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Show FOOD OF WAR VETERANS HELD 'UNFIT FOR DOGS' ST. LOUIS. Doc. 7. The American Legion V:ll ask congress to appropriate appropri-ate $85,006,000 for eatablisliing hospitals hos-pitals tn care for wounded veterans of the recent war. according lo Col. P, W Galbralth, national commander, command-er, who arrived here to participate in a celebration arranged by local posts of the organization. The national commander described conditions surrounding the treatment of these men as "bad." "Committees visiting hospitals in various states have reported that the food and quarters of the men were unfit for dogs." ' he said. oo From a population of 15,000 in, 1900, when it was iho center of the gold rush to Alaska, Nome has dwindled to 200 Inhabitants ' raK.niHDaSSeSWSnBSMSMBBBBBBBlBSBKJSMHllllllllllMBHiMBSBBaSBeSHBm |