WOMAN IN FOREIGN LEGION

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 214, 19 August 1931, Page 2

WOMAN IN FOREIGN LEGION

HARD MARCHING ON SAHARA There is consternation in the French Foreign Legion, whose headquarters are at Sidi-Bel-Abbes, near Oran, owing to a report that a woman is serving in its ranks. The soldiers have recently been engaged in hard marching and reconnaissance work on the confines of the Sahara, Every Legionary is wondering which of his comrades is the woman serving as a man. A medical board will shortly carry out a special inspection of the entire regiment. This is not the first time that a woman has served in the Legion. In 1908 German twins, brother and sister, enlisted. The brother was ' medically examined twice, the second time impersonating his sister. The woman soldier's sex was not discovered until after she had served six months with the colouru, often taking part in skirmishes with rebel tribesmen.