FOREIGN LEGION STILL
DRAWS ADVENTURERS
FROM MANY LANDS
PARIS, Mar. 21— Approximately
40 self-styled Americans are now
serving in the famous Foreign Le
gion of the French Army, scattered
in Algeria, Morocco, Syria and Ton
kin. But how many of that two
score are really citizens of the Uni
ted States the French war depart
ment is unable to say. All it knows
is that within the past three years
40 men , describing themselves as
Americans, have enlisted.
The reason for lack of accurate
data on these self-exiled or self
styled Americans is that the French
army requires absolutely no identity
papers of applicants for service in
its renowned expeditionary corps. A
German who has never been any far
ther west than Frankfurt-on-the
Main may present himself before a
recruiting officer and join the legion
under the name of Otto Schmidt,
American born in Hoboken. Simi
larly a Pole may join up as Stan
islas Skryzskinski, American born
and bred in Cleveland. Provided the
applicant meets the physical re
quirements, which are fairly stiff,
the French recruiting authorities
make no investigation. “No question
asked” is the legion’s rule.
For the Legion Etrangere was
founded “to offer refuge,” according
to the minister of King Louis Phil
lippe who organized it in 1831, “to
those foreigners who, by reason of
the troubled state of Europe, have
come within our borders, and whose
presence, unemployed and harassed
by necessity, may constitute a pub
lic danger.” Soon after 1831 mem
bership in the legion was thrown
open to Frenchmen. From the begin
ning of its history of nearly 100
years, the Jegion has normally been
a good 40 or 50 per cent German
in makeup. Yet never, according to
the French army chiefs, has that
high percentage made the slightest
difference in the legion’s loyalty to
either the white Hag of Louis Phil
lippe or the tricolor under which
France’s armies have marched dur
ing the reign of Napoleon 111 and
the present republican regime The
glowing citations which the polyglot
warriors ammassed during the war
are ample proof that their famous
song,
"Having no fatherland,
France is our mother.”
is no mere poetical imagery.
The legion’s strength is now close
to 20,000 men. In times of peace its
effectives are normally not employed
in France proper, but in the colon
ies. The regulations provide that
the legionnaire, who enlists for a
five year first term of service, shall
be rotated from Africa to the Far
East and back again. For the le
gion the French high command tries
to live up to the old recruiting pro
mise of ‘‘Join the army and see the
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world.”
The discipline, as far as regula
tions go, is exactly the same as in
the regular French forces. In prac
tice the presence of a large num
ber of German non-commissioned of
ficers tends to make it more strict.
However, foreign officers who can
show good service records may be
admitted as legion second lieuten
ants after a six months’ training pe
riod. Opportunity for attendance at
the French officers’ training schools
is held out to all ranks of legion-!
naires who show the necessary apti
tude.
Among the officers now serving
with the legion three are known to
be bonaflde Americons who joined
the force during the late war. One
certified American is serving as a
first sergeant. But of the remain
der of the reputed 10, little is known
in official quarters. And official
quarters, keeping to the idea of the
“refuge,” are not anxious to be fur
ther informed.
Experts Test Airplanes
For Flight To Pole
OSLO, March 21.—Successful tests
have been carried out by the first
of the two airplanes which Captain
Roald Amundsen will use in his trip
to the North Pole. The trial was
conducted at Pisa by Lieutenant I)iet
richen who is to pilot one of the
machines when the actual flight is
made.
A second airplane, now’ nearing
completion, is to be tested shortly
and should it pass the test both ot
the machines will be packed, and
shipped to Spitzenbergen. Captain
Amundsen intends to start on the
flight to the Pole about June 1.
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City Zoning System
Records Progress
Throughout Country
WASHINGTON, I). C., March 21.—
There are now 320 cities in the U. ,
S. which have demarked the area
within their boundaries into zones,
setting territory apart for exclusive
use as business, residence, industrial
or transportation property, the de
partment of commerce reported to
day in a summary of conditions af
fecting the proposal.
The most marked progress was ,
made in this form of City planning j
during 1924, when 62 municipalities
adopted the system fitting the zones
to the particular requirements of
their localities.
“In adopting zoning ordinances,’
the department’s statement said,
‘these cities, towns and villages have
sought to protect home owners and
other land owners, in the reasonable
use of their property Koning seeks
so to regulate the use to which build
ings may be put, the area of the
lot which they may cover, and their
height in different sections of the
city, that the land in each district
may be used for the purposes to
which it is best suited.
“An increased interest is being
shown by the people of the United
States in the enactment of zoning leg
islation to control the use, height and
area of building in various districts
in their communities, and in conse
quence zoning laws have been neact
ed or are being considered by nearly
every state in the Union.
“The legislatures of 34 states meet
during 1925. Most of them are now
in session and zoning legislation is
receiving more than passing atten
tion due to the widespread interest
in the subject shown by the public at
large.”
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Inventors Encouraged
To Submit Good Ideas
LONDON, March 22—The simple
expedient of offering prizes of $50
has resulted in the discovery that
there are 152 amateur inventors in
England whose inventions have a
commercial value. The Institute of
, Ptentees offered prizes for the best
1 inventions in several classes, and
| about 500 inventions were submitted
j from which four major prize winners
were selected. The 152 inventions will
| be submitted to various manufactur
j ers.
| The major prizes were awarded to
i the inventors of a kettle with a lid
j that will not fall off; a portable fire;
| a rotoscope based on the theorx of
i relativity for gauging the speed of
machinery and a machine tor bend
ing rods and tubes.
Sir William Grey-Wilson, head of
; the institute, is an inventor of re
: nown and his house is full of his
j handicraft. One of the most ingeni
: ous is in the chicken house. A few
grains of corn are placed in a tin
beneath the perches. When the chick
| ens wake they peck at the corn, a
spring is released which op*ms tin
door of the house.
LODGE EMBLEM BE SENT
TO KNIGHT’S FATHER
—
SEATTLE. March 23.—Wagner,
; chief of the Alaska Bureau of Educa
| tion announced that the Elk tooth,
lodge emblem of Lome Knight, found
with his body by the son of Peter
Korokanorik, one of the Eskimos of
the Wrangell Island expedition, held
here awaiting passage to the north,
has been transmitted to Knight's fa
ther at McMinnville, Oregon.
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