The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-23

fore, my beloved brethren, be yo
stoadfast, unmovablo, always abound
ing in tho work Of tho lord, foras-
III 'cn rs 20 know that your labor is
not in vain in tho Lord"
Tho shovel gang listened in
strained attitudes intended to bo ro-
. spcctful; somo folded thoir arms
hard, some worked thoir checks and
tried bravoly not to spit. l don't
think tho mother was shocked by
anything; sho did not notice what
was about her; she did not get TINT
whiif from II rattling dead wagon
which cam" mp just us tho chaplain
throw down handful Of earth upon
tho coffin, and sho did not SEQ tho
muIo driver smoking his cigar Shr
WIS thinking Of hor boy, tn" corporal,
aged 20
a blessing by tho priest concluded
tho ceremony, which lasted about ten
minutes and was moant to include all
tho bodies put down that day, as
we'll rs tho occupant Of gravo02. 1t
WAS ten minutes of reverence against
ton hours Of irrevorencc. 1t WAS
good as far as it wont, but priest and
chaplain would be tho first to main
tain that it goes not far enough.
Scarcely were our backs turned,
whom tho shovel gang were at it as
before on tho nowly brought bodies;
thcso would got their blessing
twonty four hours later. believe
thoro arc many people in this coun-
try who will cry ont "shnmo'' when
thoy learn that hundred of our
dead soldiers, moro than Il hundred,
have boon maulcd uhont and dumped
into tho ground by curslng, spit.
ting, acid squirting shovel gang.
| believe thoro arc many people in
this country who would havo do
mandcd better treatment for these
poor troopers and infantrymen; bo.
llevn thcro arc thankful mothers and
sisters and wives who would have
pluckcd flowers from their gardens
l and sent them hero with blessings
(Ncw York is only four hours away J
| bcliovo thcro arc rich mon who
, would have furnished decent collins
| for these boys in blue, not painted
f p"cking boxes. Ycs, and clean
, hcnrscs with springs to bear them
instcad of joting army wagons; and
solid stones to mark their graves, in
, stead Of boards. And singers would
l have journeyed to this camp with
= joy, and asked no pay, for tho privil
+ ogo Of chanting "Abido with Me" and
y "Load Kindly Light" whore these
boys lay. | am suro that gentlomou
| would havo como and organized this
, bnrylng business properly, and ladies
l. would havo como and dono what
they could, and the whole thing
would have bocn better, SO much bot
, ter, if thoy had only known, if they
, had only known!
| But those who did know, or should
= have known, what have they beor
t doing those daysp How comes il
| that officers and generals whose
y triumph was aided by these doat
q soldiers have loft tho handling O
q this honorcd clay to hirolings from ,
/ city's slums2 Was it not right tina
y soldiers should be buried by soldiers
y Whoro WAS tho keen. Dyed, quick
:, thinking Col. Roosevelt whilo ono O
r his Rough ridors was boing shovel
gangod to rcst2 Whore woro tn,
& officers of THO gallant list, which ha
moro than ono man buriod on tina
T.. hill? Whoro wcro all tho bonovolen
!: womon? Why did not Prcsidon
% Mckinley visit tho dead of Cam,
X. Wikoil, as we'll as the living? Wha
" has boon tho matter with all thes
it. highly placed peoploY Woro tho
n, too busy? Thon thoy might hav
So caIl"d for holp. Did they ovorloo
3. it? Thon perhaps tho country wi
NJ. not overlook it.