New Britain herald., 1920-08-21
FUNERAL TOMORROW
 0F LEON ROBERTS
Military HonOrS to Be Accorded
 PlainYille SerViCeman
COMRADES TO PARTICIPATE
Body Will Be Laid at Rest in West Cemetery-Death of Mrs. Helen Han-BasebaH Games Scheduled for Tomorrow-Plainvil Briefs.

Hall-BasebaH Games Scheduled
 for Tomorrow-PiainvilIe Briefs.
 Sergeant Leon Roberts. son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Roberts of East street, will be laid at rest tomorrow afternoon. Sergeant Roberts died IS months ago in France, two days be- fore the scheduled time to sail home He was in the 102nd regiment He was 27 years old. Considerable diff ficulty was experienced in having the body sent home, and a course of more than three months was involved in doing so. The remains arrived last Saturday from Brest, France.
 The services will be held at 3 o'clock from the undertaking parlors of W. A Bailey, where the body has been lyin gin state and constantly guarded by members of the Brock Barnes post for the past week. At the Church of Our Saviour services will take place at 3:yo o5clock. Rev. Robert H. Burton will officiate. He will be assisted by Rev. Edward c. Thomas of St. James church, Hart ford. Burial will be in West ceme- tery. Impressive services will take place at the cemetery. Brock-Barnes post has arranged to have full mili- tary funeral.
 The pall-bearers who have been se- lected are: Philip Bloomquist, Wilson Livingstone, Harlan Burgess, Wilson Ellis, Joseph Winniger and Lloyd Reaney. The color guards will be: James Cunningham and Carl Nilsson. James Minor will act as color-bearer. Augustine Prior and Bruce Gilbert will lead the horses and George Far rar and Louis Meannone have been selected for the gun carriage. The firing squad will be in charge of John Guiden. Others in the firing squad will be Daniel Tedesco, Frank Ve- raldi, Earle Smith, Mard Futile. Ed ward Barrows, Fausto De Nunzio and Kenneth Seymour.
 The members of the Brock Barnes post have been requested to meet at the post headquarters at 2:3o o'clock in uniform and march to the under taking parlors on Broad street Eddy Glover post and the Rouillard-Linton camp of New Britain, will attend. Honorary guards from the post in Meriden and Bristol will also be present The Woman's Auxiliary of the local post, will meet at the Bailey parlors at 2:30 o'clock and attend in a body. The flag in Central Square will remain at half mast.
 The Plainville Drum Corps, with muff1ed drums will act as band es- cort.
 Mr and Mrs. Roberts have receivea notification from the War Depart ment that Sergeant Leon Roberts has been awarded a distinguished serv- ice medal.
 A poem, written by Charles Con- Ion and dedicated in Sergeant Rob- erts' memory, will be read at the services in the cemetery. as follows:
 In Memoriam of Leon Roberts
 They have brough him back
 To the land of his birth;
 To lay him at rest
 In his own mother earth;
 To place him to sleep,
 Where those who are dear
 May pay him their homage,
 And shed last tear.
 Back from over the sea
 where the red popies grow,
 And the little white crosses
 All stand in a row.
 Ger the graves of his com-
 rades,
 Who, in peace ever sleep,
 While friends here at home,
 For their absence weep
 All honor to him
 Who answered the cali,
 And gave up his life,
 His friends, home and all;
 That the flag of his country
 Might ever remain
 The vanguard of liberty,
 And retain its bright name
 Then gently place him
 Beneath the green sod;