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Show kju BODIES 0M MOUNTAIN TO BE GIVEN PROPER BURIAL ROME. Oct; S The AaBOCl-rted AaBOCl-rted Press. - yrt-.H national rul.- gcVlption is now being niadt to collect together all the bodies of Italian sol-filers sol-filers who died fighting on the mountain moun-tain frant and art insufficiently buried, .,M the bones whi h are whitening on-ihe on-ihe ro. kx .Mountain i ildes and to give them fitting sepudchre on one of the highest peaks, probablj Ban Mb l. tU H is proposed that a simple, noble monument should be erected under Which will rest together olflcers and soldiers, rich and poor One of the sad phases of Italy s war on the mountain front was the difficulty of burying those who tell fighting The soil on the I'arso range is such a thin crust over the massive rock of which the mountains are formed that dynamite had often to be used in order to make a sufficient l deep grave especially on those historic his-toric peaks like Montr Santo, Monte Nero. the Grappa and the Hermada, where Italian blood flowed like water. P - The Auttrlans originally held all the i ,....-.- mere and dominat, d Ho kal ians at every point, but the) were 1 taken and re-taken over and over again until the final victory gave them j to Italy for cer. |