Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-11
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS

sunny fields OF France or be brought
back to their homes or lie in heroes
graves under the shadow Of Arlington
Heights, where their dust will min
gle with the dust of the heroes Of the
Civil war? Whichever is their fate
they will be, in due time reverently
taken from their present rough graves
and given burial with full military
honors and impressive ceremonial.
There are two bills before congress
asking that land in France he pur-
chased by the government and ma
tional cemetery be established there
for the American soldiers who died
in overseas duty. The government VIII
also provide for the return to this
country of the bodies of the dead sol
diers, if their families so desire. The
government bill provides merely for
national cemetery in France, but
Congressman Tess of Ohio has intro
duced bill which will also make this
cemetery a lasting and fitting me-
mortal, and a splendid shrine to which
loyal Americans could take a pilgrim
age. do this before the glamor OF
war has ended" urged Tess in an i'm
passioned speech land congress had
only to look down the old shaded Mall
which runs from the capitol to the
Potomac to realize the force OF the
argument for immediate action. With
in a stones throw of the capitol
stands the splendid unfinished Grant
memorial at the other end OF the
mall, two miles away looms the IN
finished Lincoln Memorial of lagnifi-
cent design. It is more than half a
century since the Civil war ended and
as yet there is not a completed me-
mortal of either Grant or Lincoln in
the national capital. Yet another wGr
has now been fought and new heroes
now absorb the attention of the ma
| ton.
The Fess bill calls for a field of
| honor in which may be buried all SOL
! diers, sailors ans marines who well in
| oversee service. DR.. Fess advocates
! that no Individual n:>SJuments be
| erected, but that instead one grand
| memorial structure shall be built in
i which shall be a hall of records where
| the names and achievements Of each
of the men shall be written. Tablets
and painting would depict the chief
| incidents OF the great war and the
structure would be fitting memorial
| to all who died oversee. The 'FesS
| plan also includes a popular subscrip-
| ton by the people Of the United
States so the field of honor may be
something in which the entire nation
has an individual interest. There are
! approximately $4,000 American boys
now hastily buried oversee where they
fell, or in the cemeteries of the allied
countries. In many instances it viii
be practically imnossible to bring
them here. The TfF ding bills are in
tended TO also provide a memorial
cemetery for all whose families do not
ask that they be returned t. this
country. Whether it is better to bring
back these heroes or let them lie IL
a national field of honor in France
will be a personal preference with
each family. (Which would the boys
have chosen?' That is a pertinent
question. And who will best know The
answer? Will it be their sorrowine
families or their comrades on arms
Col. Roosevelt said unhesitatingIJ
Let my boy be buried where he fell
Each heart must sign its own re-
QUEEN over its dead, each mother de
eide for herself and The nation vii
respond and do her bidding.
Congress faces the busiest tive
weeks of it's session. It is putting il
lasting far into the night. Commit
tees meet at 10 in the. morning an,
stay in session listening to arEumen
why certain measures should o
should not be incorporated into tn
: great bills pending until call 0
the house" Compels them 10 drO1
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I 70 1ilibuster in sight, but there is
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/ consumes much time.
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