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Show ;No More Bhnk g i Tags for Soldiers !S I ' ' tiat I WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-T0 to . itn, I prompt identification of enlisted na 'd ti 1 who may be killed or wounded, ana- j A3Ij I bered tag system similar to that in tla j.urla I British and French armies hss t J dan : adopted by the war department, crjai I jutant General McCain announced Ii s ' night that a number would be stanifrl ;, r.. B : on the metal identification tag uti rliste soldier is required to vear and that 1 ; ' similar number will be placed o;jc- . Bit site the man's name in the war f.uGi partmetn roster. The new system will be put into ! '; r7 feet February 28 and thereafter d -portc men entering tho service will be p- r-en r-en a numbered tag when enrolld. & i Sul this arrangement the departoei; jV3. hopes that there will bo no possfli2? of officials not being able to idecKJ E , Wi soldiers' bodies because of blank U tui J such as worn by some of the mentis j ;tiT1 went down on the Tuscania. :0m 00 if0'" 1 In Ha |