The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-19

10 the Memorial Bridge to sDan tho
o,oinac' uniting this city Of the dead |
with the political centre of our conn
Try. such a bridge is necessary to !
make easy access to this shrine for |
.he thousands who make pilgrim
ages 10 the national capital
Here upon these hills shafts and !
mon uments tell the pious visitor, do
ing honor to Valor, where rests
constantly increasing stream of sol
olers and sailors whose deeds con-
secrate every foot of the soil of
Arlington. 1t is stimulating to pa
trlotlsm to see what love has wrought
here in proclaiming gratitude for
devotion. Not alone do "stored urn
and animated bust tell of the spot
where the admirals and the generals
find sweet sleep after the shock of
battle, but after commemorating in
marble and bronze the deeds of the
leaders and marking the resting place
of the humble soldier and sailor
gratitude has erected here a monu-
ment to 'The Unknown Dead" bear
! ing this inscription:
Beneath this stone repose the
| bones of two thousand one hundred
| and eleven unknown soldiers gathered
| after the war from the fields Of Bull
Run and the route to the Rappahan-
mock. Their remains could not be
| identified, but their names and deaths
| are recorded in the archives of their
country, and it's grateful citizens honor
! them as of their noble army of
| Martyrs. May thcy rest in peace
september, A. D., 1S66."
| Gratitude Of the Republic is not
| limited to tablets and monuments.
Homes, generously furnished afford
sustenance and repose for all veterans
f,l ~
| snow that never melts. and up to
June Goth. 1915. national pensions
for all our wars have been paid to
the amount of S4.799 9030. .S5-a
benefaction and a substantial express
sion of gratitude unparalleled in all
history.
We must in candor admit that not
, able exceptions to honors paid to pub
lie benefactors prove the rule that
, Republics are grateful. But these
. miscarriages of practical evidences OF
gratitude are rather seeming thar
real. The gratitude that flows ir
deepest current is not always on the
, surface. l do not believe any patriO
1 has given Of himself to country with
2 out invoking gratitude. 1t is not al
Y ways outwardly or nationally mani
c tested. There are myriads of way!
e of service and only a few ways IL
e which gratitude can be shown Yo,
e hear that boy has kept back thu
n water, saved the dyke, and preserved
0 his nation. You feel gratitude. Yo,
q tell your children around your owl
d hearthstone of the nobility Of th'
y deed, but unless you are sufficient.
gifted to write poem,-and "poet'
: nascitur non fit'-how can the ex
e preston of your gratitude make itsel
y felt to the hero and to the country
e Moreover, the deepest feeling cannO
y find expression:
"The shadows murmur while tn
:, deeps are dumb
10 But, believe me, just SO surely as n
- bird fails to the earth without Hi
% notice, jHSt SO true is it that no &C
Of self -forgetful service to country
=. unnoticed, unforgotten, or unap
;c preciated.
* Upon this sacred Arlington soil. i
" 1868, James A. Garfield utted an i'm
Re mortal truth when he declared:
in "I love to believe that no heroi
8. sacrifice is ever lost, that the charac
TO ters Of men are moulded. inspired b
e. what their fathers have done, ths
,e treasured up in American souls al
lie all the unconscious influences of tn
In great deeds of the Anglo-Saxon rae
j. from Agincourt to Bunker Hill.
in was such an influence which led
OF young Greek years ago when
is heard the news Of Marathon, to e.
On claim: The trophies of Miltiad'
I'D will not let me sleep"
Sc On a craggy hill overlooking tt
or city Of Edinburgh is a range
n columns called the Modern Ruins.
in was meant to be temple to star
" for all times as a recognition of II
.ss Scotch soldiers who fell at Waterlo
on The fact that it is unfinished is r
n Uroach and a regret to Scotland.
w Here in this forest of monumen
IN. to commemorate individuals it is pr
C. posed to erect a national monume
* suitable TO the national characterlst
nd of gratitude and it is meant to
ut and will be a splendid recognition
les the martial spirit OF our peopie.
lat The amphltheaTe tHe COZ hei 81 olo
"a cf which is laid under imposing Ger
IN monies by the distinguished mead
~. | panllhlic will be diff erCnt 1rO