The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-01

"Battalion OF United States Engi-
ners, Captain George IL Menieii, COM
handing.
rCasua)ties: Killed. IL oficers. 15s
enlisted men: wounded, 90 officers. seI
enlisted men; missing, officers. ais
enlisted men,"
Thet North and South tablets con-
tain the names OF the forty-two or
ganizations and the names Of their
commanders.
Forty-two small monuments. one for
each OF the commands In the Gettys-
burg campaign, which were erected at
the location each organization occupied
during the battle, are OF Jonesboro
granite, twenty-four by fifty inches
descriptive bronze tablet and the coat
OF arms of the United States.
The central monument ana the for
ty-two regfmental memorials were au-
thorixed by act OF Congress OF Feb
ruary Is, 1908. and March 3. 1905. and
cost altogether $4,000 The Gettys-
burg National Park Commission was
assisted in the selection Of the site
and adoption OF designs for the me-
MORALS by n committee of nine from
among the surviving officers Of the
commands that took part In the three
Jays BATTLE
The erection and dedication of the
monuments to the regular soldiers en-
riches q battlefield that already con-
tains hundreds of beautiful memorials.
There are now on the field about 500
erected exceeds 500. The number OF
guns mounted on the field. Union AMI
Confederate, Ia about as.
Pennsylvania will next year erect q
State monument ct cost Of $4,000
and the States OF Alabama and Vir-
ginia will also place monuments on
the famous field In the near future TO
commemorate the valorous services OF
| their sons in that night struggle.
Back In washington
washington. May s1.-President aft
arrived In Washington from Gettys-
burg at Sis D. m. tonight. He was
accompanied BY his brother. Charles
p. Taft and his daughter, Miss Helen
Taxt. others Of the efiiciai party miss
ed the train
Holiday In Washington.
washington. May 31----MemorIai Day
was generally observed here today !.
All the government departments and
practically all OF the BUSINESS houses
were closed.
The principal sxercibss were con-
Quoted at Arlington under the aus
pieces of the @. a r. The ceremonies
at the monument which marks the
resting place Of over 1000 unknown
soldiers, were particularly impressive.
Appropriate exercises were also con-
Quoted at the Soldiers Home, Nation
al Cemetery, and other burial places In
the city. At the Soldiers Home. Rep
resentatfve Hol1ingsworth. (ohio). who
gained considerable notoriety by his
resolution protesting against placing
the head of Jefferson Davis ON the sill
yer service OF the bartleship Missis-
sippi, was neeof the speakers. He re-
ferred to the discussion In the House
on the subject. and declared that '1t
would be dark day indeed FOR the re-
public when the name Of Abraham Linz
other figures ax the civil war period.
or when II shall be replaced by that OF
| Jem Davis to any extent in the hearta
and directions Of the American peo-
pie !"
married BY driszling rain.
At Anaersonviile.
Andersonville. Ca, May si.--Within
sight Of the monunent unveiled less
than three weeks ago to the memory
of Captain Henry wirz. commander of
Andersonville prison. the graves Of the
1879 Union soldiers, who gave up
! their lives IN bnat prison were To-Day
strewn with beautiful flowers plucked
from the soil of Georgia and fitting
tributes were paid to their memories.
The day was ideal and the attend
auce upcn the exercises was larger
than IN recent years not q few Con-
federate Veterans joining those whom
they opposed in the sixties in honor
ing the memory of the soldiers OF the
Northern army who are buried in the
national cemetery here.
The exercises were in charge Of the
Fitzgerald Post. @. A. r.
Following the usual song service. I'm
vocation and reading OF Lincoin's
Gettysburg address, Rev. f.. Everett
Holiingsworth, pastor OF the Christian
Church, Fitzgerald, Ga. delivered the
annual address.
A feature OF the exercises was the
participation Of the Americas Light In
fantry. which performed guard duty,
nred the salute to the dead and sound
ed taps at the close. This company of
troops was ordered here by the Cover
nor.