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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
wide, with the numbers of graves up- 
on them. In 1865 an expedition 
under command of Capt. James M. 
Moore, accompanied by Miss Clara 
Barton and a large force of skilled 
workmen, was sent to Andersonville 
for the purpose of identifying the 
graves, replacing numbered stakes 
with a painted wood headboard, in- 
closing the grounds, erecting flag- 
staff, etc. Their work was well done. 
About 1870 the government com- 
menced placing marble headstones at 
the graves. All are now so marked 
and have been for many years. 
There are four elaborate state 
monuments, the Pennsylvania memo- 
rial shown in the illustration, costing 
$10,000. Iowa is represented by a 
massive Montello granite shaft sur- 
mounted by a kneeling figure costing 
$10,000 and Maine and New Jersey have 
erected memorials at a cost respectively 
of $4,000 and $2,500. New York has 
made an appropriation of $25,000 for 
a state monument and Connecticut, 
$6,000, and these are soon to be erect- 
ed. 
GREAT McKinley memorial dedicated at canton 
The great McKinley National Memorial erected at 
Canton. O., at a cost of over $500,000, was unveiled Septem- 
ber 30 with elaborate military exercises and an address by 
President Roosevelt. 
The main structure is 108 feet in height and 79 feet in 
exterior diameter. The grand stairway, which consti- 
tutes the grand approach to the tomb proper, an essential 
part of the design, has a total length of 200 feet. The 
principal material employed in the construction of the 
monument is pink Milford granite, which has been util- 
ized not only for the exterior of the mausoleum but also 
for the steps and balustrades. The interior of the me- 
morial is finished in light gray Knoxville marble with a 
honed surface. 
The site is a tract of 26 acres, forming the crowning 
eminence of the picturesque West Lawn Cemetery. 
Spread out beneath the visitor’s eyes is a varied and 
beautiful landscape, beyond which lies the whole pano- 
rama of the city of Canton. 
In the general arrangement of the approaches to the 
tomb there is a suggestion of a cross and a sword. One 
of the most conspicuous features of the whole scheme is 
the introduction of an artificial lake or basin directly in 
front of the mausoleum. The basin, w'hich is more than 
500 feet in length, widens gradually as it approaches the 
memorial, broadening from thirty-five to sixty-five feet, so 
that the vista includes the whole width of the steps that 
rise directly from this water pathway to the main en- 
trance to the tomb. It is the function of this quiet basin 
to reflect the architectural composition beyond, and thus 
doubly to impress the beholder. 
As a sort of portal to this patriotic Mecca there is a 
circular plaza. This plaza is, however, without any treat- 
ment other than a parapet wall and the disposition of the 
trees, it being felt that being merely a turning point the 
attention should not be held by anything here. 
Various approaches for pedestrians have been provided 
and there is also a well arranged connection between the 
main approach and the system of drives in the cemetery. 
Few memorials anywhere in the world have been given 
such an elaborate and beautiful landscape surroundings. 
Superintendent Charles Anderson, who is in charge of 
this part of the work, has made remarkable progress. 
The grading has been completed; grass and trees planted, 
and all are thriving. 
The Harrison Granite Co., of New York are the gen- 
eral contractors for the structure, and Mr. J. J. Wood- 
ard, their general superintendent for the work, has been 
residing at Canton since the beginning of operations. 
We are indebted to Mr. Woodard for the photographs 
illustrated herewith and on the cover, Mr. W. H. Harrison, 
the general contractor, may be seen fin the foreground of the 
picture on the cover. 
THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND LAGOON. 
Showing construction of concrete basins. There are five basins 
and four cascades, the water falling 20 inches at each cascade. 
SUPERINTENDENT’S RESIDENCE, NATIONAL CEMETERY. 
Andersonville, Ga. 
The total number of interments is 
13,719 of which 13,713 are rriarked by 
the official government headstones of 
marble which may be seen in the pri- 
vate soldiers’ plat shown where about 
1,500 are buried. There are only 925 
graves of unknown and the larger 
number of them were removed from 
other points since the establishment 
of the cemetery. 
The original grave markers were, 
in most cases, boards about four inches 
