Nanking, June 5.
'A fitting resting place for the officers and men of the 19th Army who lost their lives during the reent hostilities has been selected.
Their burial ground will be laid on Purple Mountain, near the: mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
Steps are now "being taken to locate the present burial places: of the war dead. and remove their bodies to Nanking—Reuter.
An ancient grave, believed to date' as far back as the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. to 219 A. D.), has been iseovered at the foot of the Tau lingshan, near Hsuchow. The remains inthe coffin were still fairly well preserved when unearthed but sogn disintegrated upon exposure.
Near the coffin were found many) pieces of pottery ware, apparently buried with the corpse in accordance with the ancient custom of supplying the dead the necessary utenils for use in his after-life. These articles were the only clue to. the antiquity of the tomb—Kuo Min.
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