The Story of the American Legion: The Birth of the LegionWheat, George Seay
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The Story of the American Legion: The Birth of the Legion
Wheat, George Seay
American Legion; World War, 1914-1918 -- Societies, etc.
(a) Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, of the First Division; Col.
Henry D. Lindsley, formerly Mayor of Dallas, Texas; Sgt. "Jack"
Sullivan, of Seattle; Lt. Col. Franklin D'Olier, of
Philadelphia; Ex-Senator Luke Lea, of Tennessee; Lt. Col.
Frederick Huedekoper, of Washington, D.C.; Major Redmond C.
Stewart, of Baltimore; Wagoner Dale Shaw, of Iowa; Lt. Col.
George A. White, of Oregon; "Bill" Donovan, of the "Fighting
69th"; Major Thomas R. Gowenlock, of Illinois; Sgt. Alvin C.
York, of Tennessee; Colonel John Price Jackson, of the S.O.S.;
Lt. Col. "Jack" Greenway, of Arizona; Sgt. Roy C. Haines, of
Maine; George Edward Buxton, of Rhode Island; Eric Fisher Wood,
of Pennsylvania; Chaplain John W. Inzer, of Alabama; Lt. Col.
David M. Goodrich, of Akron; Chief Petty Officer B.J. Goldberg,
of Chicago; "Tom" Miller, of Delaware; Major Alex. Laughlin,
Jr., of Pittsburgh; Major Henry Leonard, of the Marine Corps;
Dwight J. Davis, of the 35th Division; Corporal Charles S. Pew,
of Montana; General William G. Price, of the 28th Division;
Bishop Charles S. Brent, Senior Chaplain of the A.E.F.; General
O'Ryan, of the 27th Division; Stewart Edward White, of
California; Private Jesus M. Baca, of New Mexico; General
Charles H. Cole, of the 26th Division; Sgt. E.L. Malsbary, of
Nevada; Lt. Samuel Gompers, Jr., of New York; Col. Henry L.
Stimpson, Ex-Secretary of War; Lt. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey,
Commander of the "Lost Battalion"; Leroy Hoffman, of Oklahoma;
Lt. Col. A. Piatt Andrew, of the American Ambulance in France;
General Harvey J. Moss, of the State of Washington; John
MacVicar, Mayor of Des Moines before the War; Sgt. George H.H.
Pratt, of New Orleans; Col. F.C. Galbraith, of Cincinnati;
Corporal Joseph H. Fountain, of Vermont; Devereux Milburn, of
the 78th Division; Lt. Col. Wilbur Smith, of the 89th Division;
Sgt. Theodore Myers, of Pennsylvania; Col. Bennett C. Clark, son
of Champ Clark; Robert Bacon, Ex-Secretary of State.
(12) _What did the Legion, do at its St. Louis caucus_?
(a) It demanded investigation of the pardon and subsequent
honorable discharge by the War Department of convicted
conscientious objectors.
(b) It condemned the action of the I.W.Ws., the Anarchists, and
the International Socialists.
(c) It protested against certain nefarious business concerns who
are employing men in uniform to peddle their wares.
(d) It recommended that Congress should take steps to reclaim
arid, swamp and cut over timber lands and give the work of doing
this to ex-service men, and give the land to them when it had
been made available for farming purposes.
(e) It demanded of Congress the same disability pay for men of
the National Guard and National Army as now pertains to those in
the Regular establishment.
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