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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spring of, 1917, Goodwin went overseas, and was a driver with the Ambulance Field Service at Verdun, Brass, and Vacherauville from June 25 to October 24. He enlisted in the Air Service on November 5, 1917, and trained at Tours, St. Maixest, and Ecole de Chateaursoux. He was commissioned May 18, 1918. Lt. Goodwin was buried with military honors in the American cemetery at Chateauroux...
...three most important principles in the foundation of the American Legion, were adopted at the St. Louis convention. First, it was decided that the Legion is to be a civilian organization. There is to be no distinction of rank between members,-a private is to have the same standing as an officer. Second, the convention voted, that the Legion should be entirely non-partisan. Although it may later advocate certain national policies, it will always attempt to remain out of politics. The third decision reached at the convention was that the membership of the Legion will include...
...seems to me that of the first actions of the St. Louis convention are particularly significant. The delegates voted down the 'Grab Bill' to give every discharged soldier six months additional pay. This bill had been proposed in Congress as a political measure in order to win votes from the many discharged soldiers for its backers. It was entirely unnecessary, as the $60 bonus law gave all the aid that was needed to get a discharged soldier back on the job. By repudiating this bill, the Legion showed that it intended to keep to its newly adopted tenet of steering...
...early this year, the name 'American Legion' was adopted, certain paragraphs of the constitution were ratified, an executive committee was appointed, and it was decided to hold another caucus in this country. A committee of 200 was formed to make arrangements for the national convention which was held in St. Louis...
...time of the St. Louis meeting in November, we hope to have the national organization completed. Local posts are being formed in every part of the United States under the leadership of the committeemen appointed at St. Louis. It is our hope that every man who served in the Great War will join one of the branches, and we expect that the larger colleges will form units of their...