The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-09-14

ton also lie Rear Admiral william T.
Sampson, General Guy Henry, tcst
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 I'm the short
grass: although there IS little or no
mound. At the head OF the grave
stands the monument erected by Mrs.
Sheridan. a pyramidal piece Of granite
bearing on its front in bronze 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 c6untry-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 General 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 inscription:
GEORGE CROOK,
Major General U. 8. Army.
Sept. 8. 1923.
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 dedicating to It's
noble purpose. With him are Generals
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
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
1000 bodies brought unidentified from
the great battlefelds of the Civil War
are buried in a wide. deep grave.
Oficers of the regular army and
navy are more and more coming to
| feel that after death they would like
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 a
cemetery out of Robert e. Lees park,
held the ground without REINFORCE
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
turnedlongingly to it as they died. Per
haps 1t was the burial of Lieutenant
General Sheridan. commanding eh.
army. and Admiral Porter. ranking
officer Of the navy, on the crest of the
billowy green bill running down from
the noble mansion which drew thei
subordinates to this charming spot
Certain It is that they are going Their
30 rapidly that before long the GENE
terry will have to be enlarged.