The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-05
CRATES NEGzECrED.

over Two Hundred War Veterans Without
 Tombstones--Can he Had by Asking
 state and Federal Governments Supply
 stones Free of Cost,
 It is estimated that there are fully 800 veterans of the late war buried in the cemeteries about this city whose graves remain unmarked. There is no reason why they should be thus neglect ed. The federal government will furn- ish headstones for veterans graves free of cost on application. and the state of Connecticut does likewise. The stone furnished by this state is larger and, in other respects a much better stone than that furnished by the federal govern ment. It is of American white marble, five feet six inches long and one foot four inches broad and four inches thick. When set it stands two feet six inches above the ground. The soldiers name. the regiment in which he served, and the time of his death are cut into the stone and placed at his grave all at the expense of the state.
 There is therefore no excuse for per- hitting these graves to remain un- marked. To honor the dead heroes is the best possible way to teach patriot ism, and the headstones at the graves of the nations defenders will speak more eloquently to future generations than can the orator, the poet or histor- ian. And aside from this these stones will be of great service-fifty years hence to the historian in search of ma terial.
 The attention of Admiral Foote post was recently called to the matter by the efforts of private citizen in this direction. The post appointed com mittee to search out and properly mark the neglected graves of soldiers, but it is understood that this committee found that this private citizen was pushing the work so systematically and vigor- ously that the matter was left in his charge.
 Some months ago John G. Chapman of S51 Chapel street discovered that a large number of soldiers graves re- mained unmarked, and he immediately began to correct the omission. He has already sent to Hartford applications for seventy-five stones to be placed at the graves of soldiers buried in local cemeteries, and friends of deceased vet erans are daily supplying him with data for additional applications. Here is list of some of those already sent in:
 w. B. Ames, Company D, Fifteenth regiment, Connecticut. L. A. Barrett, Company D, Fifteenth regiment, Connecticut. W. Boylan, Company K, Twenty fourth regiment, Connecticut. A. H. Belden, jr., Company K, Sixth Connecticut.
 S. Butler, Company B, Eighth regi-
 ment, Massachusetts F. Benjamin, United States navy. M. Cane, Company A, First regiment, Connecticut. T Cashman, Company H, Twenty seventh regiment, Connecticut. s. Garfield, Company +. Twelfth reg iment, Connecticut G. Card, Company r, Twentieth regi- ment, Connecticut. T. Conroy, Company B, First regi- ment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery. T. Clark, Company F, Twelfth regi- | ment. Connecticut P. Dillon, Company c. Twentieth reg l iment, Connecticut. 1 E. I. Daley, Company l., First regi- | ment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery. l J. c, Eddy, Company F, Twenty-sev- enth regiment, Connecticut. 1 s. J. Flight, Company B, First regi' ment, Connecticut cavalry. l J. Flood, Company K, Twenty-fourtf regiment, Connecticut. l T. Flood, Company K. Twenty-fourtt
 regiment, Connecticut | J. Flaherty, Company K, Twenty l fourth regiment, Connecticut. R. Fitzpatrick, Company D, Fifteenth regiment, Connecticut. J. Gahnn, Company M, First regi ment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery. l J. Glennon, Company H, United States -.
 A. Halfnger, Company K, Twenty seventh regiment, Connecticut A. Hotchkiss, Company D, First reg | iment, Connecticut. l A. P. Hine, United States navy. s. A. Johnson, Com pany B, Twelfth regiment, Connecticut. I J. Jones, 2d, Company F. Thirty-firs regiment, United States. E. Ham, Company c, Sixth regiment Connecticut.
 R. Kay, Company F, Seventh regi ment, Connecticut. 1 D. Kirby, Company c, Fifteenth reg iment, Connecticut.
 E. Seifeldt, Company IT, Sixth regi
 ment, Connecticut,
 G. Willard, Company H, Sixth regi ment, Connecticut.
 F. Marsh, Company H, Twenty enth regiment, Connecticut.
 M. Mcbride, Company H, Twenty fourth regiment, Connecticut. | J. McKenna, Company M, First regi
 ment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery. I P. Mahon, Company K, Twentieth reg
 iment, Connecticut.
 J. Nugent, Company K, Thirteentl
 regiment, Connecticut,
 l c. D. Reynolds. Company F, Firs regiment, New York cavalry.
 J. E. Smith, Company p, Seventh reg iment, Connecticut.
 J. J. Shanley, Company F, Seven teenth regiment, New York.
 IF. Sundbum, Company D, Eeventl | rooiyoapt COonentio1,t