Salt Lake Times | 1960-02-19 | Page 3 | National Cemetery Proposed for S. L.'S Fort Douglas

National Cemetery Proposed For S. L.'s Fort Douglas A bill to establish a national cemetery on ground already ear marked for that purpose at Fort Douglas was introduced Tuesday by Rep. David S. King of Utah. Veterans in the intermountain region would be served by a cemetery at Fort Douglas, Rep. King said. At present the region has no national cemeteries. Under a law enacted by Congress Con-gress in 1948, all veterans who died in uniform or received an honorable discharge, and their spouses, are eligible for burial in national cemeteries the congressman congress-man said. In 1948 the Secretary of War set aside 100 acres on the Fort Douglas reservation for a national na-tional cemetery. "Since the nearest national cemeteries are at Portland, Ore. and For Logan, Colo., the veterans veter-ans of Utah, Idaho and the other intermountain states are entitled to see that land used for the purpose for which it was set aside," Mr. King said.