Bisbee daily review., 1917-05-09
CANADIAN BATTALION
 FULL OF AMERICANS
 HALLS J. s. IN WAR
Battalion No. 211 Has Hun dreds of Boys From The States" Americans Per meate w h ole Canadian Army.
(Bv Review Leased Wirel.

LONDON. May s.-America's en- try into the war was hailed with un bounded enthusiasm by everyone of the 700 native born Americans en camped near London in three Canad- ian battalions. one of which, the 211th. has been called the new American Legion because of its large percent age of boys from the States" The other two battalions are the 212th, and 213th.
 The 21Ith was called the American Legion when it was formed out in Calgary While in process of fOrma- tion there it attracted Americans from many parts of the United States and Canada So it was only natural that the members should cling to their native designation when they landed in England. especially as the outfit numbered more Americans than any Canadian battalion since the 97thI which was known as the original Am erican Legion in the Canadian army but which lost it's identity when it was broken up and it's members scat tered among other regiments, some or which were sent to the front and saw fighting on the Somme.
 Ever since their arrival here early in January the men of the Filth have been crying for a taste of modern war fare. Their training in the Canadian northwest made them hard as nails and is characteristic of the American temperament they were anxious to show results and quickly, too.
 So when the news of America's ac tion spread through the camp the off cers were at once besieged with in Quries as to how soon they would be sent to the front The men were told that no decision had been reached. This. however. did not dampen the en- thusiasm of the men over the action of the country of their birth and they went through their drilling as never before. The news was like tonic to all. from the commanding officer, Lieutenant-ColonalW w. M. Sage, down to the most lowly private.
 Nearly all of the officers of the Filth were born in the United States. Colonel Sage is native of New York City, later going to Calgary where he belonged to several Canadian regi- ments. He is known through the west ern part of Canada as crack rife shot and has been an instructor in the provisional schools of infantry there.
 A former New York State National Guardsman is second in command of the so-called new American Legion. He is Major L. E. Clark. also a native of New York City, where he was born 33 years ago.
 A Pennsylvanian is quarter-masterl of the battalion. He is Captain D. ] Trainor, who served in the Spanish American war with Colonel Roose velt's Rough Riders.
 The medical officer is Captain w. K. Turner. formerly surgeon in Louisville. Captain Turner was born in Flemingsburg, Ky.
 The paymaster, Captain E. R. Ed | son was attached to t< United States Coast and Geodetic Survey at Seattle, when he resigned to join the Filth.
 Captain H. R. Sanborn, native of Petaluma, California, is former mem- Der of the Washington National Guard.
 Lieutenant H. H. Jones served four years in the Seventy-Fourth Regiment at Buffalo.
 There are many more officers from all parts of the United States. In fact, the battalion is full of capable men who have left lucrative posts to join the gallant fighters on the soil of France.