Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1920 — SOLDIER BURIAL MEMORIAL DAY [ARTICLE]

SOLDIER BURIAL MEMORIAL DAY

MILITARY FUNERAL WILL BE GIVEN DEWEY BIGGS ON MEMORIAL DAY The following telegram was received this Tuesday noon by Mrs. Clara Biggs, mother of Dewey Biggs, the first Jasper county boy to die overseas during the late war. 4 ‘New York, N. Y. May 25, 1920 Mrs. Clara Biggs, Rensselaer, Ind. Remains of Dewey Biggs, blacksmith, second class, U. S. Naval Reserve Force, re-forwarded you this date via American express. Will leave New York at ten-fifty tonight on train number ninety-seven and should arrive at destination at three p. m. May 26. W. C. BRAISTED, Surgeon General, U. S. A.” It is planned to hold a military, funeral Sunday, Memorial Day, and the local American Legion post, named in honor of the fallen hero, will have charge of the services. Coming as it does on Memorial day, it is probable that the largest gathering in the history of the county will be here to attend the services, which will no doubt be the most impressive to be held in the city since their inauguration. The program for the day and the plans of the American Legion post for the burial of their fallen comrade will appear in a later isgue.