The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-11-30
THE LOST AMERICAN LEGION

lUE WOl AWlE
tNote---rollowine 10 the second Of
q series OF three stories BY J. w.
reeler about the icst American
Legion" Of the Caradian army.)
By J. ". IFOIER
.,;nited Press s,,F Corresp0ndentN
ON THE El>c.. ali COAST. Nn..I
l"--.(By MAIN = 1wo Amarcaas
"a !lo matchet ..e,. leadership Ne os
q, ers OF opposinr . merican {. css.
Il usled and shmk tnnods when they
came face to face In Canada's Amc''
!can legion.
They are Lieutea, Mt Track Rich.
ar,.son of. lie Sammit. Mo-. a fa Mer
corporal Of Pancho Villas army. and
Major Andred Rasmussen, ex-major
under General Obregon.
Richardson's future in the big war
depends on the medical 0ficers. He
was caught in a stream OF machine
gun bullets at Neuve Chappelie
while leading machine gun COM,
pany OF the Princess Pat regiment.
With seventeen wounds. the MIS-
sourian was invalided to Canada.
where he Joined the legion 40 a pri-
yate on the day he was discharged
from the hospital.
Major Richardson regards his pre-
vious tights a. mere skirmishes. En-
listing In the Etyath United States
Cavsiry in Portland. Oregon. he went
to the Philippines as bugler In G
iuoep. The Mexican trouble was the
rearest thing to a tight then In prog
ress when he arrived back In San
Francisco. 80 he lost no time In get.
ting south Of the border.
General Obregon quickly recoE-
nised Rasmussen's skill and the
training he had received with the
United States army. The Oregonian
stepped from lieutenant to captain
and after one spectacular brush with
Richardson's command. was pro-
NOTED to major.
That campaign was loosely man
aged enterprise compared to the
Somme and the Americans frequent
ly caught sight Of each other riding
at the head Of their forces. Ras-
mussen said today he tried all his
skill in mountain embuscades in the
effort to round up the villistas. But
Richardson kept him 20 busy light
ing his way out o. counter traps that
neither was successful.
The 9pposition went to pieces sud
denly. After the cleanup. Rasmus-
sen learned that his opponent hal
gone to Canada. Richardson u still
In Canada. After numerous exami-
nations the medical officers forced
him Ito take three months leave.
which il likely to be extended liber-
ally unless he makes . remarkable
recovery.
! Seventeen machine gun bullets
will make . human sieve Of the best
man that ever walked" said Captain
u. S. Hutchinson OF Mound City. ILL.,,
a medical oficer in the legion. "Rich.
ardson would have shipped ~ 4 sto'
ker 10 get back to France. Tears
streamed down his cheeks when oui
transport swung on leaving him or
the pier.
'HG 10 a student Of machine guns
and even gave up his captaincy IN
tie legion. becoming . lieutenant
again. to stay with the machine gur
section. That in itself Is quite q sac
ri;iee, especially when q man hal
risen from the ranks a. rapidly n
he lad"
| The meeting of Rasmussen ant
Richardson In only one of . doIcr
reunions in the legion. Lieutenan
N. J. RObb OF Vermont was In th,
same troop with Rasmussen In tn
Philippines meeting him for the flrs
time in years when the legion bega,
to round up for service. R0bb wa
a scout on the staff of Major Gen
eral Bell.
/, Lieutenant r. L. Jacques me
Sergeant Paddy" Diamond as al
old neighbor of the Yukon. wher
jacques was a member Of the North
west Mounted Police. Both hav
served the United States. Jacques Il
the Fourteenth Infantry in the Phil
ippines and Diamond in the revenu
cutter service. And w. T. McCor
mick Of Hoboken was an old frien
Of Diamonds revenue" days. tn
navy men" met Captain B. L. Good
win Of Dallas. Texas. former tranl