Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-09-27
BODY OR SERGEANT cORDELI
LAID TO REST IN ZION
CHURCH YARD.

The body of the late Sergeant Lit
tlston Tazewel1 Cordsll, who was
killed October 20, 1918, at Etrage
Ridge, Bots de sConseuveye, Argonne
Forest, altar receiving five wounds
were brought to Charles Town
last Sunday evening, and laid
in State in Zion Episcopal Church
until yesterday afternoon, when
they were laid to rest in
Zion church-yard where a handsome
monument had already been erected
at his graveside by his mother, Mrs.
Eugene F. Cordell, Of Baltimore.
The monument to Sergeant Cordell
has been erected for almost three
years. 1t stands in the family bury
ing ground where his father, the late
DIR. Eugene F. Cordell. was buried
eight years ago. His father was
Confederate soldier and his ances-
tors took part in all the American
wars. A large gold star with the
inscription, "Died in the Service of
His Country" will be placed on the
monument.
More than 1000 persons, including
q provisional company from the Fifth
Regiment, Maryland National Guard,
attended the funeral services in
Baltimore on Sunday afternoon.
Services were held in the Emmanuel
Protestant Episcopal Church, after
which the body was brought to
Charles Town for burial.
Sergeant Cordell was a son of
Mrs. Eugene F. Cordeu, chairman of
the Gold Star Mothers of the Service
Star Legion, who has attended the
funerals of about 175 Baltimore men
who died in the war. Members of
this organization, together with rep
resentatives of many other military
and patriotic organizations, took
part in the funeral procession.
After a brief service at the Fifth
Regiment Armory, where the body of
Sergeant Cordell had laid in state for
several days, the march to the church
begun.
The Salvation Army Band and the
band of the Fifth Regiment headed
the procession and were followed by
provisional company from the Fifth
Regiment, members Of Schley and
Rotan posts, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Ladies' Auxiliary of Schley
Post, Maryland Guard Memorial and
United Railways posts of the Amer
lean Legion.
The One Hundred and Tenth
Machine Gun Battalion, of which
! Sergeant Cordell was a member, was
represented by a large number Of
former members.
The Rev. w. D. Adams, assistant
pastor, said the service at the church
and then the march to Mount Royal
Station was made. There "taps"
was sounded and the procession re-
turned to the Fifth Regiment
Armory, where it disbanded.
Sergeant Cordell volunteered in
1915, joining the Fifth Regiment
and going to the Mexican border.
When the United States declared
war on Germany he went with his
regiment to Admission. He was
killed October %, 1918, in the Ar
gonne Forest, receiving five wounds.
Members of Company A and
Company B, of the machine-gun
battalion, served as pallbearers yes
terday as follows: Fletcher Steele,
Andrew O'Rourke, Cyril Jameson,
Charles Hooper, Frederick Dew
berry, William H. Bockmiller, Louis
McKernan and Henry Vogel.
Appropriate services were held at
the grave in Zion Church yard in
Charles Town yesterday afternoon.
Masonic exercises were held under
the auspices of Malta Lodge
of this place, and the
Episcopal Burial Service was con-
Quoted by Rev. Conrad H. Goodwin,
Pastor of Zion Church, and Rev.
Mr.. Reynolds. Revs. Goodwin and
Reynolds were both former Chap
lains of the American Overseas
Forces, and Rev. Mr.. Reynolds was
Chaplain of Sergeant Cordell's Com
mand, and conducted the services
over his body in France.
Taps were sounded and volleys
fired over the grave by the Jackson
Perks Post of the American Legion.
Sergeant Cordell is survived by his
mother and one brother, Mr.. Eugene
F. Cordell, and one sister, Mrs.
Martha LETTERS, of Baltimore.