Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1913-05-21
GRAHY or CIV RYzL ,sAERLDAN-

equipment. When men go into the field OF active
service each wears 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 man is killed
Ill Dattle 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 VIII be prepared for transportation to the
old home. They will be brought back to his own
people to be buried they wish. All expenses
VIII be borne by the federal government III 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
There the men who have died in the Philip.
pines. for instance None OF these are 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 they fit In case there Is
no call for the remains OF the Philippine vet.
eran. his body is inferred I'm the national GENE
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 $500, 900 TO mark the graves Of
being expended The task is practically com
pIeted. The Confederate dead are thus being
honored in the land from which came their enc
mics ~ the monster conflict
At many OF the prisons the dead Confederat.o
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
the Mon troops. but I'm no way less imposing
mere Is the cemetery At EImira n Y for
instance The resting place OF the Confederate
dead at that point is no less beautiful nor well
teries '''"'
But In mos. instances # was found tbnt the
dead had been buried I'm trenches as were rnosr
OF the dead on both sides in that war Here n
IS Impossible 70 identify the individual remains
put the names OF all the men buried I'm given
trenches are 10 be found in tho rccords ~ tho
prison. In such cases one inpoeine r,or,r,e,.
~ erected over the spot and the names OF ali tho
uedu resting there are Inscribed upon IL Such
monument has been erected at Camp Douglas
chicago, and upon 10 are names Of OK C,nsod
crates. 81 Point Lookout are the remains n,
1900 prisoners who died and their resting ple ce
mas Deen ma'ked by similar monument The
same course IS being followed at cinrs Point
y. j.; at Alton. H.: at Camp Morton Ind md NJ
Camp Chase Columbus O All such burving
grounds were marked b. Ian 1912 ami tho
commission appointed Tor that purpose iisb,uded
me FEDERAL government has taken mo- action
toward marking the graves Of Confederate sol.
dicrs other than those who died iu rorihor,, t-ig
ous and hospitals Bat throughout tho soufb fb,
various ORGANIZATIONS. such az the United CON.
f'dera'c Veterans and the Daughters OF Tho, con
Iederacy have given ample recognition in tho
mon VINO died for the southern cause Their
bodies have been gathered i'm special cenoterio,
monuments have been built in their honor ann
heir graves have been appropriately marked
IN the south on Memorial day there arc ogto,
enacted scenes that are even more touching than
those IN other sections. for there the veterans Of
both causes those who wore tho blue and those
"ho wore the gray, join hands I'm honorirg the
military dead Oftentimes the uniforms ~ the
t"o causes. worn by men IN the very eventide
81 life. are tn evidence and old animosities are
buried in realization OF Che yalor OF both com
batants and the fact that each fought Tor cause
he deemed the right