Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-11


Major-Gen. Bandholtz. commander of
the District of Washinion and grand
marshal in Pershing's place.
Behind President Harding and Gen
Pershing, who were fianked by their
aides. came Vice President Coolidge
and Admiral Coontz, chief of naval
operations: then Chief Justice Taft
walking in his place as former Presi-
dent of the United States and paired.
with Admiral Jones. commander OF
the Atlantic fleet
There too were Lieut.-Generals Mel
son A. Miles and s. b. VI. Young, both
former heads OF the army, both vet
Grams of the Civil War and long re
tired but out again in uniform. There
were Major General Tasker ii. Bliss.
Americas representative on the SUI
preme Military Council in the days
when the German host drove down
toward Paris in its last great effort:
there was Major-General Billiard. who
led Pershing's First Army to xictory;
and there was Major-General John A.
Lejeune. commandment of the Marine
+, Corps. who shares with Harbord the
honor OF having commanded the ia
nous End Division in action in France.
When the moment came. the body
, bearers stepped forward. tenderly
raised the casket and as they moved
out and down the capitol steps. the
officer pallbearers fell in. two by
two. behind and the band began a
/ in motionless ranks, rifles at present.
sahers flashing in salute.
! Flag draped and with a few flowers
/ scattered over it, the casket was lifted
TO the black draped gun carriage with
its six cleaning horses and its ar
/ tillery divers rigid in the saddles. A
motion from Major General Bandholtz.
commanding the escort. and a swing
I in the khaki column and the road to
/ Arlington lay ahead The commander
and his staff rode first, then the
| army band swung out. playing in quick
/ time for it was long way to go
/ Then came the composite regiment of
/ foot troops, the regulars, the sailors
and marines and the national guard.
then the artillery and the cavalry and
then the casket. riding high on its
gun carriage in its last journey.
Behind the President and the high
officials and officers the Supreme Court
members walked abreast, then the
Cabinet five abreast. then the COVER
nors of the nearby States, then Sena-
tor Cummins and behind him the Sen
ate in column. eight abreast. and in
similar column the members of the
House headed by Speaker Gillett and
Representatives Mondell and Garrett
as majority and minority leaders.
| AS Bishop Brent concluded the invo-
cation which opened the ceremony. the
bells in Washington across the river
were ringing the noon hour. The
whole company in the ampitheater
rose and stood in silence for two min
utes as the whole nation stood, by
Presidential proclamation, in rever-
ence for the dead
| Then came the singing of America"
/ rising in a mighty chorus. After that
/ President Harding moved forward to
| stand beside the casket and speak for
the nation. Far below him, out of
/ sight under the stone work, men toiled
with nerves strained to the breaking
/ point that no word he said might he
lost by the thousands gathered in New
/ York Chicago and San Francisco
about the electric sound transmitting
| devices. From the top of the ampi-
theater also the amplifiers caught up
his words and threw them out to the
multitude
| After his address President Harding
pinned on the top of the casket the
two most valued decorations in Amer.
lea. the Medal of Honor. bestowed by
act OF Congre SIS, and the Distinguished
Service Cross. given by order of the
Commander in Chief who pinned it in
place, From their places in the mar
bic boxes about the ampitheater. the
| great foreign leaders rose to pay SINH
lar honors, Marshal Foch, General
DiaZ, General Jacquez. Admiral Beatty
so that the roll of highest honors to
the brave might be complete.
The Spirit OF France
A last touch of the spirit of France
awaited the dead here over the floor
of the narrow crypt in which he will
sleep forever, soil from France had
been spread; earth from the country
where his death blood was poured out
on stricken field that it might re-
main free soil. 1t was brought with
the casket from France and forever
I the nameless one of America who died
for France and for America will rest
on French soil here in his own homie
earth.
A prayer and the burial service
marked the last rites as the casket
FOlev'S