Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1920 — SERVES IN TWO GREAT WARS [ARTICLE]

SERVES IN TWO GREAT WARS

D’OLIER FELICITATES RENSSESELAER VISITOR AND FORMER RESIDENT. 5 -A';'. < ■ 'Lt V - ’ - e* V' ' ’ >•'-. st ’ > ' * -1 - ■ Dr. Wesley Thompson of Huntington Park, Calif?, is the guest here of his nieces, Mrs. E. P. Honan and Mrs. C. W. Duvall. The Doctor has received the following telegram from Franklin D’Oliqr, . National Commander of the Amerigan Legion: THE AMERICAN LEGION National Headquarters Meridian Life Building Indianapolis, Indiana Df. T. Victor Keene, Indianapolis, Indiana. Will you kindly deliver the following message to Dr. Wesley Thompson, of Huntington Park, Calif.,- Delegate to G. A. R. Encampment. “I have just been informed that you are a delegate to the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic now in Session in ‘lndianapolis, and next week will be in Cleveland as a Delegate to the National Convention of the. American Legion. < What a Are honor has been yours to have served our Country in two Great Wars separated by more than half a Century of time: I chn only express the fervent hope that if fifty years hence our country should again be swept into war there may remain some members of the Legion able as well as willing to emulate your splendid example. Please accept my warmest greetings and I trust the pleasure shall be mine to meet you personally after your arrival in Cleveland w x FRANKLIN D’OLIER, Nat’l Commander) American Legion.