The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06
Legion Members
Bound for Paris
Are Urged to Save
NEARLY 1000 MINNESOTA EX-
SERVICE MEN WILL ATTEND
LEGION CONVENTION AND SEE
SIGHTS IN FRANCE IN 1927.

Nearly l 200 Legion men OF Mime
sofa are expected to attend the Paris
convention. Officers of the posts be-
lieve many of the men will take their
wives with them. Meanwhile, one
Legionaire is asking another, care
you goin' to take your wife to Paris ?"
The primary purpose of the Paris
convention will be to make an historic
international pilgrimage to the last
resting place of the veterans ''bud
dies" who died on the battlefields in
the World War.
Coming in 1927, the tenth anniver-
sary of the year in which America
ente ed the world conflict and in
with the American Expeditiona"y
For res were created, this movement
will be a "Second A. E. F."-the first
in war and the second in peace.
A minimum of about $500 will be
required for expenses and incidentals
to make the trip, but it is suggested
by various committees in charge of
reservations that those desiring bet
ter grade accommodations on steam
ers and in France should save a total
of $500 or more.
In various towns and cities Ger
tain banks have been designated
where Legionaires should save their
few pennies a day. The present es-
innate for those desiring the mini
mum grade of accommodation is only
S175, calculated to include the round
trip steamship travel. railroad fare
in France from a French port to Paris
and vice versa, housing accommoda-
tions with breakfasts in France for
seven days, and also battlefield and
cemetery excursions.
To care for these expenses and also
for the railroad expense in the Unit
ed States and supply Of francs for
personal spending purposes" in
France, the committee recommends
a total of $500 per person be saved.
Reservations will not be accepted
now, but can be made as soon as the
registration books are opened, which
will be in the fall of 1926. Reserva-
lions then can be made through Off
cial agents appointed by the national
committee in each state on recon-
mendation of each department head
quarters.
Participation in the American Lee
gion convention trip will be limited
to those who are bona fled members.
paid up for 1926 and 1927 in the Am
erican Legion or the American LIE
gion auxiliary.
The minimum time required TO
make the trip will be from % to 81
days from the American port back to
the American port, depending on from
which point embarkation is made.
This will include seven days in
France, which will take in the entire
convention, with all the celebrations
and festivities, and also will provide
time for visiting the battle fields and
American cemeteries.
Reduced railroad rates in the Unit
ed States already have been obtained
by the national committee, providing
for round-trip railroad tickets good
from any point in the United States
to any authorized port and return for
only one straight fare.
Several ports will be used, to make
the trip most convenient and reduce
the railroad expense as far as posi-
BILE. Thus far the ports of Montreal,
Boston, New York, Hampton Roads
and Houston have been authorized.
Other ports will be authorized if the
traffic justifies it.
The exact date of the 1927 conven-
ton will be set by the national exc
cutive committee at the 1926 conven-
ton in Philadelphia.