Show THE LEGION BODY OF FRANCE ex former service man remains abroad and serves in important capacity when tile last of the american expeditionary forces left france a considerable sid erable number of ex service men remained in that country as depre senta tives of american III inns r in s and in various other among this group was col francis E drake commander comander of the de p cartmen a r t m 0 n t ot off A 14 france legion american Ameri cao the ex patri abed coriner servia aenice men found that there were mere mutual ties binding them together and tile result was the formation of the legions dep department artmen t of france among the achie achievements ments of this le fie hody body of Legionnaire i ate the direction of the decoration of graves grave of american soldiers on the battlefields end and in fit the cemeteries of france on memorial Memoria i day ald aid to stranded veterans in ili france the raising ot of d fund to defend the american sergeants who alio attempted to capture bergdoll Berg dull the arch blacker on german soil sod and cooperation with the alie french government in furthering memorial ine morial plans of the Aine american rican legion colonel drake has returned to france after a visit to america during which he effected arrangements for or the decoration of all soldiers graves on memorial day 1921 the legion commander attracted national attention when ills his anve investigation dign of the alleged rhine I 1 horror r or showed that there vias mas no ground for the assertion of pro germans that french negro troops are participating in outrages upon german momen in the provinces |