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Show iii 1" ran American Airmen in French Army Not All Willing to . Join U. S. Forces. j PARIS, Sept. I. American aviators j serving in the French r.rmy. Including ; the relatively small group' forming the Lafayet i e escadrille, have been can- ; vased by American officers as to whether they wished to leave their ' present service and join the American-, army. Seventy per cent of the Ameri- j cans immediately said they would like : to go to the American army and aid : in the formal ion of an experienced aerial corps. . j Almost all the remaining "0 per cent replied that they would join the American Ameri-can army conditionally. One condition often mentioned was the paragraph in the United States army regulations forbidding American soldiers from wearing foreign decorations. Many of these aviators have won by deeds of great courage some one or all of the French military orders, ttic Legion or Honor, t lie war cross or the military medal. Under the French service regulations reg-ulations these decorations or ribbons representing them must be worn always al-ways on the uniform. The Americans are proud to have these distinctions and consider it would be lacking in re-j re-j spect for them to go into the. Ameri-I Ameri-I can uniform and discard the French decorations. - It has been suggested that the American Ameri-can regulations might be changed by new legislation, which might also include in-clude a provision for the bestowal of the American modal of honor upon foreign officers and soldiers for conspicuous con-spicuous gallantry |