The Story of The American Legion eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 231 pages of information about The Story of The American Legion.

The Story of The American Legion eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 231 pages of information about The Story of The American Legion.

    (a) Henry D. Lindsley, Texas, Chairman; Bennett C. Clark,
    Missouri, Vice-Chairman; Eric Fisher Wood, Pennsylvania,
    Secretary; Gaspar G. Bacon, Massachusetts, Treasurer.

    (8) Where are the temporary National Headquarters of the
    Legion
?

    (a) At 19 West 44th Street, New York City.

    (9) When will the final step in the organization of the Legion
    take place
?

    (a) November 10, 11 and 12, at Minneapolis, Minn., when a great
    National Convention will be held.

    (10) Why were those dates selected?

    (a) Because by that time practically all of the men of the
    A.E.F. will be at home and will have been able to participate in
    the election of their delegates to the Convention.

    (11) Who were some of the men who initiated the formation of
    the Legion
?

(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?

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