The New York herald., 1920-11-07
FRANCE TO BURY
.NAMELESS HERO
In PARIS SHRINE
Soldiers Body to Rest Be-
meath Arc de Triomphe,
Instead Of Pantheon.
POLICE PREFECT OBJECTS
Honors for Gambetta's Heart
on 50th Anniversary Of
Third Republic.

spee<1J Co0Ie 20 THE NEW YoRx HERALD.
Cc7yTi0ht, 1920, 6v THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,l
Paris, Nov. u.
Instead OF being inferred in the
Pantheon as a part OF the ceremonies
here on ar1nistico day, November II.
in celebration Of the fftieth ami
versary OF the Third Republic, It Is
now probable that the body OF On un-
identified French soldier will find n
last resting place beneath the Arc de
Triomphe. where It will be the object
OF many pilgrimages and be easier OF
access than It would be should It rest
in the interior OF the Pantheon. Be
meath the Arc de Triomphe this un-
identified hero VIII have n cenataph
whereon there would be placed every
day Wreaths OF remembrance by other
French heroes.
Robert de Jouvenal writing IN the
Mdtift, praises tho latest suggestion for
tho burial OF this unidentified hero be-
meath the arc and intirnates that the
support OF the plan by Parliament will
be asked when that body reconyenes
next Monday.
The preparations for the selection OF
the body which IS TO be honored as
typifying French sacrifice, was revealed
to-day by Andre Maginot, Minister OF
Pensions, who IS taking every precau-
tion that not even the battle area where
fell the soldier who is to be honored viii
ever be known. All persons connected
q
secrecy.
Two days before the ceremony auto
mobiles Will proceed under scaled orders
from nine principal war areas. including
Belgium. Each automobile Will bring
back ono unidentified body. which viii
be placed in plain coffin draped in the
tricolor. All these bodies Will rest IN
the Cathedral of Nerdun the following
day and there they viii receive the
homage OF civilians Then one OF the
bodies VIII be chosen by the Minister
OF Pensions himself without knowing
whence this body came. Tho body so
chosen will be taken to Paris, escorted
by a detachment Of troops which fought
from 1914 throughout the whole war.
The eight remaining bodies will be
buried with military hohors IN ono OF
the numerous graveyards dotting> the
fields OF Verdun. where 10000 French
dead arc buried.
The Prefect OF tho Paris police IS OBJ
jecting TO the interment of body be-
meath the Arc de Triornphe on the
ground OF traffic congestion. but Il IS
believed that the arguments by many
French notables who are opposed to the
Pantheon scheme viii outweigh the
Projects objections.
England has finished her preparations
Tor removing the body of one of her
soldier dead TO Westminster. and Portu-
gal and italy have also signified their
intention OF honoring one OF their SOL
dier dead In similar way, but so far
as THE NEW YORK Herald correspon-
dent here is able TO learn from Ameri-
can and French officials tho Graves
Registration Bureau in Paris has not
yet been instructed by Washington TO
arrange similar transport for an Amer
ican hero.
Another solemn feature Of the cele-
bration will be the removal OF the
heart OF GaInbetta, the man who in tho
dark days of 1870 never lost courage,
to tho Pantheon erected by a grateful
country 20 its great men"