Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1919 — U. S. LEGION POSTS NOW NUMBER 6,561. [ARTICLE]

U. S. LEGION POSTS NOW NUMBER 6,561.

Indianapolis, Dec. 26.—American legion posts in the United States and foreign countries now total 6,561, it was announced today at the national headquarters here. France, England and Canada each have one post. Alaska has four posts, Hawaii, 5; Cuba, 1; Panama, 1; Mexico, 1; and the Philippine islands, 1. Ten states have more, than two hundred posts each. New York leads with 777 posts; Pennsylvania is second with 497; Minnesota is third with 369 posts, and Illinois is fourth with 349 posts. lowa has 345 local organizations,* Ohio 298, Massachusetts 238, New Jersey 224, Missouri 220 and Indiana 203.