The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-29

Of Gen. John A. Logan, then command.
sr.in-Chicf Of the Grand Army OF the
! Republic May 80, NGS dawned g0ri.
ously, as If heaven had smiled pro.
pitioIsly for the day.
/ Unexpectedly to Gen. Logan the or.
der ELECTED the hcartiest cooperation
| Of all loyal citizens with the Grand
Army of the Republic In honoring the
! memory Of the heroic dead whose
bodies lay In almost every city, vii.
!age churchyard in the land"
The survivors of the civil war were
then a large part OF the population in
all communities. They seized with
great enthusiasm the suggestion Of
| COMMUNICATION Of the names and
deeds OF thoir departed comrades.
Generously assisted by patriotic poo.
| pie the hcaycuborn ceremony was
| iuaugura'rd with so much rcyrr.
onitul eeIut as TO make an indnHhle
impression on The whole nation and
establish its permanently forcycrmDrc
So interesting were the ceremonies
that congress made an appropriation
for the publication Of the reports OF
the PROCEEDINGS AT many places In al
most every state and territory, AS also
In Old and New Mexico.
The most imposing and impressive
exercises were those ut Arlington.
where then slept more than 9-.oop
heroic dead Two thousand one hun.
drcd Of that number are in the cata.
combs OF thu granite mausolcum upon
which is inscribed Unknown"
1t may be OF interest to many who
have not visited this Valhalla Of
American patriots to read the IN.
scriptiou chisrlud on this tomb:
beneath this stone rcpose tho bones o,
two thousand one hundred and eleven
unknown soldiers, gathered after the war
from thn fields OF Bun Run and tho route
20 RnrptAuuuonk. Their remains could
not b" identified. but their names and
deeds are recorded In the archives "
thoi- country, and us grateful c,lzuus
honor lhnm as of their noble army OF
martyrs May th"y r"st In peace
sept ubor, A. =. 1866"
SurmOuntng the tomb are four
rined field pieces, one at each corner.
and stack Of cannon balls. On Dec.
u'"'''h d"y' IeoH' moral shleIds formed
the center Of each side. and upon
them were appropriate inscriptions.
vi INV n"Tl" sue
~, '',' ','..." ,"'hl'hg ground
Ana Glury runrJs win .nI,,,,, round
TIL" btyouur Of the dead"
On the west side:
whether on tented field
o' IN 'n' p'''''e van
80 ~. ma" 10 o's
~, ,h,, 90, -, ''''''
IN, r'., a., -. .,.,.. ....,. -.
By aU ,n,Ir counrry's wishes bIcst "
On the south side:
Tho grave should be surrounded by
everything that might inspire tender
MS as ".n ven, ''ugh Ior la" dead or that
sHr place Of DISCUS, and ,iisrr.,, t.,, Nv,
sorrow and meditation"
In addition to the thousands in tho
mausulcum there are hundreds of
graves in the grounds marked TN.
known" But few OF the prcscn, gen.
Grafton know that the hallowrd bones
in the mausoleum and those in the
graves whose headstones bear the
melancholy word Unknown" were
through the efforts OF that ipcompar. |
able. patriotic ws..... Clara Barton
gathered from the many battlefields of
Virgiuia and from isolated ploces IN |
the forests around them. whittier
wounded soldiers had crawled and |
died and whose bodies were undiscov.
cred by the burial corps, who at best |
could do little more than cover over
their fallen comrades with u few
spad"fuls Of earth after the san.
culinary struggle of many hours. be.
fore they were Obliged to press for.
ward to hold advanced positions. The
springtime rains, the summer suns
the winter SHOWS beat upon the hasti
~ made mounds or trenches and laid
bare the sacred forms which were
soon naught save whitened skeletons.
Clara Barton conceived the idea OF
them together and placing
hem in scientific hands so rs TO elias.
sify and inter them in Arlington. Con.
rr.,g az hos ,,u,.,,I,.