important part began to pick them out, to watch them, located it, but there was no life in it. of the treatment. FREE booklet on Glover's famous System for the Scalp and Hair. Write todayl Address to them ; but spark, flame. In it he saw the to envy them. He warmed no no GLOVER'S Dept. P, 460 Fourth Ave., New York. something held him aloof. He longed largest lump of coal he had ever set to accost them, to talk to them, to tell eyes on—but there was no fire. them that he was one of them, that he He was glad to leave the building and GLOVER'S was one of their kind. to wander again in the quiet of the cam- MANGE MEDICINE But the students passed by without pus, and along the college walks among speaking to him. And something within the halls. him still made him hold himself aloof. On certain massive columns notices If you are troubled with bleeding or pro- He would stop and turn around and were posted, announcing rowing events, itching, truding piles, write for stare after them—these passing students football practices, match games, and FIILES a FREE sample of Page s Combination Pile Treatment and you may —eyeing them strangely until they had other student activities. bless the day you read this. Write today to the crossed the campus and had passed Students kept passing him without E. R. PAGE CO., Oept. 471-F-2, Marshall, Mich. through the arched entrance to their hall speaking. He no longer expected them or the grated gateway to their college to speak. He began to eye them coldly. yard. nn:m:iM;Ein He decided to go into the nearest TTE WONDERED when trains left Take prompt steps to protect jour in- vention. Delays are dangerous. Get college lecture building, wherein also was JLJL for Stratford-on-Avon. The after- new FREE book, "How To Protect Your Invention." and "Invention the college commons and dining hall, noon was deepening over the Oxford Record" form. Preliminary informa- In Flanders, tion free. Reasonable fees. Conscien- unasked. men went into campus. He wondered what kind of town tious counsel. Easy payment plan. Learn bow protect and sell your invention. Write us tod places unasked . . . and were always or place Stratford-on-Avon was. if ... McMORROW & BERMAN, Registered Patent At- welcome. there were a good inn there where he torneys, H6-C Banister Building, Washington, D. C. He crossed the silent campus alone could sleep that night. He had aban- and reached an inviting-looking door- doned the idea of spending the night in STOP Your Rupture way. He was about to enter when to his Oxford: the thought chilled him. Why suffer with that rupture? Learn i surprise, a liveried attendant stopped He wondered what he would see in about my truss invention for reducible rupture. Automatic air cushion assists Worries! Nature toclose theopening— has relieved him. The man was apologetic but Stratford . . . whom he would meet. He thousands of men, women and children. Noobnoxious springs insistent. realized, now, rather sharply, that he or hard pads. No salves or plasters. Sent on trial to prove it. Beware of imitations. Never sold in stores. Write today "I beg pardon, sir," he said, '"but had not spoken to a person nor had for confidential information free in plain envelope. Marshall, Michigan there is a charge of thr'pence.'' anyone spoken to him since he had ar- Brooks Company, 40S-F State Street, Something turned cold in the soldier's rived in Oxford—save the paid attend- heart. ant. He wondered if Stratford would be He mumbled a few words that stuck more friendly. YOUR LATEST in his throat and fumbled in his tunic He walked over to Trinity College, pocket for money. He stifled a sudden, absurdly expecting that, because his col- sharp desire to leave the lecture hall. lege in America had been Trinity, in ADDRESS? He gave the attendant a shilling, the Connecticut, the Trinity College men of If this copy of THE AMERICAN small coin feeling cold and brittle to the Oxford would guess it and welcome him LEGION MAGAZINE came to you tip of his fingers. He entered the cor- in. improperly addressed, fill out the cou- pon below and mail to ridor, and the door clanged shut behind The grated gateway to the Trinity THE AMER- ICAN LEGION MAGAZINE, 777 him. He could hear the man hovering College yard was shut tight. No. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind. behind him. He stood outside it and looked in. Until further notice, my mailing He walked slowly through the build- Something still held him back. He could address for The American Legion ing, his thick army boots on the flagging not push himself to reach out to open Magazine is echoing loudly through the empty cor- the doorway and let himself in. NEW ADDRESS ridors. The building seemed very cold. Three students, then two. then one Name (Please Print) Something had gone from him . . . alone, came out of a hall nearby and with the shilling. approached him. The first two groups Street Address "It's all right, of course," he kept passed him. opened the gate, and went City State saying to himself, "about that three- into the yard, without speaking to him. 1941 membership card number pence; there must be so many—soldiers clicking the gate shut behind them. The wanting to see Oxford. But " He last student brushed his tunic as he Post No Dept could not get it out of his mind. They walked by him and courteously begged OLD ADDRESS had charged him. his pardon. Then he, too. opened the Street Address He heard the attendant close behind gate, passed in. shut the gate, and left him again. the soldier standing there, outside. City State "Would you like to see the large fire- {Continued on page 64) APRIL, 1941 6.3 When Purchasing Products Please Mention The American Legion Magazine — appearing feet last hauled in by their ow/v comrades, but reappearing at every His hi\o window, even- door, every opening where an inch or two of eyesight was available. A sea of jubilant faces, a (Continued from page 63) cars, with ruffled hair, with eager, peer- trainload of interlocked arms and legs The campus was deserted now. save ing faces? and shoulders, a joyous chorus of song for him. What were these burly forms on the and laughter, a final rattling of wheels Suddenly, somewhere off in the dis- running boards of the railway carriages, and cheers . . . and the troop train was tance in the quiet of the English these stalwart figures waiting to hop gone. countryside beyond Oxford, a train off? These eager bodies swinging water He stood there on the Oxford plat- whistled, faintly, mournfully. Then a bottles, mess tins, tin cups? What was form, staring after it. clock from one of the massive towers this mass of . . . khaki! This wildly A shudder shot through him. He was above him tolled coldly. Five o'clock. laughing, jesting, jostling, roaring, sing- alone. With the dying of the last deep tones ing blurr of khaki! Then he heard a new, loud, rushing of the great bell silence settled over Ho! Ho! A troop train! From France, sound, a ringing of bells, a confusion of . . that Oxford; and there came to him the pain via some Channel port, straight through whistles . and looking up he saw of a great loneliness. Oxford, on up through the countryside two new trains had arrived and were He turned away from the gates of the to their own waiting homes! A troop panting there on the tracks beside the college, turned his back upon the mas- train of North of England soldiers all station platform. One was a big train. sive cold halls, and slowly began to walk on a ten-day Leave! Ho! Ho! He remembered, now, that as he had toward the direction whence he had The train stopped. But even before watched the troop train disappearing up heard the wail of the railway train. the train stopped, it seemed, they wer>; the track, he had seen this other train He sought the station at which he had upon him ; a swirling, gurgling, gleeful the big one—rushing toward him. alighted a few hours before. trainful of burly khaki figures, shouting Now he walked toward it; and was He learned at the station that there greetings to him, showering cheap cigar- about to enter one of its compartments. was a train to Stratford due in and out ettes upon him, bearing him along with He heard crisp footsteps behind him within fifteen minutes. them, stampeding him among them as coming across the platform and felt a He began to pace up and down the they rushed hilariously to fill their can- touch on his shoulder. He wheeled about. platform, waiting restlessly for it. and teens and their mates' canteens with It was the railway guard of whom he water from the railway station faucets. had earlier inquired about the train to wondering . . . what had come over him. He felt queer. He had not belonged Suddenly his heart gave a great leap; Stratford-on-Avon. in Oxford. and the blood in his body, which had "Beg pardon, sir,"' said the guard, "but No one else was on the platform and been cold all day. flashed into warmth the Stratford train is over on the other he was relieved at that. He had seemed again, and he tingled! His face, which track. This is the train for London!" so out of place among the people of the had been growing sterner and more set The figure in khaki looked steadily all afternoon in Oxford, relaxed; and into the guard's eyes for a fraction of a town ; on the sidewalks, in the shops . . . on the campus, among the students. His he found himself laughing and jesting minute without speaking. Then he said: khaki had seemed so strange among the and pushing and shouting with the rest! "Thanks. I know it. That's why I'm civilian dress. Suddenly a shrill whistle pierced the taking it!'' Far down the track a train whistled, platform air. Then another, and another. The guard raised his eyebrows the sharp blasts, the of khaki inquiringly. blithely . . . faintly. At mass Again he wondered what kind of place whirled about, broke, and with another "But where are you going, sir?" he or town Shakespeare's shrine was in. great whooping and hurrahing the sol- asked. Again he wondered who would be there, diers rushed back toward the train, "I'm going back,"' said the soldier, "to whom he would see. Would 'they be his scrambling, leaping, climbing, clawing London ... to the Strand ... to my kind? Would they understand his lan- into every aperture, most of them dis- own kind." guage? Would they be . . . college men? Then there suddenly caught his eye low over the horizon far down the tracks a successive series of black smoke juts. He thought: "The Stratford train must be ahead of time!" But no— ! That would come from a different direction. The guard had told him it was a little train, winding across country. This train was coming from London! It was on the main track: a big train, a long train . . . ! Here it was! On top of him! Slowing down! What a whistling of brakes! What a grinding of wheel- ! What a scream of steam! What a ponderous, thunderous arrival! What a cheery, boisterous arrival! What a sudden stop! Squarely in front of him! What a train! But—! What was this cheering? What was this singing? What was this shouting, this chaffing, this laughter? What meant these blurred windows, jammed with heads, with eyes, with mouths, with "Back home the girls used to say if I could only cook." r>4 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY THE CUNEO PRESS, INC. 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