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

ukNSZ1XIX OF national Ofncial sympathy with
vSSlSSV the bereaved who have lost sons
brothers and sweethearts in their
countrys service. Ii will witness the final results
OF the nations attempts to do all things possible
for those bereaved and for the memory OF the
dead. 1t is big task and the manner OF its
accomplishment is the story of tribute paid
one OF the noblest sentiments that has ever been
lodged in the breasts OF a people
In that attempt since 1900. for instance the
oniteo States government has supplied free OF
charge 10000 headstones TO mark the graves OF
soldiers and sailors who have done her service
To the cemeteries of the great cities to those
OF the quiet hamlet, to those on the borderlands
or civilization. these headstones have gone
This Memorial day they offer themselves TO a
scattered multitude as fitting places for the be-
stowal OF floral wreaths The unmarked graves
through the efforts of the government. are grow
ing fewer.
In the national cemeteries alone there are the
remains Of $4,000 unknown heroes who have met
death in the defense of their country and who
must because of the loss OF their identity be
denied individual recognition Yet the nation has
exhausted every resource in attempting to find
the names of these heroic dead. The very fulfill
ity of these deaths from the standpoint of the
creoit received by the men individuals calls
forth sentimental appreciation of their service
that oyershadows that accorded the men with the
handsomest monuments The unknown are being
relnterred in sacred ground. their graves are
being Kept green and great monuments are being
erected 10 them, collectively.
Every effort is being made to prevent the re-
currence in the future of the tragedy of the I'm
known" grave At the war department army
regulations have been drafted and put into execu-
ton that rigid that in the future it will he
impossible for the soldier who fights for his conn
try to fail of Identification wherever he NAV fan
ABOVE all this, the government has deyeloped
system OF careful and generous disposition NJ
the remains OF the dead soldier or sailor that
| oners the greatest possible recompense to the
aegrleved and the best possible chance for the
perpetuation of the memory of the eloriousIv
dead, for the remains Of any man who dies IN
the service, wherever his end may come are
transported to any other spot on the globe that
De designated by his family and there given bur-
ial with military honors All this is at the ex
pense OF the government, for the glory of the
dead and the consolation of his family
FINALLY, the government is marking the graves
anu piacing monuments over the remains of the
confederate soldiers who died in the northern
prisons and hospitals during the Civil war
Wherever any dies for whom it can he
shown that he ever served In the United States
army or navy, the Federal government stands
ready to furnish for his grave a headstone Of
marble neatly inscribed with his and indi-
eating his military service. The government has
large contract with a firm in Massachusetts n
Iurnlsn tnese headstones. Under the contract
.o'ooo such headstones were delivered last year
An average OF $4,000 year have been so deliv-
ered Tor the last score of years Since this mol
| Icy of marking the graves of the military deod
was inaugurated in 1873 there have probably
been 100000 stones that have gone forth and
which are today standing over the graves NJ
men who once fought for their country The ma
tlon Is willing and anxious to continue their di,
rlpution OF monuments free of charge with
| irelght paid to any point 1t is hoped that event
uaily every grave Of every soldier will be marked
with a stone that will survive forever
The graves of all soldiers and sailors who ara
buried in national cemeteries are so r,ar,ros
when the identity of the individual is known
lhere are some so such cemeteries with a total
| OF 100000 men buried in them. But OF this ereo,
aggregate Of assembled dead Of the military tbera
are $4,000 buried beneath the slab OF the ",,n
known There are and acres NJ tbeso
"hite headstones that mark the graves of soldiers
whose Identity was never established AT Fred
erichsburg Va. there is another 12 O00 graves -,
men whose mothers never knew where thew root
| ed. There are 5000 of them at MemphIs. I . mo
| at Salisbury N. c.; 5000 at Richmond OOo ar
NASHVILLE, and similar and smaller numbers scat
| tered over the country a whole At tho great
| est OF the national cemeteries that ar ArIinoton
opposite Washington d. c.. there ia q single er.a,
monument that marks the burying place NJ Oil
unknown soldiers whose remains were aathora,
| from the battlefelds of Virginia
But the unknown population Of tho ra,,on.,
| cemeteries Is to be prevented from largely In.
creasng. eei' III
| Today when man Is insnacted for ao.,.,. 49,.
meta tag OF Identification Ia MT =, 49,,