organization must be non-partisan and non-political had to be adhered
to in its fullest sense. There were soldiers and sailors enough in all
the States who would have been willing to have started the
organization in their respective localities, but how _not_ to get
politicians of the lower order, men who would gladly prostitute the
Legion, its aims and ambitions to their own selfish advantage--that
was the problem which faced the temporary committee in America.

About three weeks before the St. Louis Caucus the following names were
chosen from the various States as committeemen:


OFFICERS
Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., New York, Chairman
Lt. Col. Bennett Clark, Missouri, Vice-Chairman
Lt. Col. Eric Fisher Wood, Pennsylvania, Secretary.


ALABAMA
Lt. H.M. Badham, Jr., Birmingham
Pvt. W.M. Cosby, Jr., Birmingham
Sgt. Edwin Robertson, Birmingham


ARIZONA
Pvt. Ned Bernard, Tucson
Lt. Col. J.C. Greenway, Bisbee


ARKANSAS