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Show NAMED FOR THE COMMANDER Legion Member Pays Honor to. New Sen and the Leader of the American Ameri-can Organization. Since the first time that America had a war, babies have come into the world named for a great or favorite favor-ite general. The namesakes of Gen. George Washington are still numerous ; those of Robert E. Lee and U. S. Grant are going strong into the second generation and there are not a few John J. Tershing Smiths lllilli lli1! i ;:-:V.:. ,::Bii5: - M ill!;:4lllLf--.1 and Joneses to vie with the less recent y Deweys and Teddy Roosevelts. One service man of the American Legion has, however, started the naming nam-ing of babies after ttie national commander com-mander of the Legion of the year In which the child was born. The first on record is young Hanford Morris, Atlanta, Ga., born a few days after Hanford MacNider, Mason City, la., was elected national commander of the Legion. His father, Albert R. Morris, Is a member of Atlanta post No. 1 of the Legion. Recently an ex-soldier of Chicago went into court and asked to be allowed al-lowed to drop his middle name, which was unpronouncahle, he declared. The court gave permission and the service man, an enthusiastic Legionnaire, chose the name of Legion to accompany accom-pany him through life. |