Show Arlington Typical o of Great America Service to Country Is One Necessary Requisite for for- Burial There In wide varlet variety have I MEMORIALS YE been erected to the valor and ond patriotism of ot the thousands of ot defenders of ot the nation but by far tar the most magnificent of ot these tributes Is the great Arlington cemetery just across the Potomac river on the heights overlooking the capital city of ot Washington Here He lle burled some 80 30 dead of ot tb the Civil war the Span Span- American ish-American war and ond the World war wore NeIther money nor effort has hns been spared to make this cemetery a fitting titling resting place for tor the the soldiers and sailors who here repose In their last lost long sleep Simple marble headstones of ot privates stand alongside the great mausoleums and monuments of ot distinguished distinguished distin arm army and naval officers Service ServIce Service ice to his country Is a necessary requIsIte requisite site for tor burial In Arlington but rank matters not the humblest and find the greatest sleep together Standing out beyond all the monuments monuments monuments ments In Arlington without doubt Is la lathe the glistening white marble of ot the he great Ireat amphitheater dedicated three years ears ago ngo Here on Memorial Day hundreds of ot government officials and private citizens gather In an Impressive Impressive impressive sive service Three other memorials In Arlington command more than passIng passIng passing pass- pass Ing notice The mast of ot the battleship Maine sunk In Havana harbor a quarter quarter quarter ter of a century ago ngo precipitating the Spanish-American Spanish war serves es as fiS a monument over the graves of ot many brave American who lost their lives when that ship struck a mine The monument to 2111 of ot the unknown unknown unknown un un- known dead of ot the Civil war ever reminds reminds reminds re re- re- re minds the visitor to the cemetery of ot the thousands lying In unmarked g graves aves over the battlefields of ot the I South And of more recent renown Is the grave of ot the unknown soldier whose body was brought from the I fields of ot France to typify his comrades In this last great conflict It Is s a n I touching sight as ns some little gray gray- I haired woman often otten plainly dressed but always In deep black kneels at ot this tomb She has made the pilgrimage pilgrim pilgrim- age oge to the grave of or her bo boy bound und and It be her ho boy If It he was nInon the may among t dead At least sue she finds unus consolation In thinking It Is and her mother heart henrt Is satisfied when she has hns knelt at his last resting place Many mothers have In the last few months thus sought com consolation for their los loss AllIn Arlington ton cemetery Is unique there unique there Is nothing like It In the world Other nations notions have erected monuments arches anti and memorials to their successful successful successful success success- ful mill military tar and naval leaders lenders and ond statesmen They have provided mas mas- massive sive she tombs and burial places but always always al al- I ways WU'S for men of ot high rank England has her Westminster abbey for men of high distinction In statesmanship Invention science letters philanthropy philan philan- philanthropy as ns well as ns war Frances France's Pere an rind and Romes Rome's for forthe forthe forthe the same purpose and Eg Egypt's p pyramids pyra pyra- ra were re reserved for kings s and queens only lint But not so Arlington ton Here Ure equality and sacrifice dominate Wealth birth hirth social station and p po political eminence without military sere Ire Ie try U for or admission In vain Arling Arlington ton tOil Is t typical f of n a nation conceived In liberty lIl and find dedicated 1 to the proposition proposition propos 1 tion that nil all men are created equal Grit Grit I |