The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-05
CLIMAX REACHED IN PLAN ID PAY
 TRIBUTE ID DEAD
President and Cabinet Will Trudge Afoot Up PennsyI- vania Avenue at Head of
 Funeral Cortege
By Associated Pres,

Washington, October 4.-Plans for the solemn ceremonies of Armistice Day when the nation will pay high tho great war reached climax today when President Harding and his cab inet decided to trudge afoot up Pennsylvania avenue at the head of the funeral cortege. By presiden- tial proclamation the business and pleasure of the nation will stand a. rest two minutes on that day In trib- ute to the dead as the body from a lonely nameless grave in some great struggle of the war is carried to it's last resting place in the peaceful Vir ginia hills that look down across the Potomac on the nations capitol.
 Not since President Wilson led a preparedness march up the great avenue in 1916 has the chief exc cutive appeared afoot in any parade in the capital and never previously has an President set for himself so long a trip as President Harding will undertake.
 Escort Makeup Announced
 The war department announced to- day the makeup of the military es- cort which will precede tho gun car riage on which the casket is carried. jn addit5aD tc tho regulars, sQilors and marines q provisional battalion of New York and Pennsylvania, national guard will share in the hon. ors 10 the dead comrade, Under army regulations the escort will be that provided for the highest military rank of the service, a general
 While the names of the general of- flcers of the army and marine corps and rear admirals of the navy who will be honorary pallbearers have not been disclosed, the war depart ment made public today the list of non commissioned and warrant off, cers who will actually bear the cas- ket to and from the caisson on which the last stage of the long Journey from a French battlefield to Arling- ton will be made. They are;
 CasIet Bearers
 Sergeants Samuel Woodfil, Thir- tieth recruit company, Fort Thomas. Ky, who served In the army since 1901 reaching the rank of captain during the war and promptly re-en- listing after the war. He was severely wounded in France and among his many decorations wears the medal of honor.
 Sergeant Harry Taylor headquar- ters troops. First cavalry. Douglas, Ariz., serving his sixth enlistment with the cavalry and cited for gal lantry in the Meuse-Argonne action.
 Sergt. Thomas D. Saunders. com pany A. Second engineers. Camp Ira wis, Tex, also wounded overseas and decorated with the distinguished sery- ice cross for gallantry.
 Sergt. Louis Raga, Fifty-second coast artillery, Camp Eustis. Va, also wounded in action overseas.
 Staff sergt. James ". Dell, Eff teenth field artillery. Camp Travis, Tex. veteran of long service with the guns and cited for gallantry in France.
 Those From Navy From the navy will come Chief Torpedo Man Jan.es Delaney. He wears navy cross for conspicu- ous gallantry and was taken prison CT by the Germans when the steam ship Campana was sunk by the U-51 but refused any information to the enemy in the face of repeated threats of death.
 Chief Water Tender Charles Leo OConnor, of eight years : service afloat, and awarded decoration for heroism when the U. s. s. Mount Yer non was torpedoed.
 Gunner Sergeant Ernest A. Janson. Marine corps, who has served one army enlistment and three in the marines and fought overseas with the Forty ninth company. Fiftleth ma rines: was severely wounded and wears the congressional medal of honor and other American and French decorations for gallantry.
 The body will come direct to Wash ington navy yard from France. The war department has ruled that there shall be no other ceremony but the nations tribute at the nations cap- ital When tho cruiser Olympia com pletes her mission the casket will be carried at night to the vast rotunda of the capitol to lie in state with a full military guard of honor through the day and night of NoYemher 10