. The American Legion Weekly [Volume 4, No. 50 (December 15, 1922)]. es, because theAmerican Red Cross is a recognized,going association and money placed inits hands forcarryingoutcertain specificwork is justly its property. Further-more, the American Red Cross is co-operating with the Legion in every wayin furnishing funds for service to thesick and disabled, and in many locali-ties is providing direct relief to servicemen and their families. The residue funds of war chest orother emergency organizations whichduring the war raised money for workamong soldiers and sailors but whichceased to fu
. The American Legion Weekly [Volume 4, No. 50 (December 15, 1922)]. es, because theAmerican Red Cross is a recognized,going association and money placed inits hands forcarryingoutcertain specificwork is justly its property. Further-more, the American Red Cross is co-operating with the Legion in every wayin furnishing funds for service to thesick and disabled, and in many locali-ties is providing direct relief to servicemen and their families. The residue funds of war chest orother emergency organizations whichduring the war raised money for workamong soldiers and sailors but whichceased to function at the conclusion ofhostilities are the funds which logicallybelong to the Legion as the most repre-sentative organization of former serv-ice men, according to a number of courtcases involving the disposition of suchfunds which have all been decided infavor of the Legion. The National Ad-jutant stresses the fact that the dis-tinction between such funds and RedCross funds should be clearly under-stood by all post ofl^cials. PAGE 16 THE AMERICAN LEGION WEEKLY. An WhoseInitials Arent C. C. ONE war is enough for the ordi-nary man. But not so Dr. Ed-ward J. Barrett of Sheboygan, Barrett was born in Wooster,Ohio, he informed National Headquar-ters when they asked him about him-self. When he was born, deponentsaith not. However, it is known thathe was graduated from the Universityof Wooster and from the School ofMedicine at the University of Cincin-nati and that he was serving as housephysician in the Palmer House, Chi-cago, when the Spanish-American Warbroke out, and that just as soon as theWar Department let him he broke outinto the war, and became a major inthe Second Regiment, U. S. V. Engi-neers. He served in Honolulu and later in the Philippines during the in-surrection. When the World War broke out hegot right back in harness. The Armyknew his work and gave over to hiscare the Fox Hills Hospital on StatenIsland, New York, and later made himchief of hosp
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