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Which U.S. Mint officer was instrumental in formation of the American Legion?
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Beau Geste?
Oh, wait, wrong Legion ....
Col. Theodore Roosevelt Jr was one of the founders, but doesn’t answer the question.
A. Piatt Andrew Mint Director 1909-1910
I know Horatio Nelson Jackson was supposed to be one of the founders.
A remarkable guy and one of my heroes. He did the first real road trip. First guy (with his mechanic and dog) to do a cross-country drive from San Francisco to New York in 1903, which was a remarkable achievement considering there weren't any real roads. Also a remarkable achievement, considering he didn't know what the heck he was doing...
It's a remarkable story.
(Not an answer to the original question, but I thought I'd throw that in there...
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Col. Jessu.... oh. Wrong war. The Transvaal Grading Conflict was never declared.
BJandTundra - Correct !
Previously, he organized the American Field Ambulance Service in France. (Later, this became the American Field Service - AFS - that sponsored high school student exchanges between the US and other countries.) AFAS volunteers drove Ford ambulances filled with wounded from the Western Front to Paris hospitals for treatment. Andrew's friend, Henry Davis Sleeper, organized domestic fundraising, and purchased Ford trucks for conversion to ambulances. (Henry Ford refused to sell or donate trucks for war use, so Sleeper bought them from dealers off-book.)
Andrew's papers refer to American Legion organizers as including: Lemuel Bolles, James F. Carens, James D. Drain, H. A. Folsom, Hanford MacNider, John R. McQuigg, Alvin Owsley, John R. Quinn, Frank W. Snow, Edward E. Spafford.