Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-10
M0URNS
. At MARTYRS SIDE
Paws Silent Tribute to In
known Soldier Who Gave
Life for Country
VIGIL KEPT BY SENTRIES
b. a sto1 Correspondent

Presidents in the rotunda of the Capt.
tol.
Mufled feet pass slowly by. Bowet
heads are raised to look upon the sim
rlv made black coffin. draped in tn,
sas of the republic. They pause foi
moment and move on.
There Is a hustle now and then n,
eroup enters the rotunda, and break.
,pr the PROFESSIONS, moves to the biei
and places an emblem of respect. There
b no comment from the watchers, fol
All are silent.
The shattered body, unrecognizablt
rhen it was laid at rest in the soil OF
France, slept all night under the dome
Of the Capitol, guarded by sentries who
stood in the long shadows by their
%yoneted rifles and the silent figures of
Washington. Lincoln and Grant.
In the sodden murk of n dismal
arizzling afternoon. such as he endured
an The fallowcd soil of France or Elan
ders the unknown dead returned home
iate yesterday. Before night fell, HON =
1re had been paid him by the highest
In the Nation as n prelude to his in
terment in Arlington tomorrow.
Homecoming Is Solemn
Hundreds stood on the river banks in
me penetrating rainfall, their spirit as
,ustere as the weeping skies, when the
historic warship. Olympia, once the
aagbearer of Dcwey's fleet, but now
broken by service, steamed slowly up
be Potomac, past the grave of Wash
;nston. 70 deeosit her cargo at the
Nsyy Yard and perform the formal cere-
mony of turning the body over TO the
army.
Az she slipped past Mount Vernon the
taccato cali Of the buglc echoed over
he Virginia hills, penetrating the lit
Ne copse where the Great Commander
deems As she made fast at the dock
IN Washington the guns of the Navy
Yard barkcd twenty Ont times to sound
tbe presidential salute-the highest
honor fighting men can pay.
The Olympia docked fifty five minutes
earlier than expected, nccessitating n
drpary wait amid the clang and clnmor
energy until the Secretaries of War and
NSysS S' and the staff chiefs of the military
branches arrived.
The felt covered caskct with dull sill.
YER handles had been placed upon the
barbctte Of the Olympia before she left
Chesapeake Bay early this morning,
90 that. amid the floral and metal trib-
utes Of France and Portugal, it was eX-
posed, shr0uded in Il drapcd American
flag beneath the nub of trim five inch
gun on the Prov Of the vessel.
c,,s uoo, Ro,r,ou
""' o'' .4'''' mn.
, unhS oo"hleI out, troop OF Ihlrd
Regiment NaVhlry ah1 platoon OF en-
llheers. accompanied DS III army Dnnu,
stoou 1T u,'eNsIoil Wheh % .ne huWSers
were thrpwh IRON !ne uecks TO ,he
wharf, wharf, "hlle tnc oiusJachcts swllL'g put
sIsn'S sS;n ~ r.. S"afii'eu aoou' u maze Tue
snip last. !
r;!h Two tS Sa'loLS DTS ob h, aGe navS uo'achtu
officers and two marines, stood rigiI ~
attention on either side of the raskrt ne
the OIympia crent IN the Potomac
until the hour bod passed and the noto-
bles had arrived.
PROMPTLY at 1 o'clock the limousincs
OF Secretary of War Weeks. Secretary
Of the Navy DENLY, General of the
Armies John J. Pershing. Admiral
Robert Z. Coontz, Chief of Naval On. |
erations, and Major General John A.
IAjeune, commander of the Marine |
Corps, arrived in the drizzling rain,
They took their stand alongside the
gangplank. A bugle sounded and n gun
on the aft side of the Olymnio started
to speak her twenty one shot salute.
The Marine Band began Chopin's Fu-
neral March and the bluejackets lined
the rail Of the ship.
Cabinet officers, civilian aides md
the noiseless crowd lined up in the ward
fcers ytood at ottant,o tmu .ne n'i'aFs .h vi
trating drizzle while the pallbearers
slowly and cautiously crept down the
gangplank and walked TO the artillery
caisson, on which they deposited their
burden.
Take or Your Hat"
nm 4mnilnneaiateIy ninHy cavalry band struck
platoon p of marines brought their rifles
and b"nS b'eSe"I ,t.hd urlns, me cavalry troop
,ivbt Hoa,' "tccteu h nslue anu the spirit"d
rIS~o p'"rN nno n9rses drawing the gun car
Tbo dot'u dot"oh itlo lsnc,
IN nnd "inIenI tTa , oi engineers cropped
heU~n '1e .laIcn 10 tne tapitol haG
rstcs as II swung through the yard
plavsd "a "a '1e ShprougnInre the oahd
kept a careful watch and dozen Or
tborn v VI oon,,,e .ne u5nthlnking humbly obeyed
ss ~ 'O,.i'ilnllaS 10 take on your hat
The The d Pp"'eSsloh advanced.
a iorno Inv "nE was 100 dismal to produce
roars 81 S, rrpWd' INN ranks OF home
tbs Couio otTo' III Spots along the route to
psry C"pi'oI' o,i,a' Where an infantry COM
The bos" """,stn ~ ~ lhe arrival OF the dead at
Snotbor 1e " tne steps OF the dome, while
stems company formed line on the
IN ,ho.o 49,
paIlboor,nsne rnsne steps the honorary army
WooJSiT,e :, Oh whom Sergeant Samuel
was ono oanntnj M.nerica s nero OF heroes