Evening star., 1918-06-23
GLAD TO FIGHT FOR
| LIBERTY OF France
Wounded AIabaman Writes of
Spirit of Foreign Legion
Members.
by PAUL .AYREs ROCKWELL.
to The Sunday Star and

by PAUL AYRES ROCKWELL.
CableEram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES.
June 2o.-The following letter writ
ten on a hospital bed of pain by Jack
Moyet Of Alabama has just reached
me. This American legionnaire was
wounded during the bitter struggle
around the outskirts of Scissors. and
his letter requires no comment:
IT am getting much better and
hope to be ready for duty within a
month. The spirit of the legion Is
wonderful, although many among
the most famous Of the legionnaires
are dead. Should live to be hun
dred years I shall never forget a
man from my section, who. mortally
wounded, lay between the lines
shouting Vive Ia France! Vive Ia
legion! 1 die, but ] am contented to
die for my country Believe me,
Paul, 1 cried.,I am sure that after
the war it is going to be the great
est honor to have served in the For
eign Legion. My spirit is as good
and even better than it was in Oc-
tober last My only hope is to go
back and take my place with my
comrades.
Boclles Useless; Must Be Killed.
IT have received a letter from one
Of my officers saying that he had
proposed me for a citation. It is my
third-one for verdun. one for Han
guard and one for scissors. AS /
grow older I understand things bet
ter and better. We are not fighting
for fun. but for liberty. The boches
must all be killed, for they are use
less in the world. If you have killed
two or more boches. why you do not
mind dying"
The oficial Journal prints this
notable citation:
'Legionnaire Manuel Loyet during
the Villers- s-Brettoneaux combat with
stood ef1icaciously with his automatic
rife the enemy machine guns, decid-
ing the progress Of his section. After
ward he broke up several counter
attacks against the front. the defense
of which was confided to him
Another splendid citation reads:
August Guine, soldier of the 307th
Regiment of Infantry. defending the
barrier with his automatic rifle. see
ing a strong party of the enemy ad-
vancing. cried. Let them come! They
will not pass On the same day he
participated in boyau combat and
captured twenty-nine prisoners. In
cluding one officer, and also two light
machine guns"
Col. Angel of the Norwegian army
obtained an indefinite leave and en-
listed in the Foreign Legion for the
duration of the war. where he has
been given the rank of lieutenant.
Swiss Co1onels Record.
Col. De Charnier, formerly COM
manding a Swiss cavalry brigade
list in the legion as an under iieuten-
ant He has won five citations In
army orders, the war cross and the
cross of the Legion of Honor on the
battlefield, with a commission as cap
tain He is recovering from a servere
bullet wound received at the battle OF
Hangard.
Many officers in neutral armies have
resigned their rank to fight for
France in the legion. The leading
French daily, IAction Francaise, In ac-
cordance with the direction of the
war minister. is distributing among
the only three regiments having re-
ceived the red fourragere the sum OF
1900 francs ($32,000) contributed by
its reders. The regiments sharing in
the sum are the legion. the 4th
Zouaves and the Moroccan coloniale
infantry.
A check for the sum was sent to
Gen. Petain. L'Action Franchise con-
tlnues to request contributions. say
ing: Let us join our good wishes to
gifts of little sous and large checks
SO that fighting France feels clearly
beating behind it the active and
vigilant part of all those for whom it
fights"