. The American Legion Weekly [Volume 1, No 22 (28 novembre 1919)] . s une telle merveille magique pourrait unfoldOf cargo expédiés de ports indiens d'extrême-ouest, et argosies flotte ailées à des étrangers avec des noms étranges et lisses comme l'or fondu.On a vu le secteur espagnol des pirates sombres audacieux; et des batailles de lune-éclairé sur des ponts sombres, sombre; Et les grands serpents marins, les épaves d'aban-doned, et les trésors ont craché de quelques mains profondes. Il nous a apporté du teakwood incrusté de graypearl; des jouets sculptés de corail, jade et ivoire; des idoles en bois pittoresques; des flacons en forme de likea girl, de Java; des épices, des parfums, du thé.mais le meilleur, h

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. The American Legion Weekly [Volume 1, No. 22 (November 28, 1919)] . s such magic wonder could unfoldOf cargoes shipped from far West Indian ports, And argosies fleet-winged to foreignpOrts With strange, smooth-sounding names like molten gold.One saw the Spanish Mains dark pirates bold; And moon-lit battles on grim, narrowdecks; And great sea serpents, and aban-doned wrecks;And treasure filched from some deep-sunken hold. He brought us teakwood inlaid with graypearl; Carved toys of coral, jade and ivory;Quaint wooden idols; flasks shaped likea girl, From Java; spices, perfumes, tea.But best, his yarns, that bore us all theway From snowy school days to sun-steepedCathay. —Charlotte Becker. Elegy Written in a CoalBin The furnace fire tolls the knell of fallingsteam, The coal supply is virtually done, And at this price, indeed, it does not seemAs though we could afford another ton. Now fades the glossy, cherished anthra-cite, The radiators lose their temperature, How ill avail, on such a frosty nightThe short and simple flannels of thepoor. —Personality.. Did it ever happen to you? 22 THE AMERICAN LEGION WEEKLY BULLETIN BOARD Congress is investigating charges ofwaste of time and money in building armycamps. One team foreman of A. Bent-ley & Sons and D. W. McGrath Com-pany testified that he was not permittedto work at full speed nor even at normalspeed. He declares he was called intothe contractors office and told not to doso much but just to keep things lookingall right with a big number of men on thepayroll. One member of a contractingfirm is said to have received $20 a dayfrom the Government that paid the sol-diers $1 a day. The House Military Committee favorsthe enlistment in the Army in peacetimes of non-English speaking inhabitantsof this country. Under present condi-tions, Indians who cannot speak or writeEnglish are the only illiterates admittedto the Army. But in the war, almost aquarter of the men who came into theservice through the draft were unable toread

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