Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1919 — We Should Leave Our Dead Near Where They Fought Their Last Fight [ARTICLE]

We Should Leave Our Dead Near Where They Fought Their Last Fight

By GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING,

United States Army

We should leave our dead near where they fell. I believe it inadvisable to return our dead from England before definite decision as to the entire question and particularly before final action in France. I have given the entire question of our dead men thought, and my opinion is that we should leave our dead near where they fell. lam sure that this course would be fully appreciated by the allies and that our government will be given every facility for beautifying and caring for the cemeteries already established on the fields won by our heroic dead. ' I believe that could these soldiers speak for themselves they would wish to be left undisturbed in the place where, with their comrades, they fought the last fight. Those who rest in England gave their lives in the same cause and their remains represent the same salvation as those who lie on the battlefields. The graves of our soldiers constitute, if they are allowed to remain, a perpetual reminder to our allies of the liberty and ideals upon which the greatness of America rests. I think the sentiments outlined are held by many who have given this subject thought. These sentiments should appeal to the relatives and friends. I recommend that none of our dead be removed from Europe until their nearest relatives so demand, after full understanding of all the sentimental reasons against such removal, and further recommend that immediate steps be taken for improving and beautifying our cemeteries. ‘Mme- Fraya, the “Society Prophetess” of Paris —Women have acquired the taste for work and independence during the war. They will never lose it again, and will take a more and more active part in social responsibility. This will entail a complete transformation of love, marriage and the relations between the sexes, and even in the family? GlenH E. Plumb—The railroad experience of the last eighty years shows that no railroad ever paid off an indebtedness except by creating a new indebtedness of the same or greater par value.