Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-16

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER fi-Aibort N. Dcpow. author
- the story, villlfih in tho United Htatcs
Navy. hcrNluk four years And attaining
.no rank of CHIEF petty oiiiecr. hrat-claan
gunner.
cIiApTl.il 1.-The great war starts
soon after 10 IN honornbly dlachafEod
fun uhe navy aud he sails for France
with dalefinnauon 10 cniiat.
CHAPTER Iif-ilo Joins tho Forcign
Legion nnl - Astlfued " the drcndnaught
ghesard whore hu mAikamanship vim
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There b 20 us. IN my dcacrIblng the
Foreign Legion. II n one of the most
famous lighting organizations In the
world, aud has mndc 4 wonlerful rec
ord during the war. Whom ! lolned Ia
Legion, Il numbered about 10000 mon.
Today II has less than 5000 They
say TINT since August. 1914. the legion
has been wiped cot three tIuies. and
that there arc only few men stll In
service who belonged to the original
legion. believe u 10 bc true. IN
January of this year tho French GOV.
crnment decided 90 let the legion die.
vas sorry 70 hear Il. The legion.
nalres were fine body OF men. aud
wonderful fighters. But the whole
civilized world N now lighting thu
Huns, and Americans do not hayr 10
enlist VITA the Fi,-nch or tho Llmeys
any longer.
But one thing about the legion. that
I nnd many people do not know, ls that
the iegIonnnIrcs are used for either
land or sen service. They nre'sent whcr.
ever they Gun be used. | do not know
whether this was the cnsc before the
present war-I think not-but IN my
time. many OF the men were put on
ships. Most people. however. have the
idea thnt they nre only used In the IN.
fantry.
Wth my commission as gunner. I
received orders 10 20 10 Brcst and joln
the dreadnaught Cnssnrd. This ns.
alignment tIckled me for INV mi Mur.
rny wns aboard. and I had cxpected
trouble In Transferring 10 his shin In
case I was assigned elsewhere. We
had framed II up 10 stick together as
long as we could. We did, too.
Murray was as glad as I was when
came aboard, and he told me he had
heard Brown. our other pal. had been
made n sergeant In another regiment
Of the legion. flW
We were both surprised at some Of
the differences between the French
navy and ours. but after we got used
to Il. We thought many Of their Gus
toms improvements over ours. But we
could not get used to II. at first For
instance, on an American ship. when
you are pounding your ear In a nice
warm hammock and II In time to 70.
neve the watch ON deck. like a. not
you Will be awakened gently BY buriy
garoy armed with fairy wand about
tne. sise OF bed slat. whereas In
French ships, when they eau the
watch, you would think you were In .
swell hotel and had left word at the
oeek. 1t was hard to turn out af nrnt'
without the aid Of a club. and harder
: Sdll TO break ourselves Of the habit
q calling our relief In the gay and
FESTIVE American manner. but. a. ]
my, we got to like II after while.
Then, too. they do not do any hasine
IN the French navy. ana this surprised
us. We had expected to 20 through
the mill Just as we did when we Joined
the American service, but nobody slung
q hand at us. On the contrary, every
garby aboard was kind and decent and
Extremely courteous, and the fact that
We were from the States counted 4 LOT
with them. They used to brag about
II to the crews Of other ships that were
not 10 honored. F
But this kindness we might have OK.
pected. Il Is Just like Frenchmen In
any walk OF life. with hardly an ex.
ception. have never met one Of this