Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-26
GOLD STAR. MOTHER RELATES
STORY OF 148 VISITING FRANCE
National President Returns
10 Capital After Voyage
and Battlefield Tour.
Mrs. George G. Seibold Says
Spot Most Sacred to Her
Was Where Son Died.

Heading delegation of 148 Amer
lean Gold Star Mothers who visited
battelfelds and cemeteries in Europe,
where American soldiers rest. Mrs.
George Gordon Seibold, Of this city, ma
tional president of the American Gold
Star Mothers, has just returned home.
Mrs Seibold, who was accompanied
by her husband On the trip, said "of all
the places in France, an unknown spot
somewhere near Bapaume, was to me
the most sacred, for 1t was there, fight-
ing 5000 feet above the earth, for you
and me and all humanity, that my brave
boy, Lieut.. George Vaughn Seibold,
148th u. S. Aero Squadron, gave his
ALL I stopped for a brief period near
the location of the fight in which my
boy was shot down and killed"
Wreaths Cast Into Sea.
Mrs. Seibold was all praise for the
treatment afforded the American Gold
Star Mothers on the trip. She related
the entertainment for them in New
| York before sailing early in June. In
midocean two impressive ceremonies
took place-the casting Of wreaths In
! memory Of those who were lost there
during the World War and later the de-
posting of wreath in the name OF the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Of Hoboken,
N. ]. After touching at Queenstown,
Ireland, and Plymouth, England, the
ship finally locked at Cherbourg, Mrs.
Seibold said. ,Entraining there, the
mothers. escorted by Capt. Frank Burns,
Infantry, went to Paris and stopped at
the Hotel d'Iena, near the American
embassy.
Held Rites at Arc de TriOmphe.
Mrs. Seibold told OF exercises con-
Quoted at the Arc de Triomphe, beneath
which the Unknown Soldier Of France
rests. An official wreath was placed on
the tomb by one of the mothers, who
was followed by Mrs Seibold, as ma
tional president of the American Gold
Star Mothers. to place the only gold star
on the tomb. She later was welcomed by
Ambassador Page. There also were
sightseeing trips about Paris
Mrs. Seibold told of trips to various
cemeteries in France where flowers were
placed on the graves of sons of those In
the party. She told Of an interesting
hour spent at the spot where the Armi-
stice was signed. Lille, Cambria, Can
tigny and other historical places were
visited, she added, while on the way
to Amiens.
The trip was not without serious
incident, Mrs. Seibold said, in which
she and her husband, while riding on
a front seat of a bus on the way to
Amiens. when a small car, containing
four persons was crushed by the bus.
The four persons were killed. Mr.. and
Mrs. Seibold narrowly escaped injury
when they were showered with glass.
Mrs Seibold was cut beneath the lett
eye.
Visited Exposition.
Mrs. Seibold said the great number
of cemeteries in the Somme sector,
numerous French. British and German
cemeteries dotting the countryside was
remarkable. She said only one Amer
lean cemetery CSomme) has been es-
tablished in this region. She also
visited the Colonial Exposition, where
the replica of Mount Vernon attracted
considerable attention. Gen. William
Horton of Washington, member OF
the American Exposition Commission,
greeted the mothers.
Art galleries, the tomb Of Napoleon
and Versailles, where the treaty OF
peace was signed by President Wilson,
engaged their attention during one day
of the trip.
The Gold Star Mothers of the Dis
trlct gathered at Une HUME VI NA D.
Seibold last Tuesday to welcome her.
The chaplain, Mrs. Eta Nash, offered
PRAYER. ard Mrs. Carlysle M. GORDON
read a report on the last meeting. MIS-.
R. E, Jacobs led in the pledge OF al
legiance to the flag.
Invitations were accepted from Col.
H. N. Cootes, commander OF Fort Myer.
to attend the exhibition of the Citizens
Military Training Camp on July 28,
when a trophy will be presented by the
mothers for excellence in citizenship.
Four New Members Listed.
Four new members were enrolled as
follows: Mrs Edmonia Lee Beatty OF
Bluemont. Va, mother OF Russell /.
Beatty. of Company E, 3l9th Infantry,
who died of wounds in action october
3. 1918: Mrs. Kate Roberts of Hart
, line. Wash, mother of Walter E. Rob-
erts. of Company I, 10th Infantry, who
was killed in action January 20, 1913;
Mrs. Emma Hawkins Of Finger Butte,
Mont, mother of John Newman, un-
located. missing in action near Verdun
September 80, 1918, in Company A,
| I38th Infantry, 35th Division, and Mrs.
| Lois Emma Templeton of Seattle,
Wash, mother of James A. Templeton,
of l09th Infantry. 18th Division. who
| died of wounds in action December l.,
1918
The American Gold Star Mothers are
, planning to participate in the York
| town Sesquicentennial in october and
! liz the George Washington Bicenten-