Show 0 r War Heroes' Heroes Graves raves I in in France Are Spots of Beauty United States Cemeteries the Best Cared Forin For Forin Forin in the World Relatives and buddies of the 30 80 American World war heroes who lie buried burled In Europe can find some p meed of comfort In the assurances of Representative Guy U U. U Hardy of Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado that no graves anywhere and no cemeteries In the world are better cared for than these Relating In the National Republic his Impressions of a tour of the American Ameri Ameri- can war cemeteries abroad Mr Hardy gave an Interesting description of the hallowed territory which forms the thelast thelast j last resting place of American war dead The Ameri American an cemeteries are beauty spots In Europe and will be hallowed grounds to Americans for centuries to come Mr Hardy said I I have seen hundreds of cemeteries where millions of the soldiers of the World war are burled buried The English cemeteries are aret fairly well kept up The French and rind t German cemeteries have a sadly neglected neglected neglected neg neg- appearance The American cemeteries cemeteries cem cern are In top tip-top condition and the best cared for of all nIl We have In Europe now eight American cemeteries six cemeteries six In France one In Bel Belgium lum and one In England o oMarine L I Marine arine slurp 18 1018 1918 LJ n War Soar called him and and he wo would ld not wait watt for plane But Dut fell tell In ranks of those who sped their way To where they met tho the Trumpeters Trumpeter's grim face faco M Within tho the dusk of ot Villers Villem 4 Death called him and within eternal l deeps He e found the tho quiet ways of youth again Now all time Is hIs bis own the tho while he sleeps Under a cross ross beside the winding Alano Mr Hardy continued The Tile permanent cemeteries In Franco France arc are located located In picturesque spots near the great grent battlefields battlefields battlefields bat bat- 1 In which most of ot the men burled buried lost their lives No two of the cemeteries are alike nUke but all nIl are uniformly uniformly uni uni- beautiful well welt arranged andare and ore are being given excellent care They are all covered with blue grass and are ares area a fiR s green as any Washington lawn Trees and shrubbery have been planted plant plant- ed pit b beauty autv spots laid out and devel dovel- i 1 y At the entrance gate ate of ot each Isri Is Isa isa ri a caretakers caretaker's home and hostess house where relatives may find quarters In Inthe Inthe the center Is a tall flag pole from which an nn American flag flies always Inthe In Inthe the daytime Generals Beside Privates The Tho graves arc are marked by white crosses At present the crosses are of wood painted white The names and organization numbers are painted In black Once a year or oftener the crosses are washed repainted white and amI the tho names One O thing to 4 5 r that impressed me mo as ag I walked around reading the names on the crosses was the fact that there Is no distinction dIstinctionS S given to rank or prominence I found a brigadier general laid In an nn futon Incon- spot with a n private on each euch of the four sides The rows and rows rows rows-of of ot crosses stand standout standout out In the green reen field nellt clean and prom prom- From miles away over the rolling roll 1011 I ing lug fields of France you 11 can pick out nn an tin American cemetery with its Us flag flying und nail Its field of ot even rows of ot 1 D r snowy whoa crosses In the near future fu tu- fu- fu ture lure white marble crosses will take the place ot or the wooden crosses Congress Congress Con Con- gress has now appropriated some money for the start and the change Is well under way The most Important so far as number number number num num- ber of graves goes Is the Meuse-Ar- Meuse gonne cemetery In It are graves The name indicates the batt battle e eIn In which those th se burled buried there lost their lives It covers acres The graves are on a sloping hillside and the arrangement Is In the shape of a great grent shield Down at the tho bottom of the slope Is a fountain and a lily pond You can hardly imagine a more picturesque picturesque esque situation than this cemetery presents from the caretakers caretaker's home and Its beauty will grow as ns the shrubbery shrub shrub- shrubbery bery and trees so artistically arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged around the edges develop with age age The St. St cemetery miles from Paris near with 4 graves the Marne Morne cemetery cemetery cemetery tery near Chateau Thierry with 2202 2202 2202 2 graves the OIse Oise-Aisne cemetery near Fere en with logne into the city of tf a Paris Paris a magnificent magnificent mag mag- view Indeed ThEe cemetery lends itself especially well to decoration decoration decoration decora decora- tion and being one of the first located on a permanent basis is the best devel de de- de- de vel In Belgium there is Flanders Field cemetery 85 35 miles from flom Brussels containing containing con con- tanning graves and in England we have the Brookwood cemetery 28 miles mlles from London The latter embraces embraces embraces em em- braces about five acres of ground and contains the graves of ot persons some soine of ot whom died while In n England on their way to France Mr Hard Hardy explained In conclusion Mr Hardy paid tribute tribute tributo trib trib- ute uto to the work of the graves registration registration registration regis regis- service of the army Under the supervision of ot 0 Col 1 William O. O Smith every possible courtesy is shown relatives of ot American soldiers buried burled in these cemeteries he said Both In the Washington and Paris offices of ot tho tIm service a complete record record record rec rec- ord is kept of each grave By Inquiry It is easy to ascertain in what cemetery cemetery tery Is any grave and Its exact I location loca loca- tion row tion-row row and number Where accommodations accommodations cannot be found easily near the cemetery the service service-Is Is taking care of ot relatives who vho wish to visit the grave at a moderate cost Any mother moth moth- er can cnn have a n photograph taken other of ot her sons son's grave without cost by asking for It and relatives can arrange with Colonel Smith whoso office Is located at 20 Rue Molitor Paris to have any grave decorated at special times or stated dates by providing the funds for tho expenditures desired raves also are beautifully cared for fOft Mr lr Hardy said Thousands Visit Suresnes Only seven miles mlles distant from Paris Parts Is Suresnes cemetery which will naturally because of ot Its convenient location n be the tho most frequently vIsIted visited vis vIs- of all nil Already thousands of Americans who visit Paris have come zero hero to pay their homage to Americas America's lead dead It has hns a beautiful location on a little hillside under the tho protecting shade of ot the historic old Fort From the grounds one looks out over the he River Seine and the Bois Bols de Eon Bon |