Evening star., 1921-11-11

in uniform. marcAss Representative
Hamilton Fish, 5r., sf New York. who
was decorated with the croix de
guerre In connection With the capture
OF the village Of sechorlt He wes
commissioned captain Of the 15th,N New
York Volunteers (colored). later
known as the aB1th Infsntry, and took
active part N fss A@ttle Of Cham
payne. July Ii, 1nc the general Of
fensive in September. 1918. He was
subsequently major of infantry. 4th
DIVISION, Army OF Occupation. He Is
9 graduate of the Army General Staff
college, A. L. +.
Representative Royal c. johnson of
south Dakota. a medal Of honor man.
also marched. but not in uniform. He
n.in wsns INTO the Army as a volunteer
service to FIRST lieutenant.
The Day turned out clear and
SHARPLY cool-An almost exact duplf-
cation of tho first Armistice dav
shree years ago. There was scarcely
:. nit OF wind stirring and the half
=ss.e9 = Mags everywhere about the
capital hung virtually stationary.
Hfstoric Pennsylvsnfa avenue. TO-
Gay to see new tribute to q nations
oead, was ,roped on and all traffic
stopped as when an inaugural parade
passes over its broad way. Before
sunrise spectators began to line the
sides OF the Avenue.
House and at 7:30 o'clock automobiles
were In waiting to take President
Harding to the Capitol to take his
place aS the representative Of the
nation In the funeral procession.
meanwhile the Senate met and nd
Journed, going through the rotunda
to fall in line.
imme1se Crowd Views Cortese
Under an autumn haze, gilded With
the shafts Of light that broke down
everywhere. the cortaee swung into
Pennsylvania avenue, the nations
Way of Victory. Ahead, the broad
sweep Of the Avenue was banked
soifdly with people crowded closely
for glimpse of the cortege. of the
President. who walked behind the
casket. and Of all the famous men
who trudged in the column to nav
honor to the dead,
II seemed more like the celebra-
ton Of 2 great victory than a funeral.
everywhere fags waved. They fut-
tered IN clusters and snapped and
1nttered IN the suns changing beams.
Iney were arranged to Commemorate
tho opening Of the arms conference
SATURDAY: But the gay bunting paid
ftS hrSt tribute to the passing Of the
unknown hero.
Az the procession started, Maj. Gen.
E1s,s Sandhoits riding at, the fore, the
breasts Of the khski.cIad ieston for tn troepe ene
Ing behind him. BY general order.
every ofhcer and man of the Army
ana Navy who took part wore today
his medals and decorations confer
red by z grateful people. There were
no foreign decorations to- be seen.
The distinguished service cross, the
distinEuished service medal. the vic
tory medal and tokens that smoke of
nigh deeds In older wars alone were
In evidence.
The Avenue was free of obstruction,
Capitol, on its hill to the eastern and.
to the pillared front of the Treasury
nearly q mile away. Even the trees
that spread . relieving. band of green
ana grateful shade along the way
pnder summer suns, stood with
only here and there a clustering mass
OF yellow or autumn bronze hid the
vfSw from the windows, crowded with
f1ceD, that looked down on the broad
way.
Fringe Of Boy Scouts.
A fringe Of Boy Scouts, armed with
white stans, and also police stood
close along the ropes that held back
the quiet crowds as the funeral train
moved along at shorter steps than
the Army knows, because Of the old
men who defed infirmities Of age to
walk behind the nations nameless
one Of fame.
There was little cheering and no
waving of nsgs, but the great hush Of
respect for the dead. First came a row
Of motor cycle police, then the mounted
officers, then Maj. Gen. Bandholtz and
his stan, HORSES d3ncifig = little in the
cool ,sir ai,d under the restraint Of the
bride.
Then q great Army bard. the soIemf,
strains of q funeral dirge, Its cadences
nkrled by the tliud Of muff1ed drums.
After the first show Of troops came
the clergy, headed BY Bishop Brent,
former senior chaplain of the American
.expedit tionary force, who later Was to
commit the body to the grave at Arling-
ton. With him were Chaplain Lazaron
OF the reserve and Chaplains Frazier
Of the Navy and Axton of the Army
Then Immediately behind them rolled
the fiag-draped coffin borne on the
caissoil, with the honorary pallbearers,
Nh admirAls and generals. marching on
the outside OF the column beside it and
eight distinguished living heroes Sc
lected as body bearers walking on the
inside OF the column. Hats came off