Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1924, Page 20

MONUMENTHONORS QUENTINROOSEVELT French Unveil Shaft Near Site of Famous Navarin ! Farmhouse. By the Amociated Press. PARIS, September 29.— trymen will be deeply tou one of the soldiers crowning this monument is an American and that the sculptor chose as his model a man who bore a most honored name —Quentin Roosevelt—said Sheldon Whitehouse, charge d'affaires of the United States embassy, at the unveils Ing yesterday of a monument on the spot’ where once stood the famous Navarin farmhouse. ““There could be no better proof for Posterity of the strength of Franco- American friendship,” Mr. White- house added, “than the inscription on this monument regarding the Ameri- can divisions fought with their French comrades-in-arms, under command of that gallant soldier, Gen. Gouraud, for it shows our willingness to die for the same ideal The monument consists of the figures of three Poilus 15 feet high, one a scout, one a grenade-thrower, and the other a machine gun man, the last having the features of Quen- tin Roosevelt. Each man is depicted in_action The monument is a 60-foot pedestal of rose granite. It stands on a hil- lock, dominating the immense battle- field extending from Moronvilliers to the Argonne and was erected to com- memorate the French an soldiers who fell around Rheims. The monument is visible for many miles, the war devastation having left not one tree to shut off the v More than 650000 francs were raised in France and the United States to erect the monument. Gen. Gouroud, at the unveiling, in an address. gave a complete history of the battles that were fought in the vicinity of the shaft, in which he said 104 divisions took part. He went into details of the fighting that took place in July, 1918, when the last German rush was crushed. He paid ¥ coun- tribute to the work of the American | troops under his command and spok of his joy one day at the end of June in seeing among the reinforcements - Marshal Petain “that fine 42d Division, which was to take so great a part in the battle by our Among the countless fla veterans' associations the monument were th, American Legion and the Veterans. They were brought to the shaft by American uniformed sol- diers and delegates of the La Fayette Escadrille. The d ceremony be- gan with religious services at which the Catholic bishop, a Catholic chap- lain, a Protestant pastor and a rabbi officiated. Two other memorials were inaugu- rated today with impressive cere- monies, one to Scoth soldiers at Beau Hamel, in the Somme, where Marshal Foch unveiled a monument and build- ing at Givenchy. given by the city ot Liverpool in memory of many of the townsmen of that city who were killed ed that ! American | |8 Bloodhound Trained in Virginia Swamps to Hunt Moonshiners Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., September 29. —Dry forces of the State are to have a bloodhound to aid in the work of locating moonshine plants. The dog has been given to Pro- hibition Officer S. S. Paxson, who operates in Warwick and ILliza- beth City Counties, and is being specially trained for his work. The dog has shown capacity for the work, according to those who have seen him rehearse in the swamps and weeds of that sec- tion. TRAILED BY WILDCAT. Hunter Slays Varmint After Fir- ing Three Charges From Gun. cial Dispateh to The Star. BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va., Sep- tember 29.—J. Edward Hunter passing through the woods here found that a large wildcat was trailing him. It required the third load of shot to dispatch the animal, which weighed 17 pounds. It is thought the varmint was attracted by squirrels that Hunter had in his hunting coat. it'sa rag. 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