The sun., 1919-01-24
Big FRENCH ESTATE
FOR AMERICAN DEAD
Tess Backs Bill for Cemetery
to Be Bought by $15,OOO,-
600 in Subscriptions.
Special Despatch 10 THE SuN

WAsHISGToN. Jan. 23-An American
national cemetery In Franco with suit
able memorial arches and buildings. TO
ee supported by popular subsc' iption
81 SIS 900. 200. Is Proposed in Il bi.! IL.
trDduced to-day BY Representative Tess
th;ot under a proposal TO Incorporate
"Tnc National FELL >. Honor AHsocia.
ton"
The proposed act OF Incorporation pro-
yides:
That the purposes OF this association
are and shall be: To cooperate with
the Government in the selection and
identifying OF suitable and impressive
| estate in France for the creation of the
America Field Of Honor and its Jtreser-
walton as the final resting place OF those
who have made the supreme sacrifice in
the cause of freedom and humanity and
| TO erect thereon such buildings as shall
serve in the greatness OF Its intention
and design as a unified and single monu-
ment to the whole nation"
Among the original incorporators are
! named:
William T.. Biley, Pennsylvania :
wilson Eyre. Pennsylvania: James S.
Cushn.an, New York: William Howard
Taft. Washington; DIR. John II. Finley.
New York: Bishop Luther r. Wilson,
New York; Alfred r. Marting. New
York: Arthur Curtiss James. New York
| Henry Morgenthau. New York; James
II Schifr. New York; Morgan J.
O'Brien, New York; William Fellowes
Morgan, New York DR.. William T. Man
| ming New York; Cleveland II. Dodge
New York; Commander Evangellns
| Booth. New York George Wharton
! Pepper. Pennsylvania William Potter
| Pennsylvania Charles l.. Borie, Penn
| sylvania Judge J. Willis Martin. Penn
syivania; Owen Wister. Pennsylvania
A. J. D. Dixon. Pennsylvania Col
Frederick NJ. Alger. Michigan; DR.
George s. Stewart. New York; Major
Robert Davis. New York; Mrs. Robert
f. Speer. New Jersey Mrs. John Meigs
Pennsylvania; Violet Oakley. Pennsyl-
| vania Agnes Rerplier. Pennsylvania
| Mrs, Finley J. Shepard. New York. ant
! their associates and successors.
The proposal involves purchasing .
! carefully selected estate away from TIT
| warswept area of northern France. &c
| which will be transferred the remains OF
| all American soldiers who died In ser
| vice against tho Central Allies. tbs
| burial plots to be arranged by division
and State as well az possible, each
| section so arranged to be marked by &
general monument and each grave to BIZ
appropriately marked.
a suitable DulldlnR 10 De erected DS
| funds to be procured from the countr.
| at large would serve as a hall OF rec
/ ords and the repository for charts show
! Ing the location OF each grave In tn,
estate A book OF records showing tn
name. birthday. home and other data al
to military service OF each soldier woulc
be maintained in the hall OF records
! Complete maps of the hattlehelds OF
which American soldiers fought also ar
proposed as part of the records.
| THE proposal does not embrace tn
| idea OF n national cemetery" says s
statement given out by Representative
Fess IN introducing the bill. 1T is tn
| chief purpose OF those back Of the move
ment to remove all semblance OF TIL
cemetery idea.
| THE proposal does not embrace tn
idea of a national cemetery" said
statement given out by Representative
Tess in introducing the bill 1T is tn
chief purpose of those back OF the move
ment TO remove all -semblance of tn
cetemery idea.
| "If permitted this proposed associa
ton VIII provide by popular subscription
a fund of 5000, 900 permanently TO en-
dow the field. IT will be the one rail
road hallowed ground in all Europe tina
fhe people of America because II vii
hold the bodies OF the Republics heroi
sons who gave their all In defense OF tn
nations honor and life and for the lib
Tarfiex of the world