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Show GREATEST CEMETERY The pnst twelve months havo witnessed wit-nessed numerous mlditlnns tu the gruveri of the tlntnn soldiers who sleep In the glint National cemetery nt Arl Ingtun, In the hills of Vlrglnln, opposite oppo-site Washington, nnd Memoilal d is 1'iOJ, Hilda 18,000 defenders of the Htnrs and Mrlrcs cnreillel In the bivouac of the dead on the magnlllccnt istntc which was once the linnm of Hen Itob-ert Itob-ert IJ I.eo Arlington wns sob ctc.l nn a national cemetery soon ufti i the battle bat-tle of the IVIlileriu ss, nnd the first In-tirments In-tirments were made In liny. 1Kfi4-twn scorn searn ago Hro tho Courtli nf July nf that soar .Won giavea had been mado nnd marked with plain wooden headboards, and a year later the number num-ber had grown to moro thnn rooo It vv is nftor the close of tho wnr, however, how-ever, that tho gicatest culdltlons wero mado to tho Mist nimy silent In tho sleep nf dentil, for Immediately following follow-ing Iho icstoratlon of pearo u lutro burial corps undertcok tho glguntlo task of teiovcrlng tho bodies of all Union snlilleis, burled nnd iinburled alike from the camps and battlefields nf Viritlnla und Marylind and trans-feirlng trans-feirlng tlieni to Hie IielghtH ovcrhsik-Ing ovcrhsik-Ing Iho l'otomac. The temctery at Aillngtnn Is unique among our nitlonal cemeteries. At Clinttuiioogn, (lettssburg nml other slinllui burial pliecs of thu sollliry vers few uddltlons have been undo to the grnvis since the iierlnd Immediately following the Civil war mid gnat minibus mini-bus nf bodies (.rlglnnlls Interred at these cemeteries have been lemoved lis' frlenls Arlington, however with the silenilnr of Its natural benuty, has ap-pound ap-pound so eminently lilted to coiiKtltute a testing plnce for tho Nation's lieroeH of nil time Hint few bodies huve ever been removed, nnd eaeh yenr has seen many weaiera nf tho bluo Including many nineeis who occupied high places lu tho rubral urnis borne from all lieirta of the country, by their own request, re-quest, to repose with their old comrn li s within slUit of the tlty bo many of thnn died to save There ure many magnificent monu-mcntH monu-mcntH at ArtiiiRtnu, but perhaps nono of them Is sn Impressive us the pnnn-rama pnnn-rama stread out lu that section nf the cemetery glvtn ovc r tn the i rlvato sol-clierB sol-clierB wheio, on u vast level plateau, seemingly endless rows of headstones, uniform In shape and size, stretch away as fai ns the eso can riach, nil set In tno even innks of battalion mvnltlng tho final biiklo call. Near "t hand Is iho stately monument In neath which, hi one common grave, rest tho bodies of over 2000 nameless soldiers whoso Indies weie iccovered from the battlefields battle-fields of Hull Hun und tho Ituppahnn-nock Ituppahnn-nock but whom Identification wub Im-losslblc Im-losslblc At three of the principal entrances to Arlington are great memorial gates One icrpetuates the niemurs of Oi ns Ord nnd Weltzol minthei Is In memory of bhirldan nnd the thlid la dedicated to McCle Mm -Leslies Weekly. |