Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-05-28

equipment. " When men 90 into the field Of active
service each wears about his neck a piece of
\ tape. and hung upon that tape there is metal
tag which contains his name. the branch Of the,
service to which he belongs and his particular
regiment and company This tag 10 made OF
aluminium and the lettering Is stamped into It.
1T is practically indestructible. II man IL killed
In battle he may always be identified.
.SS When the identity Of the individual has been
y established the department will communicate
with his relatives. IF they desire his remains,
these will be- prepared for transportation to the
L old home. They will be brought back to his own
people to be buried as they wish. All expenses
will be borne by the federal government. the
relatives Of the dead soldier or sailor prefer
that he be buried in a national cemetery they
may SO order and the orders will be carried out
y to the letter. 55T sS.sz aSs4$ 5Es
81 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 ITO the states. Relatives are informed
of their coming. They may order the disposition
Sof the remains as they see At. In case there is
no call for the remains Of the Philippine vet
eran, his body is inferred in the national ceme-
terry At San Francisco and duly marked. s5s s
During the Civil war there were great numbers
OF Confederate soldiers taken prisoners and held
in northern prisons Many Of these died in these
prisons and many others. suffering from wounds
and disease, died IN the hospitals Of the Union
forces. Two years ago the federal government
appropriated $500 900 to mark the graves Of
these Confederate soldiers. That money is now
being expended The task is practically com
pleted. The Confederate dead are thus being
\ honored in the land from which came their enc
mics n the monster conflict is 5$$3s$s5 55
sE At many Of the prisons the dead ConfederAtes
were buried separately. and their graves were
marked with their names. In these cases the:
graves are being permanently marked with head
stones Of design different from those used for
u the Union troops, but In no way less imposing.
There is the cemetery at Elmira, n: ~ for
instance The resting place Of the Confederate
dead at that point is no less beautiful nor well
teries "a rs 8S n q 53s
t But IN most instances 1t was found that the
dead had been buried In trenches, as were most
Of the dead on both sides In that war. Here 1t
Sis impossible to- identity the individual remains.
but the names of all the men buried In given
l trenches are to be found In the records Of the
prison. In such cases one imposing monument
In erected over the spot and the names Of all the
dead resting there are inscribed upon 1t. Such
4 monument has been erected at Camp Douglas.
Chicago and upon 1t are names of 4,275 Confed-
crates. j5 At Point Lookout are the remains Of
3 300 prisoners who died, and their resting place
has been marked by similar monument The
same course is being followed at SinEs Point,
Nj; at Alton Ill. at Camp Morton, 1nd and at
Camp Chase, Columbus. Q. All such burying
grounds were marked by Jan. /. 1912 and the
commission appointed for that purpose disbanded.
Vi The federal government has taken no action
toward marking the graves OF Confederate sol
diers other than those who died in northern pris-
Z ons and hospitals. But throughout the south the
various organizations, such as the United Con-
federate Veterans and the Daughters of the Con-
3federacy, have given ample recognition to the
men who died for the southern cause Their
bodies have been gathered in special cemeteries,
monuments have been built in their honor and
their graves have been appropriately marked
! In the south on Memorial day there are often
( enacted scenes that are even more touching than
those in other sections for there the veterans Of
both causes, those who wore the blue and those
who wore the gray, join hands in honoring the
military dead. Oftentimes the uniforms Of the
two causes, worn by men IN the very eventides
y OF 1ife are in evidence and old animosities are
buried in a realization OF the valor Of both COM
batants and the fact that each fought for q cause
he deemed the right Fl AZ