Evening star., 1920-11-21
FRENCH MONUMENT
T0U.S. VOLUNTEERS
Work Started on One of Most
Imposing Pieces of Stat
uary in Paris.

crcss-Atlantic Cable Service to The star.
PARIS. November 20.-Work has Deer
started on what promises to be one OF
the most imposing pieces OF statuary
in Paris, the monument to the Ameri-
can volunteers Although Gen Mangin
one of Frances most popular mllltarv
heroes, is responsible for the project and
although President Millerand and Prime
Minister Leygues have officially ap-
proved the plan. little has been pub
Eshed regarding the monument Gen
Mang;n was interviewed today.
"The object of the monument" he
said. 'is to commemorate the subilme
spirit of sympathy for France OF those
young Americans who. long before II
ever was thought that the United States
would enter the war, offered themselves
TO our country and served it with un-
paralleIled devotion, ardor and courage.
In times long passed our La1ayette.
with a number of volunteers wearing
the uniform of France, went to the sue
cor of America. That spirit OF service
has properly been appreciated IN the
United States. That spirit has peen
brought back to France with all its first
enthusiasm. fire and indifference to cost
by the volunteer soldiers of America.
seeger-Prince-Chn
TT will suffice to mention the name
of Allan Seeger. the soldier-poet. en-
gagged with our troops from the earliest
tIays of the war and killed in the ranks
of our foreign. legion: the names of Nor
ran Prince and of Chapman. members
of the legion and afterwards of the
E.scadrille Lafayette. killed also after
numerous exploits while in the uniform
OF France.
!. "The generous spirit and initiative of
these young Americans. who appealed
repeatedly to their fellow citizens IN
the interest of Frances cause, mad a
tremendous moral effect and may be sald
to have contributed largely to the hnai
result-the entry of the United states
in the war.
M. Millerand, president of the. re-
rublic, and NJ. Clemenceau have done
IL possible to encourage the project
for a monument to be set up by the
French to their fallen brothers IN
secrate the intimate union of the two
peoples in the past and invite that
union in the future. The monument
also may serve as place OF PHI
grimage for all Americans IN the
years to come who may come 10
France to honor their dead"
VIII Cost Half Million Francs.
The monument. which will cost half
3 million francs. is to be paid for
entirely by voluntary contributions
from French donors. The statue will
he the work of Jean Boucher, well
known French sculptor, winner OF
the grand prize of Rome few years
ego. 1t will consist of a stone base
thirty-five feet long and ten feet
high. On the sides of this stone base
will be panels with bas-relief rep
resentations of scenes relating to
the American campaign in France.
Above the base will rise a heroic
figure OF an American doughboy in
martial attitude. his tunic and shirt
hare, the left hand clutching
Springfield rifle and the right raised
as il leading the attack.
~Golden Book" for Names.
Beneath the monument and reached
by few descending steps will be
sort of tabernacle. which will be the
, repository for a golden book" in
which the names of the American
volunteers who died in the war will
erected in the Place des Etats Cnis,
in which is located the house oecu-
pied by President Wilson during the
peace conference. The site is near
the Arc de Triomphe and close to the
statues of Rochambeau and Wash
ingtou.
Annually in front of the monument
posing military ceremony win take
place. With the troops massed
around the monument. the COM
chief of the French forces.
reading from the golden book" be-
fore the soldiers at present arms
cans. And an officer will reply to
-caoh name: Dead on the field of
honor" This is the custom in the
French army.