Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-05-25

Of the air service whose daring and brilllancy
will ornament many pages Of the Worlds war
history. Already extensive plans are on foot to-
make our cemeteries over there great national
memorials and to insure the success Of the under
taking, plans for beautifying and ornamentine have
been placed In the hands Of special commission
appointed by the secretary OF war.
1t Ia headed by the chief Of the cemeteral
division; other members are: Charles Moore Sec
retary of the National Fine Arts commission; !;
James L. Greenleaf New York landscape artist !;
and William Mitchell Kendall. the well-known ar
tist Of New York. Their ideas when carried out
will make the american Fields Of Honor" the
most impressive war cemeteries In the world. And
every one will be an outpost Of America in France
Belgium. for wherever lies the grave of an
American soldier, lies. too spot that Is forever
America.
Romagne. which is our Argonne cemetery. orig
inally held in Its bosom 23.O0O Of our men who
fell In the Muese-Argonne offensive, Americas
greatest battle. There every State of the Union.
as well as the territories Of Hawaii. Porto Rico
and the Philippine Islands, had representation.
No spot in France Is more historically famous
than this the Argonne sector. where lies our larg-
est field of honor
Here Frances greatest battles have been fought.
but none SO great as that of 1918, when America
and France again fought side by side, as in the
days Of Washington and Lafayette and again for
the principles Of freedom and liberty So Ro-
magne-Argonne, our beautiful and largest Gene
terry, Stdn0S as monument to Americas share
In the worlds greatest struggle
Belleau, whose name memory lovingly links with
the herosm and sacrifice of our men Of the Sec
ond division. lies in green. fertile valley dense
ly wooded, with loved and shattered Chateau.
Thierry near Its portals. This cemetery Is and
always VIII be Of the greatest national pride and
glory to the United States. for it was at Chateau.
Thierry that the American soldiers CRIED "They
shall not pass!" and, like barrier across their
path, halted the Huns on their way to Paris
Suresnes cemetery. In the winding valley of the
Seine and surrounded by sem-circle of hills. ia
like white gem in exquisite setting of emerald
Old Fort Valerien, whose massive gray walls
crown one OF the hilltops, stands like grim sen.
tinel guarding our dead Lying off in the dis.
lance can be seen Of the worlds greatest |
cities-Paris-whose beautiful Washington boule- |
vard curving in graceful lines connects II with |
our cemetery.
Flanders Fields, familiarly known by #, old |
name OF bony Is the spot made historically famous
to America by the Twenty-seventh and Thirteen
divisions whose united effort as the Second corns
furnish one OF historys most brilliant pages Bovs
OF the North and South, sons of the men who |
wore the Blue and the Gray-who can saw that
IN spirit. the great commanders of that long mast
war were not near to guide their boys as tbev
advanced to meet common enemy, on the battls,
ground Of Flanders Fields ~
In smashing the Hindenburg line manv y, N.
DIVISIONS bravest sons were left to sleen in +b.
field they had SO galantly defended-"In Fsndars
Fields where poppies bow"-the deep, rich Grim.
son OF those poppies; how they cover eyerv bIl.
side and dell Growing thickly among them are
the white lilies Of the valley and the beautiful
blue corndowers And "Old Glory" floating hieh
and wide. finds Its colors reflected In the.e eo,,
ers below, A0
30 peaceful and restfull 1t seems such u..,.
while ago that the boom Of cannon and the scrssr.
OF shell had sent fleeing from their native hsnnt.
the sky larks now returning whose little throat.
all through the day pour forth floods Of melodvN
requiem over the dead psalm Of thanksgiving
bone peace and auis1