New Britain herald., 1929-11-25
FOREIGN LEGION
 HAS FINE SPIRIT
SlaYc-DriVlnS Not Necessary to
 Develop Morale
DN RALPH HIIlNIEN


 United Press Staff Correspondent
 Sidi-Bel-A -Abbes, Algeria, Nov. ::j (By MaiD-Tho spirit Of the Legion and it's famOus discipline are the results Of q super-hcated "cSprit de corps" and not the workings of an iIon hand onu1Scd in silk glove.
 The officers Of the French For ei9n Legion are not slave drivers, and the mon themselves are not of the heart to allow themselves 10 pa handled by slave-driving methods, The excellent fighting spirit Of these regiments is obtained by a means almost childish in it's simplicity.
 The first few weeks of a Legion naire's life hc"e at the mother bar racks are staged by such marvellous scene shiftcrs and stage directors that at the end Of that time he is rarinc 10 go and if provided with a machine gun and 2 belt of bullet he will go out and bar a mountain pass single handed.
 Tho recruit is taken by an oId"r Logionnairc. into the Legion mN- scum, walked around the walls to touch tattere1 battle flags and to stand for hours beside vivid paint mgs while traditions of Legion da.'- ing are rccited to him.
 As a climax he is allowed to touch the artificial hand Of Cap1ai in Danjou. hero Of the Legion cam paien in Mexico. considered by the entire Legion to be the luckypiecc Of the regiment. Whenever a Lc- gionnaire wants courage he thinMs Of that hand. It is his buGle call in battle.
 story of Daniou
 Captain Daniou was one Of 53 men of the Legion attacked by 2.0o0 MeNicans in q farmhouse at Cam prone, Rushed by bayoncts. .l" gallant little band was all but wip. I out although the MeXicans were held oi for hours. Three badly Wonul q survivors who cr@wled to safely too,, with them the artificial left .9d of Captain Da3'
 Tn" hand lies under .' ;, here in ii" Legion museum. Hare is a Legion legend that tbo.c Wno touch it never die in battlo. Many hard iloarted but superatitious sol dicr as,;s as a special privilege to be allowed 10 touch the hand before leaving SiGi-oel- -Abbe for an out post where fighting i" constant.
 THo recruit is W%ls. ] to vast painting d"pic1iug the action at the C1lq!" d'Alouana, in Morocco. when on May l5, 1911. Captain Brevll and one soldier, Peterson, fought Of the Moors, They used mp all their .'t took the brooches ont oi th.j" '. '.@ and hid them in their Enape@ ..3 10 make the guns useless 10 the conqUerors The bolts were found when the bodies were recovered.
 If that has moi sufticed 10 stir up pride Of tue recruit in the Legion, he is shown the rifle Of Private Ncrhcyan, who died at Scoura, Mor- occo, on May, 1929. He. was sent out to get wood. shot al and fatally injured. but dragged himself back to the post with his rifle, saying as his last wo'Ge: "I did my duty, tEeH didn't get my rifle"
 He is shown a room filled with portraits of men who were before or became famous after serving in | gel, who resigned from the SweI- ish army. where he was head of regiment, 10 become a lieutenant in the Legion. 'l have not lost any stripes in becoming a lieutenant in ihe Legion. I feel have gone up in grade" he acclaimed.
 The recruit is told that Prince Pierre of MonCa was lieutenant colonel in the Legion during the