New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-23
etera1ls
Here Enlist in
Spanish Army
CONTINUED from paas on.)

GERS have been appointed so far but
1t was said at the consulate that Amer
lcan cN-oi1icers may be given commits
sions in the legion. Ninety per cent
of Yesterdays applicants we're men
VINO had seen service in some army
Ribbons ara decorations were notice
able among them. Several cripples ap-
peared, hoping to sc~ape their way in.
Almost as many s1cn we're turned
inns was chiefly on account Of physi-
cal disability
Two former members of the LIST D-
vision were recruited. They Joined the
Tcnr-year class and said they were not
going abroad for the sake OF adventure,
but because of the hard luck and pow
erty that have been their lots since thcv
returned from the World WAY.
Got to Have Something to Eat
= you don't thin. I'm going to stay
here and starve III the Streets re-
piled one of them when asked why he
was cnlsting. 1--WE been out Of the
army three months now. I can't 20
back into any branch Of the American
service and haven't been able to get
u job. I've, got tc have something to
eat, something to wear and place 10
sleep.
"I'm not kidding myself about this
Spanish outfit ! know the grub will
probably be rotten, and saw enough
bullets go by with the old LIST to sat
isfy me for the rest Of my life. but I've
got to live. IF | can't do it here in my
own country I'll Go it in another coun-
Try. Some O. these birds are going
over because they think they're going
to have good time and see some &C
ton. I'm joining up because I don't
want to starve to DEATH
Several men in the waiting line told
Tribune reporter that they were out
''for the fun Of it," One OF them was
to fight for, but he WANTED to be in
q scrap anyway" he said. Chilean
youth said that number Of his fellow
countryrncn we're enlisting because
they had come to New York from
South America and could find nothing
TO DO. He expressed the opinion that
a great many Latins would be only too
ready to jump at this chance of making
living and going abroad at the same
time.
Recruits to Go to Certa
Joaquin Menender, Of the Spanish
Chamber of Commerce, admitted that
that the consulate was handling all
the recruiting
Ceuta, where the recruits Of the
Spanish Foreign Legion are ultimately
bound, is military and convict sta
ton and seaport on the north coast OF
Morocco. 1t is situated on z prcmon-
tory which marks the southeastern erd
Of the straits OF Gibraltar The milf
tary governor OF Ceuta also commands
the troops in the other Spanish stu
tions on the coast of Morocco. 1t was
storm center for years and was the
last stronghold in North Africa which
held out against the Arabs. 1t passed
into the hands Of Spain in 1850 on the
subiugntion of Portugal by Philip II
ard was definitely assigned to the
Spanish crown by the treaty Of Lisbon
in 1858.
The town has been aavera times ur-
successfully bssieged by the Moors. IN
1910, with The consent of Spain, it was
occupied BY British troops. 1t was re
stored to Spain b. the British at the
close of the Nnpoleonic wars. AS the
result of the war between Spain and
Morocco in 1890 the area Of Spanish
territory around the town was in
creased. 1t has population OF $4,000