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Show LEGION MAN IS LEGISLATOR California Member of National Executive Execu-tive Committee Also Serves as Maker of Laws. Although he was forty-one years old when, the AVorld war started. Charles H. Kendrlck of San Francisco, Cal., member of the national executive ex-ecutive committee of the American Legion, served with distinction in the army, and was cited by General Gen-eral Summerall, commander of the Fifth Army corps, "for display of exceptional ex-ceptional devotion to duty while under un-der bombardment by the enemy's gufls" during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. of-fensive. Mr. Kendrlck was educated in the public schools of San Francisco and Is engaged In the selling of real estate and development of agricultural lands. Commissioned a captain in the Remount Re-mount service in August, 1917, Mr. Kendrlck trained at Camp DIx, N. J., and tfas sent overseas In July, 1918, attached to the Twenty-sixth division as remount officer. He served with that division during the St. Mihiel Jrive! and at the opening of the Meuse-Argonne Meuse-Argonne push was made remount officer offi-cer of the Fifth Army corps. After the armistice he was promoted to major ma-jor and discharged from service in February, 1919. Mr. Kendrlck's devotion to Legion affairs during the time he was a member mem-ber of the state executive committee 'ed to his selection as representative tf California on the national body. |
