Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-11

AS an enduring memorial 10 the
Americans who gave their lives in
the great war, the American F'und
for French Wounded has provided
funds for the erection Of hospital
n the environS of Rheims, whlcn is
rirtually the center of the region IN
which lie row upon row OF American
soldiers graves. .ha
devotion and sacrifice Of the tens OF
thousands of Americans who, through
the fund. expressed in practical 1asn-
ION their desire to help IN the wiz
ming of the war. giving aid ana COM
and who suffered its consequences;
The SCARED and battered Catnedrai
IF Rheims will overlook the hospltai
md the city of $4,000 wrecked homes'
VIII BE Surrounded BY Ruins.
On all sides the country. and sur
ronndinp villages also are In runs
There are no hospitals. scarcely
place for the sick or the wen 70 lay Jay
ems as we'll as considerations OF
sentiment have led to the location OF
he American Memorial Hospital at
Rheims. nro-
-ided for; it will cost at least sIov.ou.
and will be one of the frst-perhaps
t ho verv first-structure of any i'm.
,ortance erected in the devastated
eeions. Ample grounds have oeen
1onated by the municipality ana tne
,roiect has the warm appreciat,oh
ID support of the Frehch
Aid Has Been Asked.
Rafore II can offer real aid to the
s;cE and war-worp this Hospital
must have beds. an operating Ioom,
nnn;nment and a staff of physicians
and nurses. 90 Tho re-
sources necessary 10 maj all has
operate the hospiloi
The amount necessary for the en-
aoMment of bed in the American
Memorial Hospital is $4,000. only ne ne
income of this sum VIII pe the
Pnited states under the supervision
- trnst company and the revenue
oa;d 70 the board of control Oh the
hospital in France.
wa. Among First to Help.
The American Fund for french
wounded was among the first amer
can relief organizations IN tne En,,o-
pean war: it has e nd 1aoor Of more
than SO. 900 Americans in the misslSn
~ ring for French WOUNDED. VIM
in the early years of the war
4 ehting our battles without our ne,p'
and in giving snb ifas "a soldiers I and
thCse Who suffered as conse-
ouence of the war. ;+,, 20
Tbe American Memorial Hospital Is
a most appropriate memorial 10 gu
| own dead whose bodies he IN nu, .n;,,
| caves. many Of them. unfortunately
sS,n;dent,fied. throughout the war zone
II is desired that the hospital shaii
he renresenta alive of the whoie coun-
try Endowments may be MADE eIther
| by individuals. by ORGANIZATIONS vi
oy IN 'o MANY cases the $1,000 endow,,
ments are made up OF many small
! subscriptions, each representing an
! individual desire to take some par !,
however small. in the estaohshiheh'
| of a great memorial.
More Than Fifty Beds Endowed.
! More than half of the one hundred
he'd endowments had been suDscrlpeo
IN to June |. These endow IN
ciude one from each OF the New Eng
| land states-Maine, New Hampshire.
! Vermont, Massachusetts,. Rhode Island
and Connecticut. In addition 10
these. BOSTON, Worcester. Springfield,
Newton and other New England cities
and towns have endowed one or more
! beds. as have New York City, Brook
] lyn. Syracuse and Rochester; Will
! mington. Del: Pittsburgh, Chlcaso, %.
Louis: wichita and other Kansas
cities; ST. Paul, Mimi: Kenosha. WIS;
San Francisco and others.
| In addition to these city endow-
ments many have been made by re-
lations or friends in memory or indi-
! yiduals, soldiers and war workers.
Among New York's endowments are
those in memory of Theodore Roose-
Welt and James Stillman. The San
| Francisco endowment was mad, up OF
! pennies and ive-cent pieces contrib
uted by school children.
| ORGANIZATION Incorporated.
| The hospital organization in the
United States has been incorporated
| under the laws of New York state.
| The board of directors is composed OF
those who formed the American Men,
orial Hospital committee. namely:
Mrs Charles NJ. Chaplin and Mrs. Wal
! ter Phelps Bliss of New York; Mrs.
| Russell Tyson and Mrs. Arthur Ryer-
son of Chicago; Charles w. Ames of
St Paul Mimi; Henry J. Allen, Cover
nor Of Kansas; Mrs. John B. Casserly
of San Francisco; Alexander White
side and Miss Edith Bangs chairman
of Boston, Mass.
The executive committee is COM
posed Of Miss Edith Bangs (chair-
mani, Frederick r. Newbold and Dan
iel T. Pierce.
The advisory board is representative
of all sections of the country.
In France the affairs of the hospi
tai. during construction and after il
us turned over to French ADM niStra