Evening star., 1926-11-21
VETERANS APPLY
FOR TIL? TO PARIS
Legion Men Going to France
Convention Arranging
Reservations Now.

Official applications for reservations
Of 1.-The second A. +. F.. to Parls;
France, next September were received
yesterday by Joseph j. Idler, france
convention officer, for the DISTRICT
Department, American Legion, ana are
now available for distribution. AR
plications for reservations Will De re-
ceived up to March Is, inclusive
The Leg!onnaires from the D1stflct
of Columbia have been assigned TO the
steamsh . Pennland in conjunction
with members of the American Legion
from Kentucky, North carolina. Ten
nessee, Virginia and West lrginla.
The total allotment of persons from
the District of Columbia is SO. OF
this number, 81 RI servations will be on
the steamship Pennland and on the
steamship Lev.athan.
The port of EN- m1arkation is Hamp-
ton Roads. Va, September 9, with
Antwerp as the destination. On ar
rival there the Legionnaires will pro-
ceed to Paris by train. The Penn
land sails under the colors Of the
International Mercantile Marine Co.,
and Is a vessel of 16,500 tons. Spe-
cial reduced rates on all vessels to
the American Legion convention have
been arranged and also on the trains
to Paris. the convention city. The
ninth national convention will be held
in Paris September 10 to 2S, recon.
vening in New York City, October Is.
when ratification Of action on all mat
tiers at the Paris convention will take
place.
Every one granted reservation
will be furnished with an official
American Legion Identification GER
tiflcate. obviating use of customary
passport and French visa; also, for In
dividual and general protection. the
committee has provided for the Is.
suance of special accident insurance
policy. 1t is also necessary to obtain
Paris housing through the representa-
tive of the France convention COM
nittee. Independent Paris housing
arrangements cannot be permitted ex-
cept for those who bona fide arrange
to stay with relatives or personal
friends, in which case the names and
addresses Of such relatives or friends
must be given.
Photographs Necessary.
A complete description of the ap-
plicant is recorded on the official ap.
plication. and two photographs are
necessary to accompany the applica-
ton. The exact size of the photo
graph is 21h inches square. One of
the pictures is to be pasted on the
application and the other one pinned
to the application. Due to the fact
that the District allotment Is small
the probabilities are that not every
application will be granted. In order
to increase the allotment 1t will be
necessary for the District department
to increase its membership at least
20 per cent. Cancellation Of reserva-
tions may be made prior to June /.
1927
The allotmepts as outlined h,, no
partment France Convention officer
ldler yesterday. together with the
cost of the round trip on the S. S.
Pennland, are as follows: Deck B. six
reservations. all 1905, accommodating
two and four persons: deck c, 81
reservations. ranging from $3.50 to
S295; deck d. 8 reservations, from
$2l0 to $276; deck Z. 10 reservations,
from $3.50 to $3.50. and deck F, 27
reservations, ranging from $145.S0
to Sl70 q person. These prices are