The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-06-10
FINE MEMORIAL
To SOLDIER DEAD
ARLINGTON AMPHITHEATER is
THE RESULT OF A LONG
CAMPAIGN BY @. A. r.
WAS ERECTED BY CONGRESS
Eighty-Four Other National Gene.
teries Are Maintained by the Unit.
ed States, Of Which Gettysburg,
Was the First Established.
BY JAMES p. HoRNApAY.

BY JAMES p. HoRNADAY.
Washngton.-The dedication the
other day Of the memorial amphI.
theater In the Arlington national
cemetery across the Potomac from
this city recalls 10 mind that
no other nation takes as much
pride In the burial places Of its
soldier dead as does the United Stntes.
The completion and dedication OF this
particular memorial brings to an end n
campaign which the Grand Army of
the Republic started many years ago.
That organization insisted that con
gress should make provision for At
least one expensive memorial TO the
soldiers buried In nntlonal cemeteries.
and II suggested that the memorial be
placed In Arlington cemetery. More
than two thousand bodies Of unidentl.
hed soldiers, men who served In the
Union army during the Civil war. are
buried in one tomb In this cemetery.
The memorial is In the form Of
large open amphithnter. II win be
used In the observance OF Memorial
day MS long ms the living shall remem.
Der the deeds Of heroism Of the dead
Unfortunately the question has arisen
since the dedication Of the memorial
rs To whether the names Of men who
served In the Confederate army are
90 be Inscribed on It's walls along with
the men who served In the Union army
Arlington cemetery was, of course, es
tabllshed as n burylng place for sol.
oilers who served In the northern army.
but for great many years il has serv-
ed NJ n resting place for men Of the
regular army Of the country. This
means. OF course, that large number
OF men Of southern birth are buried
there. This question ms 10 whether
the men who served I'm the Confederate
army are 10 have recognition in the
memorial has been submitted 10 con
gress. For the time being IL Is with
the committee on library OF the sen.
ate. II Is doubtful. however. II any
definite decision Is ever reached. The
disposition all around seems 20 be 10
prevent Rny further controversy by
ooing 2ethlng. 80 <ii-%%Es
-. Other National Cemeteries
The United States now maintains 81
other national cemeteries. These Gem. |
eterles were established by act Of the |
Thlrty-seventh congress. In May, 1862 |
This act gave the president power 10 |
purchase cemetery grounds 10 be used |
az national cemetery for soldiers
who shall die In the service OF the |
country" whenever In his opinion II |
should be necessary. On July 2s. 1868 |
the first appropriation Of 10000 for
purchase OF cemetery sites was made. |
In the second session Of the Forty |
second congress, the secretary OF war
was empowered 10 select superlntend- |
ents Of national cemeteries. from mer.
torious and Trustworthy soldiers. either
commissioned officers or enlisted men"
Al the time Of the establishment Of ma.
tional cemeteries. IL was established
also that all those buried there should
have an honorable discharge from the
service OF the United States.
Gettysburg was the first national
cemetery. II was established IN 1863
and dedicated by President Lincoln
in his immortal address, now a classic.
The governors OF the states whose sol
der dead lie in Gettysburg purchased
the land and gave II 10 Pennsylvania.
In turn the government took II over In
1870.
Arlington national cemetery was es.
tabllshed May 13. 1864. over 5000
soldiers who had died In and around
Washington had filed the soldiers
home cemetery here. Lincoln had
started out on that morning 10 visit the
various hospitals and speak a cheering
word 10 his "boys." Arlington AT that
time was o.-e vast hospital. When the
president and Quartermaster General
Melgs reached Arlington, just at sun
set. twelve bodies were awaiting burial.
Quartermaster General Meigs. In des
peration, and with the consent Of the
president. ordered the bodies buried on
the Arlington estate. So Arlington be-
came the second national cemetery.
Radio Stations for Public's Use.
Congress In all probability viii
authorize the use Of government
owned radio stations by the gen.
eral public. bill for such author
ization has been reported favorably
by the house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries after exhaustive
hearings. Prior to the outbreak OF
the world war, radio operation and
the use OF radio apparatus on chips
and on land within our jurisdiction
were governed by the act of congress
entitled ian act 10 regulate radio com
munication." approved August i3, 1912,
and by the provision OF the interna-
tional radiotelegraph convention,
more commonly known as the London
convention. which took effect by proc
lamation Of the president on July g.
1913, and by regulations made pur
suant thereto.
Following the declaration of war
n. sha