The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-31

e q He lid nds say wMMke or beMGose; the ha he Wished t. convey was much more subtle
In the presence of this ohcno one assumed 1.-The military attitude of mind and body
w serve it, Practically every nonmnnary mar at the sight well set n1 fully acotpd
soldier hshNNey assumes something of military bearing Ad when the drums roll
and marching coumn of soldiers flashes into e the civilian ivountMy.u throws back
mss shoulders and steps out with a tense measured tread
And with civilians so with soldiers. Thee primary regiment becomes more military in the ns
|Mne of the crack regiment The crack regiment itself gas something more wen in prunty to a
of troops of hnoc,a legendary anne such as the Foreign LEGION
TheL egonaresh ade campaigns of their Wn and probably mo body ot troops has ever done mh
constant and ardMsc campaigning But France over and over again has used them also as lewn
amongo other uops Thys Hnen the mas and men emuae their actions
LEGION wass nto tut to thee Grimes and gan no special u~t for covering itself with gy. as
m% hhml@ @ expected OF put DID renee great credit on hej judgment of those Who'll had sent 1t out
to help to inspire a whole army
The queer of Spain so years ago was in hard fix with civil war on her hands, Thee arnss
whom she was lighting were lust as good soldiers as here own not shade Mr Then thu Queens
had an inspiration of genius II they could only get the french Foreign legion into their
.amyu Gh felt thu shade of advantage would move over to theirs e So the queer bought the FOREIGN
Legion from the thn king of FrMean n for FOUR years. the legion belonged SPAIN.
Asae and to the Drdanees Part of 1t remains in Africa its normal abMrt DING some mighty
vigorous nmphgnngn teM Moroccan part Frances wmderhn new African empire
Thea Americans and ohr foreigners whoa are enrolled as volunteers tn French rmy are put in
It'll, the Lgonanes and this while giving hem scope trh their fighting Qualities and assuring
them an opportunity for genuine campaigning Is teh highest measure of protection for them 1t gMan
tees hma against foolish rahness as wells as agan@ being led into traps or sing their head in crtcal
moments
Fighting is outline work will the egmry. Just as sailing a yat is to the expet marner The
winds may be different on each "trip nj tec raft is never handled twice in the anne way but the ex
pert knowledge of 1.-THE technique of his trade makes the Legonay and the skipper each aMuh himself
OF hs task in finished fashion
Officially the Foreign Legion is composed of eight thousand men, In reality it is underAodh has
nearly dube that number, and the Legion becomes readily whha y. corps with the addition of
some of Frances conhlh troops
Franc for hundred of years had regiments of German, English rkhs Scotch swhs Italians and
other foreigners enrolled in her armies but the present Foreign legion may be considered as dnne
from 1871 One brief ren it's constitution says that the enhtng coOnel may accept man even
though he dos not present. birth certificate or Identification papers, whGfMeu TIN names of the
English and American Legonahs have been smith, Brow and Jones of Germans Muller Schwartz
and Weiss; of te Italians Roa and Gross; of the French, Peot Legand ant Lecmc and so on
monsieur? Surely there is something ber you can do Severe campaigning in Africa or in Chin for
a sou day. or few sous as you begin to advance is no bed of roses Yu had Mer thin tn am m
a day or two MOI? You already are aware? Very well, NOR cher nMnt" and his tone chanpsm
he" now sM as colonel to his soldier: "-hen is a glorious career do m here for the right kind. If
you are a good and faithful soldier you may go far Good hck"
Ther recruiting coona can generally tell a dance what army the candidate has served in and
If he has na sergeant or an officer In the latter case he is dsTeelyq questioned on the pota and
it is suggested for Mso own benefit that he confhntanyh inform his oph wn he arrives al Tho
training quresn Africa One Who hasb eenan oncnh European y is usually taken mo the
crDuah' dassa MAJ be advanced within a Nupe Of years be sergeant tot the Legion