Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1917 — Course to Be Pursued When Deaths Occur. [ARTICLE]

Course to Be Pursued When Deaths Occur.

In event of death among officers or enlisted men of the army, the adjutant general’s office will continue the present practice of sending individual notices to the next of kin immediately upon receipt of such notice. This notice will generally consist of a brief notice giving the date, place and cause of death. The details attending the. death will be given by the deceased’s late organization commander. All deaths' occurring among the troops of the expeditionary forces in France will be published in the Official Bulletin as soon as notice thereof has been received. Under the law a deceased soldier’s commanding officer has full jurisdiction in the matter of disposing of any personal effects that may have been in the possession of the soldier at the time of his death;’#nd when the effects are not claimed by the legal representative within a reasonable period the proceeds of the sale are deposited in the United States treasury subject to the claim of the legal representative and all such claims are settled by the auditor of the war department. In cases of death among troops in the United States the commanding officer at the place of death communicates with the relatives of the deceased as to the disposal of the remains. In event, however, that burial has already taken place all correspondence relative to the removal of the remains of the deceased should be addressed to the quartermaster general, U. S. army, Washington, D. C.