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FAGH6 nr.M) nui.iiirriN, nkni, ounnox, thuuhday, orroiiKit in, nun DEW Albert KDep ajmm WIL -- . C ST X. J r-TUr-r- ctKr urs navy: feC-GUNNER AND CHIEF PETTi MEMBER, OF THE FOREIGN LEGION OF FRANCE JC3" Vi:iAHN juin lUKKtr, f-RENCH BATTLESHIP CASSAKD' WINNER OF THE CROIX DE GUERRE C: CHAPTER III. In tha Foreign Legion. This Umo I was determined to en list So, when we lauded nt St. Nn calre, I drew my pay from the Vir ginian and, after spending a week with my grandmother, I went out and asked tho first gendarme I met where r iiiiiV iiiiiiiiiiiV -mLLw , rw HI 'EI "I Went Out and Asked the Flret Gendarme Where to Enlist" the enlistment stntlon was. I bad to argue with him some time before bo would even direct me to It. Of course J had no passport and this made him suspicious of me. The officer in charge of the station was no warmer in his welcome than the gendarme, and this surprised me, because Murray and Brown had no trouble at all In Joining. The French, of course, often speak of the Foreign Legion as "the convicts," because so many legionaries are wanted by the police of their respective countries, but a criminal record never bad been a bar to service with the legion, and I did not see why it should be now If they suspected mo of having one. I bad beard there were not a few Ger mans in the legion later on I became acquainted with some and bcllcvo me, no Alsatian ever fought harder against the Huns than these former Dcutschlanders did. It occurred to me then that If they thought I was a German, because I bad no passport, I mlghfhave to prove I bad been In trouble with the kaiser's crew before they would accept me. I do not know what the real trouble was, but I solved tne problem by showing them my dis charge papers from the American navy. Even then, they were suspicious because they thought I was too young to have been a O. P. O. When they challenged me on this point, I Bald I would prove it to them by taking an examination. They examined mo very carefully. In English, although I know enough French to get by on a subject like gunnery. But foreign officers aro very proud of their knowledge of English and most of them can speak it and I think this one wanted to show off, as you might say. Anyway, I passed my examination without any trouble, waa accepted for service in the For eign Legion and received my coinrais Ion as gunner, dated Friday, January 1, 1015. There Is no use In my describing the Foreign Legion. It Is one of the most famous fighting organizations In tho world, and bus made a wonderful rec ord during tho war. When I Joined La Legion, it numbered about 00,000 men. Today it has less than 8,000. They Bay that since August, 1011, the legion has been wiped out three times, and that there are only u few men still In fcM'rylcg wjio. kclfincfid. to. tiio. original legion. I bcllcvo 11 to bo" True. In January of this year tho French gov ernment decided to let thfrvlcglon die. I was sorry to hear It Tho legion naires were a Dno body of men, and wonderful fighters. But tho whole civilized world Is now fighting tho Huns, and Americans do not have to enlist with tho French or the Limeys any longer. But one thing nbout tho legion, that I find many people do not know, is that the legionnaires are used for either land or sen service. They are sent wher ever they can be used. I do not know whether this was the case before tho present war I think not but in my time, many of the men were put on ihlps. Most people, however, hnvo tho tdea that they aro only used In the In fantry. With my commission as gunner, I received orders to go to Brest and Join tho dreadnaught Cnssnrd. This as signment tickled me, for my pal Mur ray was aboard, and I had expected trouble In transferring to his ship in caso I was assigned elsewhere. Wo had framed It up to stick together as long as wo could. We did, too. Murray was as glad as I wns when I came aboard, and ho told mo he had heard Brown, our other pal, had been made a sergeant In another regiment of the legion. We wcro both surprised at some of tho differences between tho French navy and ours, but after we got used to It wo thought many of their cus toms Improvements over ours. But wo could not get used to It at first For Instance, on an American ship, when you are pounding your enr in a nlco warm hammock and It Is timo to re lieve tho watch on deck, like as not you will bo awakened gently by a burly garby nrmed with a fairy wand nbout the size of a bed slat, whereas In French ships, when they call the watch, you would think ynu were In a swell hotel and hnd left word at tho desk. It was hard to turn out nt first without the aid of a club, and harder still to break ourselves of the habit of calling our relief In the gny and festive American manner, but, as I say, we got to like it after n while. Then, too, they do not do any hazing in the French navy, and this surprised us. Wo had expected to go through tho mill Just na we did when wo Joined tho American sen-Ice, but nobody slung a hand nt us. On tho contrary, every garby aboard was kind and decent and extremely courteous, nnd the fact that wo were from tho States counted a lot with them. They used to brug about It to the crews of other ships that wero not so honored. But tills kindness wo might havo ex pected. It Is Just like Frenchmen in nny wulk of life. With hardly nn ex ception, I hnvo never met one of this nationality who wns not anxious to help yon In every way he could; ex tremely generous, though not reckless with small cbungo, nnd almost always cheery and there with a smile In nny weather. A fellow asked me once why It was that almost tho whole world loves the French, and I told him It was because tho French lovo almost tho whole world, and show It And I think that Is the reason, too. About the only way you can describe tho Pollus, on land or sea, Is that they are gentle. That is, you always think that word when you see one and talk to him unless you hnppcn to see him within bayonet distance of Fritz. Tho French sailors sleep between decks In bunks, instead of hammocks, and as I had not slept In a bunk since my Southerndown days, it was pretty hard on me. So I got bold of sorso heaving line, which is one-quartcr-lnch rope, and rigged up a hammock. In my spare time I taught tho otiiera how to make them, and pretty soon every body was doing it When I taught tho sailors to mnko hammock?,. L jjair'cd.. cl couccc. that they would usalucin nn wo tTuP-tTiul Is, sleep In them. They wero greatly pleased nt first, but nftor thoy hnd tried tliu stunt of getting In and stay ing in, It wns another story. A ham mock Is llko Homo other things It works whllo you Bleep nnd If you nro not on to It, ynu spend most of your sleeping Umo hitting the lloor. Our gun captain thought I had put over u trick hammock on htm, but I did not need to; every hammock is u trick hummock. Also, I taught them tho way wo mnko nints out of rope, to uso whllo sleeping on tho steel gratings near the entrance to stoku holes. In cold wenth cr this part of tho ship Is moro com fortable than tliu ordinary sleeping quarters, but without n mat It gets too hot American soldiers nnd sailors get tho best food In the world, but whllo tho French navy chow was not fnucy, It was clean nnd henrty, ns they say down East For breakfast wo had bread and coffee nnd sardines; at noon a boiled dinner, mostly beans, which wero old friends of nil no, and of tho well-named nnvy vnrloty; at four in the nfternoon, a pint of vino, nnd at six, a supper of soup, coffee, bread nnd beans. Although tho French "seventy-five" Is the beat gun. In tho world, their na val guns aro not as good as ours, nnd their gunners aro mostly older men. But they will give n youngster a gun rating If ho shows tho stuff. Shortly nf tcr I went aboard the" Cas sard, we received Instructions to pro ceed to Spezln, Italy, tho largo Italian naval base. Tho voyngo was without Incident, but when we dropped anchor In Spezla, the Italian port olllclnls quarantined us for fourteen days on account of smallpox. During this period our food wns pretty bad; In fact, tho meat became rotten. This could hnrd- ly have happened on nn American ship, becau'so they aro provisioned with canned stuff and preserved meats, but tho French ships, Uko the Itullun. de pend on live stock, fresh vegetahic, eta, which they carry on board, nnd wo hnd expected to get a Inrge supply of such stuff at Spezla. Long before tho fourfecn days were up we were out of these things, and hnd to lire on anything we could get hold of mostly hardtack, coffee and cocoa. Wo loaded n cargo of airplanes for tho Itnllan aviators at the French fly ing schools, and started back to Brest On the way buck we had turget prac tice. In fact, at most times on the open sea, It was a regular part of tho routine. It wns during one of these practices that the French officers wanted to find out what the Yankee gunner knew nbout gunnery. At a range of eight FOLLOW BEND HEPPNER LEAD FIRE OFFICE ADOPTS NEW SLOGAN. Appeals to tho Hluto to Tnko Pattern After Tilts Tonn In Equipping City with !roper Pro- ' (ration. rjmmm miles, whllo tho ship was mnklng eight knots an hour, with u fnurteendnch gun I scored three d's that Is, three direct hits out of flvo trials. After that there was no question nbout It As a result, I was awarded three bars. (From Friday's Daily,) (H.ll to Tim llull.tln.) SALEM, Oct. 2G. Under tho cap tion, "Follow Bond-lleppnur Lend," Stnto Flro Marshal Wells, In his lat est Flra Marshal's Bulletin, just Is sued, praises Uend for Its prompt no tion In securing flro protection to guard ngnlnst poorly protected haz ards nnd urges other Oregon towns to tnko nn oxnmplo from tho nplrltud action of tho cltlioiiB of tho Control Oregon metropolis, In his editorial on tho activities of tha two Eastern Oregon towns, hu says: "Tho thriving town of Iloppuor has sot nn oxnmplo In tho organization nnd oqulpmunt of n flro dopnrtmout that could bo followed by other towns that are lacking In equlpmont hut nro abundant In flro hazards. During tho pant summer n survey nt Heppuor wns made nnd conditions woro found so hazardous that It wns strongly recommended that nn or ganized flro department bo perfected without delay. Tho deputies' report on conditions found wns filed with tho stnto flro marshal on Juno 20th, nnd on July 4th Heppuor suffered n flro lois of $100,000. In their report tho deputies stnto: lloppnor, In Its present condition, by Inck of nn organized flro de partment, Is facing n crisis nnd may nt nny moment bo called upon to pay n heavy price.' "Within thrco weeks nftor tho flro Heppuor hnd organized n volunteer department of 70 members, Mike Currnn, an experienced fireman, be ing selected chief. A Brockwny combination nuto nnd considerable minor equipment wns purchased, nnd u siren nlarm system was Instnlled "Inspections of buildings are to bo. regularly mantnlned, nnd ordinances eliminating flro hazards will be strictly enforced. Tho city Is now tnlted on n policy that will prevent such n calamity recurring In tho fu ture. "Tho city of Ilond has soon tho light ns to tho great need of nn ef ficient nnd well equipped flro de partment. On September 25th, nt a special election, n bond Ibnuo of i $20,000 was voted to purclinso a or any other night, you'll find an FLASHLIGHT cornea in mfahty hnndy nt tho thontro tho nwkwnni koyholo mnkhiK chnngo nt night Asimplo prcaa on tho button nnd inaUintly "ita genuino Mnzda lamp nnd cunrnntecd Tuncstcn battery ulvc forth n flood of light. Como in nnd cxnmino our assortment of Evcready ilashlighta, nt prices that nro sure to please. fTTfT?Lj?'!Mnn'k if Km j I LJ Bend Hardware Co. BEND "It Is to bo hoped that tho day Is not far dtstnnt when other Oregon towns not nt present so equipped will be ublo (o report n well organ ized nnd efficient flro department. "With a Fourteen.lnch Qun I Scored Tfiree D's." Thcso bars, which aro strips of red braid, are worn on tho left sleeve, and signify extra marksmanship. I also received two hundred nnd fifty francs, or about fifty dollars In American money, and fourteen days' shore leavo. All this made mo very angry, oh, very much wrought up Indeed not! I saw a merry llfo for myself on tho French rolling wnvo If they felt that way nbout gunnery. I spent most of my Icavo with my grandmother In St. Nnzalre, except for a short trip I mudo- to a star-shell fac tory. This factory was Just about llko ono I WW-Inter rntnewhnrn n, AlWZ: BRICK vs. OTHER BUILDINGS BRICK BUILDINGS itf BEND OTHER BUILDINGS VALUE ABOUT VALUE ABOUT $500,000 $2,000,000 FIRE LQSS IN FIVE YEARS FIRE LOSS IN FIVE YEARS OVER NONE $100,000 Build With BRICK! BEND BRICK & LUMBER CO. modern auto combination pumper nl 1000 gnllons capacity, besides much minor equipment, nn electric siren nlarm system nnd 1000 feet of two nnd a half Inch standard hose. Tom Carton, and ox-Portland fireman, lias been solectcd oh chief, and Is now perfecting his organization, using tho Homo Ounrd ns a nucleus. len, only In the I-Tench" works", air flio hands wero women. Only tho gunrds wero men, nnd they wero "blesses" (wounded). When my Icnvo was up and I said good-by to my grandmother, sho man aged it smllo for me, though I could see that It was pretty stiff work. And without getting soft, or anything llko tliut, I can tell you that smllb stayed with mo and It did me moro good thnn you would believe, becnuso it gnvo mo something good to think about when I was up against tho real thing, I hopo a lot of you people who rend this book nro women, becauso I hnvo had It in mind for Homo timo to tell nil tho women I could a Ilttlo thing they can do that will help n lot. I ntn not trying to bo fancy nbout It, nnd I hopo you will tako It from mo tho way I mean It When you sny good-by to your son or your husbund or your sweetheart, work ufl a smllo foe him. What you Want to'do Is to give him something ho can think nbout over there, and some thing ho will llko to think nbout Thcro s so much dirt, nnd blood, nnd hunger, and cold, and all that nround you, that you havo Just got to quit thinking about it, or you will go crazy, And so, when you can think nbout something nice, you cun pretty nearly forget all tho rest for a while. Tho nicest things you cua think about uro tho things you liked back home. Now, you cun tnko It from mo tbnt whnt your boy will llko to remember tho best of all is your fua with n smllo on It Ho Iiiih got chough hell on his hands without u lot of weeps to ro membcr, If you will excuse tho word. Hut don't forget that tho chances aro on his Hide that ho gets back to you; tho figures provo It That will help you uomo. At that, it will bo hard work; you will feel moro llko crying, and so will he, maybe. Ilut smllo for him. Thut smile Is your bit. I will back a smllo against tho weeps In a raco to Berlin any time. So I am telling you, nnd I cannot mako It strong enough send him awuy with a smile. NAMES TO GO TO HONOR COLUMN KIJATl'Iti: OK L'.MTKI) WAIt WOltIC campaign will 111-; listing op all tiiohi: kxi'i:cti:i) to givk ncroiti: imivn ktaiith. (From Friday's Dally.) Tho publication of n list nt tliu names of nil tho citizens of Bond, except mill omployes, who nro ex pected to subscribe toward tho United War Work fund, and ns fast as tho subscriptions nro mndo tho transfer nf tho subscribers' names to an honor column, leaving the non suhsorlberH In n separate list, will bo tha mnln fonturo of tho cnmpnlgn for funds which will open In Hem! shortly, accord jug tn plans mndo nt a meeting of tho executive board last night. Km ploy e of tho two-mills will bo listed nnd solicited separately through organizations perfected nt tho plants. According to present plans, tho first publication of tho list will bo mndo toward tho end of next week. In tho following week voluntary sub scriptions will bo received nt the Liberty totnplo and on tho Hlli or 0th of November tho list will bo published again, with tho honor roll mndo up of thoso who huvo sub scribed. In chnrga of tho Liberty totnplo during tho week of voluntary sub scriptions will bo Mrs, C. 1. NIs- wonger, who roprenonts tho Y. W. O. A, on tho executive committee, Mrs. Nlswougor Is now selecting hor nnsUtniitH for tho work, tho plan be ing to huvo one or two members of tho conuulttiio on duty In thu totnplo nt nil times during tho woek for thu purpoxu of receiving sulmcrlptlon. It Is tho expectation of Mnnugur T. II. Foley to bo nblo to report to Portland headquarters on the open day thnt the Denehutes county quota has been subscribed anil ho will Inter appoint soliciting squads who will bo expected to "hop up" tho town for Involtiutury subscription on tho morning of November It, seeing nil who hnvo not volunteered lit thu pro ceeding week. Postern announcing thu drive nro to bo distributed nt nuco nnd other literature put In circulation. JOHN C. NICHOLSEN IS NOW IN SIBERIA (From Thursday's Dally,) . t Private John C. Nicholson, n Ilond boy who left hern for Camp Fremont. California, early In April, Is now with tho American forces In Hlborln, according to IiIh father. This Is tho second Ilond boy to bo reported In that theatre of tho war, It. (1. Ooh ii ey having already linen heard from. Private Nicholson's brother .Ituimell Is being mobilized with three other today for entralniiieiit tomorrow (or Portland, where ho will go lulu spe cial training ut thu Benson Polylech-nlqiiu. A cording Invitation Is extended to tha people of Bond and vicinity to visit our photograph studio In thov O'Kiwio Bldg. Opened Saturday." Hoptemher 28th. Wo nro equipped tn mnko sittings day or night. Adv 31-3o TOOK OUT DltCAIM'UL HOItK.VKSH. When tho kidneys nro weakoned nnd fall to throw Impurities out of tho blood, tho poison remains in thu systom nnd backache, soronens and rheumatic pains develop. Mrs. uaviu HenrV. CC 8. Lincoln Ave., Washing ton, N. J., writes: "Foley Kid n oy Pills took tho dreadful soraness out of my limbs and I walk good." Bold ovorywhero. Adv. Helps keep down living expenses Crescent 09 Coflce is h mighty Rood coflee uny time any plnce. ' It' fine flavor i not furpaiicJ by many coffees much nitflicr in price, Kvory pound of "00" motnis n saving" It soils at just 2,jo n pound, ill Auk your itroccr (N-64) TANLAC FOR SALE BY The Owl Pharmacy ,r 4 SOLE AGENTS (To Bo Continued.)