Evening star., 1916-05-28

flowers upon the waters in memory of
those who perished in marine engage
ments has travelled far afield during
late years, and other organizations have
adopted the graceful custom. An in
teresting ceremony was performed last
year in Buffalo on Decoration day,
when the members of the National So
ciety of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, with fitting words. threw
flowers upon the little stream which
flows through beautiful Forest Lawn
cemetery down into Lake Erie. in men,
ory of the patriots who had lost their
lives in the naval battle of the war Of
1912. This graceful ceremony will be
repeated on the coming 3oth of May.
Another new and pleasing northern
Quoted by the women of Barre. Mass.
who. led by the commander and fol-
lowed by the veterans of the Grand
Army of the Republic, carry large
spread upon the soldier plot and re-
mains there during the decoration OF
the graves and accompanying services.
The white-clad women, supporting the
striking picture of American patriot
ism as they march to martial music
through the streets of their town.
In Larned. Kan. a beautiful ceremony
of the unknown dead who lie in the
military portion in the cemetery of the
town. The remains of the men who lie
here were brought from the old bat
tlefields of the Indian wars, and their
deeds are commemorated by great
rough hewn monument. which tells of
their herotsm of pioneer days. wood
en- cross pierced full of holes on all
four sides is erected in front of the
monument. and as the services proceed
those who take part in the ceremony
fill the holes with bouquets of flowers.
till at the close a great floral cross
stands to tell of the prowess of those
who sleep beneath it on the field of bat
tie with earliest foes.
The nurses of the civil war will all
share in the glory of the Memorial day
exercises which will take place in the
Andersonville national cemetery this
dedicated on May 81 of last year to the
memory of Clara Barton will this year
receive the first full honors of decora-
tion rites. The massive stone of rough
hewn red Missouri granite, with the
Geneva cross craven on its center, the
insignia of the work she instituted in
this country, is the fitting tribute
which the Woman's Relief Corps erect
ed to commemorate her who was known
throughout the ranks as the Angel OF
the Battleffelds."
To Clara Barton more than to any
other is due the credit for the iden-
tification and marking of the bodies of
the Union soldiers who perished in the
prison stockade at Andersonville, Ga.
This memorial is six feet two inches
high and three feet six inches wide.
Below the Geneva cross a bronze tab.
let bears the following inscription:
In commemoration of the untiring devotion
r She organized and administered efficient meas
ures for the relief Of soldiers In the field.
and aided in the great work of preserving the
names Of more than twelve thousand of the
brave men who died here.
Erected by the
Woman's Relief Corps
Auxiliary to the Grand Army Of the Republic
1915
The National Society of the Colonial
Danes of America equipped a hospital
ship for work during the Spanish
American war which did valiant serv-
ice in the cause. Not forgetting the
dead this society memoriaIized the
nurses who served in this conflict by
erecting at Arlington a beautiful mon
tiful column symbolic of the high pur-
pose of those 1t commentaries is gar
landed with flowers and the twelve
nurses who lie beneath the green sod
of Arlington share honors with the
great generals and the brave men who
died in the wars of their country.