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Show LEGiON uliEST HaS bio iOA M. Charles Bertrrnd of France Plan Association of Veterans to Preserve Pre-serve Werld Peaoe. An association of men of all countries coun-tries who fought with the Allies against Germany as the most effective unit to preserve world peace Is planned by M. Charles Bertrand, member of the French chamber of deputies depu-ties and president of the Inter-Allied Veterans' Federation. Federa-tion. Bertrand came to America with Marshal Foch as a special guest of the American Legion. More than 800,000 Allied veterans now have assembled under tlie leadership leader-ship of the lnter-allled federation, and a meeting of the allied soldiers of all countries will be held In Paris soon. Representing American ex-eerviee men, the Legion will send a strong representation repre-sentation to the conference. Bertrand served as an infantryman in the French army from the beginning of the war to Its close. He was wounded wound-ed several times and severely gassed, and his company was replaced with fresh drafts on thirty different occasions, oc-casions, so disseminated was it In the fierce engagements into which it was thrown. The senator likewise is head of the French veteran society made up exclusively of men wounded In action. ac-tion. In the formation of the inter-allied veterans' association, Bertrand has made frequent trips to Italy, England, Roumanla and other allied countries. On his first trip to the United States he was the only civilian to the distinguished dis-tinguished company of Marshal Foch, Admiral Beatty, General Diaz and Gen. Baron Jacques to receive the American Legion's gold medal for distinguished dis-tinguished service. |