Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23
must NOT Be AGA|N,"
PRESIDENT SODS At
BIER OF 5000 DEAD
Wants Nation So Strong That
None Will Dare Provoke q.
He Says at New York.
WREATH TO HONOR The DEAD
Metropolis Guns Roar Salute 70
Presidential Party as II Lands
After Two Days Cruise.

BY Associated press ~ Every Evrnirv
New York, May es.--eit must nor be
again"
With these solemn words. President
Harding today laid = wreath 1r enc
coffin u the first American soidifr f1
die on German aoI ~ q funeral e.re-
mony for fvc thousand aar dad af fna
army piers ln Hoioken.
fIis voice husky and hls eyes briffmfI
with tears, the President Falad af fhn
rows and rows ~ collins Then hf snIft
One hundred Thousand s0rr0ne are
touching my heart If must nuf d.
again. God grant fhat t win not he
= Do not pretend fhaf the nlferial
days have come and thar There eIi d.
no more war. ! would visa - nation
80 powerful thar none vii dare o. prs-
woke ifs wrath
Mrs. Harding softly weeps.
Then in the great army shed. on ths
shores ~ the Hudson. with .fs stark
whitewsshed walls there fsu silence
profound and deep. Nfs Harding c0uld
be seen weeping softly ~ shr locked
upon the flag drnped collins ~ fnosa
who had given their 40 Tor their coun-
try.
Then the President continued
The republic WIN never FORGET tHe
sacrifices these men have made. haff.
er th>y lie IN the soil - fhe homeland
or the crirnsoned sou - the battlefield
When the President had finished ~
brief address he stepped forwsf1
stopped IN front ~ the coffin mar n1a
been selected % symbolize the army ~
dead surrounding him and lad urrn
il hts wreath ~ roses and orchids
CONN of Private Decorated.
On the coffin decorated BY Prc~id.u-
tial hand was a plate chrouiclln0 the
fact that Joseph Guvton. - F.vsrf
Mich, private In Company 4 ~ tha
/ l2sth y. = Infantry had given hl~ lifs
I for his country on MAY -. 1919 ~ IRE
/ Gildwiider section in AIsac,s.
After the ceremony. President Hard.
4 ing. accompanied by Mrs HARDING
several Senators and their wives ara
army officials % high rank returned
+ 20 Manhattan where he was scheduled
to address the Academy az Political
Science al its luncheon In me Motel
Astor before reviewing the old Iosth
X y. =. Infantry in Brooxlyn THIS after.
4 noon
Welcome by Roaring Guns.
President Harding arrived here from
I washington on the Mavfi0wcr and
landed az West ssth street al $50 a
m Saluted by an manner 81 craft -
/ the Mayfiower steamed uu the Hudson
I 20 her ancnorage IN the center nf ina
great line of destroyers that arrived
here last week from the south. prral.
I dent Earding received another saiurg
/ Of q guns as he put OF ln tae Yacht .
barge for the naval landing siAge.
Amid continuous boom 0f guns lnr
swift little craft dartcd with me preai-
dents party toward the N,sw fura
shore where thousands of persons Nell
massea along Riverside Drive.
At the dock were hun1rcis of nfut
jackets and police surr1lndlne thf
motor cars assembled there for tlt
party
Met by Legion Head.
President and Mrs. Hardins were ue'
at the pier By Colonel s. vs.. Galbrnifn
national commander oi thr Amcr.raa
Legion.
The party motored through the wind.
ing roads Of Central PARK. down Fiia
Avenue. on which an lrai,c was haltfl
and across 24th street lo the Auaaol
River. where they crosscd Ga a ferry
boat TO attend the solemn ceremony ll
Hoboken.