The New York herald., 1921-11-11
Men. Women and Children,
Rich and the Poor. Pay
Homage.
BUDDIES IN THRONG
Tragedy OF War Brought
Home OH Eve Of Great
Gathering for Peace.
TRIBUTES FROM RULERS
Body to BE Carried to Arlinc-
ton To-day Followed by Pres
ident and Notable Corte@e.
Special Despctch 10 THE Nrw Yo2K Hs.,-a
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The world mourned to-day at tia
bier of Americas Unknown Soldier.
Upward OF $4,000 men, women and
children of all nationalities visited
the coffin of the war hero as it Law
in state in the rotunda OF the United
States Capitol. They represented all
walks of life.
Rulers Of nations paid formal tri.
Lutte with flowers, while gray haired
var mothers, with gold stars on their
coats, poured out their sorrow in
'ears. The war heroes or many lands
came and went away with limpins
American veterans. who thought PEI.
haps it was pal who is to be lad
10 rest in Arlington National Gene.
terry tomorrow with all possible mil:-
.ary honors.
The doors OF the rotunda wera
open from s O'Clock this morning
until 10 o'clock tonight. Through
out the day solid line of mourners
filed silently up the Capitol steps.
rast the coffin. They came in a solid
stream, four and sometimes fiya
fbreast. The line, in forming. ex.
Tended at times as far as the Con-
gressional Library and around the
corner, a distance of q thousand
yards.
TriBatcs From All Nations.
Meantime, using another entrance
to the rotunda special delegations
came and went at fifteen minute IL.
tervals. There were ninety.six e:
them in all--dipIomatists OF foreign
nations. with personal tributes FROM
their Presidents, Kings and En-.
perors. and selected groups from
American patriotic, religious and fra.
ternai societies. Some of them cor.
Quoted brief services at the bier.
Others simply left floral offerings.
The wealth O. flowers bestowed upon
the Unknown Soldier almost filled thu
Capitol rotunda. They came from al.
most everywhere-real flowers from
Europe. One wreath wonderful
creation of native foliage preserved br
a drying process. came from Africa.
Every State sent a tribute. BY night
fall the flowers were there in such
abundance that the soldier guard had
difficulty in finding space for them.
The ceremony, il ceremony it might
be called. was symbolic. It typified tho
suffering of the world over the TRACE
dies of war. on the eve of the day
when the statesmen of many nation,
are attempting TO reach an under.
standing that will make another wa.
less probable.
The greatest crowd arrived at ths
Capitol at 430 p. NJ, eight and one
half hours after the doors Of the ro-
tunda were opened. More than 5000
men and women were in line waiting
their turn to pass through the build
ing. Cold blasts and threat of rain
failed TO dampen the determination OF
those in line.
Crowds Early mt Scene.
Although the doors OF the refunds
were not opened Until A. NJ. crowds
OF men and women began to form n
line as early as s 80 A. NJ. Marching
slowly up the long flight OF steps leadinA
to the rotunda. the people tiled past tho
catafalqus at the rate of eighty min
ute The line was kept moving al
swiftly as was consistent with the dig
nifty oe the occasion in order to allow ali
who wished TO pass through the rotunda. :
By noon tho number OF persons who
passed the catafalquo was estimated a.
100 a minute.
The flag draped coffin was placed
little aside from the centre of the ro-
tunda to permit free passage OF the
throngs between tho doors At each cor
ncr OF the catafalduc $1,000 a soldier
head slightly bowed, according TO the
military custom prescribed for mortuaiy
qua rds.
As the bright morning sunlight fil-
cred through the windows Of the dons
the early throngs saw unusual shadci
OF color in the roses which draped the
casket. Around the walls the rotundo
was fanked with wreaths.
At one side Of the catafaique was tho
st Gaudens statue OF Lincoln, whose
marble replica was turned directly tow
ard the Unknown Soldier. resting in tho
same spot from which thousands viewoi
the features OF the Emanclpator .yilsn
his body lay IN state.
Premier BRAND OF France early In the
morning headed largo delegation fro.n
the French Embassy. which came to lay
several wreaths on the casket. VIII
Premier BRAND WAS Ambassador Jusser-
and. Side b. side 'they crossed the rc-
tunda. Behind them were the military
end naval aids in their brilliant uni-
forms. Standing rigidly at attention. the