The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-22
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equipment. When men go into the field Of active
service each 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 it.
1t is practically indestructibe. II a 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. If 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. If 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 out
to the letter.
There the men who have died in the Philip
pines, for instance None of these left to rest
in this foreign, tropic land. All eventually
sent back to the states Relatives are informed
of their coming They may order the disposition
of the remains they 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 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 woundG
and disease died in the hospitals of the Union
forces Two years ago the federal government
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.
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 a design different from those used for
the Union troops, but in no way less imposing
There is the CemetNy at Emira 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 ceme
torles.
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 Here It
is impossible TO Identify the individual remains
hut the names Of all the buried in given
trenches to be found In the records OF the
prison. In such cases one imposing monument
n erected over the spot and the names of al: the
dead resting there inscribed upon II. Such
a monument has been erected at Camp Douglas
Chicago, and upon II are names OF 4,275 Confed
crates. At Point Lookout are the remains Of
5000 prisoners who died and their resting place
has been marked by n similar monument Tho
same course Is being followed at Sims Point
n J.; at Alton Ill; at Camp Morton Ind and at
Camp Chase. Columbus. O. All such hurylng
grounds were marked by Jan. l. 1912 and the
commission appointed for that purpose iIsbanded
The federal government has taken no action
toward marking the graves of Confederate sol
diers other than those who died in northern pris-
ous and hospitals But throughout the south the
various organizations, such the United Con.
foderate Veterans and tho Daughters OF the Con
fedcracy. 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 ana
their graves have been appropriately marked
In the south on Memorial day there are often
enacted scenes that are even moro touching than
those in otScr sections, for there the veterans OF
both causes, those who the blue and those
who wore the gray, Join hands in honorlnE the
military dead Ottcntimes the uniforms OF the
two causes by men in the very cventide
OF life, are In evidence and old animositos are
buried in n realization OF the valor OF both com
batnnts and the fact that each fought for a cause
he deemed the right