Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-28 | Page 13 | France Approves of Removal of Bodies

FRANCE APPROVES OF t REMOVAL OF BODIES j I WASHINGTON", Dec, 27. Removal and ' ; shipment home of bodies of American : soldiers burled in tlmse- parts of France ! nut in the old "zone of the armiey," , which included all the battlefields and advance area, has been approved by tiie ( French minister of the interior, the war . deop.rtment was advised today by r.rlga- dler General William Connor, commanding ; United States troops In France. Pending the grouping and IdAntlf icntion 1 of the French dead, t tie French govern- i 1 men was unwilling to approve removal of the Americans except in the rear , areas. i General Connor expressed' the belief, ' however, that the Wench goveriunenfsoon would modify Its order which prohibits removal from the army zone for three years. Hodles not to be returned to the Vnlted ' States uniler the present policy will be transferred from various small cemeteries ceme-teries in parts of France not in the "zone of the armies" and relnt erred In the cemetery at Suresness. on the outskirts of Paris, the graves registration service announced. I