The Washington herald., 1921-11-09
BUDDY NEARHOME
AS NATICll AWAITS
TOKNEEL AT BIER
Guns to Roar Generals
Salute as Historic
Cruiser Arrives.

Buddy" the only name Americas
heroic unidentified soldier dead will
ever know. is today nearing home on
the last leg of a long oversea jour
ney and supreme adventure that
started in April. 1917.
On the ample deck of the old
Olympia, trod by many heroes who
long since have gone before him to
rest in the hallowed ground of Ar
lington. he is riding peacefully up
the Chesapeake this morning. and at
o'clock this afternoon will arrive
at the navy yard in Washington,
when will begin a period of ma
tional mourning to last until the
afternoon of November IL. when he
will rest in his last bivouac.
The highest honors which a CRATE
full nation and her allies have the
power to bestow viii be conferred
on the shelltorn body which has
been brought back from the battle
fields of France. Since an enlisted
man stepped briskly up TO the
caskets OF four unidentified war
dead and dropped a white rose on
the casket Of one. the one to be a
symbol for everything good. glori-
OuS anu NdlOEOuS III "dTsa Ine jour-
ney, the backtrack through France
and across the Atlantic. has been
marked by every possible distinc-
ticn-
Long before the hour of the ar
rival of the Olympia, thousands of
persons will line the banks of the
Potomac to stand with bowed heads
as the grand old ship of former
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slowly warped into the dock at the
hundreds of yachts and smaller
naval craft, while aIoft airpIanes
will circle against the sky.
Gets Generals Salute.
As the Olympia steams by Fort
Washington, about ten miles below
the city. a salute of twenty one
guns will be fired, the salute of a
full general of the line, and again
at Washington Barracks Just be-
fore the navy yard is reached a sec
end salute of twenty-one guns will
be fired.
When the Olympia docks the band
from the cruiser will take its posi-
ticn at the foot of the pier and tho
bodyguard, which has kept constant
vigil over the fiag-draped casket
since it left Franco, will bring the
casket ashore. AS II leaves the ship
the battery, which helped demolish
the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay, will
fire a farewell salute of twenty-ope
guns.
Army I'm Charge.
The bodyEuard from the Olympia
will turn the casket over to the
army. to which arm of the service
the unknown soldier belonged, and
from this point the arrangements
will be in charge of the army.
Major generals will hear tho body
to a hearse and. under an escort
Of cavalry, the unknown hero will
be borne TO the Capitol and placed
IN the Rotunda, whero It Is to lie
In state during the day and tomor-
row. The catafalqpe will be the one
used when martyred Presidents and
others of the nations most distin-
guished sons have had like honors
conferred upon them.
Except for a guard of honor from
the army, which will maintain a
silent watch through the night, no
one will be admitted to the Rotunda
until tomorrow morning when any
one desiring may pass the casket
and pay silent tribute. Short in
tervals of time have been allotted
for patriotic organizations to con-
duct brief ceremonies and place
wreaths about the casket.
Escort for Cruiser.
The. superdreadnaught North Da-
kota will act as an escort for the
Olympia as far az Plney Point,
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water to permit OF her cruising
further up the river. The feet de-
stroyer Burnadu will accompany the
dock.
The Olympia is flying the flag of
Rear Admiral Lloyd H. Chandler,
and is commanded by Eenry L.
,Wyman.
Beginning at o'clock in the
morning the rotunda of the Capitol
will be a scene of almost contin-
uai services by military, patriotic
and civic organizations, war asso-
Citations. foreign diplomatic bodies
and women's auxiliaries OF military
and war organizations. until 10
o'clock at night.
Upward of sixty organizations
viii conduct brief memorial sery-
ices, after which each will place
floral tributes or wreaths upon
the fiag-S-aped casket. Floral
tributes will also be placed on the
bier by host of washine tonians,
among them many who suffered be-
reavement as the result Of the
world conflict
Individuals wishing TO pay
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