FOREIGN LEGION

(Legion etrangere), force of two infantry regiments, each of four battalions, in Fr. army, formed of men who are not Fr. subjects, though all the superior officers and most of the company officers are French men. Men who enlist are asked no questions as to previous record; Legion includes adventurous spirits or deserters from other armies, sometimes fugitives from justice; very strict discipline; has always fought well, and in World War lived up to its reputation. Trained in Algeria to make long and rapid marches,