IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1094 
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armistice Agreement, the 100th 
anniversary of the return of the Unknown Soldier, and the 100th anniver-
sary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. GALLEGO, and Mr. YOUNG of 
Alaska) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
RESOLUTION 
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armistice 
Agreement, the 100th anniversary of the return of the 
Unknown Soldier, and the 100th anniversary of the 
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 
Whereas, on April 2, 1917, President Thomas Woodrow Wil-
son asked Congress to convene an extraordinary session 
to officially declare war on the Imperial German Govern-
ment; 
Whereas, on April 4, 1917, the Senate passed a joint resolu-
tion that declared a formal state of war between the 
United States and the Imperial German Government; 
Whereas, on April 6, 1917, the House of Representatives 
adopted the same joint resolution that the Senate had 
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passed, thereby marking the official entry of the United 
States into World War I; 
Whereas more than four million American men and women 
served in uniform during World War I; 
Whereas 116,516 Americans died from combat and disease 
and another 200,000 were wounded; 
Whereas the Armistice Agreement to end World War I was 
signed in Paris, France, on November 11, 1918, at 11 
a.m.; 
Whereas, on March 4, 1921, Congress approved the burial of 
an unidentified American soldier from World War I in 
the plaza of the new Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington 
National Cemetery; 
Whereas, on Memorial Day 1921, four unknown soldiers were 
exhumed from four World War I American cemeteries in 
France and United States Army Sergeant Edward F. 
Younger, who was wounded in combat, highly decorated 
for valor, and received the Distinguished Service Medal 
in ‘‘The Great War, the war to end all wars’’, selected 
the Unknown Soldier of World War I from four identical 
caskets at the city hall in Chalons-sur-Marne, France, on 
October 24, 1921, by placing a spray of white roses on 
the third casket from the left; 
Whereas, on October 25, 1921, the casket bearing the un-
known soldier was placed on the USS Olympia for trans-
port back to the United States and the French Minister 
of Pensions presented the Ordre National de la Le´gion 
d’Honneur, that country’s highest military award, to the 
Unknown Soldier; 
Whereas the USS Olympia reached the mouth of the Poto-
mac on November 7, 1921, and on November 9, 1921, 
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joined by the USS North Dakota (BB–29) and the USS 
Bernadou (DD–153), she stood up the channel to the 
Nation’s Capital, exchanging salutes from Fort Wash-
ington and Mount Vernon during her passage; 
Whereas the USS Olympia moored at the Washington Navy 
Yard on November 9, 1921, and was welcomed by Dis-
trict of Columbia Brigadier General Harry H. Bandholtz, 
USA, who commanded the Military District of Wash-
ington, and who led a welcoming entourage that included 
Secretary of War John W. Weeks, Secretary of the Navy 
Edwin Denby, General of the Armies John J. Pershing, 
USA, Admiral Robert E. Coontz, CNO, and Major Gen-
eral John A. Lejeune, USMC, Commandant of the Ma-
rine Corps; 
Whereas the USS Olympia fired a 21-gun salute, buglers on 
board sounded attention, and the boatswain piped the 
Unknown Soldier over the side, the ship’s band playing 
the ‘‘Funeral March’’, followed by the national anthem; 
Whereas the 3rd Cavalry Regiment’s band played ‘‘Onward 
Christian Soldiers’’ as the procession, escorted by cavalry 
troopers, made its way toward additional ceremonies, cul-
minating in interring the Unknown Soldier in Arlington 
National Cemetery on November 11, 1921; and 
Whereas, since 1921, soldiers from 3rd United States Infan-
try Regiment headquartered at Fort Myer, Virginia, have 
stood guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: Now 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 100th anniversary of the 
signing of the Armistice Treaty; 
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