Gunnison Valley News | 1920-09-10 | Page 2 | Ten Posts Adopt Orphans

TEN POSTS ADOPT ORPHANS A. E. F. Men, Home Again, Show They Have Not Forgotten Father, less French Children. When the A. K. r. pricked all Ps troubles in Its old kit bag and sailed for home loaded down with Herman helmets, it left behind In Km nee 3.1HX) little war orphans which it had adopted adopt-ed during the war and for whose maintenance main-tenance and education It had been pay-ins;. pay-ins;. There was hardly an onttlt In France which at one time was not in communication wlih its tiny mascot, a communication of a delightfully friendly nature that shelliire, mud and cooties could not Interrupt. Now the A. E. F. Is back home again and hundreds of thousands have enlisted en-listed In the ranks of the American Legion. Consequently, with the memories mem-ories of the letters of petite Jean and petite Jeanctte fresh in their minds, the one-time godfathers of the expeditionary expe-ditionary forces are again adopting the war orphans of France. t So far ten posts have adopted or-phnns, or-phnns, and a heavy enrollment on the lint of godfathers Is expected. It cosls , only $"" to maintain an orphan for a year, the funds being forwarded to national headquarters in Indianapolis, where they are turned over to tho American Kod Cross, which Is assigning assign-ing the children and attending to all the details of the work on the other side.