The Washington herald., 1921-11-12

again rose from his seat. He walked
over to the cofiin. from the head %
which its flag covering had been
turned back. The President de-
clared that IN accordance with the
authorization, Of Congress he con.
ferred the Congressional Medal of
Honor and the Distinsuished Ser
vice Cross upon the dead. Taking
the two medals, most coveted and
hardest to gain gifts IN the nation,
he pinned them into the spaces
that had been marked out on the
I'D Of the comm. Then. amer stand
ing for a brief interval. casing At
the casket the President backed
slowly to his seat.
Lieut.. Gen. Baron Jacques, rep
resenting the Belgian government.
towering impressively In his trim
uniform and with his breast coy
cred with insignia OF the highest
orders Of valor. next stepped for
ward under escort Of Master OF
Arms Weeks. .--#
Addresses Comrades In Arms.
Standing sharply erect he said:
we know neither your name,
v,ur age. nor your birthplace. COM
-ade in arms. We know one thing
n7iv: you gave your life for W.
II we are victorious today, we owe
Il to your sacrifice. the sacrtnce
.: so many others, the sacrince
which every soldiG Is ready 10
make. In the nanb Of the King OF
the Belstank, In the name Of the
government and the entire Belgian
nation. bring you the last homage
We can possibly bring you by De-
slowing upon you the croix de
Querre."
Gen. Jacques then took from the
tunic OF his uniform the cross
which had been pinned there orisi.
nally by the heroic Albert and
stopped over and attached II along
side Of the two American decora-
lions. Then standing beside tn"
conn he snapped into . hnal salute
before returning to his seat.
Admiral Beatty salutss.
Admi. Beatty and Gen. the Earl
OF Cavan then placed the Victoria
Cross on the lid of the casket. The
admiral made no statement, simply
saluting the body as he came for
ward and upon leaving. Gen. Earl
CaVan repeated the Inscription on
the wreath sent by King George.
Then In rapid succession the dec
orations from France. Italy. Ruma-
| mia. Csecho- Slovakia and Poland
were placed in position.
This completed, the hymn 20 God,
Our Help in Ages Past" was sung
by the choir and audience. and
Chaplain Lazaron, repeated the 23d
Psalm. Miss Ponselle sang II Know
That My Redeemer Liveth," and
Chaplain Frazier read the scripture
lesson: I'm my Fathers house are
many mansions. II II were not so, ]
would have told you. 60 to pre-
pare a place for you. that wherever
20 there may you 90 also" etc.
Then the entire audience joIned
in singing the entire fve verses OF
| Nearer. My God, to Thee" The
strains OF the familiar hymn were
waited upward almost like a bene-
diction. Few there were in the
building who were not weeping un-
ashamed.
Mrs. HaFtfinE's Tears Flow.
Down the cheeks of Mrs. Harding
great tears ran. but she sat there
making no effort to wipe them
away. Her emotion vas similar tc
that of nearly everyone sitting ir
front of her. The sun. which had
been behind Q base Of clouds. was
shining clearly now. Its bright rays
reflected from the hag-covered cof-
nm and the horal wreaths piled
everywhere
As the last words of the hymn
ceased the body bearers stepped
forward and lifted the casket The
| funeral procession was reformed
and the body tenderly carried down
the marble steps and across the In.
tervening space to the sarcophaRus
Immediately behind came the high
ofiicials of the army and the navy
who had been selected as the pail.
bearers. Then followed the Presi.
dent and Mrs. Harding and Vice
President and Mrs. Coolidge.
War Mothers and Eavoys.
Immediately behind walked tn,
American war mother. Mrs. r. EN-.
NETT Digney, and the British wal
mother, Mrs. Julia McCudden. Their
came the senior delegates to the
arms conference, NJ. BRAND and
Arthur ]. Balfour. preceding. vi.
compte date and Jonkeer H. A
Van Karnebeck brought up the rear
The arms delegates were FOLLOWED
by Secretary Of State Hughes and
Secretary OF War Weeks. The Wis.
iting military dlgnitaries and the
highest ranking oficials of tn,
United States army and navy CAM
after them, and the end of the pro.
cessiOn was assigned to the Presi
dents military and naval aides anC
to Chief Plenty Coos.
While they were taking the places
that had been assigned to them thu
band played very softly Lead
Kindly Light"
The burial service was conducted
by Rt. Rev. c. II. Brent, former
chsplain-tn-chief OF the American
ExpeditiOnsfy Forces. First the