The Alaska daily empire., 1922-05-30

in France. Belgium and Italy Later,
it will probably extend it's activities
to North Russia and Siberia. The
/ legislation also provides for the
photographing of American battle
fields in Europe and specifies that
the commission shall be the agency
through which Americans desiring to
erect war memorials in Europe can
obtain aid and assistance.
National Marking Assured
"The project already drawn up by
the preliminary board emphasizes the
fact that only national marking will
/ insure that the performance of each
unit is shown in proper relation to
/ that of all others. The following
general principals will guide in the
development of the project;
Il The project should be com
pete in itself and not rely in any
way upon monuments to be erected
by states, associations or individuals.
40 Each operation should have a
treatment appropriate to its import
ance
"3 All monuments should be in
good taste, dignified, and in all re
spects of the highest standard The
Washington Monument in Washing
ton d. c., is typically American and
the monuments of the project should
aim towards its dignified simplicity.
| Good taste requires a modest atti
tude on achievements, especially i'm
portant because the monuments are
to be erected in foreign countries and
on battlefelds which have witnessed
! in past centuries gallant deeds by
many armies other than our own.
a. The development should be
strictly from utilitaI1an point of
view No monument should be erect
ed unless IT marks something of his
tOrical Importance.
"5 All information given in the
monuments should be shown in
clear way so as to be easily under
stood by the average tourist who is
unfamiliar with military history and
military Technology.
The proposed project, therefore,
!
monuments and markers:
Many Kinds Of Markers
"RELIEF MAP MONUMENTS. The
idea of the relief map monument is
to place a relief map of the sur
rounding country upon a prominent
point of the terrain. 1t will show in
formation concerning the fighting
which took place on the ground
shown on the map. A person by
first looking at the relief map and
then at the ground before him can
pick out on the ground the places
where the various troops fought. The
relief maps will be cast lin bronze AMI
will show the daily front lines and
the designations of the American d.
VISIONS concerned. They will rest
urIon solid stone block with top
surface somewhat larger than The
relief map They will be used at al
places where American divisions eth
er lost or gained ground Egn.v
such monuments will be required to
cover completely the operations in
France
"OUTLINE SKETCH MON =
MENTS Fifty such monuments Will
be required to show the front limos
along wh'cL American divisions
trained or occupied sectors. One,
in general, will be erected for each
division for each time it occupied a
stabilized portion of the front lines
In addition to the battle line. they
will show towns, waterways, rail
roads, bodies of water and important
roads. The idea is to give a general
orientation of the front line with
respect to these features.
MISCELLANEOUS MONUMENTS.
These monuments OF artistic design
will be used to mark places of his
torical importance which cannot be
appropriately marked by the map
monuments; such as. the spot where
the first American soldier was killed
in Europe. the spot where the first
American soldier was wounded at the
front the spot where the first Amer
lean soldier was killed in action, etc.
BRONZE TABLETS. Bronze tab
lets will be placed marking certain
buildings of interest in connection
with the operations of the American
Expeditionary Forces; such as, LIST
g. II. O., Paris; G. II. O., at Chau-
mont; HQ. S. o. s.. at Tours, etc.
"In order to provide for the many
tourists who will be able to visit
only a few places on the battle
fields. a room lin the main building at
the three great cemeteries in the
areas of the St Mihiel, Meuse-Ar-
gonne and Meuse-Aisne operations
will be set aside for the display of
relief maps, and other nforma ton
referring to battle monuments and
operations in the vicinity. These
are the cemeteries at ThiaucoIrt.
Romagne and Bellcu Wood, which
described to you last year.
with the idea of aiding the tour
ist in other ways, it is proposed to
prepare appropriate pamphlets show
ing the location of all monuments
and giving additional information
4 tho nparatinns ic