Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-05-20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. x Observation-Disclosures

THE jewel of our foreign Gene
teries, is the one at Suresnes
l. near Paris. Small in area, it ex-
tends back from the Boulevard
George Washington to and including
the heights of Mount Valerien, one
of the two dominating elevations in
the Paris landscape. \ French artil-
lery post now occupies the summit,
but ultimately the hill will become a
public park. The French government,
in all such matters sympathetically CO.
operative, has turned over to us the
steep slopes, so that the planting may
be maintained as a suitable back
ground.
Across the boulevard that skirts the
cemetery IS a sharp declivity; there
administrative buildings have been
constructed after the French fashion,
with a connecting terrace from which
one has a view across the Seine and
over the city of Paris. With each re-
curing Memorial day, Americans and
French unite at Suresnes to do honor
to the participation of the United
States in the World war and to our
dead in France.
Cemetery Well Placed.
The development of the grounds at
Suresnes was started Immediately af-
ter the armistice in 1918, and the young
trees already show considerable
growth. A permanent office for the
superintendent is there, as well as a
larger building, which provides quar-
tiers for the graves registration SER
vice, now located in Paris.
The superintendent of this ceme-
terry is ]. H. Duncan, the champion
discus thrOwer and present holder of
the worlds record, who at interna-
tiOnal meets for many years repre-
sented the New York Athletic club.
Mr.. Duncan, at the time of my arrival,
a correspondent writes, was very busy
directing the work of men employed on
the grounds, but not too busy to take
me in charge and give me every de-
sired attention. He and the other
superintendent are ex-service men, as
are also some of the staff at headquar-
tiers in Paris, under Col. William O.
Smith, and all, without exception, so
far as l could observe, are efficient
and courteous.
At Suresnes there Is a relatively
larger number of officers buried than
In any other American cemetery in Eu-
rope, and this is chiefly because of
the fact that several officers hospitals
during and Immediately after the war,
were located in the vicinity of Paris.
On the registry book for visitors here,
under a date Immediately preceding
my visit, noted the name of William
| President in the Democratic conven-
1 ton, who mas q nephew buried in the
cemetery.
Infantry Losses Heavy.
That the infantry suffered during
! the war extreme losses-in fact, far
exceeding the total of all other arms
of the service combined-is evident by
a casual visit to one Of these military
cemeteries, and the lists of junior Off
GERS of infantry, especially lieutenants
/ showed a greater loss among them
than the enlisted force, in proportion
to the number of men engaged in ac-
ton.
There does not appear to be any
definite arrangement in the burial OF
the dead as to rank or organization
In one cemetery, it is said, the officers
were first buried in a circle in the cen
ter, while the enlisted men grouped
around on the outside, but the pro-
tests were so marked from the kin OF
the officers as we'll as from those OF
the enlisted men, that the scheme was
/ abandoned forthwith.
However, it would seem that the
dead of different organizations might
veil be grouped by themselves. il
practicable, but the difficulty there has