The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-29
||FIG|I LEGION
i FRANCE STRONG
.py Does Not Like to
Ii Growth of orsani-
tiou, and Is Jealous.
lbs GERMAN BLOOD
h, by Hundreds Said to
L,.rt Army Of Kaiser
for the Legion.
lbs GERMAN BLOOD
/, nroRGE DUFRESNE.

Il GEORGE DUFEEsNE'
. cable to The Tribune
rs, Sept. 2s.-Germans have the
,,or Of being a thoroughgoing
,Od nothing could be more thor
A. The way in which their press,
-,,ice and radical, with rare
IT, Is trying to prove to the
,h., the French foreign legion
,nrmoral ,ra institution which ought
abnIished immediately. The
u Inc famous corps is that 1t
.'nsa France to found a colonial
= North Africa virtually with
sbsdding of French blood, n
a;sb is made even more bitter
snv because more than 40 per
y tSe soldiers in the legion are
.'rays have been German sol.
M deserving from abuse md
IN the German army, have
welcome refuge in the French
fat ia, so many German sol
"a deserving and taking engage
r;th the foreign legion that the
napers are doing their utmost
recruiting, They think this
! 'shscked by publishing stories of
treatment which the men are al
Do receive.
B Appear Busy.
|vusly the war minister found it
ary to take steps to counteract
,tuyer put into operation for the
4 Of obtaining information con
q the foreign legion. The COM
.n OF army corps have been
a against attempts made by for
sabiects TO get into corresponds
rith the French military authori-
uder prctext Of demanding infor-
4 and money 10 enable would-be
tcnnaires" to Join the force.
.e of the letters arc traps, and
a that recruiting for the foreign
|nfs is done with the aid Of
h The commanders Of the army
are asked to abstain from en-
4 INTO correspondence on this sub
Ina 10 report all efforts TO obtain
raiiou that come 10 their know
h question as to whether the cam
Jrosecuted in Germany is having
|effect On the recruiting for the
b legion is discussed by NJ. Jean
D in tho Petit Marseillais. Men
I'd 10 serve in the legion leave
|||les for 0ran twice a week. The
IgE number Of men who leave this
! uyenty a week. IT was fifty
b 1910, sixty-three in 1911 and
|fx in 1912. In 1910, 3106 men
IH The barracks of the foreign le-
3 the st. Jean fort, 1876 in 1911,
. 1912 and 3540 IN 1913. By the
d the year il is expected that
Fill have left Marseilles.
great September maneuyers have
unusually interesting this year,
'oly because aircraft has been
1e . more important part than
pfore and because it has been
q 70 the world how far France
%d Of all other countries in this
% also because motors have been
{s7y extensively in the moving
lllery with considerable success.
''ct be denied. however, that in
arsicular field the horse still
ne motor as soon as it comes 10
ueld batteries across the couns
|1e eyolutions performed by our
Qais during the mancuvers won
n''atioD Of all the foreign Of
g@ent and proved that no OBJ
s,a stop the well-trained French
Hnieh seems TO enjoy and enter
y game with as much enthusiasm
learless drivers.
q must pass before the motor
.gllce the horse in the service of
1salery and the ministry of agri.
Z mas been receiving much praise
pfess because it has continually
'ged the breeders of horses in
enfing the last years, when the
E OF people were inclined TO
mat the DAYS OF equine useful
|.ue all but over. France and
are now the only countries in
possessing an adequate supply
,Is suitable for military purposes,
W. German and English war de-
~ ~ are at their wits end TO
~ necessary number of horses
Ia calayrv and artillery even
,pwerlne the standard consider
~" that maintained in France.
y for Labor.
':si!tsah9sm, 3 which NAV be said TO
ls,snE Sau AYE origin in France, is pass.
Gsu G,s a somewhat bitter crisis,
6Shsssrsl 6;srsl Confederation Of Labor.
Eetlne machine of the labor un-
A. Vt every labor union is sup.
nos "e AFFILIATED to it-apparent,
~ SOt exercise the power it once
suw Nor - it nearly as strong
PEOPLE have been wont TO sup.
ntisMcently this revolutionary or
a nm nm pronounced boldly for a pol
IN suS;IlcelisIn, y but during the last
ma; ~ nas been made clear that
4 isasS isSalists .ts arc becoming fewer,
fsI,'s 10 the labor unions are los.
d eTenRth. The Federation OF
IbolSy .ss finds it necessary to
hi ~ ssiiorts to increase the mem.
loF !. ,Wgicn has steadily declined
I.ds,a.,s ~ announced that the build,
n ofaaon, recognized as the ram,
'hlv v,unaiealism, is in a bad way
SGoonl the Paris district there
tuo' u'SHv ", nnlouist workmen i'm the
I'm uanes- Today the number
y sI,r ,,reaueed TO $4,000
1hittsd decrease was frank
n aMea Ma at the recent congress
b Ths Th hue de la Grande.aux
sas .hho 10 question before the con
L ~0V u0w 70 increase the member
1tas bv bsa thought that this could
b sarlo, u co'ordinating the effort,
Aildirro nuious connected will
q Ia o,.,, srade. Each union is zeal
3ziiea,o ,own autonomy, and the in
r afpouV committee Is powerless II
adismu them the NECESSARY un
\ osnr r Tor any serious effort