There are a number of points in Mark Benjamin's story on Arlington National Cemetery we take exception

to [April 11]. One omission in particular will mislead TIME's readers. Arlington National Cemetery is

prohibited by law from exhuming grave sites without cause. The Code of Federal Regulations provides that "disinterments will be permitted only for cogent reasons." However, the story claims that "the Army

now plans to make only educated guesses about the identity of remains rather than digging in the dirt to

be sure." It is not a matter of will not but cannot--a fact Benjamin was made aware of.