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French Foreign Legion Claims
Outstanding Fighting Record
Editor's note: (Nfwi bulletins
from Algeria are a reminder that
the freneh foreign Lesion, ro
mantic though its legends are, is
a tough and vital fighting force.
Here is a closeup of the Legion
todav, with some recollections of
of It past. '
Sidi-Bel-Abbes, Algeria
(CPU From Mexico to Marra
kech, from the deserts to
Dienbienphu, the French For
eign Legion has won its share
. of glory in battle.
It fights well. And it lives
well.
When Gen. Charles de
Gaulle lunched with the Le
gion during his Algerian tour,
it was a safe bet that the
food equalled that of the best
restaurant in Paris.
The Legion has a tradition
ef living well. Its headquar
ters here, dating back to 1845,
0 are vry plush indeed for a
miliary bs, especially a
French one.
Ther is f modernistic bar,
wher it is impossible for an
outdr to pay for a drink.
Thre is leather-uphol-frd
clubhouse for the en
0 listd mn, a 1,000-seat movie
thetr, fullyiequipped gym
ang 150-foot swimming pool.
Th ithens are stainless
steel (Tghe rtst of the French
army gets by with coal
stoves.)
'LagiorPis Country'
Why 11 this comfort?
Because the Legion motto
Is, Lgion Patria Nostra," or
"Th Legion is our country."
Th motto is literally true.
oldiers elsewhere in the
ld can go home on leave
! tnd then. But most Leg
onnfir are political refu
jf9 or fugitives from the
law. They flavs no home
other han the Legion. They
make it as comfortable as
ey can.
Theoretically, all 20,000 en
- listedo men in the legion are
foreigners. A Frenchman can
enlist only if he pretends to
be someone else a Belgian
or a Swiss, sor example, or
an American.
Tie officer corps, however,
- ii.tltr ITronnh T ocinn rnm-
13 muawj e
q missions usually are snapped
up by the top graduates cf
St. Cyr, the French West
Point. ' ' '
Foreign units have fought
undr tfite lilies and later the
O tricolor of France, since the
y 1688. But the present
3lrign Legicgi dates back to
9J royal proclamation:
"Ptjris, March 10, 1331,
Louie Philippe, King of the
oJrenA, o all present and to
come, salutations. In view of
the tew of March 9, 1831, in
view of the report of our
Minister of State to the War
Department we have ordered
nd do order the following:
There will be formed a legion
composed of foreigners. iThis
legion will fcke the name of
the Fgreign Legion."
Intramural Fouds
. At first, Legion regiments
were organized by national
ities. This led to intramural
feStis, liowever, and within
five years, nationalities were
integrated down to the small
est color-guard unit.
Legionnaires get the same
G'3gay as other troops 5,000
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francs, (Sll) a month for re
cruits. The pay is doubled
for service in Algeria.
The glamor and profession
al tradition of the Legion has
drawn kings-to-be (like Prince
Pierre of Serbia or Prince
Norodom Sihanouk of Cam
bodia), pretenders (like both
present pretenders to the
French throne, the Count of
Paris and Prince Napoleon)
and poets like Alan Seeger.
the American who wrote, "I
have a rendezvous with
death" shortly .before he was
killed on the western front
in 1916.
The Legion does not take
convicted murderers, narcot
ics addicts or psychopaths.
But it will accept refugees
whether from the law or from
political upheaval s even
Frenchmen who fought for
the Germans in World War II.
Fought in Eyery War
"We re not . interested in
politics. If we were, we
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ALUMINUM ENOUGH
. Burlington, Vt. (UPI)
The school department bought
a ton of aluminum from the
state for $25 after it was mis
takenly dumped on the
grounds of Springfield High
school. Supt. William' T. Lo
gan Jr. said, "Now we've
enough aluminum to last the
next 15 years."
See
MONDAY, JULY 28, 1958
wouldn't have a Legion,' ex
plained a Legion officer.
The Legion has fought in
every French war since its
birth, from the Algerian con
quest to the Crimea, the
Franco-Prussian war, both
World Wars, Indo-China and
now back to Algeria.
Legion outfits have won
battle honors at such places
as Sebastopol, Magenta, Nar
vik and Dienbienphu.
But the Legion's proudest
battle was Camerone, in Mex
ico. On April 30, 1863,. three
officers and 62 men of 3rd
Co., 2nd Reg., under Captain
Danjou, stood off a brigade
of 2,550 Mexicans for 11
hours. All but three of the
Legionnaires were killed.
April 30 remains a big holi
day for the Foreign Legion.
The Mexicans gallantly erect
ed a monument on the battle-
bround with the legend:!
"These soldiers of France!
gave up their lives before
they gave up their courage."
Motor in Lake
11 Years Runs Good
Grand Rapids, Mich. (UPD
Despite the 11 years Kyrn
Goudzwaard's 1936 model out
board motor lay on the bot
tom of the Muskegon River,
it is back in service again
this summer. '
Goudzwaard, a retired
Grand Rapids tool room fore
man, lost the 3.6 horsepower
motor in 1946 in about 20 feet
of water. Last fall when re
pairs were made on Rogers
Dam and the water level had
dropped . Goudzwaard walked
onto the sandy river bottom
and recovered his motor.
The aluminum motor was
like new after it was taken
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so-called "ghost" owners of
slum properties and make
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buildings.
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for maintaining each building
with three or more apart-j
ments. This person would
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and sanitary code violations
are found. '
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true owners of its blighted
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Essex Junction, Vt. (UPI)
Motorists along Route 2-A
found themselves literally
stuck in traffic when a trail
er truck driven by Clar
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books were returned, includ
ing one borrowed 22 years
ago. The barrel had to be
emptied 20 times. Most unex
pected was a S10 check from
an individual who asked that
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Competing in a high school
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