The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-11-25

TIE !
AMERICAN
LEGION
Copy for TINS department suppned BY the
American Legion News Serviee)
LEGION CONVENES
IN FRANCE IN '27


The Yanks are going over again
More than $4,000 men and women who
did their ''bit' during the World war
will shove Off on % ships next Sep
TENDER to hold the American Legion's
ninth annual convention in Paris
Final decision to make the pilgrim
age to France next fall was voted
unanimously at the national conyen-
ton in Philadelphia. Reiterated Off
cial invitations from the French gov
eminent and French officials were de-
livered to the officials of the conven-
ton in the old, surviving taxicab that
was of the fleet of cabs which rushed
French troops to the Marine from
Paris.
Col Yves Picot. member of the
French chamber of deputies, and
Jacques TruelIe Of the French foreign
Office, attended the convention as gov
ernment representatives of France and
reiterated the invitation Of France
to the Legion. Messages were read
from the French President, CASTOR
Doumergue, Premier Raymond Poin-
care, Marshal Foch, Aristide BRAND,
minister of foreign affairs; the Comte
d'Entente and the Semaine du Com
Blatant, and the Allied Federated So-
cieties of French Veterans. all urging
the American veterans to come to their
country.
Preparations for the Second A. E.
F." have been under way for more
than year. A special France conven-
ton travel committee began organic
ing and planning for the trip soon
after the seventh annual convention in
Omaha in 1925. Every effort is being
made to perfect all arrangements in
advance to insure the success of the
huge movement.
The Paris-bound LegiOnnaires will
sail from several official ports of en-
barkation. They are: Montreal, Bos-
ton, New York, Hampton Roads,
Charleston. Jacksonville and Calves
ton or Houston, with New Orleans a
port of call. The ships which will
transport the Second A. q. f." will
be % of the finest liners afioat They
were selected from the fleets of the
United States line, the Canadian Pa
cific line, the Cunard line. Holland
American line, International Mercan-
tile Marine line and the Royal Mail
line
The Leviathan, the largest ship
afioat, will be the flagship of the Lee
gion armada. Legionnaires on the ex-
petition will be quartered. rationed
and transported in luxurious style at
the most advantageous rates known in
transatlantic travel Governments,
railroads, steamship lines and hotel
keepers have We'd in fayoring the Lee
gion.
. Four weeks will be consumed in
crossing the ocean both ways and in
convention week in Paris. Restless
Yanks bent on continental tours will
be offered the services of eight lead
ing tourist companies. An American
Legion certificate of identification win
serve in lieu of passport. November
IS was set as the date for the open
ing of reservations for the Paris con-
vention. Department France conven-
tlOu OluC6AS nave DcS1 dppOIHleu 4A
the states and territories to help line
up the Legionnaires The housing in
Paris is definitely limited To insure
being counted in on the Paris journey
officials advise making reservations
early. Information concerning the
movement can be obtained from the
France Convention Committee, Ma
tional headquarters, the American
Legion, Indianapolis.