New-York tribune., 1921-11-12
Nations Chiefs Afoot Escort Hero
To Craze Through Uncovered Thrones
From a stag Correspondent

From StoD Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. n.--Hc may
have been farmer in Kansas, bank
cashier in Oregon, New England
grocer's clerk or New York motor
man. His mother may still think him
among the buried unknown in France.
His wife or children, if he left such
kin, may never know his grave.
But whoever he was or whatever his
station he, in the name Of all other Of
Americas unidentified soldier dead, re-
ceived to-day the tribute of history
making military pageant. 1t was the
funeral procession of a lone soldier,
but it was also a composite dirge for
the comrades who died with him.
President Harding, walking part of
the way, led the mourners who followed
the olive-drab caisson which bore the
coffin, draped III black crepe and strewn
with handfuls of roses, from the Capt.
tol down flag Pennsylvania
Avenue on the long march to the grave
at Arlington. In his lapel the Presi-
dent wore a red poppy. The flower and
his presence as a marcher were the
Presidents personal homage to the Un-
known. The men among more than
100000 spectators lifted their hats in
silence as the President passed.
Wilson Greeted With Cheering
Only one among those who followed
was unable to walk. He was ex-Presi-
dent Wilson. He rode in a carriage
with Mrs. Wilson. His presence, his
first participation in public function
81, of y~1i
was made throughout the march from
the Capitol to a point in front of the
White House the occasion for outbursts
of spontaneous cheering. His white
head was kept almost constantly barred
as he raised his hat in response to
greetings from sidewalks, windows and
roofs. Near the White House he left
the line and returned to his home.
The other 5000 mourners, whp
walked the six miles to Arlington, each
taking about 1900 PAGES, were Vice
President Coolidge. members Of the
Cabinet, General Pershing, Chief JUS
ticc Taft, Justices of the Supreme
Court, members Of the Senate and
House, the Governors of two dozen
states, Lieutenant General Young, Gen
eral Nelson A. Miles, General Tasker
II. Bliss, high officers OF the army. navy,
marine corps and coast guard, eight
veterans OF the World War from each
of the states, feeble veterans of the
Civil War in blue and gray and the
members OF forty-four different or
CARNATIONS.
With the House delegation walked
Representative Hamilton Fish jr., Of
New York, who wore the Crolx de
Guerre, won at the capture OF the viii
lage of Sechoulte. The mourning dress
of the members of Congress was re-
form worn by Representative Alice
Robertson, of Oklahoma, the only wom-
an in that section.
For two nights aud q day the body
of the Unknown, brought brom France
on Admiral Dewey's old flagship the
Olympia, lay in the rotunda of the Cap
itol. There it rested in state, surround
ed appropriately by mammoth paint
ings depicting incidents in American
history. Guards stood at attention.
while fully 100000 persons, night and
day, walked slowly around it.
Skies Clear for Cortcge
Dramatic incidents attended the pro-
cession i'll the first mile of the march
from the Capitol to the White House.
| Every vantage point along Pennsylya-
MIA Avenue was taken when the COR
tege, heralded by eighty buglers and
led by rafting artillery, machine guns,
squadrons of mounted guards and com
panies of infantry, swung from beneath
the trees in the Capitol grounds into
the avenue. The sky, which had been
overcast, suddenly cleared and threw a
burst of sunshine ON flags and glitter.
ing accouterme In spite of its So
lemnlty, the occasion was given a
spirited, even an exultant, aspect by the
waving flags and the mingled music of
bugles and military and naval bands.
save Tor the cheering accorded Mr..
Wilson,. the spectators permitted the
procession to pass in silence. At
1empts to cheer when Mr.. Harding and
General Pershing appeared were
stopped by deprecatory gesture of the
Presidents hand. This was done be-
cause of the proximity Of the Unknown
Soldier. But the music and the salute
Of cannonading continued until long
after the marchers had passed over the
Aqueduct bridge at Georgetown and
the caisson was drawn up on the crest
OF the hill, which overlooks, the Po-
tomac and the white Lincoln mauso.
leum beyond
RI, S'A ploSA HoIseS ureW the calSSOn.
The members of the clergy who &C,
companied it were the Right Rev, G.
II. Brent, Episcopal Bishop Of western
New York, formerly senior chaplain,
A: 4. T.; Chaplain III. S. Lazaron'
Chaplain J. B. Frazier and Chaplain j.
T. Axton. There were two classes OF
pail bearers. Representing the United
States army and navy reserves were
| Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Rear Ad-
eral w. c. Neville. Major General D. c.
Shanks, Major General w. G. Ham
and Major General G. c. Richards
Those representing the active service
were Major General c. G. Morton, Rear
Admiral Henry b. Wilson, Major Cen
eral J. G. Harbord. Major General c.
r. Edwards, Major General G.. T.
Menoher and Major General John F.
Organ.
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