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Seventh ANNUAL CONVENTION of the AMERICAN LEGION FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY SIXTH ANNUAL PROMENADE NAITONALE LA SOCIETE DES 40 HOMMES ET 8 CHEVAUX OMAHA, NEBRASKA OCTOBER THE FIFTH TO NINTH NINETFEN TWENTY-FIVE reamble For God and country we associate ourselves together for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and per- petuate a one hundred per cent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the great war; to inculcate a sense of individual ob- ligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the auto- cracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and to transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. The Guest of Honor of the Seventh Annual Convention of the American Legion 0& =[4} Here by the banks of the old Missouri at the gateway of the mighty West, Nebraska bids the Legion welcome. Your glorious deeds of yesterday were the heritage of the blood of the pioneers who builded our cities and conquered our plains. The fellow- spirit of Nebraska, past and present, finds Latch ship with the legion spirit you bring. Our is as wide String is out for you, our welcome to you skies. as Nebraska’s plains, —as smiling as her bluest For you it lasts forever and a day. ADAM McMULLEN, Governor of Nebraska. Two hundred and fifty thousand hearts are raised in grateful thanks for the opportunity of having you here. Never in the history of our city has anything so stirred the affections of our people, and, in their name and in my own name, I bid you a welcome whose warmth arises from the grateful love of a grateful peo- ple. An infinite welcome from the great heart of a great city which appreciates the honor you are conferring upon it. JAMES C. DAHLMAN, Mayor of Omaha. The 1925 National American Legion Convention Com- mittee extends a welcome to all Legionnaires. you have ac- The Country is indebted to you for what There is complished as individuals during the World War. further indebted every reason to believe that it will be still strong organiza- to you for what you may accomplish as a Country. tion, representing the best element in our that this Conven- It is the earnest wish of our Committee to this time and tion prove the most successful one held up years go by, each successive it is our further wish that as the Convention may be better than the previous one. present and our hope This is our welcome to you for the for the future. A. H. RICHARDSON, General Chairman. r 3j§== Sr Registration Registration booths open Saturday noon, October 3, and remain open until Thursday noon, October 8. This Convention is the first one at which complete registration of all visiting Legionnaires has been at- tempted. All Legionnaires will register in Registration Booths around the Court House. Auxiliary members register at Masonic Temple. registration, There is no registration fee. Badges will be given upon which will entitle each Legionnaire and Auxiliary member to admission to Legion entertainments. Billeting Assignments of billets will be made to Legionnaires at registration booths, if arrangements have not already been made. Headquarters Seventh National American Legion Convention, Headquarters: Auditorium, 1 5th and Howard Streets. National Offices American Legion: Auditorium, 14th St. entrance. Omaha Convention Committee Headquarters: Court House. American Legion Auxiliary, Fifth National Convention Headquar- ters: Masonic Temple. Sixth Promenade Nationale, La Societe Des 40 Hommes et 8 Chev- aux, Headquarters: City Hall. Information For information consult information booths or call Jackson 661 1. Information can tell you where to find your Buddy at the convention. » ( J' provided he has registered. Twenty-four hour service is maintained in these booths. Parking Space Space has been provided for on 24th and Martha Streets for 8,000 automobiles at a charge of 25c a day. Follow the direction signs. Railroad Ticket Validation Railroad ticket validation will be taken care of at all railroad sta- tions, ticket offices and at a special booth in the Auditorium. Free Bridge Toll All Legionnaires wearing registration badge may cross the Douglas Street Bridge without paying toll. Theodore Roosevelt Post Section The Theodore Roosevelt Post has made special arrangements for separate entertainment features. Dancing at 24th and Erskine Sts., 8:00 P. M. to 12:00 P. M. daily. Music by Dan Desdunes Band. Headquarters, Dreamland Hall, 24th and Grant Sts. General Information COMMITTEE MEETINGS The American Legion committees will meet in the Court House. American Legion Auxiliary committee meetings will be held in the Masonic Temple Building. "L the City Hall. Forty and Eight committee meetings will be held in that only those These buildings will be very busy and it is requested buildings. Requests for people having committee meetings use these be made at Room 5U/ assignments of additional meeting rooms should Court House. RADIO BROADCASTING and ^quests for the All matters concerning Radio broadcasting the office of WOAW on opportunity to broadcast should be made at 14th and Farnam Streets as the 19th floor of the W. O. W. Building at soon as possible. ADMITTANCE TO BUSINESS SESSIONS OF CONVENTION the Auditorium will Admittance to delegate and alternate sections at reserve sections will be by ticket. be by official badge. Admittance to Legionnaires , to General admission until 8:45 A. M. willi be confined public will be admitted. wearing registration badge. After 8:45 A. M. the no one will be On Tuesday, October 6th, President Coolidge Day, Legionnaires, members of the Auxil- admitted to the Auditorium except iary and holders of reserved seat tickets. FIRST AID SERVICE Tele- 1 1 Douglas Street. Location: U. S. Veterans Bureau, 8 7 offer for First Aid Station. This service is phone Jackson 661 1 and ask Cross Relief Stations a ed twenty-four hours a day for everyone. Red placed at vantage points throughout the city. INDUSTRIAL TOURS to On Thursday and Friday, October 8th and 9th, those desiring personally conducted tours in see Industrial Omaha will be taken on 19th continuously automobiles leaving Douglas Street between 17th and throughout the day. CITY AUDITORIUM Headquarters American Legion National Convention SIGHTSEEING TOURS On Thursday and Friday, October 8th and 9th, those desiring to tours in automobiles see Omaha will be taken on personally conducted continuously throughout leaving Douglas Street between 17th and 19th ‘ lciy UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE MEN Announcement: The University Club on Harney Street between students of colleges 19th and 20th desires to register all alumni and colleges and classes. and universities. Indexes will be maintained by T/ill be bulletined in the All announcements pertaining to fraternities and smokers. University Club. There will be numerous luncheons TELEPHONE SERVICE connected a com- The Northwestern Bell Telephone Company has booths and points ot con- plete switchboard system to all information Jackson oo 1 1 tact for convention business. Phone Number MAIL 16th and Dodge. Special windows for Legionnaires at Post Office, W Official Program The Seventh Annual Convention of the AMERICAN LEGION National Headquarters, Auditorium. Sept. 28: 9:00 A.M. Opening, Executive Committee, Oct 3: 2:00 P. M. Meeting Endowment Room 301, Court House. Finance Committee, Room Oct. 3: 4:00 P. M. Meeting National 309, Court House. 05S: :: Meeting Delegation Chairmen and Secretaries, Oct. 4 : 10:00 A. M. Room 402, Court House. Meeting Board of Directors, Legion Publishing Oct. 4 : 10:00 A. M. Corporation, Room 303, Court House. Meeting Convention Committee on Creden- Oct. 4 : 1 1 :00 A. M. tials, Room 401, Court House. Convention Committee on Rules, Room Oct. 4 1 :00 P. M. Meeting 402, Court House. Meeting Convention Committee on Permanent Oct. 4 : 1 :00 P. M. Organization, Room 408, Court House. Room Oct. 4 2:00 P. M. Meeting National Legislative Committee, 502, Court House. Association, Oct. 4 2:00 P. M. Meeting American Legion Press Room 407, Court House. Room Oct. 4 3:00 P. M. Meeting National Executive Committee, 303, Court House. MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 9:30 A. M. Music: Monahan Post Band, Racine Drum Corps. 10:00 A. M. Call to Order by the National Commander. Invocation by the National Chaplain. Advancement of Colors. Singing of the Star Spangled Banner by Kathryn Browne. Reading Call of Convention by the National Adjutant. Addresses of Welcome: Honorable Adam McMullen, Governor of Nebraska. Honorable James C. Dahlman, Mayor of Omaha. Department of Nebraska. J. R. Kinder, Commander, National Commander. Response by General Milton J. Foreman, Past Committee Reports: (a) Permanent Organization; (b) Credentials; (c) Rules. Report of the National Commander. J 4c . l I 2 Gre^mg^from^an Na- Legion Auxiliary by Mrs. O. D. Oliphant, George Dobson, Chef de Fort^Hommes et Eight Chevaux by Chemin de Fer. Grand Army of the Republic. Veterans United Confederate . \ Rehabilitation Committee. Report of Chairman, National U.S. Veterans Bureau. Address by General Frank T. Hines, Director Memorial^Services.No Death „. (b) Silent p rayer; (c) Taps. Retirement of Colors. Adjournment. Convention Committees at Court House. 2:3 0P. M.—Meetings of all TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 8:30 A.M. Music. National Commander. 9:00 A. M. Call to Order by the Invocation by the National Chaplain. Colors. of . • Advancement . r pj _ U. S. Commissioner of Education. Address by John J. Tigert, Federation of Labor Addre^b^George L. Berry, American President of the 10:30A.M.