The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-26

South Dakota. Vermont, Wisconsin and Washington.
 Ex-soldiers who have lost their discharge papers will be able to ob- tain duplicates from the Secretary of War under bill introduced in Congress lately by request of the American Legion.
 Slackers and draft dodgers will not escape punishment through the op- eration of the statutes of registra- ton if the House passes a bill spon- sored by the American Legion to con tinue the military status of deserters. The American Legion has declared unrelenting federal warfare against slackers.
 Word comes from Alabama state headquarters of the legion that we are already ahead of last years mem bership, State Commander Harry NJ. Ayers has set the goal for Alabama at 5000 members.
 Commander Ayres is strong for the society of Forty and Eight" Every body knows that the Forty and Eight is the fun making department of piaygrounds for the American Le- zion. It is already going strong in
 
 in few of the southern states.
 A voiture has been organized by the several posts in Jefferson county. Only one voiture, under national regulations, is allowed in each coun- ty. Comrade Leon Bradley was elected chief of the local organiza- tion. Other officers in Jefferson's voiture are: Tom Estes, Joe Yates. A. c. Conoley. and Horace wilker- son. Joe Yates announces that plans have all been made for a ceremon- ial during which Is new members will be added to the present member ship of 20. The first 20 chartered the local voiture.
 Regulations make the qualitica- tions necessary for membership only that one must have done some dis tinguished service for the American legion.
 Here are some interesting side lights on the career of Legionnaire Foch.
 When the allies desired to cen tralize the command of the armies Marshal Ferdinand Foch was the unanimous choice.
 On one occasion Comrade Foch said: Tt was at Metz on that Au- gust Sunday afternoon during the war with Prussia when Napoleon III. who had arrived only the night before. had to flee, causing a notice to be posted stating that MacMahon had lost battle and that Frossard had been obliged to retire. spirit of disaster enveloped the city. There at Metz on that day I resolved to be a soldier"
 Comrade Foch has exploded the legend which has been current in France since his visit to the Ameri- can Legion convention in Kansas City last November. Rumor had it that the Marshal had become a tee totaller. and impenitent water-drink- CT. KRoking the French aversion to water. the Marshars buddies on this side had cause to wonder.
 "The truth is," said the marshal. T drink at each meal two glasses of wine. It is not too much. I think. but it is enough. Tn all things I love moderation.a The marshal con fessed that after meals he always wants his pipe. That is my vice, the marshal said.
 Texas Legionnaires Resofute
 To put in the doughboy slang. Senator Thomas Watson manifestly started something he was unable to finish. The American Legion at Min eral Wells, Tex, terms the Congress sional investigation instigated by Senator Watson as "farcical bur- lesque." Resolutions passed this week by that post characterizes the proceedings as an insult to every loyal American I've heIieva If fs