The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-22

equipment When men 60 into the field Of active
service each wears about his neck q piece Of
tape and hung upon that tape there 10 q 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 indestructble. 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 AZ 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 80 order. and the orders will be carried out
to the letter.
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 At. In case there 10
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
appropriated 100000 to mark the graves Of
these Confederate soldiers. That money ID 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 IN 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 design different from those used for
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There is the cemetay at Elmira, N. T.. for
instance. The resting place of the Confederate
dead at that point 10 no less beautiful nor we'll
cared for than are any Of the national ceme-
teries.
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 all the
dead resting there are inscribed upon 1t. Such
monument has been erected at Camp Douglas.
Chicago, and upon II are names OF 4.276 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 EinEs Point,
N. j.; at Alton ILL.,; at Camp Morton. Ind, and at
Camp Chase. Columbus. o. All such burying
grounds were marked by Jan. l. 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 pris
ons and hospitals But throughout the south the
various organizations, such a. the United Con
federate 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 cemeteries
monuments have been built In their honor ano
their graves have been appropriately marked
In the south on Memorial day there are Otter
enacted scenes that are even more touching thar
those In other sections, for there the veterans o
both causes those who wore the blue and those
who wore the gray. Join hands In honoring tn.
military dead Oftentimes the uniforms of tn.
two causes, worn by men In the very eventid.
OF life, are In evidence and old animosities arr
buried In realization Of the valor OF both com
batants and the fact that each fought for . caus,
he deemed the right.