Show STARTED LEGION IN FRANCE franklin doller national command er one of the twenty men man to found organization j 1 r Fralli franklin oln er national cot llna er 0 of f tile the Aine american rican legion w ana ns born april 28 1877 in burlington N J where he attended ys local school and 1 prepared for university Z lie ile was graduated from froin princeton in 1698 1808 find and en all arte rte bustness k A jbf with tits lits father Wil linni doller doer co commission in cotton and yarns tit in philadelphia upon tits his fathers retirement ti from froin business tile finnI nn ninnie vilroe was changed to I 1 franklin ran kiln lalor co mr doller entered the lie Sell vite of the united states lit in april 1017 its as a captain lit in the quarterma Fk tor ter burps after a few weeks service nt at tile the depot and several months at boston lie was ordered to france in august 1017 owing 0 to o grent great scarcity of nf ton tonnage tinge tit at that chilt time ond the lie necessity for salving material nn n a largo large scale mr air doller was as sign til to the newly organized go service find and in january 1018 took coin inand of tile the first salvage depot that aliat was operated by tile american army six coutlis the work I 1 lad had grown so BO that the personnel increased from roro 12 11 to and tills depot wits aa for about inen inell and was larger than any depot operated by either cither the file british or french ar armies this depot was tit at st pierre des corps near tours france the headquarters of tile the service of supply in july 1018 1918 captain doller was waa ordered to lyons lealis france to organize the second large depot which fit at tile tho time little of the had a capacity of taking care of salvaging for upward 0 at ft a million and a halt half tenile was waa promoted to tile rank of major end and then colonel and ns assigned sIgned to the general staff and after two years service in the army 1 20 0 months it if was tn in tho the A 11 3 1 P has discharged from the service in april 1010 1019 mr miter doller was ono one ot of tho the original 20 men inen who initiated the american leelon in france february 15 1010 1010 lind attended tile tho paris caucus ot of tho the american Amert can legion on march 15 1010 1019 after his front from tho the service mr air doller joined theodore roosevelt who was tit at hint time illine early lit in 1010 perfecting the an organization iza of tile the american legon legion in the united states fites to tho the st toils mu cust may 8 0 and 10 mr doller was chairman of the lie pennsylvania delegation at the st louls caucus and ft a member of the national executive from after thu tho st loula louis caucus ito ho was placed lit in charge of the state or division tit at national head ju quarters luar arters tors now new york city find and gave lila its anre time without any remuneration to american lesion legion work in for the minneapolis convention mr dollers work tor for tho the legion ins has 11 been to operate cooperate co with and co ci orill nute the work of the state organizations izat ions of 0 the legion and to direct for the minneapolis convention I 1 for his work in franco mr boller received a distinguished service medal from tho the united states government and tile lie legion of honor from tho the french government |