SHIPPING: Legion

One week in 1927, a great number of Americans will take ship for France, and their name will be Legion—American Legionnaires, 15,000 to 50,000 strong, it is expected. The destination will be Paris for the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the U. S. entrance into the war.

In 1927 there will not—or should not be—submarines lying in wait to make the passage difficult as it was in 1917, but there will be other shipping problems. Already a committee has been at work making preparations for the pilgrimage. At first they approached the United...

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