Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1918 — Tracing Slain by Watches. [ARTICLE]

Tracing Slain by Watches.

The first number of a novel casualty list has just appeared in Germany. It contained the number of watches found among the belongings of men killed In action who cannot otherwise be identified. Watches, when sold or repaired, \are usually marked and numbered by the watchmaker and recorded, and the German military authorities, by circulating the new casualty list among watchmakers throughout Germany, hope to establish the identity of many dead soldiers. f