At the beginning of the present war these two regiments were mobilized, and there being a large number of volunteers, each regiment was divided into four regiments and designated as _régiments de Marche_, or marching regiments. Each _régiment de Marche_ was divided into four battalions, being known as A, B, C and D; a battalion consisted of four companies; each company of four sections; each section of four squads, and there were sixteen men to a squad. This arrangement accounts for four thousand and ninety-six men, and as there were additional officers and attachés, a full _Régiment de Marche_ was frequently composed of as many as four thousand four hundred men. The four _régiments de Marche_ of the First _Régiment étrangère_ were, therefore, about seventeen thousand strong. The Second _Régiment étrangère_ was, in the same way, divided into four _régiments de Marche_, and was of the same numerical strength as the First _Régiment étrangère_. Hence, the Foreign Legion in April and May, 1915, when its ranks were full, consisted of about thirty-four thousand troops. The First _Régiment de Marche_ of the First _Régiment étrangère_ was composed mostly of Garibaldians, the second of Swedes, Spaniards, Russians, Canadians, English, Americans, and others, while the third and fourth were mostly Greeks. The designation of Russell A. Kelly was as follows: Soldat KELLY, Russell. No. 24641 1 Régiment étrangère 2 Régiment de Marche Battalion B 2 Compagnie 4 Section 15 Escouade The Légionnaires who survived the battle of June 16th, 1915, being very few in number, were assigned some weeks later to the Second foreign regiment, then located in the Champagne district, to the east of Rheims. On September 25th, that regiment took part in a very severe attack on the German lines between Souain and Perthes-le-Hurlus, about twenty-seven miles from Rheims. This attack continued on the 26th, 27th and 28th and was entirely successful, for they finally captured the redoubt of Bois Sabot, but at the cost of more than half of the regiment. This engagement is now designated as the battle of Champagne, and is considered one of the most important battles of the war. The Legion, after being recruited and generally strengthened, next took part in the very severe fighting in December at Hartmannsweilerkopf in the Vosges. It did exceptional work in the severe battles around Verdun in February and March. The following despatch was sent from Paris March 7th, 1916: “The unanimous French military opinion is that the recapture of Douaumont by the French infantry line, the Foreign Legion and chasseurs, on Feb. 26th, was one of the finest feats in military annals and equal to Gen. Galliéni’s famous charge at Sedan in 1870.”