| Show EMERY THE NEW COMMANDER grand a ri mien lich 0 official acial 1 Is elevated to succeed the late F W galbraith Ral braith jr iraj jolin garfield canery of grand rapids mich was nas unanimously elected national commander of the american legion at a of the national executive committee held la ia indianapolis diana di polls lie ile succeeds Bucce eda the we late freder frederick ift 17 galbralth galbraith jr who was wa recently fatally injured in an automobile diw accident at indianapolis major emery was one of the tha five anve vice commanders of the legion having been elected to that po position sittOn at the cleveland meeting of 0 the organization iza tion thomas J BatnI gun of lI hartford artford conn was wag elected rice commander succeeding sir mr B emery amery in that position major emery saw much fighting during the world war lie entered the second officers training camp at fort sheridan sheilda a august 27 1017 1917 after finishing the course he was commissioned a captain of pt i nl it W JOHN G EMERY and sent to france with the first group of americans ile he at first was assigned to the railway transportation office at blois franco france and remained there nn 1 ill february 20 later he attended the first corps school at Gond until march 24 when he took charge of company F eighteenth infantry first brigade first division major emery participated in all the major actions with ills his regiment in 1919 at Cant cantieny cantigny igny in april may and june at st st billiel in september and in the argonne offensive la in september and october lie he was mas com td a malor maior af 0 infantry august SO 1918 on oa october 9 1018 during the meuse argonne drive major emery was wounded in the left arm and was in home being discharged at camp custer soon after his return to grand rapids he be was elected a member of the grand rapids city coin mission a position he has held since that time before entering the service he was mas a real estate and insurance broker major emery was born july 4 1881 in grand rapids As vice commander of the american legion major emery was a close friend and confidant of commander galbralth galbraith |
