Show SEEK NAMES OF NEXT OF KIN t. t Community Posts to Ascertain Addresses Addresses Addresses Ad Ad- dresses of Those Expecting to Be Bo Sent Home While the American Legion Is U hying tty tty- Ing to perfect arrangements with the war department to assist In assuring ass relatives of ot prompt notification followIng following follow follow- ing lug the arrival alTh-al of remains of Americas America's soldier dead from overseas word has reached national headquarters of the Legion that a 11 bod body of one of these heroes recently lay unclaimed on a en pier for nearl nearly a week with the next nest of kin totally ignorant of Its alT arrival val According to members rs of a Legion post in th the fallen soldiers soldier's home communIty community community com com- no notification of the body's arrival arri was was sent to relatives b by the war department The Legionnaires ItIs it itis itis is said learned of the case through Indirect channels and telegraphed department department department de de- headquarters of the Legion L-eglon In New York city which arranged for shipment of the bod body to Its final restIng restIng resting rest- rest Ing place The Legion post took charge of the funeral and the remains were Interred with appropriate military military military mili mili- tary honors When the plan to return certain bodies from overseas was first fint announced announced announced an an- the American Legion endeavored endeavored endeavored ored to make arrangements with the war department to receive notification of shipment In order that national headquarters of the Legion Legon might write direct to the tIle ne next t of kin and offer offer offer of of- fer the services of the local posts In assisting with the funeral arrangements arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments In case relatives desired this But nut the government officials decided the they could not give out this Information Information tion and compromised with an nn offer to circularize the next of kin to the effect effect ef et- that the Legion would be glad to operate co-operate In extending e. honor to the memory of these heroes In a bulletin forwarded to each of the more than Le Legion on posts throughout the United States L Lemuel muel Bolles national adjutant asks these community posts to ascertain the tho names of ot men of their respective localities localities localities lo lo- who died overseas and whose bodies are being returned and notify Legion region national headquarters of the names and addresses of the next of ot kin In order that it may take steps to prevent If possible a recurrence of or an nn Incident such as that recently reported reported re re- ported from New York News dispatches sa say that In certain cases eases It has been Impossible to locate the next of ot kin after a body hody has arrIved arrived ar nr rived mid arid the government has hns Interred such remains In one of the national c cemeteries The Legion hag bus offered nil all its resources to the war a l' l department to assist In n preventing blunders of this kind |