The herald., 1896-07-05

of Kenesaw post accompanied by an
other member, drove to the Catholic
cemetery and decorated the graves of
seventeen veterans. AT that time had
, but seventeen names on the list, so !
could only direct them to that number or
graves, but since then seven more have
been added, making in all twenty -four.
| This shows what a large number of vet
! Grams are buried there whose graves
! could easily be discovered by little well
directed effort.
To Mr.. Roach. the efficient sexton of
this cemetery, is due a great amount
of praise for the interest he has always
! taken in this matter. One year ago he
/ showed Mr. Adams the location of a doz-
en- graves of old soldiers, all that were
, known to be there at that time, and this
| year also his efforts were of the greatest
| assistance. l do not know of any men,
| Der of Kenesaw post who Is buried here,
but clipping from an Express of last
year, which 1 have. gives the names of
six members of Frank Bartlett post who
are buried in this cemetery, and among
them are the names of DIR. Vincent Gel
cich and Lieut. Jose Redona. AS for
Mr.. Mussey'S assertion that 'On pre-
vious year a comrade of the same post
went there, and in his efforts to see that
none were omitted, applied to the prop
er authorities as to where the comrandes
sired information" If by 1.-The proper
authorities" he refers to the clergymen
of the Catholic church. I would reply
that it would be hard indeed for them to
give information which they did not
possess. and if there Is such ignorance
as to the whereabouts of these graves
among the G. A. r. posts of the city,
who naturally would be expected to look
after them, it is unreasonable to expect
the rector of a church to furnish the re-
quired information; for all he would have
to guide him would be the record of the
deaths in the parish, and these
records do not tell us to what So
cieties the deceased members be-
longed, nor can we discover by exam
lining them whether person during life
had been man of war or man of peace,
and unless the rector Of a church was q
walking cyclopedia it would be i'm
possible for him to keep track of these
matters and properly attend to his other
duties. / have applied to the proper au-
thorities on several occasions for just
such informal ton as this, and in every
instance my efforts met with the most
kindly interest and assistance OF course
Mr.. Mussey has a fling at the neglected
condition of our cemetery, but if some of
those who make unfaVOrable cOmpari-
sons would first consider how different
are the conditions under which the Cath
Olic cemetery is managed from those
which govern either Evergreen or Rose
dale, they would not be so ready to con-
denim or so unsparing in their criticism.
Most people do not realize that both
Evergreen and Rosedale were originally
large tracts of bare land that were pur-
chased in each case by an association of
business men, who obtained the neces-
sary permission to devote their land to
cemetery purposes.
Then they graded and laid out their
land in lots and driveways just as any
other real estate firm would do. AS
these capitalists were not in the business
for their health it followed that they
managed their tracts on strictly bust
ness principles. They beautified them
in every possible way, for the more beau
tiful and attractive the cemeteries ap-
peared the more lots they sold, like any
other shrewd real estate corporation.
And as it is optional with a family in
which cemetery they bury their dead,
it follows that it would not do to let one
of these cemeteries run to seed, for if it
ever took on dilapidated appearance
it would become a losing investment,
But with the Catholic cemetery the case
is totally different. All the members
of the Catholic church who die in the
less of the appearance of the burial
ground, but I can well believe that If
this cemetery was turned over to an
association of business men who We're
allowed to run 1t "for revenue only it
would present as neat an appearance
as any other in the city
He further says that "a very large ma
jority of the entire cemetery is allowed
to grow UP to weeds and presents an un-
slightly appearance, worse than the rear
yard of any house in the city," This de-