The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06
Described as the "Crack Corps
Of the Latest Expedi-
tionary Force.

lean Legion OF the Canadian troops.
numbering 1900 men. made up
largely of veterans Of the United
States army and navy may soon rival
in interest the famous foreign legion
Of France.
'"The crack corps Of the latest ex-
peditionary force" Is the way they
are being referred TO by the cana
dams.
Men who have geen service and
have undergone their baptism OF hre
in the Boxer rebellion in China, IN
the Philippines, in Cuba and against
the Indians are among those VINO
have enlisted. Many OF them served
not only with honor under the stars
and Stripes, but have received
medals and honorable mention.
Sergeant Carson.
There is Sergeant James j. car
son. soldier, sailor and boxer. He
comes from Utica, N. Y, and was at
Manila Bay with Admiral Dewey as
! a gunner; again at Santiago and IN
| the Boxer rebellion in China; In the
Philippines and in Mexico. He has
record of two naval fights and nine
teen land engagements. He is known
throughout the American army ana
navy as q middleweight boxer, his
greatest victory being over FRANK
Schnolt, the heavyweight champion
OF the Twenty-fourth United States
Infantry, whom he beat after giving
away forty-cight pounds.
Some Veterans.
Sergeant Frank Leslie OF Bonner'ss
Ferry. Idaho served in the unltel
States marines under Col. Mahoney,
and was member of the landing
party from the United states steam
shin Vermont under Capt. Williams
at Vera Cruz.
Private C. j. vallette of Haywood,
a suburb Of Chicago, saw sixteen
months of active service with the
Fifth United States cavalry in the
Philippines
Private James Paying of SYRIA
cuse. N. V, Is veteran OF the
Philippines, having served in d Com
pany of the Eleventh United States
infantry under Capt. Robert Alex
ander during 1902, mostly on the
Islands of Samar and Leyte.
Private Harry Norton took part in
thirteen engagements in the Spanish
American war. serving with the
Eighteenth and Nineteenth volunteer
signal corps. He came from New
York City to enlist and has lived in
Philadelphia.
Private Charles Milton OF st.
Louis, NO., is another of the dozens
who have seen fighting in the Philip
pines before becoming a legionary.
He was with the Twelfth United
States infantry there during 1908,
and previously served in the Cuban
pacification, being in the Eleventh
United States infantry in 1904-G.
Private Charles l.. French. now OF
the fifth platoon of B Company OF
the American legion, first enlisted
with the Fifth Ohio volunteer in
fantry for service in the Spanish
American war. From 1890 to 1901
he fought with the Twenty-second
United States infantry in the Philip
pines. Altogether he has seen
twelve years service. Cleveland and
Detroit are us homes.
Was ut Vera Cruz.
Private Edward Case, whose home
is at No. 1921 Broadview Road,
Cleveland, o., landed from the battle
ship Ohio at Vera Cruz in April,
1914. His service was all with the
the United States navy. He was in
the Bluefelds landing party in the
Nicaragua affair of 1913 and smelled
powder first in landing at Santiago
Cuba. from the United States steam-
ship Eagle in 1912 to quiet insur-
rectos.
Private S. G. Bateman whose par
ents live at Fort Thomas, KY, Is a
veteran Of the United States navy
i and has hitherto despised all marines
or land fighters. He was at Quay
mas, Mexico, with landing parry
from the United States steamship
West Virginia in 1914. Bateman
lives in Cincinnati, o.
Sergeant-Major A. F. Grafton, al
though born in New York city forty
years ago, has seen twenty-one years
NJ service with the Leinsters or the
british army and was with the Prln'
cnss patricia's Canadian light lnfan-
trv when IT was decimated at ST
Kiai and Yprcs last spring. ne wa
gassed at Ypres but is fit again. al
though he is the veteran among vet
Grams in the new legion.
Private Louis +. Hetu, Just ar,
rived from Calgary, Alberta, although
he halls from Worcester, Mass. Het''
is Of French-Canadian race, but So"
his first soldering with the Forty,
third United States volunteers IN
the Philippines.
New Yorker from Belfast.
Private William Mcintyre of Ne"
York city and Belfast, Ireland, saw
service with the United States ano
British armies, being in garrison a.
Malta. Crete, and Governors lslanu
and having been through the seconc
battle of Ypres last April with tht
Third Canadian battalion. Mcln
| tyre was with the Twenty-ninth In
fantry at Governors Island,
Private E. Miller of No. S23 Eas'
One Hundred and Seventeenth street
New York City, served with th'
REIMBURSEMENT United States infan
try at Fort Sheridan, Ill, before hi
q. L.,