in a small park adjacent to the roadway.

An information sign which is located next to a chimney which was part of Officers quarters at Camp Williams.

The information sign remembers Camp Williams, also known as Advanced Base # 1 which was a large forward logistics base supporting the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) forces in France during WW1.

Per "American Armies and Battlefield Europe" (1938), The base at Is-sur-Tille was the Headquarters of Advance Section of the Supply & Services (S.O.S) in 1917 from which more than 1 million soldiers were supplied at one time; included the largest bakery in the AEF; Ordnance School and Shops; Air Service intermediate depot; artillery camp; and an important center of railway construction.

Special thanks to the Société d'histoire Tille/Ignon (SHTI) for assistance with this memorial.

The information sign includes some working and pictures of what Camp Williams looked like during the war.

The writing is in French and some sections are translated into English.  The sign partially reads:

LA CHEMINÉE DU FOYER DES OFFICIERS DU CAMP WILLIAMS

THE FIREPLACE IN THE OFFICERS' HALL AT CAMP WILLIAMS

Cette cheminée ici présente est le seul vestige du camp américain, «le camp Williams», vaste installation des Forces Expéditionnaires Américaines de 1917 à 1919. Le bâtiment auquel elle appartenait était dédié aux officiers et partagé sans doute avec le YM.C.A (Young Men's Christian Association). À l'occasion des commémorations du centenaire de la Grande Guerre, la commune d'is-sur-Tille a souhaité restaurer ce monument pour laisser une trace de ce passé qui appartient à 'histoire locale et internationale et qui symbolise l'amitié franco-américaine, l'éternelle reconnaissance envers ces Sammies venus sur le sol français défendre des valeurs de liberté.

This chimney, located here, is the only remaining vestige of the American camp, "Camp Williams," a vast installation of the American Expeditionary Forces from 1917 to 1919. The building to which it belonged was for officers and likely shared with the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association). To commemorate the centenary of the Great War, the municipality of Is-sur-Tille wished to restore this monument to preserve a trace of this past, which belongs to both local and international history and symbolizes Franco-American friendship and eternal gratitude towards these "Sammies" who came to French soil to defend the values of liberty.