Evening star., 1922-07-16
.DEADU. S. FLYERS
forest At VERDUN
Memorial to Be Erected to
81 Members Of Lafay.
ette EscadrilIe.
By the Associated Press,

VERDUN, July .6.-Verdun win be
the hnal resting place Of the Ameri-
can heroes who fell while hghting
with the Lafayette Escadrille.
! Scattered along the line of death
from the sand dunes OF Nieuport to
the swamps OF Saioniki. their bodies
with the approval Of their rela-
tives-vill be gathered. and beneath
| a mausoleum worthy OF their valor
| on a shell-torn hill Of this shrine Of
heroism they will await the Anal
call, . symbol OF the pursst sacrifice
ever made by man.
Sixty-four names will adorn the
monument, but only slxty-two bodies
will be there that future generations
may revere their memory. indelibly
engraved in the hearts Of the living.
Nothing was found of the mortal re-
| mains OF serEt. Victor Chapman and
Lieut. Carter Ovington. They met
their fate while soaring high above
| the clouds. add like Guynemer. they
vanished into space, leaving no trace
! Lufbery CFemated in Plane.
| A small urn will suffice to contain
all that is left of Maj. Raoul Lufbery.
| IStGfhetCo dhV6 iuHtS PtohS.
Their bodies may have gone to dust.
but for each one OF these sixtyfour
men . place will be set apart rs an
individual memorial which either now
or At any time can be used as a place
Of interment. In any case the name
of each will appear among the names
OF his comrades.
This Is the program Of the Lafay-
ette Escadrille Memorial Association.
Born Of the initiative Of Lieut.. r. G.
%
ate and maintain in France a burial
garden for the heroes Of the Lafay-
stte Flying Corps who enlisted under
the nag OF France and gave their
| lives for the cause she defended.
President Miilerand: Premier Poin.
have accepted the patronage Of the
association, whose president is Mar
| shall Foch and its vice president Am
! bassador Herrick.
The plan for the memorial garden:
designed by Alexandra Marcel, chief
architect of the French government
has been mailed to every relative Of
the dead aviators, The garden VIII
occupy q site about two miles from
Verdun. the ground having been do
mated BY the French government for
this purpose.
Letter Sent to Relatives.
In the letter which accompanies the
plan the committee says:
We feel that these men, who we're
| actuated by the Same noble motive,
| who t7eetheF underwent the arduous
life training and faced the dangers
had BEEN close comrades in life,
| should In death lie together in this
| memorial garden, which for all time
| shall be = testimonial to their devo-
tion to an ideal which was stronger
| than their love of life. It IL for their
J relatives themselves to decide wheth-
er or not the body shall be moved to
| the place reserved for it. The COM
| mittee pledges itself that the sremov-
ais will be done with the utmost
care and reverence"
List of Dead.
| The following is the complete list
| the honor roll of the Lafayette dead,
published in full for the Arst time in
| the chronological order of their
death:
sergt. Victor Chapman. New York
Private Dennis Dowd, Brooklyn,
N. Y. August II. 1915.
N. C.. September 23, 1915.
Second Lieut. Norman Prince. ses-
Il s.rrs Sssess l. Mcconnell. Garth
serst Edmend Genet, ossinins.
N. Y" April 1s, 1917.
orsnss ssnE NJ seaaS 1er,i f. oiicI' as,a. s'a'h
e,ts, s.rfs; Jaas s1Fssna F. 1sia. Barclay Nc" York
Corr. oliver Chadwick. Lowell,
Ma AusSst 4. 1877; A.. s.,ra.,.
n. Y. August 20. 1917.
Corp. Julian Biddle. Philadelphia,
Pa, August 2s, 1917.
Corp. William Meeker, New York
| City, September II, 1917.
| Serst, Douglas MacMonagie.- San
Francisco, september "a. 1917.
ssrst. Courtney Campbell, Chicago.
Private Robert Hanford, Brooklyn.
Cenn.. Nov. ii. 1917.
city, Nevsmber IL. 1917.
~ Corp; samuel sa, Skinner unednnad'
Corp: Erie Fowler. New York Oty.
6ar9t. cheraes Trinkard. Now York
city, Nevsmtsr g. 1917. -
D. pi q. D.ea,ns.r q i. lsi1. wv
Miss, January J, 1sii.
Corp. D. Spencer, Chicago. January
Corn Philip Benney. Pittssurs. Pa.
January Is. 1918.
sergt. William H. Taller. Reslyn.
n. Y, February 5, 1913.
Ssrst, Edward Loughran. De Soto,
Kan. February IS, 1913.
I sergt: Wallace Winter, Chicago.
Capt. Phelps Collins Detroit. March
serst. Houston Woodward, Phiia-.
delphia, Pa, April 1. 1918. 3
Sergt. Schuyler Lee, New London,
Second Lieut. Dlnsmere Ely, .chf-
Is, ssrrs; besaiS s q, =: Stone New rerk s.
aeeond Lapt. Charles Chapman.
Waterloo. lows, May-S, 1919. ~'''s
| Lieut. . AIsx.ndsr Hsynes' Grand
HsSss. Soss. MsiSe sishsy ~ b,ar. ssi' Now Yo,.
cenn.. NAV 10, ieIs.
Lieut.. Harry r. johnson. South
Bethlehem, Pa, May 81. 1918.
:. Lieut.: cartsr oNnston. Paris. May
serEt. Al.p Newton Ash. Urbana.
serTI Alfred B. Peiton, Montreal.
Canada, May 81, 1919.
Second Lieut.. Philip w. Davis, West
Newton, Mass, Juno q, 1918.
Sergt Alan II, Nichols, Palo Alto
ssrst. Arthur Blumenthh. Will
mington, Del, June 5. 1918:
Sergt- Cyrus F: Chamberlain. Min
neapolis MINI. June 18, 1918.
SsFst. Frank L nayitsA New Had-
ford. Mas. June ~, 1873: wo,,..t.r
M; s...I y9e: Ys.,ss = L LII s:usa..,n w..A
ieut RofSF II. 6apA New York