HOWARD B. LINES '12

The following letter regarding the death of Howard B. Lines 1912 has been received from Paris:

"Howard Burchard Lines died m the Argonne on December 23d. after a two days' illness due to exposure and overwork. He was buried with military honors on Christmas morning, in a small French village a kilometre behind the trenches. The coffin was wrapped in the French flag, but Howard's comrades did not forget to place the American flag as a pillow under his head. By the courtesy of the French authorities, Dr. and Mrs. Lines and Howard's sister, Miss Mary Lines, were able to be present at the funeral.

"Howard Lines had served since graduating from the Harvard Law School in the field ambulance department of the American Hospital, and had been recommended for the croix de guerre just before his death. He was tireless in his devotion and cool and unflinching under fire. As classmates and other Dartmouth friends know, Howard Lines was largely brought up in France, and loved passionately the country that was his home. His life was given freely and gladly in the service of France, because he believed, in common with the great majority of American college men, that the cause of France was that of humanity."