El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-09
AsHINGTON D. C., oct. o.

| tiOns. No nation provides such liberal
I compensation in time of service or such
bountiful pensions in case of disabili-
| ". This generosity does not even
! cease with death, for there are no less
I than " national cemeteries IN TINS
J country in which sailors and soldiers
! are buried and for which the federal
! government makes an appropriation
Monument On Custer Battlefield.
] Each one is under competent super
] intendence and the cemeterial division
I of the war department is kept con-
! stantly employed attending to the de-
/ tails of all these burial places. Many
of them are beautifully laid out and
& decorated with fine monuments ana
: shrubbery. All are expected to re-
! ceive an equal amount of attention
! from the government in proportion to
! their size and the number Of graves,
although some are more attractive than
! Others because of special inOHUT1S HtS
! which have been erected as well as be-
] cause of their natural advantage CT
MANY of the cemeteries have been
| called into existence because OF pat
I tie which has been fought nearby: For
. instance, at Little Big Horn, IN MOI
' tana there is a cemetery located upon
the Custer battlefield, in which over 1IOO
/ soldiers are buried. This is rather a des-
| oIate looking place, decorated only by
I the tall marble shaft erected BY the
/ government in honor of these heroes
/ that fell by the indian arrows Ow-
/ ing to climatic conditions, II is almost
J IMPOSSIBLE to secure any kind OF or
I nameatal shrubbeTy or DECORATIVE
plants in this cemetery, as 1t has the
4 extreme cold in winter and severe
drOuth in summer, so these SoIdlerS are
/ resting in less attractive surroundings
: than most of the others
Cemetery at Mexico City.
] Strange to say, one of the first Gem
! eteries established by the government
! is located in the City of Mexico me
/ first appropriation for this purpose
! was made in 1850, $4,000 belng APP
and ditching a piece of land near me
/ City of Mexico for burial ground Tor
I such of the officers and soldiers OF OR
army in our late war with Mexico as
fen in battle or died in or around sara
! city and also for the lnterment OF
/ American citizens who have died or
may die in said city.
| This cemetery is beautifully kept up
I and is adorned with number OF 1lne
I monuments in addition to those pro-
/ vided by the United states government
! which, with the lu-,Uriant vegetation
native to that locality, make II an at
! tractive place in the eyes of hundreds
] of tourists who visit it each year.
| Thousands Buried at VieksburG.
! The largest national cemetery in the
country, excepting Arlington is at
/ Vicksburg, Mississippi, where nearly
/ 1900 soldiers who tell IN the great
} battle there are buried, as well as
I many of those who died in the hospitals
and prisons near there rms ceme-
/ terry was established in 1856, year
later than the one at COrinth, IN the
same state and both are under the
same local jurisdiction. nauon3l
1 cemetery is located a Natchez, when
I contains over 5000 graves careo IOfS
/ by the gOVernmen
Another large cemetery, located IN
/ the south is at Newbern, South caro-
! lima, where about $500 soldiers are m
/ TERED, about a third of which are IN
l known This cemetery is especially
I attractive. 1t is surrounded by SUD
stantial wall having most attractive
/ entrance gate. This IS built OF shciI
rock which is exceedingly porous. so
/ that it abSorbs moisture during rain
and then permits 1t to OOZe out SIONlN
and the dripping of the rock has
nations which greatly add TO us ap-
| pearance. The gate IS known as the
I weeping Gate and is regarded as
I an especially appropriate entrance tc
! this city of the dead
The other more important ceme-
teries in the south supported by the
I Nashville. Shiloh, Chattanooga in Ten
/ uessee; at AndersonVille and Marietta,
I in Georgia; at Salisbury. in North Car
/ olina. at Chalmette, in louisiana, and
/ at fredericksburg. in Virginia. An
Jacksonville is especially interesting as
/ il was the location OF one OF the Ia
nous Confederate prisons during the
] Civil war and many oil the deceased
died during their Imprisonment This
J cemeterv Contains 1922 graves and
j all but $50 have been identified In
Z Greenville. Tennessee, is national
! cemetery which has received eSpecl1l
attention, since in il is buried Andrew
| johnson. a former president OF the
] United States. This only contains SIX
( graves. all of which are known
! National Cemetery Mt Santa Fe.
! At jefferson Barracks, is miles from
! St Louis. the national cemetery has
one of the grandest natural locations
! in the world. being situated 500 feet
above the Mississippi river and com
/ handing a fine view of all the bottom
/ lands upon the west rms cemeteIy
4 provides resting places for 1881 sol
I diers, of which about 5000 are un-
/ known. II is beautifully kept, although
] complaint has been made that so few
| Oklahoma, and at Santa Fe, New Mex
/ leo. there are national cemeteries
| chiefly occupied by soldiers who Tell
I during the battles with the indians IN
! the conquest of the great west There
! are 2472 graves at Fort Gibson, most OF
I which are unknown
The Santa Fe cemetery contains =
little more than 1000 graves, about half
I of which are known. The national
/ cemetery at San Francisco includes
/ over 81 acres and contains many fine
monuments over 5000 soldiers are
I buried there, of which less than 500 are
Pennsylvania is the most northern
/ state to contain a large national Gem
! eterv. and two are located there The
! one at Gettysburg is the most cele-
brated. as il is visited eacn year by
/ hundreds of people from all parts Ct
! the country 1t Is located upon the
] battlefield. and no pains have been
I spared to render it attractive in ev-
! cry way. Numerous monuments have
| been erected by public and private
! funds and its Memorial day exercises
are among the most elaborate in the
! country There are 1862 soldiers buried
! here, 1851 of which are unknown
| A national cemetery IS located at
! Philadelphia. which contains over 5000
| graves. and there is also small one
at Beverly. New Jersey. where less
| than 200 are buried.
Over 153,eO0 Graves Unknown
The total number of soldiers and
I sailors buried IN all of the national
] cemeteries is now 360.75 and of these
there are 153.67S unknown. This in
I cIudes also about $500 Confederate sol
/ diers who are buried chiefly at the To-
cations of prison camps OF hospitals
The government does not stop with this.
however, but has provided for the
| marking of graves of soldiers In local
! cemeteries in every part of the differ
! ent states. 1t is not necessary for a
soldier to have been in actual service
/ to merit interment in a national Gem
/ etery All soldiers. sailors or marines
Z having been honorably discharged
: from the service or who served either
{ in the regular army or in volunteer
( forces may be buried in any national
! fre.a Of Tho nrO6rcfi