Show ASKS FOR MILITARY ESCORTS philadelphia a county committee ap peals peal to president P dent vilson adso to provide firing squads squad rou rouba following ba ad advises advices I 1 from tile the miju to tant at general of the army to the effiel that it Is impracticable for far the NN atar department without a special spatial ampro catalina arla alton tor far tran transportation partition expense ceasr to ade fil I 1 military macut escorts in tor the c harlot burial at philadelphia of 0 soldier III dead whose bodies are being ailt returned ed from olor overseas no the philadelphia p county cout corn mitton of the legion has appealed to pr president sadet dailon to P provide ide at least tw ta 0 firing squads for or this purpose from camp dix or through the frank told ord 1 arsenal I at philadelphia the american legion re ties the letter ter reads were aers not sat out G lafred fi ed with the ate excuse offered by the adjutant general of the army tor for refusing took to assist in meeting this emer beacy the bodies of soldier dd d d ol of t the ile A p E F are being returned o d to philadelphia daily and ad as an many so y as live five requests a day are being received i ed by it the american america legion aleglan the legion through its representative in the tha county organization took look the position tha that I 1 it cannot avoid its responsibility to honor these men who gave gae their lim hies for far their country tile united states ambot many army 1 Is now recruited I 1 to a strength of it was the unanimous opinion among the legion representatives of the 70 p posta a in this county that as commander om mander md in filacc of the united bdate army you ought might consider it a privilege to assign to philadelphia 16 men am wh who I 1 might serve aleva as lefi military leary escorts thus los it negibe t ing m 9 the an amealian legion in perform 1 ing g a airm paramount at patriotic duty 1 thele the letter ater was vas signed by romain domain 0 Ha haserick ber rotary ol of the committee |