Show ORPHAN JOINED ARMY AT AGE OF lOi 10 I HAL M SALIM Ore Au Aug fl i C tJ 9 pitol post No 9 of the L.-glon L. has an act active member I Maurice Packer a a reisch I orphan I Iwho who JoIned the American lu lIance In D December cember 1917 army heD then I he ha was t 10 earl ears old The 16 ud Infantry adopted Packer and to avoid I s lt hh name WS was placed formally 01 on thE the muster rol roll WIen the outfit wa rai In action he was left with T Fn French families back of the lines Wearing three serice service Ii u lve of oC 18 months of service overseas o the boy was discharged n a Camp Lewis Wash April 16 I rhushe was vas entitled AprI to tUI full membership In the legion An ox- ox bugler he has joined th lb drum 2nd and bugle corps or of the pOI poa I When adopted by the soldIers spoke little English I in I Ithe the six years ho be has been in I his Country he has passed through hr I grades or of grammar school and the Ibe first three years or o I hIgh school school nn |