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etery, enough of it removed to show the bones in 

 bold relief. 



On Saturday we went to the National funeral 

 of the sailors and marines, who lost their lives 

 when the Maine was blown up by out side explo- 

 sives, in 1898. This was the most remarkable 

 spectacle I have ever seen. I stood at the Army 

 Building and looking up Pennsylvania Avenue 

 to the Capital. It was filled with marching men 

 and the sidewalks were crowded with people. 

 First came a platoon of mounted police clearing 

 the crowded streets for the procession, consist 

 ing of troops of Cavalry, Artillery, Infantry, of 

 Sailors, and Marines, and the Grand Army of 

 the Republic. They escorted thirty-two caissons 

 on which rested double coffins of the martyrs of 

 the Maine, completely hidden beneath a wealth 

 of flowers. Several bands played funeral 

 marches. The great column was reviewed by the 

 President. A cold rain set in that lasted all day, 

 but the soldiers made the solemn march to Arl- 

 ington through it all, in full dress. The brilliant 

 uniforms of the officers were unprotected from 

 the violent down-pour. As the procession was 

 hours in reaching the Cemetery, we went ahead 

 to Arlington House, which stands surrounded 

 with grand old trees on an elevation overlooking 

 Washington, across the Potomac. It was too 

 wet to look at the cemetery, where thousands of 

 the soldiers of the Union perished, that our 

 country should continue one and inseparable, 



