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In the Foreign Legion by Erwin Rosen
Copyright 1910
CH1. Légionnaire!: Belfort: Sunrays & fear: Madame & waiter: French lieutenant: Enlistment office of Foreign Legion: Naked humanity: Surgeon with lost sense of smell: “Officier Allemand”:
CH2. L’afrique: Transport of recruits on railway: What ticket did for us & France: Patriotic conductor: Marseilles: Gate of French Colonies: Colonial hotel: Study in blue & yellow: Mediterranean: Ship’s cook: Story of Royal Prince of Prussia at Saida: Oran: Wine & légionnaires:
CH3. Légionnaire Number 17889: French & American bugle-calls: Southward to city of Foreign Legion: Sidi-bel-Abbès: Sergeant is not pleased: Final fight: Jokes of Legion: Wise negro: Bugler Smith: I help a légionnaire to desert: 11th Company: Number 17889
CH4. Foreign Legion’s Barracks: In company’s storeroom: Smith--American, légionnaire, philosopher: Legion’s neatness: Favourite substantive of Foreign Legion: What commander said at Waterloo: Old & young: Canteen: Madame la Cantinière: Regimental feast: Strange men & things: Skull: Prisoners’ march: Wealth of Monsieur Rassedin:
CH5. Military Value of Foreign Regiments: A day’s work: Allez, hurry up: Legion’s etiquette: Morning’s run: “Cercle d’enfer” & lack of soap: Main object of training: Splendid marchers: Independent soldiers: 40 kilometres a day: Uniform, accoutrements, baggage, victualling: Training of légionnaire in detail: Légionnaire as practical man: Specialties of Legion: Programme for week in Legion:
CH6. “Legion Gets No Pay”: Money troubles of Legion: Five centimes wages: Cheapest soldiers of world: Letters from Legion: Science of “decorating”: Industries of légionnaires: What bugler did for living: Man with biscuits: Summary lynch law: Herr von Rader & La Cantinière: “Legion works--Legion gets no pay!”
CH7. City of Foreign Legion: Daily exodus to town: Ben Mansur’s coffee: Ghetto: citizens of Sidi-bel-Abbès & légionnaires: How Legion squared accounts with civilians: Forbidden part of town: Primitive vice: Dance of night:
CH8. 100,000 Heroes—100,000 Victims: Hall of honour: Collection of ruined talents: Battle of Camaron: Skeleton outline of Legion’s history: Psychological puzzle: True heroes: How rewarded: Chances of promotion:
CH9. “March or Die!”: Legion’s war-cry: Night alarm: March: Counting of milestones: Under canvas: Brutality: Légionnaire & staff doctor: Fight for opiate: “Marching pig”: Psychology: Excited nerves: “Cafard”:
CH10. Madness of Foreign Legion: Unpleasant occurrence: Last 3 coppers: Roumanian Jew from Berlin: Monsieur Viaïsse: Legion’s atmosphere: Cafard demoniacs: Krügerle’s whim: Madness of Légionnaire Bauer: Brutal humour: Tragedy
CH11. Deserters: Odyssey of going on pump: Death in desert: Legion’s deserters: Disastrous flight in motor-car: Tragic fate of Austrian engineer: Ghetto of Sidi-bel-Abbès: Business part of desertion: Oran & Algiers: Consulate as trap: Financial side of desertion: 100 kilometres of suffering: Hamburg steamers: Self-mutilation: Suez Canal: Morocco, wonderland
CH12. Chapter on Punishments: Return of poumpistes: Scale of punishments in Legion: Spiteful non-commissioned officers: Legion’s axiom: Sad history of Little Jean: Punishment machine: Lost years: Légionnaire’s earnings in 5 years: Prisons in Foreign Legion: General cells: Life in prison: Sentry duty among prisoners
CH13. Types of Vice: Variety of human vices: Red wine of Algeria: Shum-Shum:
CH14. My Escape: Arab prison: Letter: Days of suffering: Flight!: Greedy “Crédit Lyonnais”: Haggling in Ghetto: Palm grove as dressing-room: On railway track: Arab policemen: Horrible minutes: Travelling to Oran: Small preparations: On steamer St. Augustine: Marseilles-Ventimiglia: Free
CH15. J’accuse: 2 years after: Shadows of past: My vision: Political aspect of Foreign Legion: Moralist’s point of view: “Legion question” in nutshell: Question civilised world should have answered long ago: Quousque tandem...?
Copyright 1910
CH1. Légionnaire!: Belfort: Sunrays & fear: Madame & waiter: French lieutenant: Enlistment office of Foreign Legion: Naked humanity: Surgeon with lost sense of smell: “Officier Allemand”:
CH2. L’afrique: Transport of recruits on railway: What ticket did for us & France: Patriotic conductor: Marseilles: Gate of French Colonies: Colonial hotel: Study in blue & yellow: Mediterranean: Ship’s cook: Story of Royal Prince of Prussia at Saida: Oran: Wine & légionnaires:
CH3. Légionnaire Number 17889: French & American bugle-calls: Southward to city of Foreign Legion: Sidi-bel-Abbès: Sergeant is not pleased: Final fight: Jokes of Legion: Wise negro: Bugler Smith: I help a légionnaire to desert: 11th Company: Number 17889
CH4. Foreign Legion’s Barracks: In company’s storeroom: Smith--American, légionnaire, philosopher: Legion’s neatness: Favourite substantive of Foreign Legion: What commander said at Waterloo: Old & young: Canteen: Madame la Cantinière: Regimental feast: Strange men & things: Skull: Prisoners’ march: Wealth of Monsieur Rassedin:
CH5. Military Value of Foreign Regiments: A day’s work: Allez, hurry up: Legion’s etiquette: Morning’s run: “Cercle d’enfer” & lack of soap: Main object of training: Splendid marchers: Independent soldiers: 40 kilometres a day: Uniform, accoutrements, baggage, victualling: Training of légionnaire in detail: Légionnaire as practical man: Specialties of Legion: Programme for week in Legion:
CH6. “Legion Gets No Pay”: Money troubles of Legion: Five centimes wages: Cheapest soldiers of world: Letters from Legion: Science of “decorating”: Industries of légionnaires: What bugler did for living: Man with biscuits: Summary lynch law: Herr von Rader & La Cantinière: “Legion works--Legion gets no pay!”
CH7. City of Foreign Legion: Daily exodus to town: Ben Mansur’s coffee: Ghetto: citizens of Sidi-bel-Abbès & légionnaires: How Legion squared accounts with civilians: Forbidden part of town: Primitive vice: Dance of night:
CH8. 100,000 Heroes—100,000 Victims: Hall of honour: Collection of ruined talents: Battle of Camaron: Skeleton outline of Legion’s history: Psychological puzzle: True heroes: How rewarded: Chances of promotion:
CH9. “March or Die!”: Legion’s war-cry: Night alarm: March: Counting of milestones: Under canvas: Brutality: Légionnaire & staff doctor: Fight for opiate: “Marching pig”: Psychology: Excited nerves: “Cafard”:
CH10. Madness of Foreign Legion: Unpleasant occurrence: Last 3 coppers: Roumanian Jew from Berlin: Monsieur Viaïsse: Legion’s atmosphere: Cafard demoniacs: Krügerle’s whim: Madness of Légionnaire Bauer: Brutal humour: Tragedy
CH11. Deserters: Odyssey of going on pump: Death in desert: Legion’s deserters: Disastrous flight in motor-car: Tragic fate of Austrian engineer: Ghetto of Sidi-bel-Abbès: Business part of desertion: Oran & Algiers: Consulate as trap: Financial side of desertion: 100 kilometres of suffering: Hamburg steamers: Self-mutilation: Suez Canal: Morocco, wonderland
CH12. Chapter on Punishments: Return of poumpistes: Scale of punishments in Legion: Spiteful non-commissioned officers: Legion’s axiom: Sad history of Little Jean: Punishment machine: Lost years: Légionnaire’s earnings in 5 years: Prisons in Foreign Legion: General cells: Life in prison: Sentry duty among prisoners
CH13. Types of Vice: Variety of human vices: Red wine of Algeria: Shum-Shum:
CH14. My Escape: Arab prison: Letter: Days of suffering: Flight!: Greedy “Crédit Lyonnais”: Haggling in Ghetto: Palm grove as dressing-room: On railway track: Arab policemen: Horrible minutes: Travelling to Oran: Small preparations: On steamer St. Augustine: Marseilles-Ventimiglia: Free
CH15. J’accuse: 2 years after: Shadows of past: My vision: Political aspect of Foreign Legion: Moralist’s point of view: “Legion question” in nutshell: Question civilised world should have answered long ago: Quousque tandem...?
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