The American Legion Weekly [Volume 1, No 8 (August 22, 1919)] . rial of the formerGerman emperor in London, AndrewBonar Law announced in the House ofCommons recently. He said no actionin the matter could be taken until theGerman peace treaty is ratified. Requests are being received by theWar Department that tracers be sentout for mail, especially packagesmailed by members of the A. E. F. inFrance to relatives and friends in theUnited States which have never beenreceived. At the present time themilitary authorities are unable to doanything on account of the fact thatthe American postoffices in
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 1, No 8 (August 22, 1919)] . rial of the formerGerman emperor in London, AndrewBonar Law announced in the House ofCommons recently. He said no actionin the matter could be taken until theGerman peace treaty is ratified. Requests are being received by theWar Department that tracers be sentout for mail, especially packagesmailed by members of the A. E. F. inFrance to relatives and friends in theUnited States which have never beenreceived. At the present time themilitary authorities are unable to doanything on account of the fact thatthe American postoffices in France arebeing closed up and their recordspacked for shipment to the UnitedStates. The National Guard Association ofthe United States is drafting a militaryprogram for the country to take theplace of the Chamberlain-Kahn bill,which it denounces as the swan songof the General Staff and as nothingshort of conscription under the guiseof universal service. The British House of Commons senta formal vote of thanks to MarshalFoch in recognition of his war Four departments of the Govern-ment are puzzling over the status ofsome two hundred German brides ofAmerican soldiers, who now desire tobring them home to America. Tech-nically speaking, the girlsare enemy aliens until thepeace treaty is ratified here,according to the Depart-ment of Justice, while theDepartment of Labor holdsthey must be treated as im-migrants. The matter ofpassports belongs to the State andWar Departments, which will prob-ably have final decision in the matter. ©L Altai . W Field Piece and Siege Gun Thirty thousand American troops ofthe Third Division, who defendedChateau-Thierry and adopted for theirunit the name Marne Division, haveleft Germany after eight months inthe occupied zone. An unusually warm tribute to Amer-ican soldiers has been paid by thePrince of Monaco. He spoke with thegreatest enthusiasm of the more than200,000 American soldiers who livedon most friendly terms with the pop-ulation of
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