The herald., 1922-06-01

of the air service whose daring and brlancy
will ornament many pages Of the Worlds war
history. Already extensive plans are on foot u
make our cemeteries over there great national
memorials; and To insure the success of the under
taking plans for beautifyng ami oruamentiug have
been placed in the hands Of a special commission
appointed by the secretary Of war.
1t is headed by the chief of the cemeterial
division; other members are: Charles Moore. sec
rotary of the National Fine Arts commission
James l.. Greenleaf New York IandScnpe artist :
and William Mitchell Kendall, the we-known ar
fist 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 outpost Of America in France
or 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 $4,000 of our men who
fell in the Muese-ArgOnne offensive America :
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 this
days of Washington and Lafayette and again for
the principles OF freedom and liberty. So Ro-
magne-Argonne our beautiful and largest GENE
terry. stands as monument to Americas share
in the worlds greatest struggle.
Beeau, whose name memory lovingly links with
the herOism and sacrifice of our men of the Soc
ond division, lies in green fertile valley dense
ly wooded with loved and shattered Cboteou
Iherry near its portals This cemetery is and
always will be of the greatest national pridp ond
glory to the United States for ii was at Chateau
Ihlerry that the American soldiers cried "They
c hDl1 nat
path, halted the Huns their way to Paris
Suresnes cemetery, in the winding valley Of this
Seine and surrounded by semi-circle of hills is
like white gem in an exquisite setting of emerald
Old Fort Nalerien, whose massive gray walls
crown one Of the htops stands like grim son.
tinel guarding our dead. Lying off in the dis
lance can be seen one of the worlds Creates,
Observation-Disclosures beautiful Washington houIa
ward, curving in graceful lines connects il with
cemetery.
Flanders Fields, Familiarity known by IFS old
name of Bony, is the spot made historcaliv Famous
TO America by the Twenty-seventh and Thirtietb
divisions whose united effort as the Second cornS
furnish one of histOrys most brilliant papes Row
of the North and South. sons of the men rbc
wore the Blue and the Gray-who can saw thar
in spirit, the great commanders of that long mas,
war were not near to guide their BOYS as tbav
advanced to meet a common enemy on the battIe.
ground Of Flanders Fields
In smashing the Hindenburg line, MANY Of the
divisions bravest sons were left to sleep In the
field they had so CALAMITY dcfended-"In Flanders
Fields where pOppies blOw'-the deem rich GRIN,
son of those pOppies; how they cover every hin |
side and dell! Growing thckly among them are
the white lilies of the valley and the beautifmI
blue cornflowers. And "OId Glory" floating high
and wide, finds its cOlors reflected in these flow.
ers below.
So peaceful and restful II seems such q I,t,la
while ago that the boom of cannon and the scream
of shell had sent fleeing from their native haIIuts
the sky larks now returning whose little throots
all through the day pour forth floods of melodv-I
requiem over the dead, n psalm of THANKSGIVING
to the Great Creator for bringing again to their
home peace and quiet