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Show LEGION OFFICER IN MEXICO Commander of Department Also Member Mem-ber of National Executive Committee Com-mittee of the Legion. Although Leigh H. Rovzar, commander com-mander of the department of Mexico of the America Legion was presi- f jA. -JZjfy dent of a large 'yr brokerage firm In i5a&-s Mexico City, Mex- -XW ico, at the start f of the World war, f A he enlisted In the V army early In the Jtf'tS ," eame- Mr. Rovzar com- Py vs"" , manded a battery y '1 ' of field artillery J as first lieutenant " and upon promollon to a captaincy, served In the Thirty-third field artillery, artil-lery, remaining with that organization organiza-tion during Its service overseas. He was discharged from service at the Walter Keed hospital in Washington, D, C, June 10, 1919, and returned to his home In Mexico City. An organizer of Alan Seeger post of the Legion at Mexico City, Mr. Rovzar Rov-zar was named as Its first commander. He was recently elected commander of his department and a member of the national executive committee of the Legion. |