Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-14
EVERY U. s. DIVISION
 TO BE REPRESEEFEB

New York, July 13.-The 25a members of the American Legion who will visit France in August and September at the invitation of President MilleFand will represent every section of the United States and all arms of the fighting forces i'll the war EveFv state will have it's quota and if possible every combat di- vision will have representation, says an announcement by the Legion.
 A fixed quota, based on Legion mem bership. has been allotted to each state. Not all who have asked to be included can go, but it is the purpose of Franklin D'0lier, the former national commander fthe Legion, who ks in charge of the pilgrimage, to make the party "a cross section of our former fighting forces" Selection of the members is in the hands of the state organizations of the Legion
 Details of the teur in France, which
 have just been made public show that the Americans will visit again the prin- cipal American battlefelds, attend Yari-
 ous dedicatory ceremonies and will be
 entertained at numerous receptions
 The party will sail aboard the steamer George Washington on Aug. ] and will return in the middle of September The
 principal events of the visit will be the dedication at Flirey of monument to 1 the American army, which is the gift of the French municipality and the people of Lorraine, and the laying of the cor nerstone of the new bridge "Pont Roese- welt" over the Marne at Chateau Thier7 ry.
 President Millerand, Premier Briand and the marshals of France are expected to be present at the ceremonies at F'iirey Flirey is familiar ground to the A E. F.
 It is situated in the old Foul sector which the American troops took over in 1917. The village itself is only 2,Oee yards from the old front line of the sec tor which was held at one time or an other by IT American divisions.
 Another reception of note to the Amer jeans will be by the little town of St. Die in the old Luneville sector, also long held by Americans. St. Dies claim to ] special attention in light of the Legion visit rests on the fact that in St. Die stands the house in which the continent of America received its name. It is the one-time abode of Waldsee= Muller, the 1 Alsatian monk, when he wrote the letter 1 suggesting that the new world take the name of the Italian navigator. Amerigo Vespucci.
 i Marshal Foeh will be lat horner to the 1 visiting Legionnaires. He will receive | them in the house in which he was born i in the town of Taubes, ia the Pyrenees mountains.
 1 There will be receptions to the pilgrims i at Paris, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lyon, Metz and Strasbeurg. At Yerdun the party will sleep in the famous citadel.
 1 At Rheims the veterans will attend the i presentation of the 5000 ,O0G franc gif, l of the Carnegie Foundation to the city l library there. At BIeis, St. Jeanne D'Are i will be honored, The Legionnaires will ] witness the dedication of statue to the French heroine which is the gift of the 1 Joan of Arc committee of New York. 1 Under the terms by which the Legier 1 accepted the hospitality of the French government. the expenses of the expedi tion will be borne by the delegates them. selves or by the Legion organization. MT. DOlier says that the proposal fol the visit has been received with sucI 1 enthusiasm by the American veterans al
 to constitute a striking and spontaneou. tribute to France as a former ally
 'The American veterans feel that tn, forthcoming expedition marks the en trance of the Legion on the stage of in
 ternatonal affairs and that it will tent | to knit more closely mutual under standing among veterans not only 0 f France and the United States but of al
 allies countries he said. Tt shows tha
 in the hearts of Americans who wore tn,
 uniform there surely dwells an ahidin,
 affection for France and the peilu. It i
 noteworthy that many applications com