The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-11
WONDERFUL TRIBUTE BY THE GREAT
and THE SMALL PAID TO MEMORY
OF SOLDIER FROM FRENCH FIELD
marines was Major General Neville.
Pershing Leads Navy

miral Coontz, chief of operations OF
the navy, and Admiral Hillary Jones
commanding the Atlantic fleet
There, too, were Lieut.. Generals Mel
son A. Miles and S. Il. NJ. Young, both
former heads of the army. both veter
ans of the civil war and long retired
but out again in uniform. There was
Major General Tasker II. Bliss
, Americas representative on the Su
preme Military Council in the days
when the German host drove dow
toward Paris in his last great effort
there was Major General BullarG, who
led Pershings first army to victory;
there was Rear Admiral William S
Sims, who commanded for the navy
overseas when the submarines were
at their worst. and there was Major
General John A. Leieunne, command
ant of the marine corps who shares
with Hartford the honor of having
commanded the famous I'd division il
action in France.
Procession Starts
When the moment came the body
bearers stepped forward. tenderly
raised the casket. and as they moved
out and down the capitol steps. tbs
officer pail bearers fell in. two b,
two, behind and the band began ::
solemn dirge. Outside the escort
stood in motionless ranks. rifles !;
present, sabers flashing in salute
Flag draped and with few flowers
scattered over it, the casket was lift
ed to the black draped gun carriage
with its six cleaning horses and it
artillery drivers rigid in the saddle.
A motion from Major General Band
swing in the kahki column and tho
holtZ, commanding the escort, and :;
road to Arlington lay ahead. ~
commander and his staff rode first
then the army band swung out, play
/ ing in quick time, for it was a Ions
way to go. Then came the compost
regiment of foot troops, the regular
the sailors and marines and the ne
tional guard then the artillery anf
! the cavalry and then the caskst rio
| ing high on its gun carriage in il
last journey.
Lineup of Procession
At the head of the column rod
Pershina and his officers, and just /
fore the gun carriage came the Gle
gy, led by Bishop Brent, former chi
chaplain of the A. E. F., but with mo
of every faith about him to partici-
pate in the religious exercises at
! lington.
| Behind the casket and the row of
| high officers which flanked the gun
timber on either side as it wound
down the hill to Pennsylvania avenue,
walked President Harding with his
aide, Colonel Sheriff.. then came Vice
President Coolidge, then Chief Justice
Taft, next the members of the Su
preme Court, walking in line, next the
cabinet, also in line, then eight
abreast, the senators and members O
the house.
| A roll of muffled drums marked the
next division in which were first tn
medal of honor men. Then came com
rades of the American Legion, ranl
on rank. then bowed veterans of of
er wars and a host of others march
ing to pay their honors to the dead.
Over Historic Ground
Out into the wide avenue the col
umn moved and on over the road
where the tramping hosts of Grants
victorious legions marked out a
course long ago; whert presidents
have ridden their way into history
or back into private life; where Per
shing's crusaders of the first division
led by their chief, wound up their
great adventure few short months
before. Memories of great days OF
the past were awakened as the pag
cant swung along. Who knows but
that the unknown dead in France
were there too?
Past the Treasury and on the line
swung ahead, to halt only when the
casket had passed the White House
There President Harding and the cab
met and, the members of the supreme
court and senate and house turned
aside to go later by automobile to the
amphitheater at Arlington. The stoI
was brief as they left the lines, ther
the cortege moved on up the avnue
on through old Georgetown where
Washington once had his Office as ;
surveyor and mapped out great under
takings, on to the old bridge tina
spans the Potomac and opens thu
way to the military road leading III
to the post of Fort Meyer and Airing
ton National Cemetery on the higl
: ridge above.
Crowd Divides
At the bridge the band turned aside
and some of the older officers of thu
! escort fell out, leaving it to the hard.
men Of today's army to escort thei
dead comrade up the long hill t
. the roll only of muffled drums.
At the top, the line swung on acros
the old parade toward the Arlington
J gate There the artillery and cavalr,
turned aside to stand at attention
' while the services, in the cemeter
: were in progress. One battery 0
guns alone moved into the enclosur
of the dead, lining up on the ridg
crest for the last salute.
At the gate the marine band We
+ waiting for the foot, troops and th
casket, and marched N ahead TIL
I march was .slaekeDsds the half ste
!; and the wall o. d fBne1al sdirge sount
led as 1t moved In narrowed formatio
Through the trees and clusterin