Show WOULD GIVE LEG FOR LEGION colonel minor who lost limb in servias Ser Is 18 proud of membership in organization the loss of my leg la Is morn than lu stIfled by the privilege of being a ri member 0 of tho the american legion declared asher miner bliner pres president adent of a large milling compa 0 m p a fly n y a at t wilkes barre in who suffered the loss of a leg in Fril france lice ns as tile result of a shrapnel wound received while lending ills his men MCI mr air miner was vaa a colonel colone I 1 in the twenty eighth division and since tins bas been appointed brigadier general of the pennsylvania national guard mr miner bliner was among the guests of honor boner at a banquet tendered american legion officials by the new york shipbuilding corporation upon the occasion of the first trip of the new liner american legion ile he was one of the speakers lie did not tell however how after he he had suffered the amputation of his hl leg lie he insisted upon being carried out to ills his men to insolio r 0 them in carrying carrl ng on tills this was told ty by one of the other speakers who knew of the colonels courageousness courageous nesa the military record of mr miner allper logins begins with his enlistment in 1884 in a pennsylvania militia company ile he taw active bervice in the spanish american war and in 1007 was ip ap colonel of uie the ninth infantry at the expiration of ills commission lie ho was re appointed and commanded the third pennsylvania field artillery on the mexican border ile ho went to france in 1018 ile he was cited cite d for bravery and awarded a distinguished service cross and later received a distinguished service modal medal |