The Raymer enterprise., 1913-05-22
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equipment When men go into the field Of active
service each wears about his neck a piece CT
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 It.
1t is practically indestructible. 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 as 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 a national cemetery they
may so order and the orders will be carried out
to the letter
There are the men who have died In the Philip.
pines for instance. None Of these 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 ceme-
terry at San Francisco and duly marked
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 100000 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
Al Df hp nrts tbo doad pfado ,ta,
were buried separately. and their graves were
marked with their names In these cases tho
graves are being permanently marked with head
stones OF design different from those used for
the Union troops but In no way less imposing
There Is the cemetNy at Elmira. n. Y, for
instance. The resting place OF the Confederate
dead at that point is no less beautiful nor well
cared for than are any Of the national GENE.
teres
But In most instances It was found that the
dead had been buried in trenches as were most
OF the dead on both sides In that war. Here It
Is impossible to identify the individual remains,
but the names OF all the men buried In given
trenches are to be found In the records OF the
prison. In such cases one Imposing monument
IL erected over the spot and the names Of ali the
dead resting there are inscribed upon It. Such
monument has been erected at Camp Douglas,
crates. At Point Lookout are the remains Of
5000 prisoners who died. and their resting place
has been marked by similar monument The
same course Is being followed at TinEs Point,
~ j.. at Alton, H.; at Camp Morton. Ind, and at
Camp Chase, Columbus. o. All such burying
grounds were marked by Jan. /. 1912 and the
commission appointed for that purpose disbanded.
The federal government has taken no action
toward marking the graves OF Confederate sol.
dIers other than those who died in northern prls.
ons and hospitals. But throughout the south tho
various ORGANIZATIONS such as the United Con.
federae Veterans and the Daughters Of the Con.
federacy have given ample recognition to the
men who died for the southern cause. Their
bodies have been gathered In special cemeteriea
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. Oftcntimes the uniforms Of the
two causes. worn by men In the very evertide
OF life, 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 cause
he deemed the right.