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Show TO LEAVE DEAD UNTIL JlfS Ql'Efl Agreement Made Between American and French Governments. j WASHINGTON. I tee. fi. The decision of tho war depart incut that the bodies of American soldiers who lust Iheir lives in France should remain in that country until a ft cr the end of the war was reached in, an arrceineui with the crov-erumeid crov-erumeid of Fiance. This is disclosed jn tho annual repr.rt nf .Major General Harris, Har-ris, ad.i'itani i;encial, nuid'e public 10- " 1' nder a 1 1 ides a irrerd noon bv the Fuited Mates and tho French KoCru-ment.'' KoCru-ment.'' Gem.T;i! Harris said, "the remains re-mains of a! soldiers wlm die In France ! i e tu he buried jM ---n in-o until the I term inn 1 1 ai of the wa -. " I 1 1 was be. 'H use nt t Ids a .c reo n 1 e n t . the repot l says, t hat re la (j es aiv i u formed of li;e ulace of huriai ,.f -.iMiers in l''ran.-e w hene er this i n forma t ioi 1 is obtainable. ob-tainable. The rejiTl s!,.ns ti:;,t a total r.f en-'my a lions w ere in ,-iisiodv as p, U-oners U-oners ( war, or under tieattneul m t!ii" ."iintr-. . f t'ne-e. 1 I wore prisoners I of wa r. inchji j i n : ; he .-rrw s of ( rma n auxiliary wateraf; s-vr.o ;ii 1 !,- outb;-eaK of the war. Nn pris-m.-rs taken bv t lie army in France Ii;-ie been brought lu the I'nitcd States. Lin iuc tee t erbtd n- fr ,- t iie report. re-port. elevrTi pi'Nni:,.,-s died: fourtoon in-t in-t i-rne i aliens wore pa : -ilo. b v t tie de-paitmeii: de-paitmeii: ..f -ii-Imc. and t!:irte-n es-'ape-1. or vl .:,, iwo w.-.o dn.wi.ed. In all. there ere t w e : . ! v. ,; rs,.;i, c 5 ,;,; Sixteen unro reca ; :; : e 1 . j |