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Show LESSON m i GATHER M BIG HON J NF.W ORLEANS, LoC, Oct, 14. The American legion started arriving 1p force here today for the annual convention con-vention which begins Monday. and found New Orleans ready to receive rthem. Every Iraln arriving In the iclty brought hundreds of visitors. With them came th first view of the novel Features the states have adopted to establish their identity. I It was estimated tonight that about a fourth of the leglonnaln s had reached reach-ed the city, although no big delegation delega-tion had arrived Approximately lOn.ooa legionnaires are expected. State headquarters have lir-gun ; blossoming forth in rapid succession. Half a dozen are functioning In practically prac-tically all of the larger hotels. Lobbies Lob-bies were the scene of Impromptu concerts con-certs by legionnaires. Mascots also began to appear today. One of the features of the convention conven-tion this year Is the number of women wom-en accompanying legionnaires. Nearly half of the legionnaires who have al-I al-I ready arrived were accompanied by 1 their wives. |