There exist in the park at Passy three ferruginous springs, the waters of which were famous even in the seventeenth century. Madame de Sévigné speaks of them in a letter to her daughter, dated 1676. Later a thermal establishment was organized. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who lived on the edge of the park, speaks in his "Confessions" of taking the waters. Voltaire was also an assiduous visitor. From 1777 to 1785 Benjamin Franklin often came to take the cure, and walked in the shade of these wooded acres. It is even said that he made here his first experiment with a lightning-rod. More recently, history recounts that in this same spot Zola wrote his book "Pages d'Amour." The house was occupied for a long time by the Bartholdi family and was frequently visited by the great sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, given to the United States by France. A description of the place is given in a book on "Old Paris" by Georges Cain, and also in a book called "Paris," by André Hallays. The property belongs at the present day to the Hottinguer family and their descendants, heirs of the Delesserts. [Illustration: SOME OF THE MEN OF THE AMERICAN AMBULANCE FIELD SERVICE AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS AT 21 RUE RAYNOUARD, PARIS] [Illustration: THE "CROIX DE GUERRE"] [Illustration: CITATIONS ROGER M. L. BALBIANI WILLIAM M. BARBER EDWARD O. BARTLETT ROBERT BOWMAN LESLIE BUSWELL JOSHUA G. B. CAMPBELL A. GRAHAM CAREY JOHN W. CLARK EDMUND J. CURLEY BENJAMIN F. DAWSON STANLEY DELL DAVID B. DOUGLASS LUKE C. DOYLE BROOKE LEONARD EDWARDS POWEL FENTON GILES B. FRANCKLYN STEPHEN GALATTI J. HALCOTT GLOVER H. DUDLEY HALE RICHARD N. HALL SIGURD HANSEN LOVERING HILL LAWRENCE W. HITT GEORGE M. HOLLISTER EVERETT JACKSON EDWARD J. KELLEY OWEN KENAN PHILIP C. LEWIS WALTER LOVELL JAMES R. MCCONNELL DOUGLAS MACMONAGLE WILLIAM T. MARTIN JOSEPH MELLEN FRANCIS D. OGILVIE WALDO PEIRCE THOMAS W. POTTER TRACY J. PUTNAM BEVERLY RANTOUL DURANT RICE CARROLL RIGGS GEORGE ROEDER EDWARD VAN D. SALISBURY ROSWELL SANDERS BERNARD M. P. SCHRODER JAMES M. SPONAGLE HENRY M. SUCKLEY JOHN C. TAYLOR EDWARD I. TINKHAM HERBERT P. TOWNSEND DONALD M. WALDEN J. MARQUAND WALKER WALTER H. WHEELER VICTOR G. WHITE HAROLD B. WILLIS WILLIAM H. WOOLVERTON] [Illustration: CITATION AU 36{ème} CORPS D'ARMÉE BALBIANI, Roger M. L., Conducteur, puis chef d'une section sanitaire étrangère:-- "A déployé depuis plusieurs mois un grand dévouement; s'est particulièrement distingué du 22 Avril 1915 lors de l'attaque allemande au moyen de gazs asphyxiants et pendant les bombardements de Dunkerque." "MENTIONED" IN THE 36th ARMY CORPS