LEGION MEN ORGANIZE INDIANA POST
September 10, 1919
The formal organization meeting of Indiana Post No. 141, American Legion was held in the office of Richard W. Watson, Esq, in the Deposit Bank building on Tuesday evening. The organization was affected with the election and installation of these officers: Post Commander, Kenneth McFarland; Vice Post Commander, Frank Compton; Secretary, L. Murray Peelor and Treasurer, Hugh M. Bell.
It was announced that meetings of the newly formed post would be held monthly in the military room of the Red Cross Chapter House, Wayne Ave and Sixth Street, the exact time to be agreed upon later. With the increase in membership and the getting of the post under way, it is the idea of the members to have a club room, in which all soldiers of the World War, whether or not they are members of the Legion or not, will be welcome.
But it is the further intention of the post that every veteran of the war shall become a member of the initial post of Indiana County. The dues at present are 50 cents and the present membership is between 400 and 500. The charter for the Indiana post will be closed on September 25, by which time it is expected that every veteran will have become connected with the American Legion, which in purpose and scope is to be modeled on the same lines as the Grand Army of the Republic and the Spanish War Veterans and with which pioneer organizations it will at all times join in matters of benefit to the three organizations and to the community in general.
The above-named officers form the current membership committee, and any veteran of the late war, contemplating joining the Legion, through the Indiana post, may receive the necessary application cards from them. It is the bounden duty of every soldier to become acquainted with the American Legion through the membership in the Indiana post and to that end an aggressive campaign is and will be waged until every one of the men, whom America delights to honor, will have signed his name to the application blank. The American Legion, through its national headquarters, is becoming a power in all forms of activities leading to a better United States, which means a better Indiana County.
The name of the Indiana post has not yet been chosen and this important item will be a matter of business, probably at the next meeting. That the post will bear the name of one of the Indiana soldiers who gave his life on the field of battle seems to be the consensus of opinion.
