CONTENTS

I.—[Latter War Days in France]
II.—[The Paris Caucus, March 15-17, 1919]
III.—[Pre-Caucus Days in America]
IV.—[The Advance Committee]
V.—[The St. Louis Caucus, May 8, 9, and 10]
VI.—[The Legion and the Bolsheviki]
VII.—[The Legion won't Meet at Chicago]
VIII.—[The Silver Lining]
IX.—[Objectors—Conscientious and Otherwise]
X.—[The Reëmployment Problem]
XI.—[The Disregard of Self]
XII.—[The Closing Hours]
XIII.—[Why the American Legion?]
[The American Legion]
[Constitution of the American Legion]
[Resolutions]
[Legion Facts]
[What the Public Press Thinks]
[Committees]
[Roster]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[The St. Louis Caucus]
[Henry D. Lindsley]
[The Paris Caucus]
[Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.]
[Group at St. Louis Caucus]
[Bennett C. Clark]
[Eric Fisher Wood]
[Gaspar Bacon]
[State Chairmen Herbert, Mathewson, and Wickersham]
[“Jack” Sullivan]
[Chaplain J.W. Inzer]
[Fred Humphrey]
[P.C. Calhoun]

The Story of the American Legion

CHAPTER I

LATTER WAR DAYS IN FRANCE