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Teachers are easily found in any locality who will gladly assist in or- ganizing and teaching the group at a very nominal price, and in many in- stances experienced men are found within the corps or post.
Any organization contemplating the organization of a corps can obtain a book on this subject with details and models, a model constitution and by- laws without charge by writing us at 5129 W. North Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.
The publishers of this book, Sling- erland Drum Co., state definately that it is possible to have a marching and playing corps in two weeks after ob- taining instruments.
Besides having the men's corps it is also suggested that a junior corps of boys or a ladies' corps of the wives of V. F. W. members be organized.
An excellent example of this is the Runge Post of Milwaukee and their Women's Corps in their natty uni- forms and whose excellent training was due to the splendid efforts of Mr. Rudolph Racshefsky, their teacher. The Slingerland Drums selected by this group were especially considered because of their adaptability to a woman's corps.
We suggest that drums be colored in the colors of the post with the in- signia of the organization also em- ployed. An excellent example of this is the Milwaukee County Drum and Bugle Corps consisting of all the posts in the county belonging to the V .F. W. These Slingerland drums are the professional type finished in blue and gold with sticks to match and certainly present a most wonder- ful appearance. We are quite proud of selling these two splendid organiza- tions these excellent instruments.
Select quality in preference to price because it is necessary that drums and bugles give many years of hard service.
James C. Putnam, the man who founded the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and be- came its first Commander-in-Chief in 1899, lives at West Plains, Missouri, and is a member of the House of Rep- resentatives of the Missouri State Legislature.
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Children reared at the V. F. W. National Home of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U. S. at Eaton Rapids, Michigan, are educated in the public schools of Eaton Rapids.
The youngsters are transported to Eaton Rapids, a distance of three and one-half miles, in large buses owned by the National Home. In addition to the regular kindergarten and pri- mary departments the Eaton Rapids schools provide vocational courses that include carpentry, auto mechan- ics, blacksmithing, cooking, sewing, farming, bookkeeping and stenog- raphy. These are available to V. F. W. proteges along with college prep- aratory subjects.
Tuition fees of the V. F. W. youngsters are paid by the National Home. * *
The V. F. W. was founded in 1899 and therefore is not an experiment.
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THE UNSUNG HEROES
Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, together with their officers have had their praises sung. Tales of valor are re- counted that have been inscribed in pages of history. But no ballad, no song, no poem tells the story of the dog-the lives he saved and the bat- tles he helped to win.
Dogs serve as useful and intelligent pets. Their faithfulness and friendli- ness make them liked by children and grownups. Whether they possess in- tuition or intelligence is a question often discussed, but whether these qualities are inherent, results and per- formances have proven that there are numbers of dogs that have proved their worth to human life. From the high bred St. Bernards of the Swiss Alps to the lowliest mongrels of the city streets, dogs have displayed the mettle of which heroes are made.
The days of the 1918 drives in France bring memories of two Amer- ican dogs that attained distinction be- cause of their valuable services. "Stubby" and "Rags" were the kind of pets that real soldier boys liked- friendly and appreciative of all the attentions that the dogs bestowed up- on them.
Stubby entered the army camp at Yale Field, and soon attached him- self to the 102nd Infantry of the 26th Division. He became the special pet of Mr. Conroy who kept him until the day of his death in 1926. Stubby evaded the port authorities at both Newport News and at St. Nazaire, France. His war adventures then be- gan. He lived through five offensives, each time going through No Man's Land. Stubby saw service at Chemin des Dames, Chateau-Thierry, the Marne, Saint Mihiel and the Meuse- Argonne. In due time, he was pre- sented a Victory Medal of five bars, and a beautiful hand-embroidered chamois skin blanket. Whenever Stubby went on parade, as he was often fond of doing, this latter gor- geous gift was always worn by him. Presidents Wilson, Harding and Cool- ildge bestowed their attentions upon him. General Pershing pinned on his blanket the gold medal of the Humane Society in July, 1921.
No one knows how many soldier boys' lives Stubby saved. He did sen- try and messenger service. It is known that he once worked frantically to awaken a sleeping man just before a gas attack. That man's life was saved by Stubby's efforts.
Rags' career began in 1918 in Paris, where Private Donovan of the Signal Corps of the First Division found him in the streets of Mont- marte. He soon learned the ways of war. Rags accustomed himself to wearing a gas mask. He performed messenger service, delivering pieces of paper from one olive drab uniform to another. He also learned to drop flat on his belly whenever he heard cer- tain noises. Several times Rags was responsible for saving the lives of hundreds of American Soldiers. On one occasion he was returning to the
lines with a message, gas mask on, when things began to happen. Rags fell flat, as was his custom, but one ear was torn and a front paw was badly hurt. Sergeant Donovan was lying badly wounded on the ground. "Run! Rags; Run!" whispered his master. And Rags ran on three legs, gasping from the gas, and finally staggered into camp. They found his master, and both were invalided back home to Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
Among the famous peace-time dogs was Jiggs, mascot of the Marine Corps. Jiggs was a full-blooded bull dog and saw six years of service in Corps. He was born in Philadelphia
in 1919 and was enlisted in the Ma- rine Corps in 1920. Brigadier-Gene- ral Smedley D. Butler, then Com- mandant of the Post at Quantico, gave him the rank of sergeant.
Stubby and Rags did heroes' work. Not only were they responsible for many a hair breadth rescue, but they brought their doggy friendliness to the tired and weary soldier boys in the trenches. Undoubtedly, Stubby and Rags were not the only dog heroes of the World War. There must have been others. These friendly, faithful creatures did their part. They de- serve the honor and respect that have been bestowed upon them.
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