Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-11-11
Honor Unknown Dead
At Arlington This Day
BURIAL OF HERO TRIBUTE TO
ALL WHO FELL IN GREAT
WORLD WAR


the great ceremony to be held in
Washington on November 18th, the
third anniversary of the signing of
the armistice, when an unknown
American soldier will be buried in
the beautiful marble amphitheater at
Arlington, the national cemetery,
just across the Potomac from the CAPT
tai. From each of the four American
cemeteries in France the body of an
unknown American private soldier
was taken to ChalOns. There one who
had fought for America stepped into
the dimly lighted room where the four
bodies lay and placed on one of the
caskets a wreath. Thus did he desig-
nate the body to be brought back to
America on Admiral Dewey's histor-
ic flagship, the Olympia. The cruiser
is due to arrive at the Washington
navy yard after dark November 9th
On the morning Of November 10th the
body will be transferred to the rotun-
da of the capitol, where it will be
placed on the same marble stand on
which rested the bodies Of Presidents
Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley. Pro-
tected by guard of honor it will
there remain for "a hours.
On the morning of November 18th,
in the presence of what is expected to
be the most distinguished audience
ever assembled for any ceremony in
the history of the United States, the
audience including President Harding
ex-President Taft, ex-President Wilson
and other distinguished men of Ameri-
ca, and the old world, the body will
be laid to rest. There will be an adj
dress by President Harding, and at
exactly noon a two-minute silence will
be observed, not only in the presence
of the dead, but throughout the entire
nation, if the proclamation Of the
president is observed From the mo-
| ment the caisson bearing the body
leaves the capitol, in the company of
picked troops, until the conclusion of
| the exercises at Arlington minute
guns will be fired, while flags on all
public building will fly at half mast.
In thus honoring the memory Of an
unknown American soldier the thought
is to honor every boy who in the
World War gave his life while enlist
| ed under the Stars and Stripes. AS I
think Of this solemn ceremony won
der, just as you perhaps do, who this
boy, thus honored by our nation, real
| ly was. wonder what kind of home
he came from, whether from the farm
| or the factory, whether from mansion
or howell. AS I look back over the war
and recall how everywhere the boys
were gathered together in little
| groups as they went away to war, |
| picture q railroad station; perhaps
there are SO or 100 boys who are due
to go. The mothers and fathers are
there brothers, sisters, sweethearts,
| too. After a while the train comes and
goes. hear songs and shouts. I see
| men fight back tears through smiles.
| witness how the boys, as they go
away, wave brave farewells in order
that they may comfort and cheer
those they leave behind. After a
while those who have come from the
countryside mothers and fathers and
other relatives of the boys who went
away-go back home, go back with
heavy hearts and tear-dimmed eyes.
That day they went over the top"
So did the boys. The leave-taking was
battle, indeed, and bravely was it
fought.
Most of the boys who went away
then came back or have been account
ed for. Here and there, though, are
homes where the star in the service
flag has turned to gold, and where the
grief is doubly great because Of the
fact that the fate of the son for whom
that star stood has never been known.