horde returning and how in less than ten years they would rule the
nation, and the idea of pushing prominently into the organization of the
Legion took deeper root in his brain.

Aboard the transport he did not recount his adventures on the
battlefields of Italy. He was fearful some officer having knowledge that
his uniform had been taken from him, or having private instructions from
General Treat, might question the value of his services in the
determination of the World War. But when he reached Kentucky it would be
a different proposition; he would be a rooster on his own dunghill.

He remained a few days in New York and so managed as to make himself
conspicuous as one of the founders of the Legion.

When he reached home he was a zealous advocate against the League of
Nations, and declared himself a political maverick until that issue was
settled.

It seemed to have been settled when he arrived at the conclusion that
Morrow, the Republican candidate, would be elected Governor.

Then he found time to discontinue his series of lectures on "Italy in
the War" and stumped the Eighth District for Morrow--all the while
having his eye on John Calhoun's tomorrow.

One of his most interesting lectures was "Personal Experiences at the
Battle of Vittorio Veneto," an extract from which follows:

"* * * I have heard and seen enough to know that it is to be the final
great effort and to commence on October 24th, commemorative of the
anniversary, and to wipe out the stain, of the Italian defeat at
Caparetto.

"For more than a month I have heard the monotonous, familiar, easily
distinguished, never-to-be-forgotten sound of preparation--of the tramp
of the feet of thousands of men and mules; of the rumble of the wheels
of countless moving vans, guns and wagons going back and forth in
apparent utter confusion from Tonale and Aprica passes down the valley
from Edelo to new assignments, necessary in the organization of the
attacking army of nearly a million men.

"The front line extends from Stelvio Pass in the Ortler Alps along the
then Italian-Austrian boundary to Tonale Pass to Lake Garda, thence a
little south of Altissimo, Asiago, to Mt. Grappa, Corduna and along the
Piave to the sea.

"The initial plan of battle decided upon is to separate the Austrian
forces in the Trentino from those on the Piave by a breach at the
junction of the Fifth and Sixth Austrian armies.

"In conformity with this plan the action was institute