Putnam patriot., 1921-10-07

Last in the war. last in the peace.
Re are nos as a nation the last u The
Allies 10 observe WIKI sitting cere-
nouy the dead q the sar. When The
American Unknown Soldier Is brought
70 his La resting place - Arlington
on November 18th. just three years
after the guns Of 2ar were s5leHeed.
America participation ID the stFas-
gle may b said 20 have come 70 a
definite end Most q the saldier aead
sho are 20 return 70 This country have
noR been brought back and Feburied
near the home threshold The lneom-
prehensible treaty with Germany
that peace which. without any thought
q irreVereuee n the application. pas
-eth ali understanding. has been
signed and j. presumably working
fact With this for TIE past We ai
the records = the var 90 November
Ilth and begin new era Of national
history
Tire plan Of baryluE an Unknown
Soldier as a symbol q the sacrifice Of
a nation. originated IN France Whea it
vas presented 70 the Chamber - Dep
uties a. the idea Of member from
one II the more obscure departments.
II met with immediate appreciation
and by an almost unanimous vote Of
the French parliament It Vas decided
70 bring from the battIefields an IN
known hero. chosen from the thou
sands q 'Ineounus" who sleep under
wooden crosses from Calais 70 the
VosRes. From four sectors which
had been held throughout the strug-
gle By the French, four bodies Of he
roes we're brought 70 the Cathedral Of
Verdun. where the choice Of one vas
made by a non-c0mmissioned officer
Of the French Army The body vas
then brought % Paris FOR its public
burial last November Ith. the second
anniversary Of the Armistiee.
The French 'Ineonnu"
Meanwhile. there mad taken place in
the Chamber Of Deputies, the storai-
est and most disordefly parliamentary
body In Europe, one Of those typically
Gallo controversies IN which the
French indulge with so much zest and
ardor The argument was IN regard
70 the resting place Of The Unknown.
one party held that the proper place
Was under me dome Of The Pantheon,
that great memorial - French accom-
piisbment whose dome commands the
left bank Of the Seine Bat major
ity were Of the opinion that The Tn
known should he beneath the Are Dc
f Triomphe, the great monument TO the
victories Of the first Napoleon that
crowns the Champs Elysees IN the
heart Of the masx beautiful city in the
world
The debate which followed was ire
meudous. Newspapers took up the
question and took sides. The last rest
ing place Of lie soldat Francois" be
came the burning question Of the mo-
ment. and the battle continued up tc
the very day Of the anniversary OF
the Armistice Finally a compromise
was effected, the Are de Triompht
winning the day. but il was also voteC
that when the soldiers body was borne
through the streets Of Paris. the hear
Of Gembetts, father Of the French
| Republic, should also be borne on I
high catafalque to last resting place
at the Pantheon. Thus. IN some in
explieabie manner. were the two par
ties satisfied. and on November 18th
9 in 4 great procession such as only tn
French conceive in real magniheenee
the two symbols were carried with al
D the honors that could be awarde'
them. through Paris between thou
: ~, .a,,a ,,,o,ner
l But the debate had not ended
When the body Of The Unknown hal
reached the Arc de Triomphe, it va
J at first placed in a tiny chamber higl
up in the structure. This would neve
do, and, finally. after more words an'
more debate and more insistenee OF
e the part Of the public, the body wa