Evening star., 1917-05-27

N the great cemetery at Arlington.
across the Potomac. where rest
the remains of more of the nations
soldiers than at any other spot in
the United states. the memorial serv-
Ices next "Wednesday will partake of
new and solemn significance in view of
existing conditions. For the last time.
probably. from the present roStrum.
the President of the United States will
address the thousands who come from
near and far to listen to him and
other orators pay tribute to those who
have died for their country. By next
year it is hoped that the splendid new
amphitheater. now in course OF con-
struction, will be completed and that
within its spacious auditorium the
throngs will listen to the words OF
eulogy on the fiftieth anniversary OF
Memorial day.
Arlington is already the most i'm
portant of the eighty-three national
cemeteries in this country, and year
by year sees it garner in, one after
another. the great military heroes. and
1t was fittingly to honor its soldier and
sailor dead that Congress appropriated
S75OOOO to erect this beautiful me-
mortal amphitheater. Its purpose Is
twofold, being fifty to commemorate
Memorial day, as well as to serve as
q depository of memorials of those OF
the past who deserve especial distinc-
tion for extraordinary deeds.
In Arlington rest the remains OF
22 900 men who fought to uphold the
nag of the United States among them
those who paid the nations price for
liberty in every battle since the revo-
lution, although the great majority
fought for the Union in the civil war.
n linn npnntlnnPnfQ
tell the nations war history from the
Oldest revolutionary grave to the slen.
der shaft set up to tell the worid OF
the daring deeds of an intrepid aviatoI
who fell to his death few hundred
Yards from where he now lies.
In front of the classic mansion. once
the home of Gen. Robert E. Lee, now
the office of the cemetery, lies Gen:
Phil Sheridan. Grants dashing chief of
cavalry: not far off is the grave of
Cen John NJ. Schofield. commander OF
the Army of the Tennessee in the civil
war. Secretary Of War Ave years later
and commander in chief of the United
States Army in 1880. The grave Of
Gen. George Crook recalls the fighter
of many Indian campaigns, and that
of Gen. Montgomery Cunningham
Meigs tells of the great builder Of
forts and public structures, of the man
who founded Arlington during the civil
war and who now himself rests in lot
No. 1. the first lot issued after the
establishment of the cemetery.
Here, too, the stones tell of heroes
of later wars. Gen. Henry w. Lawton,
killed in the Philippines as he pursued
the outlaw, Aguinaldo, lies here. and
Gen. Joe Wheeler. the intrepid leader
of the Confederate forces In the civil
war, who later. in the Spanish-Ameri-
can campaign, led the troops that car
ried the flag against which he had
formerly fought.
Among the great men of the sea
buried at Arlington are Admirals
Sampson and Schley. Fighting Bob"
Evans also found quiet haven here
after the stormy voyage of life was
ended, and last came Admiral Dewey
to his final home among the trees and
flowers and birds in this greatest city
of the dead.
That within a year America may fitly
memorialize such national heroes as
these, as well as pay homage to the
thousands of their lesser brethren in
arms, who offered their lives no less
nobly for home and country, is the
memorial amphitheater at Arlington
being erected. The structure was au-
Ahorized by the public buildings act Of
March 4. 1913. The committee appoint
led to provide the memorial is COM