Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-05-31
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equipment. When men go into the field of active
service each about his neck 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 is made of
aluminium and the. lettering is stamped into It,
1t is practically indestructible If 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 as they wish All expenses
will be borne by the federal government If the
relatives of the dead soldier sailor prefer
that he be buried in national cemetery they
may order, and the orders will be carried out
to the letter
There are the 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 as they see fit In case there is
call for the remains of the Philippine vet
eran. his body is inferred in the national GENE
terry at San Francisco and duly marked
During the Civil there were great numbers
of Confederate soldiers take~ 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
mics Il 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 being permanently marked with head
stones of design different from those used for
the Union troops but in way less imposing.
There is the cemetary at Elmira N Y. for
instance. The resting place of the Confederate
dead that point is less beautiful well
cared for than are any of the national GENE
teries.
But in most instances it found that the
dead had been buried in trenches as were most
of the dead both sides in that Here it
is impossible to identify the individual remains,
but the names OF all the men buried In given
trenches to be found in the records of the
prison. n such cases imposing monument
erected over the spot and the names of all, the
! dead resting there inscribed upon it Such
a monument has been erected at Camp Douglas,
Chicago, and upon 1t names of 4,275 Confed
crates. At Point Lookout are the remains of
$500 prisoners who died. and their resting place
has been marked by similar monument The
same course is being followed at cinEs Point
N j. at Alton Ill: at Camp Morton, Ind. and at
Camp Chase, Columbus. o. All such burying
grounds marked by Jan. L. 1912. and the
commission appointed for that purpose dsbanded-
toward marking the graves of Confederate sol
dfers other than those who died in northern pris-
ons and hospitals But throughout the south the
various organizations such as the United Con-
federate Veterans and the Daughters of the Con-
federacy. have given ample recognition to the
who died for the southern cause Their
bodies have been gathered in special cemeteries.
monuments been built in their honor and
their graves have been appropriately marked
In the south Memorial day there often
enacted scenes that even, more touching than
those in other sections, there the veterans of
both causes those who. wore the blue and those
who the gray, Join hands In honorfng the
military dead Oftentfmes the uniforms of the
two causes, worn by men In the very event1de
of life are N evidence and old animosities are
buried in a realization OF the valor of both COM
batants and the fact that each fought for cause