Evening star., 1921-11-11

lily dlu udtlOn, div
collectively. through organizations
patriotic and otherwise, continued
until late into the night 10 pay tribute
at the bier of the unknown dead SOL
dier as the hero's body lay in state in
the rotunda, of the Capitol
Wreath after wreath was brought
in and tenderly laid at the bier for a
few minutes, until soldiers took them
and placed them with hundreds of
others on the side lines Every minute
of the time up until 10 o'clock last
night was taken up on the program.
and the Capitol was kept open until
after midnight In order that thou
sands who had been in line over two
hours might net be prevented from
paying their silent tribute.
At } o'clock yesterday afternoon the
Chinese delegation unveiled the statue
Of the Angel of Peace, the contribu-
tion of the Chinese republic and it's
people. Following the unveiling, the
delegation, in groups of threes. went
to the east side of the catafalque,
faced west and bowed solemnly to
the unknown.
The District of Columbia Com
nlandery of the Naval and Military
Order of the Spanish American war
Honors by Navy League.
The Navy League of the United
States sent the following delegation
to place its wreath: Robert w. Kelley.
president; Mrs. James Carroll Frazer
bert B. Shonk. Scarsdale, N. Y, treas
urer: Lieut.. Col. Henry Breckenridge,
New York; Judge Sidney Ballou. this
city: Mrs. Howard Hubbard, Balti-
more; Mrs. Stanley Flagg, jr.. Phila-
delphia, Pa; G. Elder Adams. New
York; Admiral Brownson, this city;
Mrs. Moncure Robinson. Paoi, Pa !;
Mrs. Daniel Lothrop. Alameda, Calf. !;
Mrs. Charles W. Rae. this city; Mrs.
John Callan OLaughlin. this city;
Sidney Ballou, this city; Mrs. James
s. Parker. this city: Mrs. Thomas F.
Bayard, this city, and Mrs. Theodore
v. Roynton. this city.
Admiral Charles ]. Badger, U. S. N,
: retired, vice president of the Aztec
of that, orga nization, which placed a
wreath on the bier.
Other Splendid Tributes.
DR.. Cyrus Adler. chairman of the
Army and Navy section of the Jewish
Welfare Board, headed the delegation
from that board, in paying tribute at
the bier and the presentation of a
wreath.
When the League of American Pen
Women appeared, Miss Angela Nor
gan of New York read her poem, THE
! Unknown Soldier The members of
the national executive board of the
organization were in the delegation.
which included women from all parts
of the country.
headed the National Disabled Soldiers
League at the services in the rotunda,
when a wreath was placed.
Other delegations which placed
wreaths were the Sd Division Vet
League, the National Society. Sons
of the American Revolution, the Mill
tary Order of the CARIBOU. the Gold
star Mothers of Chicago. Society of
Colonial Wars Gen. Glenn and the
gians. Nicaraguans. Serbs and Croats
the Playground Children Of America
Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth
Century and the 5th Division Veterans
organization.
Gen. Miles Takes Part.
The Loyal Legion, headed by Lieut..
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, u. s. A, retired.
with American and legion flags, held
short services at the bier, and was fol-
lowed by representatives of the Grand
Army of the Republic, with American
and headquarters flags at their head.
AS the veterans of the civil war, many
of them feeble, and a few in faded
uniforms, concluded a brief service,
their place beside the casket was taken
by wounded soldiers from Walter Reed
Hospital, veterans of the world war,
who placed large wreath of chrysan-
themums as a token of their affection
to their unknown buddy.
Even Russia was represented in the
tributes to the dead. a delegation from
the old Russian embassy placing a
gift Of flowers at the bier as a symbol
of Russias gratitude. The flowers, in
white and red. were in the form of the
Cross of St. George. Russia's highest
military distinction. The delegation
was headed by Henry de Bach. coun-
sellor of the embassy, and included
Mai. Gen. Prince CantacuZene Count