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Show LEGION HIKERS ARE GREETED Two California Ex-oervice Men Report Cordial Treatment by Posts of the Southwest. The hospitality of the Southwest Is reflected in its American Legion posts, according to Van W. Bishop and C. G. Allison, California Legionnaires who are well on their way on a little walk from Los Angeles, Cal., to Mexico City, Mexico, a distance of more than l.fiOO miles. Bishop belongs to Los Angeles Post No. S, and Allison to Irwin Ir-win Post No. 0:i of San Francisco. Weary with tramping the dusty kilometers and burdened with packs and other impedimenta, the marchers found rest at a number of Legion posts along the way, according to a letter received from them by the adjutant adju-tant of the Los Angeles post. "The posts of the American Legion in the towns where we have stopped have treated us royally. Legion members mem-bers at Yuma, Ariz., started the good things for us. Then Tucson post fixed us up for two days in a room fitted with bunks for the accommodation ol a few fellows who come in and wanl a place to stay. "Our next stop was at Bisbee foi three days. They have a regular home with several rooms and a sleeping porch. A number of the fellows make their home at the club. We arrived in time to attend' the funeral of one of the boys brought back from 'over there.' Wow, we are at , Douglas, here 'Region post officers obtained quarters for us. Our plan is to enter Mexico at El Paso or Laredo, Tex." |