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Show tntnum i n iimmim n r-n mul . jcm-lm imi iiiiiMBMma-iawBKiinmBBMimamin m -fJ Pershing Attends Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars WASHINGTON. Five thousand vetoi-ans are in "Washington attending the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, September 13-18. Among the veterans attending are General Pershing, Per-shing, shown above with (uidron. who also went through the "World War, and II N Richards (lower), the oldest vot attending the eon-vention. eon-vention. Richards fought at Gettysburg, was an officer in the navy in 18(55. went to Tunis, Africa, to aid in averting a threatened outbreak out-break against the Christians, was in the Franco-Gorman war, 1870 71. and gem-rally has bq n where the fighting was the hottest "Too old.7' they told Milliards in 1!M7 when he tried to enlist in the navy. |