2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment

2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 2^e Régiment de marche du 1^er étranger
Active	2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment September 1914 - November 11, 1915
Country	France
Allegiance	French Foreign Legion
Type	Infantry
Role	Marching Regiment
Engagements	World War I
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Pein Colonel Cot
Insignia
Abbreviation	2ème R.M.1^er R.E

The 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment, (French: 2^e régiment de marche du 1^er étranger, 2^e R.M. 1^er R.E) was a French Military unit of the Legion which formed the Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion (R.M.L.E) and existed ephemerally from end of 1914 to 1915.

On August 14, 1914, the minister decided that foreigners could contract a military service for the duration of the war. Accodingly, the 1st Foreign Regiment of Sidi Bel Abbès received ministerial orders to from two units in order to provide cadre administering to the recruiting depots of Lyon, Avignon and Bayonne where volunteers were being received. The forecast effectif for each recruiting depots was 1 Officer, 4 Sous-Officiers and 22 Legionnaires, and must be exclusively French or naturalized.

The two demi-battalions which formed two combat companies left Sidi Bel-Abbès on August 28, 1914, and arrived on September 7 in metropole. The 1st demi-battalion, Chef de battaillon Dourin, the 17ème and 18ème combat companies, was destined to the depot of Lyon. The 2nd demi-battalion, Captain Collet, the 19ème and 20ème combat companies, was destined to the depot of Avignon.

At their arrival, the two demi-battalions constituted each, one battalion of 250 men with including the forming volunteer effectifs in the recruiting depots.

On September 12, Colonel Pein assumed command of the 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment (2^eR.M.1^erR.E); the regiment counted two battalions, each mounted with 4 combat companies.

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