Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-12

tered buildings and monuments to great 1 dead who have gone before.
 People in thousands were moving about the great circle of the amphtheatre. The great ones to whom places had been giv- en in the sacred enclosure, and the plain folk who trudged the long way just to glimpse the pageant from afar, were ind ing their places.
 Wreaths and Garlands.
 Down below the platform placed for the casket in a stone vault lay wreaths and garlands brought from Englands king and guarded by British soldiers. To them came the British ambassador in the full uniform of his rank, to bid them keep these tributes from overseas safe against that hour.
 Gathering of Notable Men.
 Above the platform gathered men whose names ring through history Briand. Foch, eBatty. Balfour, Jacques, Diaz and others in a brilliant array of place and power. They were followed by others, Baron Kato from Japan, the Italian statesmen and officers, by the notables from all countries gathered here for tomorrow's conference, and by some of the older figures in American life, too old 10 walk beside the approaching fu- neral train.
 Faint and distant the silvery strains of military band stole into the big white bowl of the amphitheatre. The slow cadences and mourning notes of a fu- neral march grew clearer and the rol, and mutter of the muffled drums. White Robed Singers. | Al the arch where the choir waited, the I.hero comrades of the dead lifted his ] 0 rnt md | erals and the admirals who had walked beside him from the capitol he was car red to the place of honor Ahead moveu the white rohed singers, chanting solemn ly Carefully the casl1et was placed | above the banked flowers and the marine
 band played sacred melodies until the moment the president and Mrs. Harding
 stepped to their places beside the cas- ket; then the crashing, triumphant chords | of The Star Spangled Banner swept the gathering to its feet again.
 1 Prayer Followed by BugIe Call. A prayer, carried out over the crowd
 by ampliiers, so that no word was
 missed, took a moment or two. then the
 sharp, clear call of rne bug4e rang At
 tention :! and for two minutes tre na-
 ton stood at pause for the dead just at
 high noon. Nc sound broke the quiet as
 all stood with bowed heads. Then the
 band sounded and in a mighty chorus
 rolled up the words ol "AmerIca'' f.om
 the hosts within and wirIout the S,eat
 open hall of valor
 President Harding stepped forward re-
 side the coffin to say for America inc
 thing that today was nearest 70 tra ra-
 tions heart. that sacrifices such as this
 nameless man. fallen in battle, III .eht per
 haps be made unnecessary down th ,11g7
 the coming years. Every word that
 Presldent Harding spoke reached every
 person through the amplifers ahc reaC h.
 cd other thousands upon thousands in
 New York and San. F'rancisco. MT
 Harding showed strong emotion as his
 lips formed the last words of tie adj
 dress. He paused, then with raiseI land
 and head bowed, went on in taa meas.
 ured, rolling period of the Lords prayer
 The response that came back to h.-:l from | the thousands he faced from the o,he, | thousands out over the slopes 0evGn1 l perhaps from still other thousanIs ava, near the Pacific. or close uackel in tht heart of the nations greatest city ros, 1 like a chant. The marble archrs ilum l med with the soelnn sounds.
 . Presidents Address is Printed in Full 5 on Page Eight.)
 Emblems Placed Upon Bt.r
 Then the foreign officers who sian,
 highest among the soldiers or sailors O , their flags came one by one to the bic
 to place gold and jeweled emblsnls fo , the brave above the breast of the s,eeuer s Already, as the great prayer ended, tn |. | president had set the American seal n $ admiration for the valiant. the nar on love for brave deeds and the cou aga tls V defies death, upon the casket Sile l. . side he laid the Medal of Honor md 1b < | Distinguished Service Cross. And below , set in place with reverent hands grey 2 the long line of foreign honors the Vic . toria Cross, never laid before on th breast of any but those who had serve l. the English flag; all the highest honn,
 or France. and Belgium, and Itaiy. an !, Roumania, a nd Czecho-Slovakfa. an '. Poland. To General Jacques of BeIriI1r n 1t remained to add his own touch r. ines Is nonors He tore from the breast oe h, Il own tunic the Medal of Hal1r uir,.c there by the Belgian ,ing. to-e t wit 1T a sweeping gesture, an1 tenlar!y bes.cv ,f ed 1t on the unknown American warric. ss Body Placed in Crypt. IT Through the religious services that fo D. lowed and the prayers, the crowd &, sr mohonless until 1t rose to join in inc o1I r. consoling words of Rock of Ages" ar nt the last rite for the dead was at han TO Lifted by his hero bearers, tht. Unjlno,y e was NdlA 4eu III nlS nag wrapped. sirnD
 coffin out to the wide sweep of ina re If race. The bearers laid the sleerer dow ,d above the crypt in which hal been ,-act . a little of the soil of France The dr Y his blood helped redeem from al >r han,
 will mingle with his dust as tima rarcr
 by.
 " Burial Ritual by Bishop Brent. h. The simple words of the buriai r,+, IT, were said by Bishop Brent. flowers fro on war mothers of America and Engla, e were laid in place. For the Indians he America, Chief Plenty Coos came to q, ri upon the Great ptrit of the red men wi at gesture and chant and tribal toneua th nd the dead should not have died in val re that war might end, peace be pl ,has ng by such blood as this. Upon .ha cark ut he laid the coup stick of his tr'tal off ,l- and the feathered war bonnet from Lst own head. Then the casket with
 weight of honors was lowered Into { ,i- crypt
 If Salute to the Dead. he rocking blast of gunfire rang fire CT, the woods. The glittering circle of bay I9- nets stfffened to salute to the de.