Arizona republican., 1914-04-12
F0R MONUMENT
 T0 OE GRASSE
Another Bond of Intelna- tional Goodwill Between United States and France is About to Take Tangible Form
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIspATCH1

lASSOClATED PRESS DISPATCH
 WASHINGTON, April u.-Another bond of international good will be- tween the United States and France is about to take form in the project for q monumtnt to Admiral Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse, commander of the French fleet, whose aid made possible at Yorktown General Wash ngton's final victory over Lord CornWallis, thus ending the revolu- tionary war. The movement has been started by the Sons of the Rev olution, and definite plans for secur- ing the monument will be made at the triennial convention of the or ganization which begins here tomor- row
 Admiral de Grasse. it has been pointed out by Ambassador Jusser;nd 1 of France, is the only foreign com mander who helped this country in the revolution to whom no memorial ! has been erected. In speaking of him recently, the ambassador declared 1 nobody risked so much or did so much unaided for the United States 1 as did de Grasse" The monument most likely will be erected here in i Lafayette square, facing the White House. though Yorktown, Va, the scene of the final battle. also. has been suggested Statues stand here to Lafayette and Rochambeau Of France, von Steuben of Germany,
 kosciusko and Pulaski, Polish off cers.
 A committee appointed to take up
 the matter is prepared to report |" the convention. General James Nor
 ris Morgan of this city chairman CT the committee. states in his report
 that what is proposed IS distinc-
 tively naval monument me
 memorial" he adds should be tribute to the French fleet, and
 should svmbolize in some appropriate design the importance of adequate sea power in relation to shore opera lions. and include central figure of
 Admiral de Grasse the responsible
 commander of that fleet who IS en-
 titled in history to all credit for what
 the fleet did" He points out that
 while one of the minor ilgures
 around the base of the Lafayette monument here represents de Grasse,
 the others being Rochambeau, Count , d'Estaing and Brigadier General du
 Portail. this constitutes no reason why there should not be a statue to
 de Grasse himself especially as the , Lafayette statue does not show who the secondary figures are, simply
 stating that it is to Lafayette and , his companions. There is moreover d seperate statue to Rochambeau, in
 Lafayette square.
 : The proposition has been present.
 eded to the Navy league of the Unit ed States. and that organization. il is , understood. stands ready to co-op-
 crate in raising funds for the mon- |, ument which it is estimated will . cost $50,000. The Daughters of the l American Revolution also will be in-
 vited to have a share in honoring
 the revolutionary hero, Franklin D.
 Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy. has expressed himself as en-
 thusiastically in favor of the project.
 Had it not been for the successful sea cooperation of Admiral de
 Grasse, who bottled up the Chesa- l peake Bay in August. 17S1. and pre- | vented the British sea forces from coming up and joining Lord Corn
 wallis, it is doubtful, historians hold.
 whether Washington and his French e land troops would have been able to compel the surrender of the British
 forces In April l7Sl. de Grasse had 2 defeated the British Admirals Hood s and Drake, off Port Royal. Martini S que, then he came up and blocaded : the York and James rivers and land- h ed 5000 troops who cooperated with .. American forces.
 : The arrival of de Grasse brought ., the Revolutionary War to it's decisive :. stage Washington. who had been = operating against General Clinton at 9 New York. withdrew his entire army : southward to Virginia. where Lord $ Cornwallis. the British commander. Q was entrenched at Yorktown. Grad 9 ually the combined French and f American forces cut off the British
 lines from succor or retreat until in
 October 17S1. Lord Cornwallis sur e rendered his army of 5000 men. The Sons of the Revolution who , meet here tomorrow plan a to visit r Yorktown and go over the field of , the final struggle which established
 the United States as an independent n nation.
 For his services congress thanked
 de Grasse The Sons of the Revolu-
 tion believe however that he de- :, serves more substantial recognition and propose to enshrine the memory
 of the services he gave this country
 in it's fight for freedom. in lasting , bronze and granite