Thursday, November 21, 2019

Should Bodies of N.C. Soldiers Buried Overseas Be Brought Home? Nov. 21, 1919

From the Roanoke Rapids Herald, Nov. 21, 1919

Want Our Dead Brought Home

Thousands of persons in North Carolina are interested in the proposition to bring home the remains of the Tar Heel boys buried in foreign countries.

Attorney General James S. Manning, whose son died in France, is anxious to have the body brought home. On account of his efforts the North Carolina senators have been very active in getting the war department to take up the matter, and get some fixed policy.

Senator Overman’s office was notified today that the secretary of the treasury had instructed the public health service to take over Kenilworth Inn for a “general hospital.”

The understanding is that if the government likes the proposition, it will purchase the property.

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