OCR Text |
Show BUCK PRIVATE TO COMMANDER C. L. Dawson, North Dakota Legion Man, Rises From Lowest to Highest Rank. From the lowest rank in the military service to the highest grade conferred f by the ex-service men of his state is the record jump made by O. L. D a w s o n of Beach, N. D., recently re-cently appointed national field representative rep-resentative of the American Legion. From buck private pri-vate to department depart-ment commander of the American Legion In North DakoU tells the story of Mr. Dawson's Daw-son's rise. Although well past middle mid-dle age, he enlisted as a private in the Balloon corps soon after war was declared. After fifteen months at Fort Omaha, he was discharged with 'the rank of private first class. He was chief Olerk of the North Dakota legislature legis-lature during Its last session. As department commander and national executive committeeman, Mr. Dawson was largely responsible in building up a strong organization of the Legion in North Dakota, He is a graduate of the University of North Dakota and before entering (he service serv-ice was state's attorney at (Joluen Valley, N. D. |