Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1919 — THE GRAVE OF DEWEY BIGGS. [ARTICLE]

THE GRAVE OF DEWEY BIGGS.

I The following letter was received iby William Biggs and family and it will be read with interest and sympathy by our readers: AMERICAN RED CROSS [Croix Rouge Americaine] . Brest, France, June 23, 1919. To the Family of Dewey Biggs, U. S. N.: On June 6th,< as representative of the Home Communication Service of the American Red Cross, I visited y-ourboy’s inthebeautiful, old French cemetery at Treguier m the Department of Cotes du Nord. The cemetery is almost in the center of the quaint French town and seems to lie in the very shadow of the beautiful cathedral. The grave is entirely covered by a fine, wellmade cement monument Set in this monument is a plate on which his name and rating are marked with the date, October 4, 1918. As I looked at the grave, I tried to think of those who love him in dear America, but the thought uppermost in my mind was of the care with which his copirades at the air station had done everything in their power for him before the station was moved and they returned home. The monument which they erected for him is evidence of their devotlbn .to hipi. it BBflTned tbffiotbba" the best in the entire cemetery. I wish that you, rather than 1," : might have visited the grave* lam re portihg to you abotit it as best T/ can. As you probably know, the , care of it will be continued by the Graves Registration Service of the A. E.. F. May I send you my heartfelt sy m pathy for your shareof the sorrow which war has brought to the world during the past four years. Faithfully yours, MAUDE CLEVELAND, Home Communication Service, American Red Cross.