"FILL VACANCY DUE TO C.L. MITCHELL'S RESIGNATION"

COLONEL ROOSEVELT OFFERED D.A.V. EXECUTIVE POST

Cincinnati, Ohio (JFK+50) On January 27. 1923, it was announced that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, jr.*, assistant secretary of the navy, "will receive the offer of a post in the national executive committee of the Disabled American Veterans**." 

Mr. Roosevelt will fill the vacancy on the committee created by the resignation of C.L. Mitchell. 

*Theodore Roosevelt III (1887-1944) was born in Oyster Bay, NY the eldest son of Teddy Roosevelt & Edith Carow.  TRIII served as asst sec of navy 1921-1924 & gov of Puerto Rico 1929-1932.

**Disabled American Veterans, founded in 1920 by Robert Marx, provides assistance to disabled American veterans and their families.

SOURCE

"Roosevelt Chosen For Veteran Post," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., January 27, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt III

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1921

"204,000 WOUNDED SOLDIERS OF WWI IN NEED OF HELP"

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS ESTABLISHED 

Cincinnati, Ohio (JFK+50) On September 25, 1920, Disabled American Veterans of World War I was established at a national caucus held at Hamilton County Memorial Hall here in Cincinnati.

The caucus was organized by Cincinnati Superior Court Judge Robert Marx*, an army captain who had been wounded in the war.  The idea for the caucus was sparked at a party held by the Judge on December 25, 1919 for 100 disabled veterans.

204,000 American soldiers were wounded in WWI and after the war were getting little to no assistance from the United States government.  In response, small groups of disabled veterans across the nation formed social clubs and raised money for those in financial need.

Today, Disabled American Veterans is headquartered in Cold Spring, Kentucky and has 1 million members. 

*Robert S. Marx (1889-1960) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio & graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Law.  He was severely wounded in France on the last day of WWI.  RSM became a Superior Court Judge in 1920.

SOURCES

"Judge Robert S. Marx," by Robert Lawrence Levi, Michigan Lawyers in History, Michigan Bar Journal, December 2013, www.michiganbar.org/

"This Day in History...September 25, 1920," Mystic Stamp Company, www.mysticstamp.com/

 

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