The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1921-01-06

Who won the Great WARP Was II the British.
the French, the Americans? Wus 1t JOffre, Fe-
tain. Pershing Foch? Was 1t sailor, airman,
artillerist7 "A
All helped. No need to make comparisons
For II was the man In the ranks who won the
Great War; And that Is what Great Britain ard
France are proclaiming to the world by thus
honorng the "UnknOwn Dead" q
For unknown Dead" is merely n symbol. For
Unknown Dead" read "Aan in the Ranks
the common man who did his duty. offered his all.
his fight or gave up his life and is unknown,
unhonOred and unsung. No citation contains his
name. No decoration is his This Is the man
who won the and 1t Is In his honor that the
unknown Dead" buried with the pOmp and
circumstance of state display.
Nor need this man of the rank and file ever
have reached the firing line. Many q potential
hero never got to the front. Nor need this man
thus hOnOred ever have got into the fighting
ranks. Many patriot wlrO did his bit most
loyalty was rejected by the recruiting officer. II
he gave his country the best he had, he shares
the hOnors Of Armistice Day.
In honoring the unknown Dead" the British and
French give utternnce to their recOgnitiOns
that democracy Of service and of sacrifice which
Is the foundation Of society and the salvation Of
Nations. The ceremony Is for the living even
more than for the dead.
Great Britain buried her Unknown Dead"
with the honors Of field marshas funeral. The
body was that of soldier. name and rank un-
Known selected at random from the silent hosts
at Ypres-whether English, Irish Scotch. Welsh,
Canadian or Australian Is not known. It was
received at BOuOgne with the highest honors by
French and British soldiers.
The casket was carried through lanes of sol.
oilers at present arms" to the British destroyer
Verdun. Thanked by four French and six British
destrOyers, the funeral ship steamed across the
channel to Dover, passing into the harbor as can
non from the fort roared their salute Of nineteen
guns. Other honors to which field marshal 10
entitled were paid as the casket was carried from
the destroyer to the special train for London.
The historic "Padre's flag" used at innumerable
funerals after the fighting at Ypres. covered the
coffin whose plate was inscribed:
"A British Warrior Who Fell In the Great War.
1814-101S for King and Country"
The immediate guard which escorted the body
On its trip through the crowded and silent streets
from the station to Whitehall was composed OF
100 men of all services who won the Victoria
Cross The pallbearers were field marshals and
admirals of the feet, including vscount Douglas
Haig, Earl Beatty. admiral Of the grand feet. and
Maj. Gen. Sir Hugh Trenchard, commander Of
British air forces. BattaliOns of guards, with
their bands and a few officials made up the rest
" the escort.
II the highest rank were pallbearers and the high.
est officers of the church assigned the warriors
body to Its final rest
In addition the entire empire sent representa-.
uves TO attend the services, ana thousands upon
thousands massed into the streets to glimpse the
plain o..ken casket swaying on its caisson as II
proceeded from railway station to abbey.
Aside from members Of the royal family, who
included Queen Mary, Queen Mother Alexandra
and Queen Maud Of Norway. and few officials.
the only witnesses to either ceremony were per-
sons who lost relatives In the great war.
OF all. the witnesses that packed Whitehall or
:. crowded the abbey. little band Of approximate
" 100 women In the abbey received the most rev.
erent attention. They had been selected for the
seats Of honor because each had lost her hus-
band and al her sons. Every woman in Eng