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Show Cemeteries of A, E. R Guarded by France PARIS, Aug 7. In order to prevent pre-vent any commercial encroachment upon Romagne cemetery, where 23,000 American soldiers arc burled, tho French government nas been asked by the American Army Graves Registration Registra-tion service authorities to purchase the gentle slope facing the front of the ceemtery, and the entire crest of the , hill occupied In part by the cemetery, as well as plots at both sides. The Romaeme, Bureanos, and Bci- Uuu Woods cemeteries have been up-proved up-proved by the socrotars of war as the in 1 mancnt n oting places of more than 30,000 soldier dead who win continue to sleep In French soil Sur- snes, which Is on the slope of Mout Valcrlen, one of the forts built to defend Paris, is already protected against encroachment encroach-ment of any sort, and tho BOine Is J nearly true of Helleau Woods. The extra ground to be purchased i at Romagne will not only safeguard tho cemetery against any enOfOUOh-nioiit enOfOUOh-nioiit b'U will provide areas which will be used by American horticultural experts ex-perts to surround the hallowed spot With trees and shrubbery. At the present time the cemetery Is sur-rounded sur-rounded only with a long wall, and' there is no available space for plant-, ing. The beautlflcation of the cemetery will not begin for some months as most of the bodies in the cemetery now are to be removed to America, and this work will not start until mid- September and cannot be fliusln-d un- til some time next year. After this work is finished bodies from other cemeteries will be moved in. |