The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-11
TOMMY ATKINS
IS CANN0N|zED
Impressive Service in West
minister Abbey for Soldier
Who Died for Eng
land.
WITH HIGHEST HoNoRs
King George Takes Part In Ceremony
on Armistice Day, Which Marks
Kingdoms Honor for Her
Dead.
I[By Webb Miller, United Press Stan
Correspondent.

l[By Webb Miller, United Press Stan
/, Correspondent
!; LONDON. Nov. 11-"Tommy At
kins" was cannonized by Great Brit
ain today when she buried the remains
| of an unknown soldier among her IL
lustrious dead in Westminster Abbey.
The soldier, name and regiment I'M
known, was buried with the h1ghest
! funeral honors paid Britain's great
! fighting men, King George was Chief
mourner, army officers of the highest
frank were pail bearers and the highest
officers of the church assigned tn
warriors body to its final rest.
In addition, the entire empire sent
representatives to attend the services
and thousands upon thousands massed
| in the streets to glimpse the plain
oaken casket, swaying on its caisson,
as it proceeded from railway station
to abbey.
| Not satisfied with this glimpse,
| thousands waited for conclusion OF
1.-THE ceremonies that they might visit
the newly unveiled cenotaph, recording
the honors paid the unknown.
I rhe.. bronze tablet became mecca
4 Police and military lines opened the
/ way for the funeral procession, wnen
! finally the unknown's remains were
carried from the chapel in V1ctor1sa
station.
i Champing at their bits and tugging
at the gun carriage which they had
drawn in France, were six famous
! horses from Battery l. of the royal
horse artillery, which fought the great
battle at Lecateau.
They were IN mourning, black
plumes nodding from their brides.
| Officers from the army, navy and ar
forces carried the casket from the
station, laid it upon the carriage ana
draped the British flag across 1t. IL
was the same flag that had been USED
almost continuously at funerals IN
jYpres. Low voiced commands passed
down the lane of soldiers and sailors,
forming the guard of honor. a cat
ter of arms followed and the British
fighting forces stood at attention as
la nameless warrior passed down the
street to his last rest.
Field Marshal Haig, General Cat
less. of the marines. Admiral Earl
Beatty, and Air Marshal Sir Hugh
Trenchard, paced at the side OF the
carriage. Immediately preceding tne
honor guard was huge massed pahd'
drawn from many branches OF the ser
vices It's great bass throat burst INTO
lthe solemn strains of the dead march
as the procession moved out from the
station. the slow rythm OF muified
drums reverberating through the mar
raw street. Following the coffin were
long lines, representing the flghtng
men of all the nations of the bfltlsh
empire. , u,,,t,v az.
ter II, at the cenotaph, the monument
ito the glorious dead.
King George awaited it there. me
king unveiled the cenotaph as big
Ben" tolled.
! AZ the sound of the bell died away
the crowd uncovered and for two min
utes stood in silence.
The silence was finally broken by
the sound of bugles and the funeral
PROCESSION reformed with King George
and other members of the royal family
following the casket afoot as cnleI
mourners.
At westminster Abbey there was
another halt and the casket was Trans
Iferred from the carriage to the altsls
where the archbishop of Canterbury
Iconducted the solemn funeral ritual.
y AS the coffin finally was lowered INTO
sic crypt. a battery of artillery in the
adjoining st. James park, fired a nelo
lmarshal's salute of nineteen guns--the
highest military honor accorded any
one outside royal rank.
Tribute by France.
j rpy Henry Wood. United Press stan
Correspondent -,
PARIS, Nov 11.-France today ceie
brated jointly the fiftieth anniversary
} Of the founding of the French repun
lie and the armistice which ended tne
An unknown poilu, clad in colorless
and indistinguishable rags, was buried
with highest military honors as the
republics tribute to the plain hghtine
man who persisted in the fight asains'
J Germany.
To mark the anniversary OF the re
, public, the heart of Gambetta' founder
of the third republic, was transport