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.
(f) It initiated a campaign to secure to service men their
rights and privileges under the War Risk Insurance Act.
(g) It demanded that Congress should deport to their own
countries those aliens who refused to join the colors at the
outbreak of the war, and pleaded their citizenship in other
countries to escape the draft.
(h) It undertook to see that disabled soldiers, sailors and
marines should be brought into contact with the Rehabilitation
Department of the Government, which department helps them to
learn and gain lucrative occupations.
(i) It authorized the appointment of a competent legislative
committee to see that the above recommendations were effectively
acted upon by Congress, and that committee has been appointed
and is now at work.
(j) It authorized the establishment of a bureau to aid service
men to get re-employment; and of a legal bureau to help them get
from the Government their overdue pay and allotments. These two
bureaus are being organized at the National Headquarters of the
Legion and will be in active operation by July 1st.
(13) _What else did the St. Louis caucus do_?
(a) It endorsed all steps taken by the Paris caucus, and adopted
a temporary constitution which conformed to the tentative
constitution adopted in Paris.
(14) _What does this Constitution stand for_?
(a) The preamble answers that question; it reads: "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
perpetuate 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 obligations 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 safeguard and transmit to
posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to
consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to
mutual helpfulness."
(15) _How does the Legion govern itself_?
(a) The Constitution provides that the legislative body of the
organization shall be a national convention, to be held annually
... composed of delegates and alternates from each state, from
the District of Columbia and from each territory and territorial
possession of the United States.
(16) _How is the Legion organized_?
(a) It is composed of State Branches, and these in turn are made
up of Local Posts.
(17) _What is a Local Post_?
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