Show We Should Leave Our Dead Near Where Their Last They Fought Fight j By 87 GEN JOHN J. J PERSHING United States Army 1 We should leave our dead near where they fell T TI I believe it inadvisable to return our dead from England d before re definite t finite fi- fi nite nire d decision as to the entire question and and particularly pa i v ar y before before final action tion in in Fr France nce I have given the ent entire re question of our dead men thought and my opinion is that we that we should l leave ve our dead near ear where here they fell J. J I sure am-sure am sure that this this course course would be fully appreciated by the allies and that our government gOY gov rI men will il be given every facility for for- forb b beautifying i and nd caring caring for the the cemeteries already established on o on the f fields elds won by o our our heroic c dead I believe that could these thes soldiers soldiers' speak for fOJ themselves themselves th they y would wis wish to be left undisturbed in the place where with their cOmrades comrades they fought the last fight Those rhose who rest in in Engl England and gave their 1 lives VC in in inthe the same cause ause and their remains represent the s same salvation as those se who who ho holie lie he on the battlefields Y e The graves of our soldiers c constitute if they are allowed to r remain remain n ain a perpetual reminder to to our our allies ll es of t th the liberty tY and d ideals deals i c. c ls up upon n which the greatness of America America rests S i I think the sentiments outlined ed are held by ley many who vho have given n this subject thought These sentiments should appeal to the r relatives lf s and fri friends s sI I rec recommend that none of our dead r be removed be-removed removed mo ed from Europe p until their relatives demand after fter full un of all ll the nearest so understanding pf gfall sen sen sentimental reasons against such removal and further r recommend conin z d that immediate im immediate iril im- mediate s steps eps be betaken tak taken n for improving and nd b beautifying ng o our c cemeteries t s. s Mme of me Fraya the Society Prophetess ss o of Paris Paris V Women en l have lye ye acquired acquired acquired ac ac- the taste for work and independence during the war war They will never lose it ag again in and will take a more more morand and more moie more active ct v part pa t in in social responsibility This will entail a a Complete transformation transformation of love marriage marriage mar mar- an and the relations between the h sexes sexes and nd even in in the famil Glenn E. E Plumb The Plumb The railroad d' d experience experience of of- thelast the last eighty y ts shows that no railroad ever paid off an indebtedness except by creating a anew anew new indebtedness Des the of-the of the same sam same same-or or greater p par r value |