Show THI rf J HN NOW Iio HAnl HEADS HAn l mN I IMi Mi Michigan higan Man Is Elected National Nation Nation- Unanimously as a al Commander INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS Ind md June 14 John H.-John John G. G Emery of Grand Rapids Mich was I unanimously elected national commander commander commander com com- mander of the American legion at a meeting of the national executive committee today He succeeds Colonel Frederick W. W Galbraith Jr who was killed in an automobile accident here last Thursday Thomas J. J Bannigan of Hartford City Cohn Conn was elected vice commander commander com corn mander succeeding Mr Emery In that p position GRAND RAPIDS Mich June 14 Major John Garfield Emery named commander of the American legion saw much of the fighting that the American troops participated in durin during during dur dur- in ing the World war Major Emery attended the second officers' officers training camp at Fort ort Sheridan Sheridan Sheri Sherl- dan in 1917 and was commissioned a captain of infantry and sent to France with the first group of Americans He participated in all the major ac actions actions actions ac- ac of the Eighteenth infantry in 1918 at Cantigny in April May and June at St. St 1 Mihiel in September and andIn andin in fn the Meuse-Argonne Meuse offensive In September and October He Ic was commissioned commissioned com corn a major of infantry August 30 1918 i On October 9 1918 during the Argone Meuse-Argone drive Major Emery was wounded in the left arm ann and was Invalided in invalided in- in home Before entering the service he was a real estate and in insurance insurance in- in broker Major Emery was born July 8 1881 i in Grand Rapids He is a member of the Grand Rapids city commission |