Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-10
BODIES OF "A MORE
HERO DEAD ARRIVE
TWenty-three Were Philadei.
phians, While Other Was
Camden Man
FLOWERS SHOWER CASKETS

Another troop train rolled into the
Reading Terminal this morning and
twenty-four soldiers were unloaded in
wooden boxes, embraced by the colors
they died to keep clean.
The same weary. melancholy scene
that has narrowed the feelings of Phil
adelphia's citizehs vas re enacted rs
the bodies of the hero dead were lifted
from the baggage cars, loaded onto
trucks. and wheeled away to the un
dertakers' wagons waiting below. Twrn.
y-thrce of the men brought home to-
day came from Philadelphia; the twen
ty-fourth was Camden man.
As each new consignment Of the hero
dead arrives the crowd to meet them
gets smaller and smaller, but always
faithful. always sure. are the two hUr
lists assistants. who stand unassum-
ingly at the extreme end of the line
Of mourners. Reside the two clean cut
young chaps, who have done the same
work so quietly on the dozen odd other
occasions when soldiers bodies have
arrived here. were piled two or three
boxes. In the boxes were twenty four
bouquets. and as each casket passed on
squeaking truck, one of the young men
placed spray of flowers upon it.
Donor Remains In Background
These are the gifts of an anony nous
giver-a giver whose name remains a
secret despite earnest efforts to ascer-
tain it. The beauty Of the thought that
prompts this action was accentuated
this morning. Many of the bodies that
N,l al trai
not met by friends or relatives. The
notice was short. Somehow one expects
that the War Mothers, the Legion and
city officials should be there to give
tribute to the dead-but the act of this
unknown person. more than probably
the parent of soldier buried overseas
seems more fitting reception than
ANYTHING else that can take place In
the smoke filled. noisy station.
When the caSket Of soldier passed.
without the familiar but pathetic sight
of the sorrowing relatives walking behind
It. the home touch. the family touch.
came with the laying of the spray OF
blooms from the unknown giver.
Among the American Legion posts
represented in the line that formed on
either side, making pathway for the
caskets, were John p. Garland. 1876 {;
William T. Shctlin, 10; W after NJ
Gearty. 315, and Yeomen CD 80. The
War Mothers were represented by a
committee. as was the Associated Fra
ternal Societies.
The Associated Fraternal Societies
appeared today for the second time in
this capacity. Reused by the gradually
thinning crowds that have come to the
station to meet the bodies of the re-
turning heroes, this organization, which
did such splendid work during the war,
has decided. under the leadership Of the
chairman, w. Freeland Kendrick. to
have representation at every train
which comes from Hobokcn with its
melancholy freight.
The organization has representatives
from the following societies. p. .. s. Of
A.. Red Men, Odd Fellows, Artisans,
Elks, Fraternal Patriotic Americans,
Birth Sholem, Junior o. u. A. NJ,
knights of Malta. Order of Independent
Americans, Daughters of Liberty and
the Sons of Veterans. The delegation
today, composed Of about thirty five,
was led by Arthur B. Eaton, secretary
of the society