New-York tribune., 1921-11-12


to be pushed aside by the cold hand Of
ambition. We have hopefully followed
the dashing charge of armies only to
be crushed at last by their unchecked
power. We have searched through all
the wreckuge and debris of the ex-
austed centuries for that which will
make our liberty secure. And we have
now arrived on the hilltops of democ-
racy; and If this shall fail, then, in
deed, mas civilization failed"
Wires Bring Crowd to Gravcside
MIR. Littlcton concluded at just ten
minutes of eleven and the ceremonies
at Arlington began. AS the telephone
circuit was thrown open there was
heard softly ravping whir-r-r, very
much like the old-style phonograph
makes In starting. An announcer at
tho cemetery described for the crowd
here the scene in the great amphi-
theater and the progress of the pro-
cession bearing the body of the un-
known soldier to the apse.
After rroment Of impressive pause
the United States Marine Band struck
up "The Star Spangled Banner" and
the New York audience arose synchro-
nously with those in Arlington and
San Francisco, also on the telephone
circuit.
Loud and clear followed the staccato
notes Of the trumpet call, "Attention!"
Signalling the beginning Of the solemn
two minutes Of silence and prayer.
Blank silence reigned in the great hall,
broken only by the barely audible tick
Of telegraph sounder on the plat
form.
Marking the end Of the two minutes,
the Marine Bank broke into the first
stanza Of america" which was played
through before the audience in all
three places joined in the second and
third.
So excellent was the circuit set-up
that the audience in the Garden was
able to recognize and distinguish at
once the soft, drawling voice of Sec
retary of War Weeks, who introduced
President Harding, from the deep,
measured accents of the President him
self in the funeral oration.
At the close Of the Grafton, in the
Presidents own voice, came the Lords
prayer, repeated with feeling which
even the wires could not disguise. The
audience, still standing, Joined of it's
own volition in the prayer.
"The Supreme Sacrifice"
As a quartet from the Metropolitan
Opera Company, consisting Of Rosa
Ponselle, Jeanne Gordon, Morgan
Kingston and William Gustafsen, sang
"The Supreme Sacrifice" in Washing
ton, a woman became hystercal in the
southern tier of seats in the Garden
and had to be led out of the hearing
Of others before she could compose
herself.
Then followed the brief words of
President Harding as he bestowed
upon the unknown soldier the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor and the
Distinguished Service Cross. In turn
came Lieutenant General Baron
jacques, bestowing the Belgian Croix
de Guerre; Admiral Earl Beatty, the
Victoria Cross; Marshal Foch. the
Medaille Militaire and the Croix de
Grerre; General Diaz, the Gold Medal
for Bravery; DR.. Bedrick Stepanck,
the Czecho-Slovak War Cross, and
Prince Lubomirski, the Polish Virtuti
Militari. All spoke in English save
Marshal Foch.
The firing of three salvos of artil-
lery sounded in the Garden like the
sharp rufhe of snare drums. except
that the amplifiers caught and faith
fully reproduced the echoes from the
hills about Arlington.
GO to sleep, go to sleep. go to
Sleep" sang the bugle in the grooming
cadtnces Of TAPS" the last cere-
monial honor of grateful nation to a
soldier, typifying other hundreds. who