_New York Sun_, April 11, 1919.--... The American Legion will
do an indispensable service. We, who have lived up to the past
few years in an agitation of protest against the pension grab
must now make our minds over sufficiently to realize that in the
new situation we run immediately into danger not of
over-pensioning the veterans of to-day but of neglecting them.
The new organization must of course be nonpartisan and
non-political. Precedent enough exists in the career of the
Grand Army to make that clear. It should include and enjoy the
guidance of the most influential military men. Politicians it
will have at its service so long as it is well run and organized
from within. Despite its proper political limitations, it should
serve as the most salutary means to influence returned soldiers
to cling to plain old Americanism, shed their martial
acquirements and return to plain, praiseworthy citizenship.
_Washington Star_, April 10, 1919.--... The American Legion is
to be welcomed as an agency for the promotion of the best in our
national life. It will represent, with other things, the majesty
of numbers. A great many men will be eligible to membership; and
they will be young, and full of hope and purpose.
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