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Show CHIEF FUN-MAKER BUSY MAN President Eivers of "40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux," Forced to Resign as State Adjutant. Edward J. Eivers, national president presi-dent of "40 hommes et 8 chevaux" fun-making society so-ciety of the American Amer-ican Legion, finds that the duties as head of a "funny" organization are more pressing than any serious work. Making fun took so much of his time that he was forced to resign re-sign his former position as state adjutant of the Legion in the state of Oregon. One of the proud moments in Elver's life was when, before a crowd of 7,000 people, he presented Marshal Foch the little gold badge of the order boxcar, box-car, horse and all. Eivers began his military career in 1910 in the National Guard. During the war he served 15 months overseas as captain of the machine gun company com-pany of the One Hundred and Sixty-second Sixty-second infantry, which was not, as he says, a fun-making society. |