Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-05-26

| dred others. A big wooden cross neads
his grave with his name clearly
marked. 1t is the biggest cross in the
little cemetery, looking on toward the
soft purple hills. Daddy, 1 was so
happy to find our boy, so happy to
find him, and as l knelt there in the
cold and wet, 1 thanked God he
wasn't American unknown
"He could not have a happier rest
ing place, / think, buried there with
French on either side, in real
French burying ground, with peasants
stone crosses from before the war, and
flowers"
Cemeteries In France.
American relatives and friends who
soldiers in France will be aided by
the following table of the Principal
American burial places and how to
reach them:
The largest American cemetery is
at Romague, with 2S,061 graves, in
which lie most of the Americans who
gave their lives in the great Argonne
drive. From Paris by train to Ver-
dun (Gare de PEst), then to Dun
Doulcon; American Red Cross trans
portation for relatives from Dun
Doulcon, commonly known as Dun-sur-
Meuse. Here the Red Cross has
opened hotel with sleeping accommo-
dations for 20 persons and a dining
room.
At Thiaucourt, reached by convey
ances from TOul or Verdun, there are
between 1000 and 5000 graves. From
Paris by train (Gara de TEst) to Toul
or Verdun.
More than 1900 New Yorkers who
took part in the smashing of the Hin
denburg line are buried at Bony,
reached by conveyance furnished by
the American Red Cross to relatives
from ST. Quentin. From Paris to st.
Quentin by train from the Care du
Nord.
Three miles from Scissors is the
cemetery of Ploisy, with 1000 Ameri-
can graves. From Paris to Scissors
by train from the Care du Nord.
At BeIIeau Wood.
At Belleau Wood, reached from
Paris by train to Chateau Thierry and
from Chateau Thierry by Red Cross
bus (service for relatives only, cem-
etery of about 2,700 graves. There is
Red Cross hut at the cemetery.
At Fismes there is located perhaps
the most beautiful American ceme-
In r1In nf7
Behind 1t roll the glistening hills, now
green, except where the patches Of
red poppies, bluebells and white dais-
les unfurl the flag of France beside
the Stars and Stripes; before it,
nestled in the valley, are the splendid
ruins of torn white stone houses,
schools, stores and churches, crum-
bling. pulverized dust and broken. rock.
Fismes is reached direct by train from
the Care de rEst, Paris.
The cemetery at Toul is a ten-min-
ute walk from the railroad station.
Toul is reached from Paris by train
direct from the Care de rEst. There
are more than 1900 graves.
Near Paris, at Suresnes, there are
more than a thousand graves. This
is 45-minutes ride by train from
Paris. Take the st. Cloud car and
change at Suresnes.
A cemetery of nearly 1000 graves is
located at Seringes, reached from
Paris by train to Fere-en-Tardenois,
from Fere-en-Tardenois by auto or by
train to Chateau Thierry, and from
Chateau Thierry by Red Cross bus
(for relatives only).
At Lambezelles, reached by auto
from Brest, (from Paris to Brest by
train from the Care Montparnasse),
a cemetery of about 1900 graves.
The isolated grave of Lieut.. Quentin
Roosevelt is four miles from the rail-
road station at Coulonges, near Fere-
en-Tardenois, which is reached by
train from the Care de rEst, Paris.