Show MANY LEGION BILLS 0 KD BY CONGRESS an unusual number of bills bill sponsored ored by the american lesion legion for the benefit of world war veterans were made into laws nt at tile the first session of the sixty ninth congress all classes of veterans will benefit summarizing some boine of the results of recent legislation piloted by the legion john thomas taylor vice chairman of the national legislative committee of the legion I 1 declared our veterans with arrested tuberculosis will now receive 50 0 a month which we hope will prevent reactivity of their disease through overwork I 1 air of our war disabled except those rated permanently and totally disabled may now reinstate their insurance and obtain the benefits for themselves and their families which the insurance was created to extend time limitations for the filing of claims for deatti death find and disability compensation pensa tion have bate been extended as well as the period of vocational training for those who have not completed their courses free hospitalization hospital Is now extended to veterans of all wars and expeditions veterans are forgiven overpay ments made them while in the service the gallant youngsters who misrepresented their ages in order to get a chance to tight fight for their country are now deemed to have been honor bly ably discharged the sons of buddies asleep in france will now have an opportunity to attend west point and annapolis through special presidential appointment if they have the qualifications locations an armed sentry walks constant post before the tomb of our unknown soldier at arlington and the tomb itself will be completed in a simple and fitting manner the air defense of the nation has been provided with means of development through the enactment of for ward looking legislation modernization of our navy has been continued and the army retained at approximately its present strength the secretary of war Is authorized to allot a representative collection of war trophies to tile the american legion museum at national headquarters indianapolis dlana di polls ind |