The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01
THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION

maCrAoSAN describing an oh@r, said that Just to look at him made ono td uonI
&c he d not say wnhke or be1coSG the idea he Bhed to onvey was nue. more %
I l | I III the presence or this ohcT'o one assumed the mutryu ttmh f mind on - "
II w THIS sa phenomenon hat eS@pes ue attention of most people women bowur d.
Il W ."G lHnV every nonmMtaTm man at the sight of well sa up fully mcnmrn1
"oH H"WNey assumes something ola military bearing And whent tn runs roll
" ana a marching column of soldiers flashes into view the civilian nvounaruvr m 80
ms MS, shoulders and steps u with tense measured read
eno of the crack regiment Thee crack regiment Itself gains something more when in n Tmme P@
detachment of troops of heroic almost legendary. m such as Me Foreign Geon """S" a
me Ngmres handle campaigns of their own and probably no body of uops has erd done Hh
ana arduos campaigning But France over and over again has used them ao &c n
among other troops They sufen the mass and men emulate th aMns "0" "n
The LeJon was sent out to the rmea and got mos special credit for covering tr w, Glow -
that had been eIhdo it, but did ra@t treat mt ON the AM -e -, w." sy as
to hep to inspire a wd. y "N Jul
The queer of Spain so ears ago was in hard fix with %u w. - hu,, III. o--
whom she was fighting were taa good sodes as her own if not shade better Then the Queens
eeNs Em m an INSPIRATION OF gnuA II they could only get the French Foreign Legion into their
anmyu hey tu the shade of advantage would moved over to their side So ha b omt the FoMn
Legion from the then king France and for four years the Legion bnnmd 70 Sn,
In THE present war part the French Legion mas bens ento the mnCbes oErur and Fhndes
and Asae and to teD adanenes Part of it remains in Africa its normal bnht 49, some might
The Americans and other foreigners are enrolled av volunteers the Fb ona ire mn in
contact With the LgWaHesa m this while giving hem scope for heir phung Qualities Ma asmg
moments H" "%
Fighting is routine work with heL eHonay, Just as Sailing a yacht is to the expert mrmr The
winds may be different on each trip and ueG raft is never hanfedt vice in he me w h no ~
pert knowledge of the technique of his trade makes the egouaya and the skinner each ow ~ ~ "a
of his task in finished fashion "" nHn
omeany the Foreign Legion is composed eight thousand men, In reality it is understood # b..
nearly double that number and the Legion b@m@r readily a whole av mw % % N MAJ
some of Frances colonial ups "" y"
France rh hundreds of years had regiments of German English Irish scotch swns rtn. 49,.
o@H prgnaS eameul IN nH armies put the present Foreign Legion nay be considered dMnp
from 1881 One brief rule in its constitution says that thu emnungc onne NAV cmH nor s
though he des not presents bhh certificate or heufatonp papers WbeNosNh en-" nnn mm ven
English and American Legonahesh aveb been SMITH Brown and Jones, of Germans Muller sbu.
and Weiss; of the Italians Roh and GroNE; of the French. Peot Legand ant LechTc ana M ON
monsieur? Surely there somehng better you CA do Severe mmpRnnpn rra III Cn m rs
a sou a day or few sous as you begin to advnn Ia NO hd f ms VIZ urea urea or China for
he now peaks as coone to his soldier There a Ronous camr down there N ~ Ss as
you are a good and faithful soldier yea may go far Good luckr" -
The recruiting colonel can generally ell at ga@e what army the candidate has served IN and
h he mas been sergeant or an nicer In the after case he is dsaehy questioned on the point and
1T is suggested for his own benefit uath echhdnhnyh inform his colonel when h e %u
training quarters in Africa onew who has @n IN omcrm a European army is usually aiken int m the
cuponlSc class and may be advanced within couple of years to be sergeant of the Legion