AMERICAN LEGION POST STARTS NEW CAMPAIGN: «v
DaVidson ;Po st, -American LegibU,' met in the Post Library
on last Tuesday evening, for the purpose of choosing a new board of
officers for the coming> six months, and for discussing plans.'•for its
membership drive* The following officers Vrere selected: *
Commander * Chaplain John F. Monahan*'1;
Vice Commander •» Mr# Niles Schroed9r•' i *.
v ' Adjutant • Sgt« Maj# Chas* F* Ward*
Fin* Secretary *•- Sgt. J*J. Geraghty.
Sgt. at Arms - Pvt* Toney Luben
The new officers announced their iircentiona of gettin g
to work at once to put Davidson Post fon the map, and stid that the first
step would be to secure a suitable building in Haine3, to be used as an
nAmerican Legion Hall” and 'fitted out as a lodge room^rnd clubhouse for
members of the order# Hie officials also informed the meeting that a
request had been received from American Legion members living in Skagway
•to assist in the formation of a ”Legiorr Club” in that town# The officials
of Davidson Post were directed by the members of the lodge to visit
Skagway Saturday, January 28, and render all'* aid possible to furthe r
the Haines MClubhouse” project in Skagway# • j - '
The Commander, Vice^Commander, and"'Financial’ Secretary of
the local Post have, since the meeting of Tuesday night,* secured a year’s
lease on the property situated on Main St# Haines,- previously known as
the ”01d Glory Restaur ant ".The building is* ideal for the purpose of the
A merican Legion Fost, as it comprises a large hall, suitable-for meet
ings, with a commodious stage and antorooms, useful in ^ase of enter
tainments being given by the Post# In addition the bui-ding offers
well-lighted reading and card rooms, together with a smoking lounge, and
a chance for a well stocked library# It is hoped that what small repairs
are necessary on the new property will be mads quickly, so that the
Legion may hold its ’’housewarming” in the very near future,perhaps by
February 12th, or 22nd#
The officials of the local post will visit Skagway on
Saturday, and address the ex-soldiers of that town with regard to install
ing a similar ’’American- Legion Club” in Skagway, as a branch of the
local post# Great interest is being manifested in the new campaign of the
. Local ’’Legion” and it is confidently expected that the projects now under
way will bring a large number of members into the Davidson Post#
RUMORS SAY POST TO BE ENLARGED:
That a change in the administration of troops in Alaska
i8 imminent seems to be certain. Information has been received from a
reliable source, during the past week, to the effect that Fort Liscuo,
la to be afcialdirtied, and ali th4 troops in the Territory concentrated
at Anchorage and Fort Seward* This is said to be the statement of the
authorities at Ninth Corps Area Headquarters* The ”Skagway Daily Alaskan”
of last Saturday contained a dispatch from the Interior to the effect
that Fort Gibbon was to be abandoned,pnd the soldiers moved elsewhere*
The Post Quartermaster at this station has also received a request from
Ninth Corps A rea to give immediate estimate of the cost of putting all
the barracks in shape* All these bita of information, pieced together
seem to intimate that some decided change is in the air, - with the odds
favoririg a-bet that Fort.Seward will receive at least one, and perhaps
two, companies more than ber present strength* If any change is made,
it will very likely occur in the^Spring*
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