Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-05-29

equipment. When men go into the field OF active
service each wears about his neck a piece OF
tape, and hung upon that tape there is a metal
tag which contains his name the branch OF the
service to which he belongs and his particular
regiment and company This tag is made OF
aluminium and the lettering is stamped into Il
II Is practically ndestructibe. II man is killed
In battle he may always be identified
When the identity OF the individual has been
established the department will communicate
with his relatives. II they desire his remains
these will be prepared for transportation to the
old home They will be brought back TO his own
people to be buried they wish All expenses
will be borne by the federal government II the
relatives Of the dead soldier or sailor prefer
that he be buried in national cemetery they
may so order, and the orders will be carried ONT
to the letter
There are the men who have died in the Philip-
pines for instance None OF these are left to rest
in this foreign. tropic land. All are eventually
sent back TO the states Relatives are Informed
OF their coming. They may order the disposition
OF the remains as they see fit. In case there is
no call for the remains OF the Philippine vet.
eran, his body is inferred in the national como.
terry at San Francisco and duly marked
During the Civil war there were great numbers
OF Confederate soldiers taken prisoners and hold
III northern prisons Many OF these died in these
p.ison rs ana many others. suffering from wounds
ana usease' died in the hospitals OF the Union
FORCES Two years ago the federal governre,,
appropriated 100000 to mark the rravas y,
these Confederate soldiers, That money ia nou
oelng expended. The task Is practically com
ple'eu Inc Confederate dead are thus being
honored in the land from which came their ana
mics "a the monster conflict
AT many OF the prisons the dead Confedera,as
were buried separately and their graves ,rara
ai heu WIN their names. In these cases tho
ea'es are Deing permanently marked with head
stones or design different from thosa usos .
ihere Is the cemetNy at Elmira y v o.,
Instance Inc resting place OF the Confeder,to
oead at that point is no less beautiful nor MI,
teries ~ ""uonai GENE
But in most instances II wac found 81. ,
ueao mad been buried in trenches as y,aro w.
vi .he dead on both sides in that war H. -,
10 impossible to identify the individrsI .s -
tr nc "aines or all the men buried in given
penches are to be found in the records - a. "
prison. In such cases one imnosino - '''e
y erected over the spot and the nar,o :,
ueau resting there are inscribed unon - 60,
|,.a o"u'"en, mas been erected at Camp DouoI.s
t anu upon II are names OF 4275 Con,od
2 am n-,.es oih. Lookout are the remains Of
'"Vo prisoners who died and their ra.,,. :,
mas been marked by a similar rno,,. pace
sa"le course Is being followed at liz. n
-. - at Alton. ILL.,; at Camp Morton IND I'M
lamp Chase, Columbus o All sroh -, ~ At
commiss,o '.a' Aeu oy Jan. l. 1912 and tho
Tba appointed Tor that purpose disbanded
,o ne ieuerai government has taken NO ac,,a'.
o"aru marking the graves of confas... "'''o,'
ieis o.ner than those who died in no-,h 9o''
ons and hospitals But throughout the sont, PITS .,
feda ous organizations, such as the Tinted CIV ,,e
,eaerate Veterans and the Daughters ., ,Sa ION
eeeracy, nave given ample recognition to O on
bodies have a'h haen ,Or the southern cause Their
,ho, ~ nave been built I'm their bonor ~ ;,
E In t sraves have been appropriately marked ana
.ne south on Memorial day tbero 49,
ac.ea scenes that even more touch,r o az,
both usnef sections for there the veterans ~
~ CAUSES, those who wore the bue a. aus az ol
who wore the gray. Join hands t. que and those
t tn,n'ary dead oftentimes the un,rorma ns .he
=, no, causes worn by in the very y, inc
pr nie are In evidence and old an,no., eventde
batan. na realization of the valor Of both are
be deemed the right 'ous"t Tor cause