Zurich Herald, 1928-06-14, Page 3Two Brushers Deserted
French Foreign Legion
Now in Canada --.Intend to Work Way Across to Pacific-
Warn Beau Geste Aspirants Against Joining
NO ROMANCE THERE
Former Captain J. A. Martin., until one learns the knack, it is tor-
D.C,1VI. and, bar, IV/.M and his comm I ture, as the wrinkles wound the feet
panion T. W. Marshall, both deserters sorely. Twice a week we had to
from • the French Foreign Legion in march to a mountain over a dozen
Africa, are now in Canada with a tale miles away, "collect firewood, load it
of suffering and hardship hardly to be on mules and march back. Dozens
equalled. fainted on these marches, but no mat -
In escaping from the Legion, Mar- ter what conditign they were in they
shall at one time had to swim out into had to finish the march even if they
the Mediterranean to escape his pur- took all day about it. Twice weekly
suers. He was picked up by a British i we went to the shooting range.
Each
ship. Captain Mortin fled with a com- I
man fired five rounds: • f .the officer
panion across the desert and managed I was not satisfied • he had to fire extra
when almost exhausted with effort and `rounds until the officer was, satisfied.
starvation to reach Spanish Morocco.; For every extra round, a man had to
Captain Martin is a tall, good -look- serve extra nights of duty,
Ing man, who'4s.21 years of age. He Had to Find bullets , w
joined the British army the night war I "When the 'cease fire' sounded every
was declared in 1914 and went to man had to make a race for the ground
France with the . Grenadier Guards. behind the targets and collect the bul-
In that regiment he won the Distin i lets he had fired. To those who were
guished Conduct Medal and bar and fleet there was no trouble in getting
the Military Medal. • Having won his five rounds;" but the first ones usually
commission also, he was transferred collected some extras for the next
to the Cameron Highlanders, After time. In this way the last ones up
the war he was in Ireland with the
would have a hopeless search.
British ariny' and then served three
years in India. I "Scott, with terribly blistered feet,
was always last in these rushes and,
Returning to England the idea of -while most of us got back from the
joining the French Foreign Legion .shooting ranges around ten in the
came to him when he was told that a morning, Scott would not return some -
friend of his won a commission with tines until four o'clock in the after -
the Legion. His home is .in Slough, noon.
Bucks, and he speaks French, Eng "We could `not talk to each other
11sh and Hindustani. was only one
Mr. Marshall is a still youand when: we could
there nger man topic, desertion. The authorities knew
- only '27. In 1915 he joined as this and elaborate care was taken to
bugler in the Royal Engineers. He keep us from doing it. Every week
was then 14 Years of age. Too.young four or five would try to get away
to be sent to the front, he was kept to be caught.
in England until 1918, when he 'was only„A reward is payable for anyone
sent to Germany with the army of bringing in a deserter—dea;d or alive.
occupation. He bought his discharge Prowling Arabs are constantly on the
in Germany and for a year sold motor- lookout for this reward.
cycles_in that country. i "The only chance was to have about you must never ask anyone anything
"I joined the Legion after reading 1,0,00 francs with which to bribe an about himself,
Vval1dls Long Distant
Champion
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State Places Ban
on Showing Dogs
With Cropped Ears
Bill Passed in Massachusetts
Greatly Strengthens Move
Against the Practice •
Cropping of dogs' oars is forbidden
In Massachusetts, and the ban en-
forced by a prohibition also against
exhibiting animals with cropped ears
!n dog shows, under a bill which has
been passed by the Massachusetts
Legislature and signed by Governor
Alvan T. Fuller,
!British Interest
in Canada Grows
Export Houses eek Connec-,
tion8, Commissioner
Reports
Manufacturers of Great Britain are hm
turning more and, more to Canada as ' ,.
an outlet for their goods, while Can.
adian firms are seeking connections
with British export houses, according
to data in the hands of tree 13xitish
Trade Commissioner.
Increasing interest in Canadian
markets by Old Country manufactur-
ers is indicated by the record number z^''
Announcement of the Governor's of travelers and sales representatives'
action closed a legislative chapter of British houses here this season, of -
which began with one of the most ficials report. They are more numer-
largely attended committee hearings
of the session. The act will go into
effect Sept. 1.
The statute imposes a fine of $250
for any violation and makes the pos-
session of a dog with freshly cropped
ears prima facie evidence of an of-
fense. Heretofore, according to spon-
sors of the measure, it has been .practi-
cally unquestioned that cropping was
a violation of the s:tatilte against
cruelty to animals, but conviction
NEARLY 500 MILES STRAIGHT AWAY could only be obtailred when the dog -
England's highclass locomotive which ran from London to Glasgow owner was taken in the act. Theprovision against exhibiting dogs with
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without stopping averaging approximately 60 miles an hour for the whole trip: 'forceable,
ears will make the act en-
'forceable, its proponents believe.
A number oi; dog fanciers and vet -
we were Hent to Morocco we received us to buy return tickets to Meknes. erinarians favored the bill during its
three half -pence a day until eighteen I "The next stage was a 43 mile walk consideration in the Legislature and
months' service was completed, when over country to the Spanish border.
20 • lk declared the breeds whose ears In the
•
the pay jumped from 11 francs' ;After four teen hours of arduous wa-past have been cropped for show pur
centimes per 15 days to 42 francs. i ing we managed to board a Spanish poses would continue their popularity
Should anyone have the misfortune motor truck and were taken to el- under the new standards. Provision is
to be returned to Algeria, gown came . Araish, From there we got a bus to made for registration of dogs whose
the pay.
"We were fed best at Fez, the head-
quarters of the Third Regiment, to
which I belonged.
"Life in the legion is something
that you have to live before you can
abelieve. Nobody objects to your steal- Quebec Action C•e clique (Ind,):
ing kit or money except the person The question has been asked: Is it
from whom the things are stolen. But true that immigration has caused the
appreciable deficit in the. population?
The question, captious though it may
be, is nevertheless a confession. Since
there is a deficit in the population in
the intense immi ration, it
Tangier.
"From there it was plain sailing.”
—Montreal Star.
Immigration anPopulation
"Bean Geste" and other legion stories.
' Arab to snuggle one of the coast. "Why he joined and what he bad
Marshall's yarn• of his experiences
Even then there was a danger that been—or more probably clone, before
in the Legion and of his escape pro -the Arab, having received the then'. he became one of the.legion is his
vides much that makes fine food for
sand• would turn the deserter in to own business.
thought for prospective legionaries. collect the regular reward as well.
Signed Unwittingly I "After two' months I determined to
"Arriving at the legion bureau at try to ,escape in company with •a Dutch;
Dunkirk," he says, "we were given man. We planned to slip away from managed to get civilian clothes. We
a paper to sign. It was entirely.: in the camp bareheaded in the hope that' started out in style in a motorbus
French At that time I could not read if we were seen we would be mis- after having dumped our uniforms. At
Meknes, 38 miles away, we ran bang
into two officers of the legion, who
looked at us rather closely. My heart
started to beat like a machine gun.
its of g
ears 'have been cropped before the
effective date of the statute.
The Younger Generation
Lady Neish in the London Morning
Post (Cons.) : The cynics distrust
liberty. They had none themselves
and they would deny it to the youth of
today, who will not be denied. Liberty
is the finest and best teacher they can
have. The young may make blunders,
but they gain experience, and from
ous than at any time since the war,
it is said. Representatives are also
studying Canadian needs and prefer-
ences in order to more easily compete
with American goods.
Textiles, cottons and other mater-
ials with the exception of artificial
silk, are finding an increasing outlet
here, reports to the British. Govern-
ment show. There is a possibilitv of
the British light -weight automobile
entering the sales field here in view of
the attempt to consider the structural
changes that would be. necessary to
suit Canadian conditions.
Members of the British Sales Man-
agers' Association are scheduled to
arrive here early in July. The organ-
ization last year, at the advice of the
Prince of Wales, entered upon a
scheme to promote greater inter -
Empire trade. They will visit Mon-
treal, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Quebec.
-'r
Prince of Wales to Fly
Only to Keep "On Time
London.—Tee announcement that
the Prince of Wales will travel by air-
plane to keep his public engagements
will undoubtedly stimulate the already
growing fashion for air travel by
those who can afford it.
The arrangements for the Prince,
however, do not provide for joy rid-
ing, according to official information,
and it is said that he is not learning
to fly the machine himself.
irplane is to be held ready ,,
d ante, understanding, and even meek_ hi for m, "when c
ircumstances may
experience come patience and toler- An army a
proves that immigration has not pro
make it necessary for him to use one,"
at the Royal Air Force aerodrome at
Northolt, Middlesex, but no special
machine and no special pilot is to be
devoted to his service. The planes .,
upon which the Prince will have a
call, it' Is said, are all fitted with
Handley Page slotted wing safety de-
vices, and his pilot on any occasion
will be an officer on duty at the time
the call is made. p
According to unofficial reports the'
decision to give him the use of these 1
sp
"After thirteen months. -I made up
"My chum, Charles Leclair, and I uuced the results expeeteu. an 'fleas* Why do critics never realize
since our Canadians are emigrating, it
y mina to clear oft, the value of praise as against con -
is a curious remedy,to tier and replace I demnation?
them with immigrants.
Environment and Character
Glasgow Herald (Cons.): Environ-
ment is not the last word in human
life; it does not spell our fate. Char-
acter is wrought to finest quality in
spite of untoward conditions, and
often 'is majestic in its scorn of •cir-
cumstance. Were it otherwise, the
galaxy of genius would not shine so army machines is due to his motor
brightly in tie firmament of life. The car having been frequently delayed by r
best environment on record, the Gar- enthusiastic mring in iris.
den of Eden, was not (so the theolo-' way with, theadresultires thatgetthe has been
glans tell us) eminently fruitful. made late for public appointments.
it. It was,only afterwards that a chap taken for English tourists and left
named Scott whojoined with me, dis- alone.
covered that we had signed on for "We also Planned to walk by night
five years at a pay of one halt -penny and sleep by day, but we found by
per day. We were given ten francs bitter experience that it was .actually
and a .railway ticket to Marseilles. better to walk by day when we could
Fortunately we had some money of see what was ahead, as we several
our own or we would have starved tines in the dark nearly stumbled on
on the journey, as ten francs would Arab camps. •
not buy one meal,
"The men in the legion are of all
nationalities and stations in life.
Some are fairly wealthy risen in search night, and during that time we were
of adventure, others are men driven also fortunate enough to strike plenty
through poverty and trouble to join of streams at which to quench. our
the Legion. The barrack rooms with thirst. On the fourth day we had no
such a gathering was a continuous food, and it was not until late in the
babel. sMenial tasks of peeling pota-
toes and cleaning fish the next morn-
ing started to wear • the romance off
the venture, but we were assurred that
such treatment would end, when we
joined the legion in the field.
"That evening we left for Oran, Al-
geria. Those who saw us `marching'
must have laughed to think that we
were going to join a great regiment.
We were a slouchy looking lot. Sea-
sickness tiering .the voyage made life
even worse before we arrived on the
other side, -`
"Our departeeto Sidi-Bel-Abbes was
' delayed for some reason and that
night we were all put into a small
to sleep while the guards with
Hall Stones Found
"Our bread lasted ,until the third
afternoon that we had an. opportunity
to quench our thirst. We were stag-
gering along, parched with thirst when
a miracle happend.:
"I saw, under a. shady bush, some
hailstones which had fallen the night
before and which the sun had not yet
had time to melt. They helped us, a
lot.
"For the next seven days we were
less fortunate. We did not strike any
water during that time, and the: only
moisture we had was the juice of
occasi"onal green grapes We found.
"We dare not approach any hut; for
we knew the Arabs would tales us
back.
room , "On the eleventh day after our de-
fixed bayones stood over us. sertion we finally saw the waters of
"Eventually we arrived at Sidi -Bel- the ,Mediterranean in , the distance.
Abbes—the place we had all imagined ,We reached a small village on the
as a place where legionaries took life coast and; thinking •we were in Span -
at ease while the mellow, African sun, I ish territory, went up to a small
made everyone •happy.-• Never was an house.
impressipn so far out. My nuiform I "To our dismay, it turned out to be
was sizes too big forme. Big men in a post of the French Port Police. We
the party received small ones.
Filled With Forebodings
"When we saw a squad of recruits
had not gone far enough west.
"They identified us as legionaries
and arrested us.'
"We had walked 420 miles. We had
going through' .01E, we were filled suffered hunger and thirst. We had
with forebodings. If a roan was slow been scorched by day and frozen by
he was' more than often struck by night. We knew our punishmentsome huge sergeant, if that did not , ,would be years of imprisonment.
suffice he would be ordered to run "In desepration that night we ripped
around the drill square, nearly a mile I a hole in the roof of the little hut
square. IE he slid not do that fast
and, with bleeding fingers, dropped to
enough he would' be ordered to do it the ground. We just struck it when
again. I someone gave the alarm, T hid iu a
"'While we were at Sidi Bel-Airbes bush. The Dutchman WV caught.
Cameroon Day arrived. On this clay i For four hours i stayed in that •bush
we celebrated some victory of the I until I was afraid daylight would give
lit ons and each soldier is given j rue away.I dropped down, mingled
the luxury a of a bar Of chiga a cigarettes.
a I with the 'searchers, slipped down to
slice of cake and three cigarettes, the water's . edge and,, unnoticed,
"The food I found to be rani bad !plunged in,
and scarce. Coffee is given before
starting the early morning duties. At
10.80 a.m. a thin soup • and beans or
rice is served. The sante meal is
duplicated about 6 o'clock. Once a
week there is an issue of gamel or
horse meat. The only luxury is a cup
of wine served two or three tunes
a week. It is generally used for bar-
tering for cigarettes; '
"The ,next day our first route march
took place. It was tell miles long,
The order of the legion is that 011
such marches 'the' • legionaries must
sing all the time. As 80 per cent. of
the members are Gerinans, all the
songs were in that langauge. , As Scott
incl I were the only English-speaking
members of that party it VeMild have
been useless to strike 'up "Tipperary.".
"The marching was terrible as no
eons are issued to legionaries. Raga
have to be wound round the feet and
.� ..:,.a„
Bluff Won Out
"But as'Uluff was the only way out
of it, we lit cigarettes and started• to-
wards a cafe. One of the officers fol-
lowed.
ollowed. But when he heard is talking
English he smiled and wished us
"Good Day!" We told him we were
on a walking tour of Morocco and,
after a brief chat, he left us. We went
on into the cafe to fine. two policemen
sitting there. -
"Talk English like the Dickens"
urged Leclair. We did, until I could
hardly talk as the coffee I was drink-
ing was scalding my tongue. When
one of the policemen started to talk
to mei was scared to death and my
nerves were jumpy. We had a long
wait in Meknes for the train that was
to carry us..:away, and during,, that
time a legion sergeant and a squad
Of men eyed us until we were faint
with fright.
"Fortunately there were some Eng-
lish ladies on the platform also wait-
ing for the train to Souk-Arba-du-
Ghar, and I went up to one of them
and explained everything. They were
most plucky and laughed and chatted
with us until the train left. An in-
spiration on the part of Leclair caused
Willie: Daddy, will you hay me an
X -Ray machine?
Father: What in the world do you
want with an X -Ray machine? .
"To find `X' in my Algebra prob-
lems•!"
- THOUGHTFUL TOMMY
"Mamma," inquired Tommy, "will
the pudding make me sick, or will
there be enough for everybody?"
A "HOT" TIE
Sambo: "Rastus, dat tie what yo'
got on shualr am a flamer!"
Aastus: "Dis tie is supposed to be a
flamer, niggah, 'cause Ah bought It a
fire sale."
The only things cheap now are talk
and human life.
Drifted to Sea
"I meant to work my way along the
coast westward until I struck Spanish
territory, but in my weakened condi-
tion my swiillming would not combat
the tide!, and I drifted out, I had al-,
niost lost - consciousness when I was
picked up by the crew of an English
boat. They took • aro to Spain • and
from Gibraltar the authorities sent
me to. England."
Captain Martin had a ranch longer
time in the legion. Ilis story of hard-
ship is much the same as Marshall's,
He .pays:
"I was in the ranks for thirteen
months. I tried to -attain. Co the rank
of corporal. But 'I was sent back from
the corporal`s school.
"The wages. In Algeria we got
a half -penny a day during our three
or four months' training. But when
Paris Septuagenarians
Race for Methusalem Cup
Paris—The Methusalem Cup, of-
fered as an annual prize, brought
out four aged cross-country run-
ners .in the first race held recently -
Four men, form 70 to 78, averag-
ing exactly 75 years old, ran and
walked an even two miles through
the Bois -de St. Cloud, to show that
they could do .. The winner came
home in 22 minutes 43 4-5 seconds,
decidedly over the world's record
but esteemed very satisfactory for
grey -bearded men.
Tthis Methusalem race is the out-
growth of the Old Ancestors race,
established in 1918 for men more
than 40. The age limit had to be
raised to 50, because there were
too many contestants.
ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES—By U. Jacobsson.
HAVEN'T' A
CENT u1
THE HOuS�
Cgpyilq t, 102 The Dell SVrcditate,,Ynt,
Stocking a Fishless District
According to all available reports
and information no species of trout
l has ever been found in the waters of
southern Saskatchewan. Beginning
in 1924 the Dominion Dept. of Marin
and Fisheries planted brown and Loch
Leven trout fry in several streams in
the Cypress Hills district and closed ;,
these streams to fishing. Up to the
present the fish have done very well,
They have survived three winters;
some reproduced last autumn in their
third year; and specimens have been
caught nearly a pound in weight and
over a foot in length. While it is too
soon to form an opinion regarding the ..
final outcome of this introduction, the
evidence to date is causing much local.;
interest and enthusiasm, as the pros-
pect of angling in a district that ha4
hitherto been devoid of such sport in
viewed with pleasure.
Careers for Women
Vera Brittain in the London Daily
Chronicle (Mb.) : Owing to the break-
ing of old traditions by the war, and •
to the great coustiutionai changes of.
the past few years, woman has ceased
to be a domestic creature who occa-
sionally penetrates, timid and unwel-
come, into the wonting world of men. -
For good or ill she ha, b? am p r
of "I'S Coinple e&Yiionic life ox*the
nation, and as such her opportunities
an dachievements are affected hi
4very political change, by alterations
in goci .i custom, and even by thg
subtlest nioc1:lRkt;, 1s in public opine
ion, A yoting womiiii; t[iv �f•-ore,
should no longer be permitted a
choose an occupation without having
the slightest knowledge of those out-
side influences which may well deter-
mine either her failure or ,her sue.
cess.
British Art
London Sunday Express (Inds`
Con.) :Some day the British people
will discover that the Royal Academmi
is not so black as it is painted by this,
conventional pessimists. This year it
is far in advance of the Paris Salon.!
It is full of vitality, experirnent and,
tina,ginativo creativeness.
Although Joh*'4
n L. Sullivan never,
lectured on Shakespeare, he always
bought home the Bacon.—Louisville.
frac"
Daughter (after severe lecture):-.
"Oh, :num, you're too early -Victorian.
TM is 1928, not 1898." -
Women who practice dentistry Naval
increased in the 'ELS. frons 807 to :2,x
800 in twenty-seven years, not count%.
lag the 260 now enrolled as studeittoe