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Show .ELOQUENT TRIBUTE IS PAID TO LUFBERY French General Delivers Address at Grave of Noted American Aviator. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Tuesday, May 21 (By the Associated As-sociated Press). The address delivered yesterday by a French general at the grave of Major Lufbery, the American ace who was brought down on the Toul sector by a German airman, was an unusual un-usual tribute from one soldier to another. A complete translation of this address is now available. It follows: It is not without deep emotion that I come to bid a last farewell to a friend of many years, to a comrade in arms, and to render to him, In the name of the French aerial service, a tribute of our admiration and sympathy. sym-pathy. Major Lufbery was one of the first in the struggle. Prompted by his generous desire at the beginning of the war, he endeavored to show France, in which he had spent so'' many years of his life, the gratitude he felt, by coming to take a place in our ranks. After having been for some time with bombing squadrons, he joined a pursuit squadron. His remarkable qualities soon stamped him as one of ihc ablest. In Champagne, at Ver-dun Ver-dun and on the Somme, fields of his combats, he gained numerous victories vic-tories over the enemy and won the admiration of his comrades. But it is to be noted that his simplicity, sim-plicity, courage and calm remained always al-ways the same. Great was his joy when the Star-spangled Star-spangled Banner was raised beside our own flag, for the same ideals of liberty and justice. He went with the American army after having fought with admirable courage in the French army, furnishing a most noble example exam-ple for all who witnessed his deeds. He had a large share in surrounding with a halo of glory the first flag of the allied republic on our front which was entrusted to the Lafayette squadron. squad-ron. Alas! This hero was to die! In attacking a hostile plane, he fell in Lorraine, where the heavens had been witness of many combats which he fought with untiring energy. Great was the sorrow of all on learning this sad news. Always, my dear Lufbery, with pious thought we shall associate your name, a name dear to all Frenchmen with this land of Lorraine, where already al-ready has ebbed so generously the blood of gallant soldiers of the army of the United Stated The memorv of you will remain forever graven on our hearts. Joined in common aor-J row, two nations are weeping todav your own country, which may well be proud of you, and France, toward which you bore yourself as a' true son. The love we have for you will be shared by those of your countrymen who cross the ocean to fight at our side. We wish them to say, Jike the poet: "Each man has two countries, "his own and France." Au revoir! |