The Unknown Soldier buried in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Va., is one of 70 men whose names are all known. Such is the efficiency of the grave's registration corps of the War Department—99.9% perfect. The War Department last week announced that for the 77,771 death in the A. E. F., 77,701 burials were now recorded. Of these, 46,284 bodies were returned to the U. S.; 30,812 remained in Europe; 605 were sent elsewhere. At the time of the report, only four more bodies remained to be sent home from Europe in compliance with...
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