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Show SIMPLE CEREMONY MARKS RETURN I OF GORGAS BODY NEW rORK, Aug IS.Hmpli-city IS.Hmpli-city nurkeil the return today of the body of Major-General Wll-llnrn Wll-llnrn C. Gorgas, former surireon-general surireon-general Of the United States army, who died In London last night Borne bai k to home shores on the United States transport Poca- I hontas, the casket was met at Ho-boken Ho-boken by a guard of honor, lowered lower-ed to th pier and caried thru a lane of army welfare workers. i Captain Rb-hard H. Gorgas, the general's youngest brothtr drap- l cd oer the coffin an American flag That ended the ceremony The casket was then taken to New York and placed in a special spec-ial room at the Pennsylvania station, to lie in state until departure de-parture of the train for Washington Washing-ton this afternoon. |