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War Department issues the "Order Concerning Embalmers."

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Responding to the massive growing interest in embalming, the order requires "all who embalm or remove bodies of deceased officers or soldiers to obtain a special license" (Eggleston, 2016). It also sets the prices that embalmers can charge.