One Spot Which Shall be For Ever
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American
IN a ceremony conducted by United States army and navy chaplains and attended by a Fighting French chaplain, an American cemetery was recently consecrated near Noumea, in New Caledonia.
The site, on the crest of a hill, was chosen by US engineers, and cleared by native labour: a road has been con structed into the grounds, which are 28 acres in extent, and a flight of steps and a flag-pole have been placed on the sum mit of the hill, where the American flag will fly by day. It is intended eventually, to erect on this site, a permanent memo rial to those American soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen, who are buried in New Caledonian soil.
The Officer Commanding United States forces in New Caledonia, was present at the consecration service. He is the son of a United States cavalry officer and was born in Arizona. He served with the US First Division in the First World War and after the armistice became pro fessor of military science and tactics at the Staunton Military Academy—the position he was holding when chosen in February of this year, to command the American forces in New Caledonia.