The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-21
Trench Legion Arrives.

French Legion Arrives.
ARRANGEMENTS for making the cam
paign the greatest war loan yet are
being pushed. With the arrival in
Washington tonight of a detachment
OF the French foreign legion. direct
from the west front, enthusiasm here
came to the boiling point. There were
twelve French officers and 40 sol
diers, Of whom about eighty are
lleRianaries.
The members Of the legion expect
10 be sent in a body on liberty loan
trip as far south as New Orleans.
north to Chicago and then east to New
York. Other members of the party
viii he split into attachments and
sent about the country, wherever their
services will stimulate purchases OF
the bonds
While these Frenchmen are work
ing to the success of the fourth Amer
lean liberty loan, their own country
Is floating its fourth liberation loan,
and they expect to hear from it's sue
cess daily by wireless. They were in
New York yesterday and came here
fEaeA-feet.f- -uv7rtior1 accord
ed them there.
Members OF the French high com
mission and representatives. OF the
United States government. welcomed
the French veterans and women wept
as Ca plain ChaStenet de Gerry. in com
mand Of the legionaires. hobhled to
the head of the detachment. One OF
= his legs was amputated AS the result
! of a war wound Ahead of the unit
fioated the original flag of the FIRST
= regiment Of the foreign legion, former
. ly stationed at Sidi- el-Abbes, Oran
= Algeria
' Battie-Torn Banner.
$ The flag has been repeatedly de
K corated with the palms of the wal
4 cross, 1t was the first flag OF The
y FRENCH army to receive the military
= medal, and later was awarded The
= cross of the Legion dHonneur. A:
r A result of its glorious history in III.
= great war. its soldiers are permitted
9 TO wear on the left shoulder the eolor
o of the French national emblem.
e In their ranks have been man,
&c Americans, and of it. Louis Albert
he director OF the information service o
IS the French high commission here
- says.
20 The blood OF the legion has
- erimsoned the soil of every CON
- ttnent 1t has fought in Africa,
20 in Tonkin, in Dahomey, in Sudan,
= in Madagascar, in Crimea. In
- 1859. it fought for Italian free
"a dom. In 1870 it dealt the Ger
- =
IA In this war there has been no task
to which its $4,000 volunteers of
August IA. have not proved
equal
These ff1eri bring their high courag
and heroic achievements to put tn
fourth liberty loan over the top.
President Wilson today pro-
claimed October IL, the anniyer-
" sity of the discovery of America
"A hN (-nturo Inn 1iharfy Hav nd
dedicated it to the stimulation Of
the fourth loan. In some states
this is already a holiday, known
~ as Columbus day.
"a Fuel Director Garfield today
S;" announced that the restrictions of
v gasoineless Sundays would be
~ lifted so far as machines operat-
ne ing for liberty loan committees
~ were concerned. Liberty machines
may carry their messages of
patriotism on Sundays as on
m other days
ok Mrs, Wilson, wife of the presiden
re to whom has been the privilege {
Al naming all ships launched for TT
OF shipping board today increased til
r numbers of ships. which are 10
lis named after cities making the be-
b. records in the loans to 100. III
OF makes 30 tanks and 12o ships whic
1g Will receive the names of cities mai
ing enviable loan records, twelve
each to each Federal Reserve dstrit
- land the directors OF each district Wi
! be permitted to determine the cond
lions of the contest in their own tel
| ritory, except that the treasury d.
partment provides that no city sha
have both a ship and a tank name
after IT.
II Selection of sponsors for the shir
and the tanks will be left 10 the sut
| cessful communities Contests fc
~ these honors Will he open to all PEI
sons except mem hers of families {
OIL liberty loan committee executives.
In most instances the plan is
have the name of the ship or the tan
y. prenxed by the word Liberty &
r. Liberty New York" or Liberty Rich
mond."
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