| Show WOULD GIVE LEG FOR LEGION colonel miner who lost loat limb in service Gerv lc ll Is proud of membership in organization the loss of my leg Is more than instilled by the privilege ot of being a member of the JIM american legion n declared asher allner ner president of a large milling company coman ny let at wilkes barre pa who suffered the loss of a leg la in france as the result of a shrapnel wound received while leading his men mr miner was a colonel in the twenty eighth division and since has baa been appointed brigadier general of the pennsylvania national guard mr miner was among the guests of honor at a banquet tendered american legion officials by the new york shipbuilding corporation upon the occasion of the first trip of the new liner american legion ile he was one of the speakers ile he did not tell however how after he had suffered the JIM amputation of his leg he insisted upon being carried out to his men to inspire them in carrying on this was told by one of the other speakers who knew of the colonels courageousness the military record of mr miner begins with his hi enlistment in ID 1884 in a pennsylvania company tie he saw dew active service in the spanish american war and in 1907 was appointed colonel of the ninth infantry at the expiration of his commission he was re appointed and commanded the third pennsylvania field artillery on the mexican border ile he went to Fr france arice in 1918 he was cited for bravery and awarded a distinguished service cross and later received a distinguished service medal |
