| Show Mj 111 jl 1M I m No m 1 NMI I L 1 l la I I I Its Picturesque Location Amid the Heights and Winding Paths of Virginian HillsLast Resting Place of Sixteen Thousand Bravo Soldiers Who Gave Up Their Lives Fighting for Their Country and Their Flag Tornb of the Two Thousand Unknown Dead Down the Polomac but I a few Wills from our nations capital are Arlllll tin heights the foimer home ot lest Robert i Iee It Is a i luce not only of Mir t beauty but I of Interest to eiery American because here rt a llm soldiers who gave their lives that this nation might live Then too It liam here that the famous military hero Robert U Lee mod and who Mould not be happy lo enter the old home of this once famous man whose memory we nil cherish noUrt E Lee was one ot those simple true and honest mcrlcan and at the breaking out of the war Has recognized as one of oUr greatest KMer I I It Is a known fact that General Gen-eral Scott did all he could to rtalr Ike In the arm of the North but In vain Lee loved his old commander I Inehlef denily he loved his nag he loved Ms coun try but when It came to the question of giving his allegiance to the Unbn or his stale he as a man and a Virginian determined to share the destiny of his stale which had olemnly pronounced for Independence Ills I migration was a noble one llav Ing decided his course he wrote the following letter to General Scott Oenernlmncc my Interview with Ton on the 18th Tear I have felt that I ought not longer to retain my com nlMlon In tile army I therefore ten der my resignation which I icqucst Ira will recommend for acceptance It I Muld have been presented 1 tit once tot for the struggle It hascost me to I twrate mjself from ii service to 111110 I hnole devoted all tire best l years 01 my life and all the ability 1 possess burin 9 tile whole of that IIme > more UIa a quarter of a eenturj I have upertned lothlng but kindness from 47 uperloro and the most cordial Irtndhll train my comrades To no Oct glnerI havo I beon a much Incur thtoted Lis to Yourselem Mauniform 11colns and cur sideratio I J oiJ It ham IU been my ardent desire tu merit loue approbation I limit carry to the grave the mot grateful recollertlon ot you kind noldrallonsnd our and r lIamo fame III te i a W ln tear I Inc Have Tit n al lot in live lot te i never de I it XI to tit w illy award BeAD t loit ae lot m car carnent I r the min your AD a of ce 111 ex I an rOsPerit find believe to most tluly ours Li It r LET LIutonantOmral ll entoral Winfield t scopr Ifthilletter Commanding limited States army OurtesT 11 full ot dignity and I blrrdn fe vainly I bid tit attempted toN to-N O arW ImIn 110 felt at tI hit dh fr CIA friend and withdraw Juirting I wtCIA letter from his country The tot I to his I slot 1 the same do Ile was orittEn Arliar SIT On Virginia April I 20 I qtl illy toh3lUgr III I I er I arm grieved at ty I at n have I see you I otf saltholf I for a more con Season many hdrit has brought to gret T me deep and lustlnr f altt A h1ch I ini Be are ln I stain tar yield to nothing The hole I I South is in a stale of revolution Into which Virginia after a long struggle Tins ben drawn aM tholllh r recog rilze no necessity for this state of things and would have forborne and pleaded to the end for redress or grievances griev-ances real or supposed vet In my own Iron 1 had 10 meet the question whether I should take part against my native stale With all my devotion to the Union and tho filing of loyalty und duty of an American citizen I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives mj children my home X IIIc therefore resigned my controls Ion in the army and save In defense ot my native state with the sincere Ito is that my poor services may never Ile 1 needed I hope I tray never be called on to draw my sword I know you will blame me but you must think as kindly of me ns you can and believe that I have endeavored to do what I thought right To show you the teelloc and struggle at halt cost me I send a eopy of mj letter lo General Scott which accompanied my letter of resignation I have no time for more May God guard and Iroteet you and yours and shower pon you even blessing Is I tile prayer ot jour devoted brother ii n LEE These very letters show that ho In his every diy deeds conformed to his own ennobling words Duty Is the sub llmst word In our language is Human virtue should be equal to human hu-man calamity As one stands on the portico of the old house he partly realizes what private fortunes and fu lure hopes Lee sacrificed when he resigned re-signed from Ihe United Stales army Hut we had quite forgotten Arlington Arling-ton On the Virginian hills across the Potomac from Washington Is I the old home Entrance Is I made through the Sheridan state and pretty winding paths among the trees bring us to the house and antique looking structure with large Doric columns It resembles uome undent Athenian temple The builder wan George Washington 1arke Cllrtls whose rnlllmother heram lira Martha Washington Mary Curtis married Robert E Lee In 1SJ1 and at Arlington their happiest days were spent When the war broke out Leo bade adieu to this beautiful spot and It soon fell Into the hands of Federal troops the mansion becomlnp the headquarters it General Mergs had tho grounds a military camp rind earn etery The view from the portico of the house Ii extremely fascinating Below at Hut toot of the slope Is I the Potomac lowing calmly oi > to the great Chesapeake Chesa-peake Ilaj To the south Is I Alexadrll rind ncross the liver the National Ca Itol with Its beautiful suburbs of him and dales Beyond are the hills of Morjland gradual recedlnu to The list Icons rim The grounds at Arlington nre beautiful It seems that mother Nature Ins been I molding for years the spot which should protect the remains ot 60 many of oup notion heroes There are flower bedl nnd Hwns and beautiful trees that have been growIng grow-ing for man many years nnd It was the t beauty of these that caused la fnvctle to say when vIsltlnK her llememlicr how much taster It 1 Is I to out down a trem than to make one grow All day the Stare and Stripes floor In front ot the hOuse until the sunset gun of Tort Ill yer reverberates among the hill The most Impreshe p Ichl 00 the soldlem graves ScratchIng Scratch-Ing nw ay In almost endletom vision ono sees the little tomb stones set In row arid uniform In distance On each Is the train a of a Soldier and the number num-ber lij whleh I he Ii l Irint the Roll lot Honor which Is I kept In the war de I pertinent at Washington Dispersed heiv arid there about the ground are bronze tablets un hleh are stanzll taken from Ollaroa Bivouac or the Den a poem doubly Impressive volien read Oman the graves Tire muffled drllms slid roll Ia beat Th soldiers lat tatoo No mol on nreon Parade shall met That brave arid fallen tw IOn I-On tame eternal camping ground Their silent tents an spread And glory guard with rolemn round The bivouac ot the dead I Rest on embalmed and sainted dead Dear as the blood so gave Ni Impious footsteps here shall tread The herbage ot jour grave Nor shall Juur glory be forgot While fame her record keeps Or honor points the hallowed spot Where valor proudly I sleeps Under some oaks Is I the tomb of the unknown dead Over two thousand soldier who wero never Identified were burled together and they sleep 1 aj brothers owalllnt the call or the resurrection resur-rection morn The Inscription on the monument tells this simple story Ueneath this stone repose the bones of two thousand one hundred Bad eleven unknown soldier gathered after the war frcm the Holds of Bull Hun and the route of the llappahannock Their remains could not bo Identified I but their nnmoe and dath are recorded re-corded In the archives ot their country and Its grateful ciliates hooor them usof their noble nrmy or martyrs Alay Ihe ret In peace September A D lbGG To the east ot the house whro the I lawn slope gradually to the bank oft of-t 10 river Ills the tombs ot Phillip Sheridan Admiral David Porter all it Oeneial George Crook In another section sec-tion are Ihe graves of other noted gen ernls who fought In the late war and tones still stand to mark the last restIng rest-Ing place of eleven Revolutionary fathers All cemeteries arc sacred spots anti his one at Arlington seems especially so because of the beautjand the quiet atmosphere The graves are all covered I cov-ered In gross and flowers and each I seems to have been especially mado pretty In I honor ot Its d flo The sight J I is Pleasing and wth Irving we my Tr f r jUl gu deo1 I Tire grave should Ile surrounded by everything flint might InIlro tender I news and veneration for tile lenl Dr that might win the living to virtue The blue and the gray lie aid by tilde still In that world where they havo been renlded I long I ere i this the are held together In that bond of Ideal brotherhood whlch only Heaven I know LrV1 BDIAU YOUNG I |
