Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-09-09
Heroes In Arlington Cemetery.

uonal cemetery at Arlington. The
roster of the illustrious dead grows in
increasing ratio as the Civil War
passes farther into history, while the
Spanish-Amerlcan war has added
many names TO the charts on the walls
of the old Lee mansion on which ire
marked the last resting places Of
Uncle Sans soldiers and sailors. Half
a mile south of the historic home Of
the Custises. from which Robert t.
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 battleflelds Of Cuba and the
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 4.
Sampson, General Guy Henry, Arst
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
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They sleep In gallant company
Among their neighhors is General Phil
Sheridan, his grave completely covered
with ivy so carefully trimmed that It's
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, a pyramldal piece of granite
bearing on its front In bronze Il me
dalllon portrait of Shcridan's bust,
showing his medals, the face looking
south, the likeness remarkably good.
the medallion being superimposcd on a
graceful flag. Below 1t Is the single
word, sheridan
Not far away Is the grave OF Adj
miral David j., Porter. whose tonlb-
stone records his glorious services to
his Countrywide capture of Tabasco,
the engagement at New Orleans, that
at Nicksburg. that at Grand Gulf, the
assault on Arkansas Post ana the at
tack on Fort Fisher.
At the entrance to the cemetery IS
the grave of Major General George
Crook. of whom General Sherman said.
He was the greatest Indian fighter
and manager the army of the United
States ever had Crooks grave Is COY.
cred with huge granite bowlder bear
ing this simple inscription:
GEORGE CROOK,
Major General u. s. Army
Sept s, 1928
March q, 1890.
Society OF the Army of West Virginia.
General Meigs, Abraham lincoln
quartermaster general, who founded
Arlington cemetery, rests In the ground
which he assisted in defeating TO It's
noble purpose. With him are Genera ~
Baxter, Berdan, Burdette, Ricketts,,
Rousseau, Watkins and Doubleday:
General Gresham, who was Cleve-
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 ana magnificent as are the IN
Wv lAhhi anu OK liuFithi monuments III
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 ana
style. stretch as far as the eye can soc
Near the Lee mansion is the famous
tomb Of the unknown dead, where Over
1000 bodies brought unidentified from
the great battleieds Of the civil War
are buried In n wide, deep grave
Officers of the regular army aul
navy are more and more coming 81
feel that after death they would Hike
their bodies to rest In the sacred soil
Of Arlington. For q long time after
the war the eleven full regiments aul
something over buried there, nftcr
Quartermaster General Meigs made n
cemetery out OF Robert e Lees park
held the ground without re.enfore O..
ment.
Arlington was beautiful then II
was always beautiful. But for some
reason 1t was not until recently that
the regular army and navy officers
turned longinRly to It az they died. Per
haps It was the burial Of Lieutenant
General Sheridan. commanding tee
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
suborIinatcs to this charming spot
Certain it il that they aro going thee
so rapidly that before long the GENE.
terry will have to be enlarged
Strenuous Life.
Say" roared the irate citizen as Gc
rushed into the office of the village