Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-30
At THE CAPITAL
Over Seven Hundred
Graves Decorated.
Soldiers and Sailors at Santa
Fe Remembered.
Base Ball Games at Socorro Yesier-
day Morning and Afternoon,
TUE rAeiN paNn
THE EAklN BOND.

Memorial day was observed at the
territorial capital in an appropriate
manner. The orator of the day was
Judge ]. r. McFfe. while Colonel Geo.
w. Knaebel read Linclon's Gettysburg
address. Adjutant w. S. Fletcher read
the orders. The exercises were by all
odds the best and most appropriate
ever held in Santa Fe Wagon loads
of flowers were taken to the National
cemetery, Santa Fe. and each one of
the more than 700 graves of soldiers
and sailors were decorated with flow
ers
Here follows a brief history of the
United States cemetery and a list of
the veterans of Carleton post. Grand
Army of the Republic, Santa Fe, buried
there:
On July 2. 1870, deed was recorded
in book E, page 1894, records of the pro-
bate clerk of Santa Fe county, by
which Bishop Lamy made the follow
ing announcement:
Whereas, the said ]. B. Lamy is
desirous of giving and donating to the
United States of America sufficient
land to establish military cemetery"
for the consideration of 81 by this deed
80 acres are donated. Until 1879 this
was military cemetery only. When
the Fort Marcy post was abandoned 1t
became necessary in order to establish
a national cemetery to enlarge the
area thereof The Santa board OF
trade took the matter in hand and
$500 were raised and on October IL,
| 1875, a second deed was recorded in
book II, page 364. probate clerks rec
ords. by which Bishop Lamy transfer
red to the United States an addition
al tract of land containing 1.95 acres of
land. Since then the government has
spent several thousands of dollars in
erecting very handsome superintend-
ent's house and necessary outbuildings
and in enclosing the entire cemetery
with splendid stone wall with iron
gates. and today the cemetery stands
as the finest in the entire southwest
There are buried here 1872 soldiers, of
whom 421 are marked as unknown,
The remains of many of these old sol
diers have been brought here from
Fort Union, Fort Stanton Fort Craig
and the battle fields of Glorieta and
Valverde. During the past three years
the cemetery has been in the efficient
charge of Captain G. ID. Crittenden, a
veteran of the civil war who has the
grounds in finer shape than ever be-
fore.
The following members of Carleton
Post q. A. r., Santa Fe, are buried in
this cemetery, giving the number of
the grave and the date of death:
| 324-Ernest Falk, April 7, 1883.
3S5-James T. Steele, February "a,
1901.
4O4-William Becker, December TO-
1884.
4O7-Major Geo. w. Howland, De-
cember 81, 1886.
414-Joseph H. Burke, March 3, 1888.
416-P. F. Herlow, September IL,
1888.
42O-D. B. Abrahams, February 2,
1890
422-George Chase, July 8. 1890.
426-Col. e. w. Wynkoop, September
II, 1891.
429-Frederick Smith. June 8. 1897.
43O-William II. Soehnchen. March
II, 1897.
432-John Dalton. October 25, 1899.
43-James e. Lamberson. September
7. 1895.
444-Francis Bowers, July 10, 1894.
46l-Col. Francis Downs, June 26,
! 1898.
464-Capt. ]. r. Hudson, March IS,
! 1899.
465-Captain r. A. Baca, March 2l,
1899
46s-Capt II. NJ. Davis, December
81, 1900.
471-Gen. G. A. Smith, December IL.
1885.
5O6-Charles Becker, January 8,
1900.
5l1-Levi GARNER December 2S,
1898.
516-Henry Ostrander. December l.,
1898.
In addition the following graves are
among others very much looked for:
179-George, son of General II. w.
Lawton. died December 21, 1888.
S21-Col. William Craig, May 27,
1886.
! 369-Hugo Rauss, January 23, 1901.
! 419-COl. w. ID. Mcclure, December
Is. 1889.
42S-E. T. Weber, August 8, 1897.
44O-Dr. w. T. Strachn, July 10, 1895.
442-Lieut C. S. Harrison, June 2
| 1894.
446-John B. Delieden. August l.,
| 1894.
449-Hugo Hartmann. February l,
1898.
46O-Child of Col. E. H. Plummer,
August T. 1892.