Evening star., 1921-11-03
W0ODF|LL NAMED
AMONG BEARERS
Five Remarkable War Heroes
to Honor Unknown Soldier
at Arlington Burial.

Sergt. Samuel Woodfill Of Madison.
Ind. "the foremost American hero of
the world war;" heads the list of
five Army heroes selected to serve In
the honorable capacity as body
bearer at the funeral Of the unknown
American soldier whose body is now
on it's way to this country on the
Olympia. He is the representative OF
the infantry and four other honor
men are to represent other fighting
arms of the service.
Restrictions were placed on the
selection of the bodybearers repre-
senting the Army. First. it was i'm
perative that they have a good record
in the world war and have been ac-
tualiy engaged in battle. Second. they
must be within one inch of six rect.
their weight must be close to the
average for their height. and the SOL
dier must be warrant officer or non
commissioned officer, presenting
good appearance. Sergt Woodhll met
all these requirements and his extraor-
binary service in putting three ma
chine gun nests out of commission
and killing the officers and mem
nineteen in all-in charge, placed him
at the head of the list.
serst. Taylor Chosen.
First Sergt. Harry Taylor, Head
quarters Troop, 1st Cavalry Brigade.
was chosen to represent the mounted
arm. He has been in the cavalry
since 1900 and has seen service In the
Philippine Islands and In France. Dur
ing the world war he was a memoer
of the Headquarters Troop OF the Slst
Division and was cited in general or
ders for his good work. He took part
in the battle of st. Mihiel, the Meuse-
Argonne and along the Scheldt, IN
Belgium.
Sergt. Thomas D. Saunders. Com
pany A. I'd Engineers. was chosen by
the chief of engineers to represent
that branch. He served with the I'd
all Of the actions of that command.
He has been in the Army since May
IL, 1917, when he enlisted at
Cheyenne. Wyo.
Saunders Captured 63 Men.
Sergt. Saunders was awarded the
distinguished service cross November
%. 1918, for entering the village or
Jaulny, in the Argonne. ahead OF the
troops and cleaning up the dugouts
in the town. With one other man
Sergt. Saunders took sixty-three pris-
oners from these dugOuts. He was
later decorated with the croix de
guerre by the French government for
especial gallantry in leading patrol
at night into the front lines OF the
enemy, thus gaining much valuable
information.
Two Other Brave Fighters.
First Sergt Louis Razga. Battery
C, SD Artillery (the railroad regi-
ment of the Coast Artillery Corps).
was selected to represent the corps
of which he is member. He has
been in the service since 1908. and
has served in the coast artillery since
that time. During the world war he
saw service with his regiment in
France and was wounded two days
before the armistice at st. Marie
Ferme. Meurthe-et-Mose He was
a member of the coast artillery rifle
team in 1920.
Staff Sergt James w. Dell. 18th
Field Artillery. rounds out the quin-
tet of Army representatives. Sergt.
Dell has been in the service since
1897. when he enlisted in Battery B,
4th Field Artillery. He went over
seas with the 18th Field Artillery and
participated in all of the engage
ments of that command. He was
cited in general orders of the I'd DtVl-
sion for gallantry in action.