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and they gave an exhibition Of EN-.
cheney while waiting the arrival
Of the funeral procession that was
pleasing. First they piled blankets
on the cold marble seats TO protect
the soldiers from exposure. Then
they produced bottles OF hot coffes
and great packages Of sandwiches
and gave them to their patients.
some of the latter were 30 badly
injured that they had. trouble sit
ting upright. But the nurses dld
all possible to make them com.
Great Crowd In Cemetery.
While this was going on there
was gathering outside Of the roped
line that enclosed the amphftheatsr
what later proved to be one OF the
largest crowds of people ever as
sembled in the cemetery. II had
been announced that automobiles.
unless their owners had . good
reason for being favored, would not
be allowed inside Of the grounds.
However. that rule apparently
only went lOT CANAAAAho - eAAAs~fes
every army or navy ofhcer there
had a tag that took his car inside
the lines. The result was that the
soldiers. Marines and bluejackets
were hard put to Il to keep the
people from being injured. How
ever, they did q great Job, and
while there were plenty Of narrow
escapes there was not q single Sc
rious accident reported.
Holders of the precious PASTE
boards that gave admission to the
amphitheater had q hard time get
ting TO the scene. As Q matter OF
fact many OF them did not reach
there until after the ceremonies
were all over. This was due to the
unprecedented jam OF trafic result
Ing from failure of either the
Washington police department or
the army officers in charge to take
early precautions to keep II under
control.
Gold Star Mothers There.
Among the first to arrive after
the contingent from Walter Reed
Hospital was a number of especially
invited Gold Star" mothers, They
moved down In front of the aps,
and looked over the massed floral
Wreaths. Few retained their COM
posture as they came back to their
seats. In the very center was the
insignia of the American Legion
done in flowers. Above Il, AZ the
root OF the catafalaue, was IN.
golden goddess that had been ..nt
70 the Capitol yesterday by this
Chinese delegation.
another early arrival was Alias
robertson representative In Con
gress for Oklahoma. .rNI..,
AIlce was CARRIED in the costume Al
hed Cross nurse and Attracted
great attention as she took her seat
IN the section reserved for the
members of the House. A IittIs
~hlIe later Senators Lodge and I'm
norwood arrived and took seats In
the box reserved for them. From
then on the amphItheater began 10
NIL rapidly. ~
Diplomats In Rich Uniforms.
All of the members of the DIplo-
matte Corps resplendent in their
gold and silver-trimmed uniforms.
were given places of promInece in
the boxes that surround the audi
forum proper. The members of the
various foreign missions, who had
rollowed the body along Pennsyl-
Vsnia avenue to Executive avenue
came directly to Arlington and took
places in the special boxes reserved
for their use.
Marshal Foch went for a lonp
time unrecognized because of his
strange garb. Few there ever had
seen the chief except
In the horiEon-blue war uniform on
his country Yesterday he wore the
red-braided trousers and blue coat
OF the dress uniform of his RANK
Admiral Earl Beatty wore his heavy
overcoat over his dress uniform. hui
his identity never was in doubt.
Japanese in Elegant Garb.
The japanese officials presented a
picture Of military elegance reminis.
cent Of former days. Their uni.
forms virtually were covered with
gold frogs and braid. In fact all
of the foreign military and naval
Representatives had CARRIED them
selves in their dress uniforms, with
side arms, as an outward evidence
OF the honor they desired to pay to
the unknown representative of re-
publican democracy.
Chief Plenty Coos, of the Crow
Nation selected to honor the dead
hero as the representative of all OF
the Indian tribes. arrived just be-
fore Gen. Dlaz and the Italians took
their seats. He wore the war bon
net and carried the coup stick that
he later reverently laid on the tomb.
While waiting the chief officials to
put In an appearance the pictur-
esQue Indian explained his mission
to a knot of italian officers.
Funeral March Heard.
At IL o'clock. zero hour" three
years ago when the armistice took
effect, a battery OF artillery moved
down from Fort Myer and took place
below the sarcophagus. prepared TO
FIRE the final salute. At 11:15 there
still were many vacant places, but
announcement came from the stage
that all must take their seats. Al
most simultaneously the strains OF q
band playing the funeral march were
heard. 1t drew rearer and nearer, un-
til at Has the caisson carrying the
remains" drew up at the west en-
trance to the Amphitheater. The
robed male choir and the clergy
passed out. and the Marine Band. de-
tailed especially for the occasion,
played a solemn dirge.
The body was removed by the body
bearers selected to represent the
army and the navy. The professional
then was formed. 1t was headed hv
the army chaplains detailed for that
purpose-Chlef Chaplain Brent and
Chaplains Axton, Laxaron and Fra