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. "136th this gone-repose the mnea o! ‘T‘WO thousand one hundréd tnd eleven finknown soldiers, gathered after the war from the field: 0'! Bull Run cud the route; to Bappahannock. Their remain- could not 'be identified, but their namema'nd dead: arel record“ in the archives of their. country; and it: zrateml citizen- honor them u at their ‘no'bie army or martyrs, May they rest in peace! “Same bar. A D. 1866.” Sam ting the tomb are four rifled ii pieces, ohe‘ stench oorner,‘ and stack of cannon balls. On Dec- cation d‘y, 1868, floral shields formed .tho center of mu 3168,3116 upon .them were appropriate inscription. On the north side: ‘ "0n, Fame‘l eternal camping ground Then-”silent ton:- are Ipreui. And Glory guards with‘miemn round The blvouac.’ of the M." On the west side: :‘Wheiher on tented field deodo ‘01 Mr‘departed eomndes. Generously “eluted by patriotic peo- ple. the haven-born ceremony was Inaugurated with IO much rever- onus! eclst ss m Me an indelible inpression on_the whole nstion and establish its permanency ”vermore. So interesting were the ceremonies that congress made an appropriation for the publication of the repqrté of the proceedings as: many plane'- in al- most every state and territory, as also In Old and New Mexico. 2 mm. oi Manor-ill (by, under Order No. 11. oi Gen. John.A. llognn. than commu- er-ln-chiot of tho Gnnd Army oi the Republic. In! 80. 1888, dawned glori- ounly. u it henvon m smiled pro- pitiounly for the day. Unexpectedly to Gen. Loom the or der elicited the Meat nonunion of I" loyal am: with the Grand Army of the Republic in_ honoring tho mommy ot'tho htoic dead, whoa; bodies lay “in llmoni my city. vil- lage churchyard in the ind." The most Imposing and i’mpreaaivo exercises were those at Arlington, wh‘ére then slept more than 22,000 heroic dead. Two thousand one hun- The mnlvors or the owl! vur were then a lax-u Mn! the population In all communities They seized with great enthusiasm the suggestion of commemoration of the moi and dred of that number are in the cata- combs oi‘ the granite mausoleum upon which is inscribed “Unknown." It’ may be of interest to man who have not visited this Val la. of American patriots to read tfie in- scription chiseled on this tom 1: Mm’mm‘ I... F irit Memorial E Day Celebration . _ 0:- In the bank'- van. ' The mun place for mm to an I. when he am (or mu.” UNKNOWN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN The program of May 30 1868,10!- the decoration of the graves in' Are lington was perfect The president; .his cabinet, the great captains of the army and .navy and distinguished rep- resentatives of foreign countries in the persona of members of the diplo- matic corps, many 0! the supreme court, the senate and house of repre- tentative: ,were present to participate in honoring the fallen braves. with the troops or the different branches of the service in and about Wuhingtop' and the‘long line-0t ex-unidn p‘oldiers who composed the Department of the‘ Potomac of the Grand Army of the Republic. Under the. direction of Prof Scale, the marine and “other bands played the Miser-ere} funeral dime: and approprlm pdtriotic are It intervals. might win the «am. virtue. n u :5: thonhoodeMy.hutot mow-Mmuthn."_ ln eddltion m the thousands In the muscle“: there ere hundreds or grsves in the grounds muted “Un- known.“ But few of the present gen: ,erstlon know am the hallowed bones in the musoluun sud those in the graves whose' headstones beer the melsncholy word “Unknown." were. thromh the 080m of that ineornpers able, patriotic women. Clsrs Bsrton. gathered from the may bsttlenelds oi Virginie and from isolated places in the forests around them. whither wounded soldiers hsd eryrled sad died. and whose bodies were undiscov- ered by the burial corpe. who st best could do, little more than cover over their. fallen comrades with s few spedeiule of earth sfter "the san- guinary struggle} at many hours. he- foréwthey were obliged to press for- ward to‘ hold advanced positions. The springtime ruins. the summer sans. the winter snows beet npbn the head: Clara Barton conceived the idea oi‘ gathering them together and mung‘ them in scientific hands so as to nine- sltgflnnd inter them in Arlington. Con? gross adopted her susmtion and or- dered the secretary on war to furnish transportation and detail men to se- company her on her mission of res- cuing the remains of heroes from ob- literation by further exposure to the elements. This sacred spot is full of historic terest Once the property of the amily of Washington, from whom it was inherited hy.Rohert E. Leeâ€"'-and when. he deserted it»to cast his lot with the confedemcy~it curiously he came the 1m resting place of those who had sacrificed their lives in the defense of 'the union, which Lee and' his cohorts had tried to dismember. ly made‘mounds or flexing: and Nd bare. the .ucred form- .whlch were won naught save whitened strenuous. 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