Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-24
POLES GATHERING IN FRANCE READY
 FOR WARON HUNS
Assemble Rapidly at Paris to Fight Under Own Banner in Newly Organized Regiment of Counhymen.

FRENCH FRONT, Feb. 2D Core spondence of the Associated Press).- Patriotic Poles are gathering rapidly in France to fight under their own banner against the central powers, un- der whose rule either they or their forefathers have suffered oppression. The correspondent of the Associated Press saw thousands of them drawn up the other day in companies and squads under officers of their own na- tionality, whose words of command were given in Polish.
 The officers and men had come to- gether from most of the countries of the world, where they had taken ref uge in order to escape from service in the armies of the nations which had conquered and annexed their lands. Poles were there from Arizona. California, New York, Chicago. Pitts burg, Niagara, leveland, as we'll as from other American cities, and also from Canada, England, Scotland. HOl- land, Denmark and Russia. All had sent contingents, large or small, while France had furnished a considerable detachment of Poles who had seen service in her armies since the open ing of hostilities in 1914. many of whom wore decorations won on the battlefields of France and Beligum or during the Salonika or Dardanelles eX- petitions.
 Leave Work to Fight
 The correspondent spoke with many of the Poles from America and from England. Some of them abandoned lucrative employment when the call went out for recruits to serve under the Polish colors. One was a lock smith from Niagara who was beyond the draft age and who could have re- mained comfortably in the home he had chosen in the United States. leav- ing the younger men to fight, but he had felt that the opportunity ha5 come to take part in the struggle ioI the freedom of Poland. He at once en- listed and came to France. Another was a shipping clerk from Chicago, where he had lived virtually the whole of his life. A third was a mere school boy from the same city, where he was born of Polish parents. Although scarcely understanding the language of his parents he had registered at the recruiting office and been ac- cepted Yet another was a man oi middle age who had served in the American regular army.
 Most of the Poles from America arc miners and day laborers, only a few of whom speak English. and all of whom had been moved by pure patriot ism to rally to their country's lag with the prospect of fighting for it.
 Released From Army
 One Austrian Pole, who had lived in Glasgow, Scotland, for many years, had been interned in a camp in Eng land as an enemy alien during 52 months after the outbreak of the war. He was thoroughly pleased when he and some fellow Poles were informed they were at liberty to go to France to join the newly formed Polish army, and he declared it the realization of his lifelong dream to be serving un- der the Polish flag
 The correspondent visited only one of the several Polish camps-that in which the recruits are received and incorporated. In the other centers SpTedu dDCul Y TduCt lut mcu dTS formed into infantry regiments. artil- lery batteries, cavalry squadrons and engineer and field service companies, to their physique and apti- tudes.
 The men on parade presented a very fine appearance and seemed to apply with great intelligence and energy to the acquisition of mill tary instruction. Every word of com-t mand was obeyed with extreme alac rity. All those with whom the core spondent conversed were anxious to learn when the were to be sent to the front. the desire being general among them to get into the actual fighting as soon as possible.
 General Archinard. who is in com mand of the new army now speedily considerable proportions in of fresh arrivals from America and England, presented on the occasion of the centenary of the Polish flag to the first of the first infantry regiment, which bears it proudly at it's head when on the march or on ceremonial occasions.