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Show STATUE f ! WASHINGTON i Is Dedxated inNapoIeon Haii in Versailles, Frarxi i i Versailles, Aug. is. Napoleon Hall hi the Chateau of Versailles, in tho 1 presence of the F. each mi.iister of war. Gn. Brun. the French ambas-fcdor ambas-fcdor to the I nited Stateo-, M Jus-M'land. Jus-M'land. and IiIj wife, and the American Ameri-can ambajsador, Robert Bacon, and Mrs Bacon, the bronze replica of Houdon's celebiate.l statue of Washington, Wash-ington, in the state house at Richmond Rich-mond .Va.. presented by the itate of Virginia to the French republic, was luiiiiy dedicated. Among those present were the Mar-q Mar-q lis Do lifayelte. the niembetj of the French mission which presented to America the statue ot Kochnm-l)"3u, Kochnm-l)"3u, now at Washington, and I'nJteil Srate Senator Nathan B Seotl of West Virginia Gen Brun, who piesbied. spoke of tiie statue as the greatest work of the greatest French sculp'or of the eighti-enth century. Col. Jnmes Mann chairman oi the Virginia commission delivered the speech ol presentation. Stare Senator.! Don. P. HaLiey a id G. W. King of Vlr-lnla also made addresses ad-dresses on behalf of the state of Virginia. Vir-ginia. Ambassador JusseranJ. in the absence of the French minister of foreign affairs M. Plchon. accepted tl:e statue on behalf of ihe French givernment. H? d clarcl that the Friendship ot Gen"ial Washington and of the Ametican people co isti-tuted isti-tuted one o the gloi'.es of France. It was, therefore, singularly appropriate approp-riate that this statue, the "third circled circl-ed on French soil by our ancient allies, al-lies, .hoiild be placed In the placo consecrated to all our g ories." He pointed out tha her? Gen. Washington was surrounded by his French companions in arms, the Marquis De 1-a Faette. Count Itochambeau and Admirals D'Estaing, PeGrasse and Stifferu. in the very i'liildlnc where the treaty of peace between Great Britain and the United States was ,-lgned in 17S". in con- J rlusfon. he referred to the Fronch-American Fronch-American I Headship unbroken during the existence of the American republic repub-lic and lh work of time which had trensported into friends of both France and America the foes of 17S2. At the request of the state of Virginia, Vir-ginia, a list of the Americau officers and soldiers, who fought In the Revolution Revo-lution was sealed in the pedestal. Ambassador and Mrs. Bacon will cive dinner tonight in honor of f ol Mann yul his c-o'leagues and their wfv?s. Prv.iienf Fll'erles will cn'ertain them at dinner at Ramboull-W. Ramboull-W. August 25. |