, 1921-11-11

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C tho building. under trees where oni,
a yelIowed leaf here and there iinger
i, ed. the khaki tide of a funeral e.
4 cort for n general OF the army ROLES
4 to its place
e A. h troops gathered for th'
e march TO the rave. the first, fai
throb OF the minute guns at For
|, Meyer over the river broke the morn
! ing silence Through the hours thai
4 followed the distant, DUH note Of sor
row sounded IN measured interval
growing closer and closer. louder and
louder as the cortege wound Its way
up to Arlington. The kneIl OF the
guns. marked the way of the funeral
train step and eliminated In the three
cSsElas salvos that s~ignalled tho last
soldier farewell.
From $50 a m. until far past noon.
the distant booming wrote tho story
of the minutes with but one halt. as
the nation stood silent for two min
utes Just after midday in honor of
the dead.
Up in the rotunda OF the capitol
resting on the catafalque whore Lin
coin. Garfield. Grant and Mckinley
laid the, casket had stood amid heap
ing piles OF flowers with Its silent
guard of honor. a soldier. a national
guardsman, a sailor and n marine.
through the night at the four cor
ners Of the bier. Then there began
to gather a little group OF fellow sol
diers. each wearing n hero's decora-
tons. TO bear the casket to the walt
ing gun carriage. They were led by
Sergeant Samuel woodhrl. first men
toned in P~ershing's list OF war her
oes. and with him were Sergeans
Harry Taylor OF the cavalry. Thomas
d. Saunders OF the engineers. Louis
Razga of the Coast Artillery, James
! W. Dell Delaney and Chief water
Tender Charles Lee o'connor ana
Sergeant Ernest A. Janson OF the
marines.
In the great rotunda the honorary
pau bearers also gathered to walk
beside the gun carriage up Pennsyl-
vania e At their head was
Major General Hartford. executive
assistant to General Pershing as
chief OF STAFF; himself a former en-
listed man and glad to walk beside
hi, honored comrade rather than ride
at the head OF pageant. with MN
were other major generals whose
names bring memories of h war
There was Morton. Edwards OF New
En.land's csth Division; there was
sharl,- who ruled at Hoboken while
the army was going over there'
,hera vas Menoher. who led the 4zno
10 victory; and Bailey, O'Ryn OF
New York's 27th and OF
Pennsylvanin. For h navy walked
Hugh Rodman. rear admiral n
commander of the battle neet thh,
went over; Henry b. Wilson former
ch,ef Of the Atlantic fleet. and PUN
ra,. For the marines, was Ma1oN
General Neville.
Originally Gen. Pershirg while he
was still abroad, was named as ran
marshal OF the artillery ceremonies
He was 10 have ridden at the head
a, the funeral escort, but his pro-
gram did not suit the former com
mander of the American expedition
arv forces and he too walked behind
the casket. going afoot all the way
from the capitol to Arlington Gene
terry and becoming chief
after President Harding and his
party turned aside Mt the White
House.
At the head of the parade rode
Mai. Gen. BandhoitS. commander of
the District of Washington. and
grand marshal in Pershing's place.
Behind President Harding and
Gen. Pershing. who were lanked by
their aides, came Vice President
Coolidge and Admiral Coontz. chief
of naval operations: then Chief Jus
tice Taft. walking in his place as for
mer president of the United States
and paired with Admiral Jones. com
mander OF the Atlantic fleet.
There came also Lieut.. Generals
Nelson A. Miles and S. B. NJ. Young.
both former heads OF the army. both
veterans OF the Civil war and long
retired but out again in uniform
There was Major General Tasker H
EBliss. Americas representative on
the Supreme Military Council in the
days when the German host drove
down toward Paris in It's last great
effort: there was Major General Bull
lard, who led Pershing's First Army
to victory there was Major General
John A. Gageuune. commandment OF
the Marine Corps who shares with
| Hartford the honor OF having COM
manded the famous 2nd Division in
action in France.
When the moment came. the body
bearers stepped forward. tenderly
raised the casket and as they moved
out and down the capitol steps. the
officer pail bearers fell in. two by
two, behind and the band began a
solemn dirge. Outside the escort
stood in motionless ranks, rifles at
present. sabers flashing in salute.
Flag draped and with a few flow
ers scattered ove It. the casket was
lifted to the black draped gun car
riage with its six cleaning horses
and its artillery drivers rigid in the
saddles. A motion from Major Cen
eral Bandholtz. commanding the es-
cort. and a swing in tho khaki
column and the road to Arlington lay
ahead. The commander and his staff
rode FIRST. then the army band
swung out. playing in quick time
for It was a long way to 20. Then
came h composite regiment of foot