The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-25

ease. They passed away at Narva.
Thousands OF people thronged the
from Narva 20 Riga for burial. and
there was universal grief throughout
the republics The road down which
the bodies passed was strewn with
evergreen branches.
Impressive Funeral.
When Riga. was reached the caskets
were carried from the morgue to their
respective caissons by six Icsthonlan
and six American Red Cross officers,
who passed between the open ranks OF
a company OF soldiers standing at pre-
sent arms" Each caisson was drawn
by six horses and was draped with an
American flag. The caskets were COW
cred with American flags and flowers.
Twenty eight students OF the Esthonian
Military school headed the funeral pro
wreath OF flowers that had been pre-
scented by the numerous EsthonIan Of
hcials and allied missions In Reval
Following the cadets were the two Gals
Winfield and the second that OF Lieut.
Rlantoh: Following the caissons
marched Lieut.. Col. Edward w. Ryan,
A. X. c., commissioner for western
Russia and the Baltic states: Lieut..
sioner to Europe; Lieut. Col Elliot
Wadsworth and Maj. Jackson. A, n.
G. officials from Washington; members
OF the Reveal district OF the American
Red Cross, members OF the various al
JED missions In Reval. representatives
from the Esthonian government and
army, numbering in all about fifty
persons.
Metal Wreaths Sent.
The body of Lieut.. Blanton was dis
Inferred some time ago and carried for
twenty-five days on a sleigh from the
interior OF Russia, finally arriving az
New York. II was sent In the casket
in which i was buried. The, .casket
box weighed almost !, 900 pounds. The
casket was wonderfully preserved 1t
10 built Of heavy oak wood, and on the
inside Is lined with metal and copper.
Never before has anything like IL
been seen in Chattanooga. II Is or
Oriental construction. and the crosses
officer were placed on top Of it, il. some
metal wreaths. hand carved. were also
sent The flowers can hardly be recog-
nized from natural blossoms, and II
is hardly believable that human hands
tons of natures handlwork.
Expressions OF surprise have come
from those who have seen the caslseI
and wreaths.
Several pictures showing the resting
place OF Lieut.. Blanton "over there:'
offerings and the high officials in at
tendance have been received by the
young mans family.
On the right side OF each caisson
three American Red Cross
officers, and on the left three Estho-
MAN officers, these acting as pail
bearers. At the end OF the procession
marched guard OF honor and an Es- |
thonian naval band OF Nifty pieces, |
which played appropriate military flu |
reral dirges. The funeral procession |
slowly over road carpeted |
with thickly strewn evergreen branches.
The ceremony Mt the graves was mostl
Impressive. beautiful tributes being paid |
to the dead officers.
Beautiful Tributes.
Copies OF the funeral sermons and |.
IMPRESSIONS OF coincidence from allied,
Red Cross. French. British, Russian,
American, Esthonian and other high
officials were received by the grief
stricken loved ones. These expressions
viii be preserved throughout the years
10 come.
. The funeral announcement from Es-
Ihonia stated that T,ieuts. Winfield and
Blanton died on duty. proving their
lure love for strange people. May
The soil OF free Esthonia be light on
,ur valiant brothers"
Funeral OF Corpi. Trotter.
Funeral services over the body Of
,orpl. Earl w. .Trotter. who died IN
France on March Is, 1919 were ho'1
rom wann's chapel SATURDAY. r'''r-