MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKM. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 13. 19?,'.
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Eight Chapels and Eleven
Monuments Commemo
rate Part Played by U. S.
Forces in Great Struggle
WASHINGTON. D. C. (SpU
Sixteen years ago. on November 11.
the last shot of the greatest war In
history was fired. Today on the bat
tlefields of Europe eight memorial
chapels and eleven monuments com
memorate the part played by Amer
ican military forces In the great
struggle. Although they rise on for
eign soil they are. with the possible
exception of the Ampltheater at Ar
lington. America's largest and finest
war memorials.
"Armistice day directs our atten
tlon to these shrines, which range
In size and design from the towering
Doris shaft, topped by a statue, on
the hill of Montfaucon. to the slm
ply effective monument, near the
town of Ypres, with Its low lines
blending with tho plains of Bel
glum.' says a bulletin from the
Washington, D. C. headquarters of
the National Geographic Society.
Where tiermans Were Stopped
"The major battlefield memorials
were placed by the American Battle
fields commission, under the chair
manship of General John J. Persh
ing, in three historic localities on
the Western front where American
forces in large numbers engaged In
active combat. They are known as
the Aisne-Marne. the Meuse-Ar-gonne,
and the St. Mihlel battle
fields. "To help stop the great enemy
drive of May 27, 1918, which began
north of the Alsne river, American
divisions were hurried Into line In
the vicinity of Chateau-Thierry, di
rectly across the German advance
toward Paris. Of the 300.000 Ameri
cans taking part in this operation
and the counter offensives, 64.000
were killed or wounded. Therefore, on
historic Hill 204, rising Just west of
Chateau-Thierry, has been construct
ed perhaps the most impressive of
the American war memorials, with
. twin, rows of majestic square" col
umns, and a huge, modernistic carv
ing of an American eagle.
"Near-by are two American mili
tary cemeteries. One, the Aisne
Marne. is located at the northern
side of the hill on which stands the
famous Belleau Wood. The other, the
Oise-Alsne, is near Fere-en-Tarden-ols,
Just north of the Ourcq river.
"The St. Mihlel memorial marks
the first operation of a complete
American army as an Independent
unit In-the World war, although tills
offensive did not begin until Sep
tember 1918, and was halted .in two
months by the Armistice. Tbe circu
lar Doric colonnade, on an Isolated
hill, Montsec, can be seen for miles.
Eight miles away, at Thiacourt, Is
the third largest of the American
, military cemeteries in France, mark
ed by a marble chapel.
"The famous Champagne district,
center of the last French drive, lies
between Rhelms and the Argonne
Forest. A monument to the activities
of the American troops In this area
stands on Blanc Mont, near Somme -
py.
Monument Built Over Canal
"A unique American war memorial
Is the Belllcourt monument, built
over a suction of the old St. Quen
tin canal. Just north of the city of
St. Qucntln, in the region of the
Somme, the canal flows through a
historic tunnel used by the Germans
in the Hlndenberg line defenses. The
monument commemorates the ac
tivities of the American 27th and
30th Divisions, which went into the
front line with the British army to
attack the formidable Hlndenberg
line.
"On this part of the front the
Hlndenberg line followed roughly
the St. Quentln canal, and made use
of that obstacle as a primary feature
of its defense system. For more than
a tunnel, which the enemy converted
Into a huge underground shelter and
storehouse.
"They dug comfortable bomb-;
proof rooms into the tunnel walls, j
and by means of numerous passage- i
ways maintained communication j
with their machine-gun nests and ,
trenchee above ground. Canal boats. I
tied up in the tunnel, afforded other
living quarters and a fully protected
magazine for supplies.
Scene First American Victory
"The Somme American cemetery Is
located at Bony. At its lower end a
simple, effective chapel has been ded
icated to those who sleep there. Some
40 miles southwest lies the little
crossroad town of Cantigny. There
the First Division went Into line in
April 1018, and a month later made
the first American divisional attack 1
of the war. In 1923 the National Geo- '
graphic Society presented to the vil
lage of Cantigny a complete water
supply system and memorial foun
tain. The fountain was removed to
make way for a national monument
erected by the Battlefields commis
sion to mark this first American vic
tory of the World war.
"In the Meuse-Argonne. where our
main body of troops was concentrat
ed, was written the foremost chapter
in American overseas military his
tory. The battle which raged In this
region from September 7 until the
Armistice, Involved more than 900,
000 Americans, of which 123.000 were
killed, wounded or missing. It Is fit
ting, therefore, that the largest
American war memorial In Europe
should be erected on the hill of
Montfaucon, the most prominent
point In the area. This memorial Is
a colossal Doric shaft, 175 feet high,
surmounted by a statue of Liberty.
"The American cemetery of the
Meuse-Argonne is near Romagne-sous-Montfaucon.
Overlooking green
hillsides and long rows of white
crosses Is the largest of American
cemetery memorials, a beautiful ex
ample of modern Romanesque archi
tecture. Two other cemeteries, one in
Suresnes, outside of Paris, and the
other at Brookwood, near London,
have stately chapels containing the
names of those burled there.
"At Tours, France, a fountain hon
ors the activities of 650.000 Ameri
cans who worked behind the lines in
the Service of Supply. In tribute to
the American navy which 'took them
there and brought them back' a rec
tangular shaft 100 feet high has been
erected overlooking the harbor of
Brest. On Gibraltar, another base for
American vessels overseas, a mem
orial stairway and arch marks the
part played by U-boat chasers."
TO THOSE BURNED OUT
NOME. Alaska (UP) Nome prop
erty owners were receiving new titles
to their land today, alter having
surrendered it to a trustee following
the disastrous September fire.
A re-mapping and re-divislon was
necessary for the laying out of new
streets, sewers and business and resi
dential districts. Property owners
turned over their titles without pro
test, and later were assigned com
parable tracts as close as practical to
former locations.
Site of the new federal building
has been laid out. Construction will
start in the spring.
Tok Sweaters Fur NmmIv
CINCINNATI (UP) When it was
brought out in criminal court that
HUMBLE FISH YIELDS
VANCOUVER. B. C. (UP) A bil
lion dollar industry from the deep
sea may come to the nets of British
he had stolen sweaters only to give I Columbia fishermen as a result of
them to another truck driver whose ' tests being made with a medical pro
need was greater, a suburban truck- duct obtained from two of the burn
er was placed on probation by Judge bl(st fish in British Columbia waters.
Stanley S.ruble. I A vitamin A and D oil, blended
from oils obtained from ihe humble
pilchards and greyftsh livers, has
been perfected, it Is believed.
Tests on school children of Prince
Rupert have re veiled that the oil is
superior, more potent and quicker in
action than cod liver oil.
10 Cars llHuled MuiiKuuote
NORFOLK. Va. UP When the
British ship Carperby discharged 8.
223 tons of manganese ore from
Tnkoradl. from the We?t African
Gold Coast. 170 ears were required
to transport It to Its destination in
Alloy, w. Va.
VAST RUSSIAN TRADE
POSSIBILITIES SEEN
S. -Soviet trade proposal which
has received serious consideration by
the federal government. Russian
goods, rather than Russian gold, will
be the medium to open up the mar
ket. Prof. Donaldson believes.
CLEVELAND (UPi A Russian
market, having a potential annual
value of 350, 000000 to the United
States and $70,000,000 to Ohio alone
I Is waiting to he exploited, believes
i Prof. Kenneth 11. Donaldson, of Ciwe
School of Applied Sciences here.
Prof. Donaldson ls author of a U.
MCKS COUGH Dfcp
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Medicated with ingredi
ents of Vicks VapoRub
SPEEDY ARMORED TANK
SUCCESSFUL IN TESTS
WASHINGTON (UP) A new
weapon of national defense speedy
armored tanks ls undergoing rigid
tests by the .tmy department.
Secretary of War Dern and army
officers have expressed satisfaction
with tests already made. It is said
to be a far more' effective weapon
than the old-style tank.
The first speed tank made for dem
onstration purposes was manufac
tured In Illinois and driven more
than 750 miles to Washington. A !
crew of four operates the vehicle.
In tests the tank has attained a
top speed of 60 miles an hour;
cruised at around 50 miles an hour,
and maintained a sustained speed
over unpaved ground of 30 miles an
hour.
The new tank Is capable of oper
ation over rough ground, laying its
own track. On highways It lowers
retractable wheels and operates like
an automobile.
Army officers said the principal
vahie of the new tank would be In
the swiftness with which It could
move from one point to another for
attack or defense in battle.
It Is 1234 feet long, 6'2 feet high,
and 7 feet wide. Its weight is 16.000
pounds when fully equipped. It is
powered with a 260- horsepower en
gine, which ls air-cooled.
The fighting equipment includes
two ,30-callber and one .50-caliber
machine guns and Thompson sub
machine guns, a -Inch armor af
If II l Ml rifc ' . I 1
fords protection from all but the ,
three miles the canal flows through most powerful shells.
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