New-York tribune., 1919-11-14
Representatives From Con.
gress, Michigan and De-
troit Unite With Relatives
of Men in Honoring Dead
General Organ Speaks
Senator Wadsworth Praises
Youths Who Gave Lives
on the Archangel Front

outside the pier, mingled with the ad'-
dresses of tribute to Americas heroic
dead at the ceremonies in Hoboken
yesterday morning for S,c troops who
died fighting in Russia. Late Wednes-
day evening the bodies of 104 soldiers.
killed fighting on the Archangcl front
and ten sailors arrived on the trans
port Lake Daraga from Brest. Vir-
tually all of the dead soldiers had been
members of the 339th Infantry, a unit
made up mostly of Michigan men.
Committees from the House of Rep
resentatives and the Senate, from the
American Legion, from Michigan and
Detroit. representatives of Russia,
members of the Red Cross, the Y. M.
c. A, the knights Of Columbus, rela-
fiveS OF the deceased, and the military
and naval personnel of the port of
embarkation participated in the i'm
presSive services, which were held on
ilagdraped Pier No. A, where General
Pershing was welcomed on his tri-
umphal return from France. The
caskets, draped with American flags,
each bearing a wreath of roses and
chry and smaller wreath
OF red, white and blue asters, placed
there by the Red Cross, were arranged
IN rows on the south side of the pier
opposite the speakers stand, guard
Of honor at each end The shore en-
trance to the pier was decorated with
large American flag with long black
al
Russians Pay Tribute
Two large floral pieces were placed
IN front of the rostrum. One was
wreath of white chrysanthemums tied
with red, white and blue ribbon, bear
ing the inscription: ITO the American
Soldiers Who Fought in Russia for
the Cause of Humanity. From the
Russian Embassy" The other was 6
large cross of white asters, with a
base of white chrysanthemums. It
bore the inscription: "Glory and
Honor to the American Heroes Who
Laid Down Their Lives for the Rus
ian Ally. From the Russian Ortho-
doX Mission Of North America"
Senator James W Wadsworth jr., of
New York, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs, after
an invocation by Chaplain John T. AK
tor, and a reading from the Scriptures
by Chaplain Walker x. Lloyd, delivered
an address of tribute on behalf of
Congress. The Senator, facing the flag
covered caskets, said:
The regiments, the battalions. the
companies of triumphant living have
marched past. To-day we meet the
first company of the dead no less tr-
Umphant. The mother country here re-
eeives into her compassionate arms all
that is mortal Of her gallant sons who
died wcrthily upholding her honor b.
their answering devotion to duty.
Death must always bring with it sor-
row and keen sense of loss. Indeed,
IN thousands of American homes to-
day grief is tugging at the heart
strings of those who have lost their
loved ones. But let US not mourn too
hepelessly these eager spirits who have
inherited the immortal youthfulness of
the early dead"
Organ Speaks for Legion
Representing the FIVE hundred mem.
bers Of the American Legion who we're
present. Major General O'Ryan, for
said:
The struggle is not over. for right
and justice do not yet prevail on earth
The struggle must continue until man
gains the state ordained for him.
"TCday we are confronted with So
cal and economic conditions which are
The logical consequences of a great war
N@l. peooie are chatting under these
conditions Bad enough in themselves,
these conditions are rendered worse by
the activities of ignorant guides who
would lead US astray over false trails
that can end only in disappointment
and disaster. Struggle on we must, but
on safe leadership. More than a year
ago the armistice ended the hostilities
Of war, but the struggle for better
things goes on. Here in our own
America only few da. ago gallant
veterans of the war were slain by the
ignorant ard vicious forces of evil for
no other reason than because they were
patient followers along the road Of
SUR and orderly progress"
Major Ro'ph Duff, secretary to Gov
ernor a. E. Sleeper. of Michigan, spoke
for the Governor, and Joseph A. Mar
lin represented Mayor James Couzens
of Detroit.
Procession to Chapel
Immediately after the services on the
pier, when the benediction had been
pronounced by Chaplain J. J. Campbell.
tars was blown by the buglers of the
18Th Infantry Band. and t e processor,
which marched through the rain-swept
Hoboken streets to the mortua y
chapel at 221 Hudson Street, was
formed. Led by the band, which played
Chopins Funeral March," members of
the clergy, the military escort, the
amhu ances bearing the cotfins, re!a-
tives of the deceased, the Congressional
committees, the committees from Mich
1gan and Detroit, the Russian commit
tee, army and navy personnel, welfare
workers and the general public fol-
lowed in the order named. Each ambu-
lance, draped with mourning ribbon. was
accompanied by two enlisted men. The
bodies will lie in state in the mortuary
chapel until they are sent for burial
either to national cemeteries or to
former homes of the dead soldiers.
In the Congressional committee were
Senators Wadsworth, George E. Cham
berlain. of Oregon; J. C. W. Beckham,
OF Kentucky; Medill Mccormick of
diilnois; Atlee Pomerene, Of Ohio:
truman H. Newberry, of Michigan, and
the following members of the House of