New-York tribune., 1921-11-12
Martial Note
IN 1 iinai Salute
Given w arrior
Nists Roll Into Arlington,
Lending Battlefield As
pect TO slae ssCod's Acre.
Where ssUlnknown'' Rests
Nsars Hurts Sanctified
wPresislent. a aCeneralissimo.
=, an Admiral, Generals and
: Princes Honor a SsBuddy"
BY w, O. Mcclellan

WASfiiNGT0N, Nov. lI.--Thc last
q of Americas part in ,he World War
) "7s staged to-day under soft gray
wsst that shreuded the hills of Airing
;oa. The nameless one in whose BODY
ooce stirred spirit attuned to the
Soqi OF the nation was laid to rest in
1iers
The stage of the marble amphi-
theater. where the flag -draped coffin
lay, was Wars High Altar, with the
m+sts bringing the illusions of battle
fields afar, Some prophets believe that
II may be the last High Altar that
civilized nations Will raise to war, and
tfAt when the work that starts to-mor-
rav Is completed the light of under
standing will come just as the sun
broke through the gray mists above
tho hills OF Arlington when the last
tlSeute had been paid to the nameless
one.
If the prophets of the better day
could picture anything as beautiful
70 war fought through, their new
dawn would be assured. But under the
gnists of Arlington to-day the warrior
spirit exulted. The dead marches
sNrged 20 q paean of triumph. Armless
a9d legless soldiers, their breasts
bsazoned with decorations, saw the
nNghtiest warriors of the world stand
nv salute TO their nameless- -comrade,
and their tired eyes rekindled. The
gray faces of the gold star mothers
We're lighted with the look that paint
crs. give the Madonna whose Son was
taken from her.
Reverberations of Cannon
The crashing of the cannon rever-
harated through the hushed valleys.
. the crescendo of this unspoken triumph
ofs the warrior spirit over suffering and
over death. Even the bugle call of
taps," that sweet and plaintive last
message to soldier about to sleep.
seemed like a summons to bright and
happy dreams after time gloriously
spent.
Perhaps this demonstration at the
High Altar of War is the final tribute,
aisd the nameless one the last sacri-
zee. But here. on the eve of what may
be the new day, the sufferings of war
< orified. I. - - . : ~ - =
What pageants have those who offer
neace to show?
ahis was pageant that was en-
treiy sincere. It's incongruities
emonstrated that. And it was not
eoufning at the last. 1t was a ma
tional eNultation, every note of it.
cue liSSlVeDt spoke OF the horrors
If modern wars and of the pathos of
rie nameless ones sacrifice. The
slrhitheater filed with soldiers,
Hfs,imed, and with women who bore
tiers for the last war, was hushed
2 Ct white soldiers of the fratricdal
'ul War, wearers of the Blue and
ne Graz. heard him. Then again the
l}gs of the war lord rustled through
ne miSts.
The Secretary Of War bent down
nd folded back the flag from the top
ef The coffin of the nameless one. The
i'resi6ent bent down and pinned on the
y atk pail the Congressional Medal of
Honor and the Distinguished Service
Cross, intoning the citations reverently.
Gut stood Lieutenant General Baron
Jacques, of the Belgians, and laid be-
side the American decorations the Bel
gan Croix de Guerre. He stepped
back and stood for "a few moments at
salute, then delivered Belgium's tribute
10 the nameless American.
And the Victoria Cross
Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty, with
out word, placed the Victoria Cross,
highest honor of the far fought Brit
ish. battlefields, on the pail, saluted
and stepped back without word.
The slight and almost fragile figure
Of Marshal Foch of France stood be-
side the bier. In few simple words
he voiced the tribute of France to the
nameiess warrior and pinned on the
black cloth the Croix de Guerre and
the Medaille Militaire. General Ar
nando Diaz followed with the cleaning
Gold Medal for Bravery from Italy.
Prince Bibesco of Rumania laid on the
glittering pile the Rumanian Virtutea
Militara. Followed a Czecho-Slovak
= representative, Prince of the Poles
with more decorations for the warrior.
All bore soldiers tributes to SOL
rs der. Of the Allies only the japanese
did not come with martial symbols. 1t
was explained that the Japanese do not
send decorations to the dead.
The Secretary of War laid back the
flag and covered the decorations. Once
more the dirge started and swelled to
a march of triumph as the soldier and
sailor pallbearers raised the coffin to
bear it to its last resting place, a
sarcophagus on the high Hill above the
Potomac.
There the chaplain recited the last
rites for the dead. Hamilton Fish jr.,
IN his overseas uniform, with Crolx
de Guerre on his breast, placed wreath
from the American Legion on the coffin
that was laden with honors.
Mrs. r. Emmet Digney, president of
the Am erican War Mothers, laid beside
it a wreath from the mothers of sons
Who fought.
The last offering was startlingly in-
rofyruous, but sincere. Chief Plenty
COS Of the Grow Nation for the first
Of .the American warriors laid on the
coS.n his gaudy war bonnet and coup
stick Then the three volleys and the
L cfi"taps-"
& was rot with a brooding sorrow
IN that they laid the last warrior of
hs #orid War to rest and covered this
euwbolic coffin II was more in the
SIT OF triumph. Even in the two
7ute silence those in the amphi-
ntec seenled to hear the rumble of
us afar. From the oldest G.. A. r,
n.aA TO the Youngest crippled wearer of
20 Croix de Guerre and the Congress
ian' Medal Of Honor they did not
seesn to be looking into the future, but
oaes, into the smoke-clouded and bloody
past.
Traffic Jan, Keeps Many
NofsgJsEos From Ceremony