. The American Legion Weekly [Volume 2, No. 14 (April 23 and 30, 1920)] . ued by St. Clair Post, Eaton, Ohio,during the posts mid-winter exhibition of United States andAllied war posters and proclama-tions was one of the features of thecarnival. Ira Lou Spring Post, Jamestown,N. Y., held its first big dinner lastmonth, in the high school gym-nasium. Major General John , commanding the New Yorkguard and commanding general ofthe Twenty-seventh Division in thewar, was the principal hundred ex-service men at-tended. APRIL 23 and 30, 1920 EK in the This page is a cl


. The American Legion Weekly [Volume 2, No. 14 (April 23 and 30, 1920)] . ued by St. Clair Post, Eaton, Ohio,during the posts mid-winter exhibition of United States andAllied war posters and proclama-tions was one of the features of thecarnival. Ira Lou Spring Post, Jamestown,N. Y., held its first big dinner lastmonth, in the high school gym-nasium. Major General John , commanding the New Yorkguard and commanding general ofthe Twenty-seventh Division in thewar, was the principal hundred ex-service men at-tended. APRIL 23 and 30, 1920 EK in the This page is a clearing house of ideas,so that accomplishments of any one postmay suggest possibilities for all is the best recommendation ofan item for this department. Photographsare wanted of Legion members who haveinteresting records, of Legion happenings,and of Legion clubhouses. Address Editor,The Week in the Legion, 627 West 43dSt., New York City. Victory Post, Chicago, gave a vio-lin recital at Myrtle Masonic temple,with Josef Konecny as the chief THE YOUNGEST ARTILLERYMAN The Civil War produced a whole hostof youngest drummer boys, but todate Oscar H. Zinneman, member ofHarold H. Bair Post, Hanover, Pa.,seems to have a clear title as the young-est full-fledged red-leg in the armyduring the late war, judged by his ageat the time of enlistment. He was onlyfourteen years and seven months oldwhen he volunteered on May 3, 1917,and he served as a private with theFifty-third Field Artillery in the Edward B. Rhodes Post, Tacoma,Wash., has forwarded to the nationalcommander a resolution in favor ofthe adoption of the Shirley poppy asthe Legions memorial flower, andsuggesting that all posts which haveparks, cemeteries and private gar-dens in their communities designateplots for the growing of poppies. National Submarine Chaser Postwas formed at a meeting in NewYork attended by 250 former the nine officers elected, sevenserved as enlisted men. The


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