The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
nasses farther into history. while ths

passes farther into history, while ths
Spanish-American war has added
many names to the charts on the walls
of the old Lee mansion on which are
marked the last resting places Of
Uncle Sans soldiers and sailors. Half
q mile south Of the historic home of
the Custises, from which Robert j.
Lee went forth to command the armies
of the Confederacy, lie the bodies OF
men who gave their lives TO the coun-
try on the battlefelds of Cuba and tho
Philippines. Here stands noble shaft
concentrating their deeds of valor.
Near 1t is the grave Of General Law
ton, the hero of San Mateo. In Airing
ton also lie Rear Admiral William Il,
Sampson, General Guy Henry, first
American governor of Porto Rico, and
Captain Allen X. Capron OF the rough
riders, who was killed at San Juan
hill. Not far from their tombs are the
graves Of the Maine martyrs.
They sleep In gallant company.
Among their neighbors Is General Phil
Sheridan, his grave completely covered
with Ivy so carefully trimmed that its
shape is distinctly marked in the short
grass, although there IS little or no
mound. At the head Of the grave
stands the monument erected by Mrs.
Sheridan, pyramidal piece Of granite
bearing on its front In bronze q me-
dallion portrait Of Sheridan's bust,
showing his medals, the face looking
south, the likeness remarkably good,
the medallion being superimposed on a
graceful flag. Below 1t is the single
word, Sheridan"
Not far away is the grave Of Adj
miral David d. Porter, whose tomb
stone records his glorious services to
his country-the capture of Tabasco,
the engagement at New Orleans, that
at Vicksburg, that at Grand Gulf, the
assault on Arkansas Post and the at
tack on Fort Fisher.
At the entrance to the cemetery Is
the grave Of Major General George
Crook, Of whom Genera, Sherman said,
HE was the greatest Indian fighter
and manager the army Of the United
States ever had" Crooks grave is COW
cred with huge granite bowlder bear
ing this simple inscriptions:
GEORGE CROOK,
Major General Z. S. Army.
Sept. s, 1898.
March q, 1890.
Society Of the Army OF West Virgins.
General Meigs, Abraham Lincoln's
quartermaster general, who founded
Arlington cemetery. rests In the ground
which he assisted in defeating to its
noble purpose. With him are Generals
Baxter, Berdan, Burdette, Ricketts,
General Gresham, who was Cleve1
lands Secretary Of State; General
John Gibbon, who helped turn back
Pickett's charge at Gettysburg, and a
host of others not less memorable.
Many and magnificent as are the In
dividual and regimental monuments In
Arlington, perhaps the most striking
feature Of the cemetery is the vast
level plateau given over to private
soldiers. Here seemingly endless rows
of headstones, uniform in shape and
style, stretch as far as the eye can see.
Near the Lee mansion Is the famous
tomb Of the unknown dead, where over
1900 bodies brought unidentified from
the great battlefelds of the Civil War
are buried In a wide. deep grave
Officers of the regular army and
navy are more and more coming To-
feel that after death they would Ike
their bodies to rest In the sacred soil
of Arlington. For a long time after
the war the eleven full regiments AMI
something over buried there, after
Quartermaster General Meigs made al
cemetery out of Robert E. Lees park,
held the ground without REINFORCE
ment.
Arlington was beautiful then. II
was always beautiful. But for scme
reason 1t was not until recently that
the regular army and navy officers
turnedlongingly to 1t as they died. Per
haps 1t was the burial Of Lieutenant
General Sheridan, commanding t.e
army, and Admiral Porter, ranking
officer Of the navy, on the crest Of the
billowy green hill running down from
the noble mansion which drew their
subordinates to this charming spot
Certain 1t Is that they are going there
so rapidly that before long the GENE
terry will have to be enlarged