European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 12, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7ceremony honors civil War prison commander uacut\t/1ta\t f am n ,. Washington apr Cannon fire echoed across a Hillside cemetery saturday As prayers were said for Henry Wirz 125 years after he was hanged As commander of the civil wars notorious Andersonville ga., prison Camp. A Grant that our brother May sleep in peace until you awaken him to glory a prayed the Rev. De Raffetto while onlookers stood under a canopy in a steady downpour to Honor a former Confederate officer they claim was gravely wronged. By All accounts Andersonville in South Georgia was a Nightmare Ridden with disease and starvation and bulging with three times As Many Union prisoners of War As it was meant toehold. Suffering and death were everywhere. As Camp commander the 41-year-old capt. Henry Wirz a physician and Swiss immigrant was arrested and brought to Washington. He was condemned to die for murdering prisoners and was hanged and buried without ceremony in old Capitol prison on a site now occupied by the supreme court. The remains of Wirz were reburied in 1869 in mount Olivet cemetery two Miles from Capitol Hill in Northeast Washington. Confederate remembrance groups Call him a Scapegoat who was railroaded to the Gallows As hysteria swept Washington following the murder of Abraham Lincoln. They say he was a Martyr who died a for god and  wisps of incense twisted Over the grave and the stars and bars stood beside the stars and stripes at saturdays ceremony. Fifty Yards away Gray Clad figures with water dripping from their Caps packed powder into a 3-Inch a Mountain howitzer and fired a 21-gun Salute. The first Earth jarring Roar echoed off buildings 200 Yards away. It sent acrid smoke billowing Down the Hillside and rising off the headstones. A get used to it a there Are going to be a lot of those a said Charles Goolsby commander of Jefferson Davis Camp no. 305, sons of Confederate veterans which sponsored the ceremony. A the did no to get any ceremony when he was buried Here and this time we re going to see that he does get  wreaths of red and White carnations and a Wreath of tobacco leaves were Laid at the grave. Raffetto an episcopal priest and chaplain of the sons of Confederate veterans said the tobacco was a Western Maryland tradition. Swiss army col. Heinrich Wirz Laid a Wreath with the colors of Switzerland the City of Zurich and the Wirz family Crest at the grave of a my unfortunate  a since boyhood my father confronted me with the destiny of Henry Wirz a he said. Col. Wirz Shook hands Swiss army col. Heinrich Wirz lays a Wreath on the grave of his great granduncle once commander of Andersonville. Vigorously with Tommy Bowers commander of Chews Battery stouts horse artillery professional a Are enact Erst who Don Gray and fire the cannons at numerous civil War ceremonies. According to a biography supplied by the sons of Confederate veterans Heinrick Hartmann Wirz was bom nov. 25,1823. He was educated in Zurich As Well As Turin and Paris and immigrated to the United states in 1849. He settled in Cadiz ky., and later moved to Louisiana married a widow and adopted her two daughters. They had another child. In 1861, he enlisted in co a 4th in Louisiana Volunteer infantry. He suffered a severe wound and earned a Battlefield commission in 1862 near Richmond. The following year he was sent to Europe on a diplomatic Mission. In 1864, he was placed in command at Andersonville. At his trial he was accused of murdering eight prisoners of War. He also was charged with conspiring with High level Confederate officials to kill prisoners. His partisans say the charges remain unproven that potential defense witnesses were barred and perjured testimony was presented. Nevertheless Wirz was convicted and condemned to die by a commission that Goolsby described at the ceremony As much like a tribunals familiar to communist police  before he went to his death on nov. 10,1865, Goolsby said Wirz wrote that his a life is demanded As an atonement. I will give it and i Hope that after a while i will be judged differently from what i am  Vatican bars honorary degree for archbishop la off a.  Rry. To a a cd a is. _ _ by the new York times the Vatican barred the theology faculty of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland from granting an honorary degree to the roman Catholic archbishop of Milwaukee Rembert g. Weakland asserting that his statements on abortion had caused a a great Deal of confusion among the faithful interpretation of a recent papal document on Catholic universities that affirmed academic Freedom and Independence. Two faculty officials at the Swiss University called Rome a action a highly unfortunate and unacceptable and a a manner of treating people that a offends All human  although the University of Fribourg is the Vatican a action provoked a protest a state institution its Catholic theology by members of the University a Catholic the faculty has a special affiliation with theological faculty who voted on oct. 24 not to Vatican and is subject to its oversight. Grant any of the five honorary doctorates that were to be conferred thursday. The decision by the Vatican raised questions about the influence of antiabortion groups there and about Rome a Weakland held hearings last week with women in the Milwaukee archdiocese to gather their views on abortion. In a report on the sessions he upheld the Catholic teaching that abortion is immoral but warned that the anti abortion movement was driving away potential supporters including catholics who viewed its focus As Harrow and some of its rhetoric As a ugly and  Weakland 63, led the worldwide order of Benedictine monks before being named to his Milwaukee Post in 1977. He said that his hearings had revealed a How far the  is Between the official teaching of the Church prohibiting use of birth control and the views of a some very conscientious  he said that moral principles could not be a matter of Law unless they enjoyed a a consensus of the population a and that politicians trying to face the abortion Issue with a respect of if should be Given a was much latitude As reason  Weakland a views were criticized by members of the anti abortion movement for betraying their cause. In an oct. 23 letter to the University easing the conflict by withdrawing his name from consideration for the degree Weakland warned that the Vatican a action would a encourage some to believe that the decisions in Rome Are made primarily under pressures from Ultra conservative groups in the  a i do not feel we Are serving our holy father Well and we continue to make the institutional Church less and less credible a he added. Navy fight song rated 5th for inspiration Annapolis my. Apr a self styled expert on fight songs says the Navy so a Anchor a aweigh is Only tied for the fifth place in a listing of the most inspiring song of its kind but Navy officials say they re glad of one thing they beat army. Bill Studwell a librarian at Northern Illinois University spent More than a month listening to recorded songs and watching football games to compile his list of the 13 most inspiring fight songs in the country. The winners chosen from a Pool of 30 to 40 songs were graded on music Quality lyrics and Overall tone. Notre Dames came in first. The librarian said a anchors aweigh Only tied for fifth a with the University of Maine so Stein song a even though he describes himself As an avid Navy fan and an Uncle of a naval Academy graduate. Alas he said the schools song was not As inspiring As others. A a a anchors aweigh is not As great As others at killing the opposition a he said. A it has almost a Waltz beat to it like a destroyer going up and Down the  naval Academy officials said they were Happy the song ranked so High but they were even happier that the army a fight song did no to make the list at All. A we Are very very proud to see we weighed in before army a said it. Cmdr. Mike John a Public affairs officer.  a anchors aweigh was written in 1907 by a bandmaster assigned to the naval Academy. A midship Man wrote the lyrics. It was first Sung at the 1907 army Navy game John said. Topping the list was notre Dames a cheer cheer for old notre Dame a followed by the University of Michigan so the victors a the University of Wisconsin a on Wisconsin a and Yale University so Down the  other songs and their rankings. 7. University of Southern californians a fight on us a 8. Georgia techs a a rambling wreck from Georgia tech a 9. University of Texas a the eyes of Texas Are upon you a 10. Ohio state University so across the Field a 11. University of Illinois a the Pride of Illinik 12. Indiana University so Indiana our Indiana a and 13. University of Oklahoma so Boomer