El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-29

EuAuul1lEf IT, A. n
TITAsHNGTON. D. C., May "a
w Conspicuous on the high green
hills which make the horizon OF
Washington, D. c., is new and
beautiful building of white marble
II is the Memorial amphitheater
which embelllshes Arlington National
cemetery, the nations sacred city OF
her dead heroes.
This edIfIce. which was but re-
Gently dedirafcd BY the Grand
Acmy Of the Republic and vefer-
ans Of other wars, f. the most
splendid niortunry monument ever
erected By any nation.
1t VIII be used next Monday for
the first time for memorial services
In Arlington
There IS nothing like It IN the whole
world Other nations have erected
monuments TO successful generals,
admirals, and statesmen They have
Ike Westminster abbey Eere La
Chaise, the Pantheon and the pyra-
mids Of Egypt. But Westminster
abbey IS reserved for men OF the
highest distinction in any walk OF
ife-statesmanship invention, letters.
II ia the same with Pere La Chatse,
while the pyramids were tomb8 for
kings and queens only
A Real National Cemetery.
The first national cemetery was
established at GettrEburg 10 make an
honored resting place for those who
on that great battlefield gave their
lives that the nation might live
Then came the Inspiration OF max
ing at Arlington a cemetery that
would be national In its widest sense
The long green slope from the Pc
tomac 20 the crest Of Arlington
Heights IS a parapets in the spring.
ri oh q ME n
wild azaleas; in summer opulent as
the LEAKAGE Of Vallombrosas in the
autumn warllke with tbs vermlllion
banners OF the black gun and scarlet
maples in the winter sterniy grand
with the stalWart boles OF primeval
oaks stripped for battle with the
fierce storms It overloolzs the city
OF Washington as the boxes In a the
alter do the stage Below IL flows the
lordly Potomac beyond Il rises the
dome and vide extending colorado;
below It rise the high steepled
churches and the massive public
buildings.
More than 100000 men died from
the Rappanhannock to the Potomac
In defending Washington from the
confederate armies, and 10000 OF them
sleep in Arlington, their graves d.
rectly overlooking the city for whose
defence they died.
Death Levels All.
Equality Of service and sacrifice
dominates Arlington Major generals
and second lieutenants lie side BY
side near their men, They pivou1c
together under one green tent GWait-
ing the reveiiie OF resurrection
Not many blazon their rank on
their tombstones rarely anyone re-
cords his achievement Many con-
tent themselves with the simply 70.
s. A." after their names The history
Of their country tells the rest The
enlisted men care for nothing more
than the name Of their regiments
II is all sufncien to have est MINI,
or 18th n. H" on their modest marble
slabs. Whoever reads Of Gettysburg
viii know all.
Our national cemeteries are the
most democratic on earth. YET the
simple rule OF eligibility for burial IN
them Is iron clad wealth. birth. So
ciaI station, political eminence can
not gain admission. Only honorable
service in the army or navy Of the
United States can give the privilege
OF iuterument there. The humDlesr
private has a right that cannot be
bought by Rockefeller's wealth He
can have his wife buried with him
no others
Much Money sDent.
Commanders OF armies, OF mighty
AIDES cherish this honor as dearly as
the rank and file
From the establishment OF the Ar
inEton national cemetery. the gov
eminent has spared no expense 70
make Il the most beautiful and At
tractlve city OF the dead upon which
the sun shines.