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Show 16 RECEIVES TRIBUTE AT GREAT CONVENTION OF LEGION ttee After All Night Discussion Avoids ther Condemnation of General Sawyer's pHospital Policies But New Attack Is Made in Open Session I tfalOV RAIiI. New Orleans, fltemoval f Brigadier Gcn-tg Gcn-tg E. Sawyer, President pergonal physician, from Ills dlnator ol thei fedoral hn-h08pHnllrailoii, hn-h08pHnllrailoii, ihnrged ftg the American legion, Ion program, was d'mand-Icgion d'mand-Icgion national -uirntbm by a vot- of tin i u :'70. ITION HALL. NEW OR-r OR-r Oct. r.' Hy the Asso-ess.) Asso-ess.) General John J. fomm&i-der in chief of the fcpeditionarj forces, again lowledk.-.l the trlbuto of ht led m Fra ncc w h a h the day's chief speaker tonal conventl"n of th'' cyion Irance shared r hi.-: HtlCS in 1 h'' sel' '. ' 1"H i'f -l i commaml'T E; report' op. . n- t!.. day'." eeting until t n o o'clock ng, the Interstate hospltall--Sfrplttee produced a conserv-frt, conserv-frt, whleli .('"i'l'-'l further lion of th. pom of Uriga-ril Uriga-ril Sawyer, head f the fod-'aHzation fod-'aHzation hoards. Delcga-Etates Delcga-Etates have presented reso-'Jrely reso-'Jrely crlth i inc. hlin. Jtory of I!'. onM.-rv itlve" the convention brought to IK fact that th. interstate IKon commit' Pr-" brt to tl ' invention today Jh soblnr uf the General fetrovers: uvr the govern-foncnt govern-foncnt i sick and disabled th the lii' S'aw- ipNr.s, as annoum el by Col i-Hppra i-Hppra r u ' jtlon committee, wr b - !ft him at nnil l" recognizing the legion's Hon program which Qen- 4r was Fal l to have sp -norsed, committing himself imjration ijflp the critics of Sawyer. : Mi was agreed to which nc-iXtand nc-iXtand "as sincere Mtlon, demmdlng the r- -igBgadler G neral Charles K. fls present' 1 11. e r. ir. m i. .n I Ant Commander Darren of sBjThe resolution charged .'"ineSS-" T-. at: , ' ; ' ifce report of Rice Means of ! if the natb.n . r ' 1 i ' I ' rrl which accepted "the liBoperatloM" given In Genii Gen-ii that an " rrristice had (V' and 'that'.s I' s I i:iu- to lalg," Adolphu-. Graupner of -.Jipoke against Mr. Barren's d from "v1 i r 'Kit i K made as to whether Gen- IJhad sign '1 an agreement mf&si answered by f'olonel A 'Of Gbl' clu.lrrii.xn of iPitation corn ' ii I ' ' r .' M . . s.. : -itee had taken (. n. n tiJhls word " :,;JPENDS s A 1 R. fcrague Id l.e I.. Ib-.-c fepryer had been mistaking-' BHe asked a vote again:.! : olutlon. fj&t be a blr.w at lawyer.") (lyttjcan't. dlslodcr. :- yy.y -r. It will only be a blow at your rehabilitation re-habilitation committee." Adjutant Staff Officer King of the Minnesota department, was recognized by Past National Commander Emery, who was cailed to the chair by General Gen-eral Foreman "Not a damn cent, ha been spent In Minnesota." King said, "although statement after statement has be?n made that the money has been allocated. allo-cated. Ah for me, If I am the only man to voice antagonism to General Sawyer, I'll volco It." UTAH POSTS HONORED. Banners of 11 states, which held their membership at 100 per cent, or increased It last year, were decorated by National Vice Commander McCor-mick. McCor-mick. These states were Georgin. Arkansas, North Carolina, Missouri, N'.-vr Mexico, Mississippi. Wyoming, Oklahoma. Ftah, Louisiana and Iowa. I Mrs. Bartletl of Virginia, bringing greetinri from the legion auxiliary convention, declared the women's organisation or-ganisation was "four square" behind the legion's light l'or adjusted compensation com-pensation . Mrs. Bartlcit introduced M.s. Gorpensen. delegate from Hawaii, who brought a garland to decorate the national na-tional commander Facing the asscm- i bly, she raised the garland and said: ' Alaho. I loo you," and turned and raised the garland over the comman- der's head, STRONG NAVY URGED. Adoption of ihe legion's report n naval affairs committed the organization organi-zation to the terms of the Washington conference and nrped congress to appropriate ap-propriate sufficient funds to keep t navy craft and to keep a personnel nt 106,000 men or not less than Ofi.000. The. naval br.:;- at Alameda, Cal.. Is demanded by the resolution of ac- pi - nee. fit . t "f this base, made necessary by the pact eliminating fortifications for-tifications in the Pacific the resolution resolu-tion added, "would be criminal negligence negli-gence " Personal greetings from the secro-tary secro-tary of the navy were conveyed to th legion by Admiral McGrudcr. of the I'nlted States navy. "A strong merchant marine," the admiral said. "Is the first element of a strong sea power The second element Is a strong navy and the third strong naal banes." Th- admiral asked that the legion "see to It" that merchant marine ships are manned "to n man by American Amer-ican seamen" and that they be paid a fair wage. He spoke for a nail ', reserve. FORBES ANGRY ; LEAVES. Colonel C. R Forbes director of , the United States veterans' bureau who came here last Saturday as the invited guest of the Ame-ican Legion r.nrj Its national commander. Hanford MacNlder, has left New Orleans with his entire staff and cancelled arrangements arrange-ments to address the legion He wis scheduled to talk on the work of the veterans' bureau. Tho repeated open charge originating originat-ing with supporters of William F Oeegan of New York, aspirant for the national commandershlp of the legion, le-gion, that Forbes had come here at th Instance of President Harding to "play politics." Is uhderstod to have been the reason for Colonel Forbes" departure. The veterans' bureau head declined to make any public stat' menl prlr to his departure, except that tie felt his presence here wnn not desired |