Show UNCLE SAM SHARES I x OF MOTHERS o 0 Letter to Woman Telling of De Death th of Son Is Epitome of Tenderness Ten ren The manner In which Uncle Sam condoles and noel extends sympathy to the parents of the heroes who have bave met death on the tile field of ot battle in France Franceis is portrayed fittingly In a letter Mrs John B. B Kelly of New York received from rom Maj Charles C. C Pierce chief of the graves registration service American American Amer Amer- ican can expeditionary forces telling her of the location of ot the grave of her herson herson son Private Edward J J. J Kelly of E n company th Infantry who was killed killed kill kill- ed cd in action on March 1 7 Were It not for the tile comfort that sorrowing people derive from such letters letters letters let let- wrote Major Pierce I would shrink from writing yo you at this time iliac because I know how bow heavy y your heart must be and how terrible it is to get official letters that confirm the tidings rd If t death It Is with much sympathy and sorrow sorrow sor sor- row lOW that I am writing you ou and yet you nu will want to know that somebody Is here bere In France whose business it Is Isto Isto isto to care for the graves gru of ot our brave men who have given their lives in the defense of the worlds world's liberty Your son Edward J. J Kelly J Js Is burIed burled burled bur bur- led In n grave rave No 1 American cemetery France It is the province of this service to guard his grave and to see sec that lint so far as the conditions of war may permit It may never ne be lost I had two years of similar service In the Philippines and have hn come to France prepared to give my life Ufe if need be he for the guarding of the graves of our dead and carrying out the sacred desires of the hearth hearts at home May God bless and comfort you In your great grent loss Major Pierces Pierce's J letter was supplemented supplemented supplemented supple supple- by a communication from the war department In n Washington which gave more specific details as to th the exact exact ex ex- ex- ex act net location of the grave |