Show CU ed l l Ch f DRAIN HAS S y SPar mean UNDONE DONE GOOD SERVICE he I ioli vf i Pen Pen- en James A A. ADrain Drain of 1 l oli OHM cUel th J e JO fO f prominent In activities of the IJU i Legion since the Inception tt r that at organization was chosen to tor n. n k r T present T-present resent the Legion at the twentieth bu bUle n conference on child labor 00 o dt dE cause ause of the intense interest which Jn n je Tc Legion has hns always alwn's taken In the senit elfare of ot children and the solution o- o ker 11 their problems 5 tt at The conference was held at VashIe Wash Wash- le Ie e glen In May fay ay ju Just t prior to the ado p of the child labor n by congress to the Constitution which j i lr y l I W Iw goes to the states for ratification Una 4 General Drain was active at the two twe j n Bay ar focuses held In Paris at which the theu e enU unto American O Legion Legon was conceived He HeD sere seree u D has as commander of the District of Dem e department of ot the Legion n m May IRY 1920 to November 1921 ft rIng the same period he was a mem- mem t r of the national executive commit commit- 4 e. e He was long chairman of the burth district rehabilitation commits commit commit- s th h e. e e. e led ed t At the last national convention of and C. C e a Legion General Drain was one of o orte j be leading candidates for national several se ballots he hein For jj in in with John R R. Quinn the prost pres pros I It stag t commander for that high post L tA A lawyer by profession General t rain has hns been located at Washington 1 0 Q for tor 15 years He served In the I 1 Vi b be i Guard of ot the state of ot Wash- Wash sn In r iton rt rising from private to brigadier a t ION From 1901 1041 to 1900 1006 he was wasmer mer aler general of ot the state of Wash Wash- n. n cede Interested In movements that made mad Agar the of the national deon de- de on base General Drain took an ig tg In the National Rule Rifle association ived f re het s ne p the vas c hr 3 5 thil a At and ke ker I r 1 ay of Gen James Jamel A. A Drain lap hip and and was at one time Its president Hi He was also made chairman of the executive tive ITe committee of the National Guard V r Association o of ot f the United States H He Be Hel l served in that thai capacity from 1903 1003 tc e eon ju Vh When n the World war broke out the w took his place In the front fronte e rank of duty He was assigned as a 8 aIn ati tf ajor In the ordnance officers' officers reserve corps and was vas No 1 on that list Foi Fot Foia Fota a few faw months he lie served as assistant chief of ot the division of small arms In Inthe Inthe inthe the office of the chief of ordnance at Washington ill I On June 0 6 1917 1017 he was assigned to F the First division of or the A A. E. E F. F H He Hele le levent n vent went ent with that division to France Franco In is eJI that memorable June when the arrival J of the first small units of ot the Amerl Amerl- in can an forces was hailed with such ao as claim lalm by the war weary war weary allies ulUes J c Immediately upon his arrival Gen Gen- p 1 deral ral Drain was assigned as one of ot that thai grOUP group whose Important duty It was t tc study tudy the methods of ot warfare as the they I Milt had been evolved in the long snaillike snail snail- like progress of ot trench rench warfare H He o on Went sent to British and French armies tc s study ordnance repair and supply e t New things In warfare continued tc occupy his its attention On October 1 1 1917 he was called to the ten of ot the A. A E. E F F. F as chief of the ld S small nall arms and und mach machine Eno gun division l is Tanks helmets grenades and the like Uk occupied him here In n JI m He became chief o of at the Uie tank division Jg In November 1917 1017 He was the Amer Ame scan lean member of ot the Anglo American d d tank commission which co ordinate E the Ithe activities of the allies alUes In the do sign slin manufacture and Issue of ot mangy J j large tanks He was also ordnance r officer of or the tank tonk corps He returned home In Ma May 1919 IDl an and s was discharged In June following II lie II I won the high hISh distinction of the 1 b Jr Service medal the b glor glorI bl f I and find the Cross of the Crowl ot Hof Ital Italy He lie at ut once resumed tit tin 11 practice of ot law In Washington an and ani has given unstintingly of his time t tl tc iet the American Legion and the man Dlan j m mover movements nouns which It has hus fostered fo to foat at agthe the tho of the nu nation Uon 11 it |