New Britain herald., 1921-01-22

1 left in France. Respecting family S wishes in this matter is the least the 1 United States can do to assuage their i grief.
 Accordingly the United States army has esta blished a considerable organ ization aspects Of this project, and an , organization of great compleXity has been created. Europe has been di- vided into three zones called the Zone of Mid-Europe, which comprises all Americans buried outside of the limits Of France in Central Europe, rhc Zone Of Great Britain and the Zone of France.
 Elimination Activities. The eXhumation activities of the service were most speedily started in the Zone of Great Britain. where a group of officers. under the direc- tion of zone commander, who re- ceived his instructions from the chief
 in Paris. made remarkable progress in cmccting diSinterments in the south of England. For convenience Of operations, Great Britain was di- Vided into three areas-a southern, a central and a northern area, The port for the southern area was established at Southampton.
 2,425 Buried in England.
 
 the Zone of Great Britain. This in cluded the victims of the stea Tuscania and Otranto, the victims of the influenza plague of late 1918, those soldiers who died from various accidental causes. and some of those Americans brigaded with the British forces who. on being wounded, were evacuated to England for treatment The largest cemeteries were located at Winchester, Brookwood, near Guildford. Everton. in Liverpool, and the Island of Islay.
 Work in Great Britain has been completed. some 1925 remains have been returned to the United States for final burial.
 The policy as to the disposition of those remains which will be left in England will be placed in a national cemetery somewhere near London.
 The upkeep of the cemeteries in Great Britain has been performed by the various commands of the Brit ish army throughout Great Britain. The British government expressed the desire to perform this service for the American dead and the United States government was very glad to accede to this request; this service has been carried out very satisfactorily.
 French Policy.
 Especial circumstances in the Zone of France made a much more com plicated arrangement necessary. The chief of the G. R. s. whose headquar- ters are in Paris, and under him are the supervisors of the areas into which all France is divided; eleven in number. 1t is the duty of these area supervisors to make monthly inspections of every territory, visit
 
 watch upon the caretakers and or dering the performance of work necessary to the proper upkeep of these cemeteries. It is the purpose of the service to have these cemc- teries on an independent mainte- nance basis as soon as possible. The work of concentration hinted at above has been completed. and it merely remains now to heautify these rest ing places as much as possible so that their appearance will be pleas i ing to visitors and will reflect the ! respect which everybody feels for I soldier dead.
 The work Of the area supervisors ! is in turn subject to inspection by 1 independent inspection officers who survey their work and make neces- sary reports and recommendations: . thus every possible precaution, by personal visits and independent checks. is taken to make certain that the work of maintenance will be : properly performed.
 : Zone of France. 1 Tn addition to this area organiza- ! tion the Zone of France has a fur 1 ther organization to which the ex- humation activities of the zone are cntru' ted. Port orgaNizat" )rs. similar to that described in Great Britain, have been established at Brest, Bor- dcaux. Cherbourg. Calais. and St Nazaire These port officers have charge of receiving and preparing 1 caskets and other necessary supplies l for field operations sections. These ! operations sections are divided into groups. with officers in charge and technical and clerical assistants and laborers under them to perform the necessary routine work of disinter- | ment.
 Motor Transport. ! To spare the French railroads, the l Graves Registration Service has ac- 1 cumulated a considerable amount of ] motor transport. It is the purpose to i use this transport to effect all ex- ? sZN~ IA