Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-12
u. S. SOLDIER
RESTS ON VIRGINIA SOIL
Continued From First Page,


| My"r. and at last TO the gate OF the
| great cemetery beyond. where soldier
! ana sailor folk sleep in the thou
/ sands. There the numbering guns OF
the artillery swung aside. tho cavalry
| drew their horses out Of the long
: line and left to the foot soldiers and
! The sailors aud marines the last stnSc
| OF the journey.
Ahead. the white marble Of the
| amphithoater cleaned through the
! trees. il st d ) browning the
slow siopc that sweep upward from
| the river. and just across was Wash
! ington. its clustered buildings and
| monuments u great dead who have
gone before. :; moving picture in the
autumn haze.
People ny Thousands.
| People in thousands we're moving
| about the great circle Of the amph-
| thcatcr The great ones To whom
! places had been given in tho sacred
| Enclosure. and the plain folk who
| trudScd tho long way just 70 glimpse
| tho pageant from afar. were finding
! their places. Everywhere within the
piltarcd Enclosure bright uniforms of
| foreign soldiers appeared They were
! laden with the jcwcicd orders Of rank
! and merit. worn TO honor an Amcri-
| can private soldier greater than any
! there in the majesty of his sacrifice
AmoricaS,s who died. "
Down below the platform placed
! for the caskct. In Il stone vault lay
| wreaths of Earlands brought from
England's King and guarded by
rritish soldiers To them came the
British ambassH dor in the fun uni
form OF his rank. " bid them keep
| these tributes from overseas safe
| AGAINST that hour.
Above the platform gathered men
| whose names ring through history
BRAND. Foch JBcAtty. Balfour. Diaz
Jacques ana others III II brilliant ar
ray Of place and power. They were
followed by others, Baron into
! from Japan, the italian statesmen
ana officers. by the notablcs from,
all countries gathered here for to-
morrow's conference and by some Of
the older figures In American life,
tnn old 10 walk beside the approach.
ing funeral train
Uniformed Nurses.
Down around the circling pillars
The marble boxes filled with dstin-
ruish"d men and women. with n
| hrSritals. accompanied by uniformed
| p'oce u await the dead
Faint and distant the silv.ry
! s'r"ins OF II military band stole into
~, big white bowl OF the amphi-
thcater. The slow cadcnccs and
mourning notes of Il funeral march
grew clearer and tho roll and NUT
ter Of the muffied drums.
At the arch where the choir
waited. the hero comrades OF the
I I,ap Ia is. Il a,
! followed hy the generals and the
aamirals who had walked beside him
| from the Capitol. h. was carried 10
! the place OF honor. Ahead moved
| III" white-rohcd singers. chanting
! solemnly.
/ Carefully the coskct was placed
/ above the banked flowers ana the
! marin" band played sacred melodies
! until the moment tho President and
| Mrs. Harding stcppcd 10 their places
beside the basket, then the crashing
! triumphant chords of the Star-Span-
gled Banner" swept the gathering To
its feet again
sharp. Cicnr Gail or BmEle.
! y prayer. carried ont over the
crowd by ampiiiirrS 50 that no word
was missed. took II moment or two.
then the sharp. clear cali Of the burlc
| rang "attcntion." and for two min
utes the nation stood at pause for
the dead. just At hiGh noon.
No sound broke the quiet as all
stood with bowed heads. 1t was
much as though mighty hand had
checked the world in full course
Then the band sounded. and In n
/ mighty chorus rolled up the word $
of America" from tho hosts WITHIN
and without the great open halt o.
/ valor
president Harding stepped forward
beside the collin to say for America
/ the things that today was nearest to
/ the nations heart. that sacrifices
such as this nam"lcss man. fallen in
battle. might PERHAPS he made un-
necessary down through the coming
| years.
Every word that President Hardin Z
! spoke reached every person throug h
the arnplificrs. ana reached other
| thousands upon thousands in New
YORK and san Francisco.
4 MIR. Harding showed strong emo
! ton as his lips formed the last word
of the address. lie paused, then with
/ iscd hand and head bowed. went
Ola in the measured. rolling period az
! The Lords Prayer. The response that
came bnck to him from the thousand
| h. faced. from the other thousan nd
J
| from stili other thousands away nca.
| the Pacific. OF close packed in the
! hearts of the nations creates; city.
rose like q chant. The marble arches
| hummcd with the solemn sound.
/ Highest Of Tunors.
! Then the foreign officers who stand
! highest among the soldiers or sailors
! of their flags came one by one 10 the
! bier to place gold and jcwcicd ctn-
, blcms for the brave above the hrcaS,
| of the sleeper Already as the great
/ prayer ended. the President had set
| the American seal of admiration Tor
I the valiant, the nations love Tor
! brave deeds and the courage that de
/ r.S death upon the caskct side
! by side he laid the Medal OF Honor
and the Distinguished Service Cross
| And below, set in place with reverend
! hands. grew the long lin" Of foreign
honors., the Victoria Cross. never be-
! fore laid on the breast of any but
| those who had served the English
flag; all the highest honors OF Franco,
Belgium. Italy. Rumania, Czccho-
| SIovakia and Poland.
To General Jacques. OF Belgium. II
! remained to add his own touch 10