SOLDIERS'GRAVES.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 February 1919, Page 2

SOLDIERS'GRAVES.

■— —» - -■ - SUGGESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION London, Feb. 17. Mr Rudyard Kipling, on- behalf of the War Graves Commission, of which Mr Fisher and Sir Thomas Mackenzie are members, traces the original development of the work, and points out that the finances of the Imperial and respective governments bear the costs in proportion to the number of graves. The Commission recommends the erection of a cross of sacrifice and an altarlike stone of remembrance in each cemetery, with a plain, enduring liead- ■ stone for each grave, thirty inches by I fifteen, bearing a carved symbol, the dead man's faith, name, rank and regimental badge, also an inscription not exceeding sixty-five letters supplied by the relatives. The Military Committee advise, regarding memorials to commemorate achievements such as the Canadians at Ypres, the South Africans at Delville Wood, the Australians at Amiens, and the British at the biv: king of the Hindenburg line, that it is hoped the, best art of the Empire will give its services in designing them. At present, there is insufficient labor in the world to cut i>vi carve the letters of the headstones. Meanwhile, the wooden crosses will be renewed, if necessary, and the cemeteries faithfully and reverently tended.—Aus.-N.Z. Cafe Assn.