Foreign Legion Veteran Societies Federation

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Fédération des Sociétés des Anciens de la Légion étrangère (FSALE)
Formation	December 3 1912 First formation in 1898 (official)
Legal status	Law of 1901
Purpose	Federation of Associations of Veteran Legionnaires
Location	Paris, France
Region served	worldwide
Membership	12,000 (2010)
President	Général Gausserès
Key people	Général Commandant Rollet
Affiliations	195 associations
Budget	Endowments Donations, Contributions, Legionnaires
Website	FSALE Language Available French English German Portuguese Spanish
Formerly called	La Légion (1898) L'Union des Sociétés d'Anciens Légionnaires (L'USAL) (1931)

The Foreign Legion Veteran Societies Federation (French: Fédération des sociétés des Anciens de la Légion étrangère, FSALE) is an association of the association law type of 1901 (French: Association loi de 1901) federating different representations of veteran Legionnaires (French: Anciens Légionnaires) across the world.

History

If the associations regrouping veteran Legionnaires (French: Anciens Légionnaires) rapidly saw daylight throughout the course of the history of this institution, it was in 1912 where the ancestor of the FSALE was created. The first President was Jacques-Emile Maurer, President of the first friendly veteran legionnaires association, (French: Première Amicale d'Anciens Legionnaires), La Légion, created in 1898.

Due to World War I, the veteran association ceased its activities in 1914. In 1920, a new re-launching tentative was initiated, led by Braunschweig, former secretary general, however the regrouping initiative was not made possible due to the insufficient number of associations available to be federated.

L'Union des sociétés d'anciens légionnaires (l'USAL)

Union Veteran Legionnaires Societies (USAL)

In 1931, following the "Centennial Celebration" (centennial of the creation of the French Foreign Legion), général Rollet, Inspector of the Foreign Legion, regrouped a congressional session of the veteran legionnaires uniting more than 200 participants, members of 23 societies, at Sidi bel-Abbès, "Maison mère" of the Legion during that époque.

It was during this occasion, that was decided the creation of a union whose purpose was to federate the different societies and associations of veteran legionnaires. This union was officially created on June 3 1931 under the presidency of Jacques-Emile Maurer. The union counted accordingly 33 associations members.

World War II was the occasion again to place the initiative in a dormant phase.

Since 1945, the veteran members of the USAL regrouped in order to put in place a congressional session which was held in Paris in 1947, and which united 28 societies.

La Fédération des Sociétés d'Anciens de la Légion étrangère

French Foreign Legion Veteran Societies Federation

In 1960, the USAL changed designation to French Foreign Legion Veteran Societies Federation (French: La Fédération des sociétés d'anciens de la Légion étrangère, FSALE).

List of presidents of the USAL and FSALE

Name	Portrait	Rank	Tenure
Jacques-Emile Maurer
Charles Schmid	-	-	1948-1950
général Flipo	-	général	1950-1966
Louis-Antoine Gaultier	-	général	1966-1969
Flipo	-	général	1969-1973
Spitzer	-	général	1973-1977
Jean Nouguès	-	général	1977-1980
Jean Compagnon (Honorary President)		général	1980-1991
Jean Claude Coullon (Honorary President)	-	général	1991-2001
Robert Rideau	-	general	2001-2013
Rémy Gausserès	-	général	2013-present

Organization

The association is not a group of particularities, however regroups associations, the general assembly is constituted of representatives of different associations of veteran legionnaires members at the prorata of their active members numbers.

The functioning is governed by a bureau, the latter having a delegation of the administrative council elected during the course of general assembly.

Each three years, the general assembly takes motion under the form of a national congressional session organized by one (or several) local(s) association(s) (congressional session: 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010).

Notable veterans of the institution

Peter J. Ortiz

References

President of the FSALE
^ "Histoire de la FSALE" [History of FSALE] (in French).
Journal officiel de la République française JO of July 20 1931

External links

Site officiel de la FSALE Official Website of the French Foreign Legion Veteran Societies Federation (Légion étrangère)

French Foreign Legion

Current
units

General Staff Headquarters	Foreign Legion Command
Command Administrative	1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment Foreign Legion Recruiting Group
Music band	French Foreign Legion Music Band
Infantry & parachute infantry	1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 13th Demi-Brigade Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte
Cavalry	1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment
Engineers & parachute engineers	1st Foreign Engineer Regiment 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment
Training	4th Foreign Regiment Jungle Training Center Combat Training Center at Arta Beach

Defunct
units

Administrative and training	Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments
Parachute	Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion Foreign Air Supply Company 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company
Infantry & marching regiments	Mounted companies Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 3rd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 4th Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment/Garibaldi Legion 1st Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment 11th Foreign Infantry Regiment 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment Marching Regiments of Foreign Volunteers 21st Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers
Saharan Legion units	Saharan Companies of the French Foreign Legion
Pioneers & engineers	6th Foreign Engineer Regiment
Cavalry	2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division
Transport (armored trains & heavy weight)	Armored Train of the Foreign Legion Passage Company of the Foreign Legion (CPLE) 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company
Disciplinary companies	Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East
Brigades	31st Brigade

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