Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-08-03
NOTES BY THE WAY
MRS. II. E. KOzer Tells of Her Visit
TO Arlington National
Cemetery.
Continued from Last Wool.

| AApAA l1ubI week.
Inc next morning after our visit ia
VIE washington monument, we took
The trolley for Arlington National Gem
etery on the Virginia hills beyond the
Fotomac. 1t is consecrated ground to
which come thousands every wear
from the North and the South. the
East and the West, to honor those
VINO gave their lives that the country
might live. Who has not within
The sacred precincts of Arlington
cemetery been closer to the four years
OF sacrifice and felt his patriotism
quicken?
Inc mostimpressive sight at Airing
ton is that of the field of the dead
where the headstones stretch away in
lines almost endless to the vision.
The stones are set in rows, uniform ia
distance one from the other, a silent
army 10000 strong. Most of these
graves are on a plateau. Under the
hill is a field which contains 5000
graves.
Near the Temple of Fame stands
another memorial-the monument of
the Unknown Dead. Two thousand,
one hundred and eleven nameless
soldiers are gathered here in one
common grave. Their names, their
friends, their homes, all are unknown.
The simple story is told in the letters
chlseled on the monuments granite
face.
Stones worn with age mark the
graves Of eleven Revolutionary off
GERS. A noble shaft is here erected to
the memory Of the men who perished
in the Spanish and Philippine wars.
Among others, we noticed the grave
OF General Lawton. What is more
fitting than that these men should
sleep on the heights overlooking the
Capitol itself, close to the heart of the
Nation they gave their blood to main
tain?
The means employed to give a mill
tary character to Arlington are simple
and dignified. All the day through,
the Stars and Stripes float before
Arlington House, until the sunset
gun of Fort Myer sends it's echoes
answering from shore to shore.
From Arlington, a stop-over privilege
at Alexandria was allowed, and, in
the care of competent guide, many
places of historical and traditional
interest were visited. Among the
many, we can only mention a few.
Christ's Church contains the un-
altered pews of Washington and
General Robert E. Lee. The pews in
this church were originally square,
but all have been changed save Wash
ington's. 1t is marked by a silver
plate with a fac ,simile Of his auto
graph. The sounding-board and
wine-glass pulpit, the chancel rail,
the tablets of the Lords Prayer and
the Apostles Greed were there in
Washington's time. The communion
table, reading desk and chairs are
those which we're used then. In the
old days, candles wee used to light
the church, and the crystal chandelier
with it's twelve candles, typifying the
Twelve Apostles, still hangs there.
The baptismal font bears the date 1918.
Second only to Christs Church in
interest of historical associations is
Carlyle House, built in 1852, General
Braddock's headquarters and where
Washington received his first COM
mission; the Marshal House, where
Colonel Ellsworth met his tragic death
for tearing down a Confederate flag
at the outbreak of the Civil War; the
old City Hotel, that historic hostelry,
from the steps Of which Washington
gave his last military command in
1899 the Masonic lodge room, where
Washington presided as Worshipfdl
Master, and many other places rich in
the lore of Colonial and Civil War
times. which annually attract thous-
and of tourists.
After leaving Alexandria, our next
visit was to the Theological Seminary
where Phillips Brooks and Bishop Pot
ter we're graduated for the ministry !;
Wellington, the home OF General
Washington's secretary; the old YORK
town road, down which came the
armies of Washington, Lafayette and
Wayne on their way to Yorktown IN
1781 and the Indian settlement, where
CAPTAIN John Smith stopped and held
marley with the Indians in 1907. Fort
Washington and Fort Henry are seen
on our way to Mt Vernon.
CONTINUED Next Week.