Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-11
war. may diAApp~ar and that there
may he world tranquility.

Wuts uidt uhbRPcaT UItu tucN tuUt
may he world tranquility.
Hear us. O Lord, an now, in
obedience to the call OF our Presi-
dent there sounds throughout he
land the national Angelus calling
to prayer, and we stand with bow
ef heads and reverent hearts In
silent thanks ier valuable and val
orous livrs and in suppllcation foi
divine mercy and hleseiny upon
our beloved country; and upon
the nations Of the earth; and to
Thee, Wonderful Councillor.
Mighty God. Everlasting Father.
Prince ~ Peace. shall be ,lscrib,d
all glory and honor forever.
Amen"
Crowd Bows In Silent Reverence.
AS the chaplain concluded the invo-
cation the sudden, clear note OF the
army trumpet cali attention" marked
noon and the nationwide two minute
pause The whole company stood
bowed in silence.
There was absolute silence. hush
as II the world had stopped The
opening notes of america" signaled
the ending of the two minutes period
and the great chorus was caught up
and swept over the hills. the thou
sands outside joining In ;he mighty
hymn of love of country.
AS the last great note died away
Secretary Weeks stepped To his place
beside the bier for his brief speech az
master of ceremonies. He said
1--WE are gathered, not to mourn the
passing OF a great general or other
conspicuous person. but an unknown
soldier of the republic, who fought to
sustain a great cause for WHICH ne
gave his lifes Whether he camel from
the north, the south. the east or the
west. we do not know. Neither do
we know his name. his lineage or any
other fact rela ting to his life or
death, but we do know that he was n
| typical American, who responded to
his country's call and that he now
sleeps with the heroes.
I'VE. who are gathered here in such
numbers. are simply representative
of all the people Of the United States
who are here in spirit and whose sem
| timents have been more deeply stirred
| by this event than any in the life OF
our country. These sentiments car
only be adequately expressed by on,
Ncitizen--the President of the United
| States"
President Pays Glowing Tribute.
/ Immediately, after President Hard.
ing began delivering his address,
| tribute in the name of the American
people TO the man who slept beneath
the flag. presidents address appears
on pages / and 2 OF today's Every
Evening".
As Mr.. Harding spoke. the sun drov,
through the haze and splashed tn,
whole great gathering with colder
light, as if it also would lay its lif,
giving hand in commendation on tn,
humble. faithful servant at rest.
There was unbroken silence as tn,
President spoke. Every tone of hi,
voice showed the emotions he felt al
he read slowly and distinctly that hi
words might be caught blythe elec
trio appliances and sent wingin,
across the nation to gatherings lis
tening beside the far Pacific. at Sa,
Francisco and to another multitud
York
! As the President concluded. a Glen,
oiue SKY spread above the white bowl
turned up from the green hills below
as IL IL offered human tribute O
emotion and high feeling to the mys
tery beyond. into which the lionel,
sleeper had gone forever.
was as IL all the solemn words an,
chords were lifted up to him ther
above.
The warming sun rained down n
rays on those gathered to do honor I,
the dead It's beams struck in benea n
the pillars of the colonnade 10 main
the white arches with dark. gold
toned shadows over the heads of tn
great men standing there in tribute
There was dramatic moment !,
me President concluded, when touch
'nt on the coming conference in Wash
ington he said ii should be the begir
ming of better civilization a NOR
lasting peace. and then ended his a,
dress with recitation. of the Lord
prayer in which the thousands ioina
their strong earnest tones rolling u
the pledge of faith to the sunligl
above.
"The Supreme Sacriice.-
At the conclusion of the prayer
quartet of singers from the Metropol
. tan Opera House of New York san
The Supreme Sacrifice
: 'Oh, Valiant hearts. who to your gloi
: come,
; Through dust of conflict an
. through battle flame;
. Tranquil you lie. your knightly vi
tue proved.