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Show THE FIVE VICE COMMANDERS New Legion Officer Are Prttcularly Well Fitted for the Place They Hold. The national constitution of the American Legion calls for the election of five vice commanders, no two from the same state and not more than three froip among the men who served in the army. The men chosen by the recent Legion convention not only fill the above requirements but are peculiarly pe-culiarly fitted by their records for the places they hold. John G. Emery is a native of Grand Rapids, Mich., being born and reared in that city. He is a real estate man. He entered the second officers' traialng camp at Fort Sheridan, 111., and was commissioned captain of infantry. He went overseas shortly thereafter and served with the Eighteenth Infantry of the First division. As a major, commanding a battalion, he was se- THOMAS GOLDINGAY. One of the Legion Vice Commanders Was Mate on First Steel Ship Ever Built In the United States. verely wounded by shell fire. Mr. Emery Em-ery was prominent Id Legion circles in his home state from the early day and was one of the Legion committee that drew up the bill, passed later by the Jiouse, that would give a bonus to all service men. Thomas Goldingay began his career as a sailor before the mast Later he was mate of the first steel ship ever built in the United States. After giving giv-ing up the sea he wandered through the United States and finally located in Newark, N. J. In 1894 ha was one of the' men who organized the naval reserve of New Jersey and became commanding officer of the Newark division, di-vision, with the rank of lieutenant. He saw service in Cuban waters in 1898. In 1902 he entered business in Newark. New-ark. During the World war he had the grade of lieutenant, senior grade, and served as gunnery officer on the U. S. S. Massachusetts. He has been state adjutant of the American Legion of New Jersey. Claudius G. Pendill was born in Marquette, Mich. He was graduated from Michigan university In 1913. He is engaged in business in Racine, Wis He enlisted May 8, 1917, as an apprentice appren-tice seaman in the United States navy and received a commission as ensign May 1, 1918. He was assigned to the U. S. S. Oklahoma as signal officer and: served in foreign waters from the summer sum-mer of 1918 to December of that year He was elected commander of Kenosha Keno-sha (Wis.) post in January, 1920. James G. Scrugham was born in Lexington. Lex-ington. Ky. He was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1900. and received a degree of mechanical engineer in 1906. . Since 1914 he has been dean of the engineering college of the University of Nevada. In 1917 he was made state engineer of Nevada. He was commissioned a major of artillery ar-tillery in December, 1917, and assigned as production engineer in the ordnance ord-nance department at Washington. He served as commander of the .Nevada department from May, 1919, until August, Au-gust, 1920. and has been a member of the national executive committee. His home is in Reno. E. J. Wlnslett Is a native of Dade-ville, Dade-ville, Ala. He prefaced his service ir' the Legion by taking part In five major ma-jor operations with American, French and British troops. He was wounded in action, and was attached to the general staff. He attended the first caucus of the Legion in Paris, and on his return to Alabama organized five pdsts. His activity in his own state was recognized at the Cleveland convention con-vention by the support of all sections of the South in his candidacy for vice commander. |