New Britain herald., 1921-11-02
ITALY BUR|ES HER 'UNKNOWV WARRIOR Impressive Exercises Are Attended by Royal
 Family.

Rome, Nov, 2.-Solemn reverence by
 King and peasant was paid to ltalys
 unknown soldier symbol of her i've
 hundred thousand dead. when the
 body arrived in Rome this morning
 ond was transported on a gun car.
 riage to the Church of Santa Maria
 pegii An&eii. It will there lie in state
 until its final nterment on Friday in the Altar of the Country" under the
 Victor Emmdnue! monument,
 Mayor Meets rrnin
 The train hearing the body agriN ra In a suburb pt Rome last night, be- Ing met by the mayor and members or the municipal council. The cars of the train were virtua ly filled with neral tributes tC the unknown sol Gter more than l.j00 wreaths having been placed aboard by the authori- ties of nearly l0C towns through which the train had passed on it's trip rom Aqullela, Northeast of Venice, to Rome. Delegations of former sol dlers and local organizations also sent flowers which were placed in the COTS. Crowds rumbering many thous- 'noS gathered at many stations or along the rallrc ad, either preserving reverent silence or waving flags hd Sl-it,uS pHtliUtic songs.
 This morning the car carrying the body was brought to the central sta tion in this ;ity, and royal and of- ticial Italy came to pay homage to the casket in which reposed the body that will on Friday be enshrined here. The king and queen as the chief mourners stood with bowed heads as the coffin draped in the tricolor was carried from the train on the should CTS of eight vaiorous non-commis- stoned officers to the waiing gun carriage. Members of the royal house. hold, prince and princesses minis t rs of state. senators and deputies, the general staffs of the army and navy. crippled veterans. widows and mothers all united in silent honor for the dead.
 The Cortege was formed in the sta tion square and between lines of sol diers at present arms proceeded to the church, which was but three blocks away. The route was filled with a sombre silent crowd all in adoraton for the unknown. All watched with eager eyes, the pas IT bowed in reverence as the sun-car- riage bearing the body passed,
 The heavy gun carriage laden with its symbol of a nations grief drawn by eight artillery charges rolled heavily along the line of the cor tege By it's side walked as an es cort of honor, the little more than of men decorated with Italys highest military honor, The Gold Medal for Valor." These were 'Italy's Living Bravest."
 Then followed the king and the royal family, as the chief mourners, Silently they plooded behind the "un- known" to the church followed by the ministers, the generals, admirals, corps, supreme court judges, mayors of the large cities repres entatives of the widows, moth- CTS and crippled soldiers organiza- tions.
 In the square in front of the church, he advance guard of the cortege lined up and awaited the arrival of the body. When the gun carriage reached the door of the church it stopped and the eight chosen non- commi ssioned officers bore it on their | shoulders into the church where they | placed it upon specially built cata- | 'alque. The king then entered, fol- l lowed by the rest of the procession |
 Following the religious service, the ! ling followed by the assembled dig | nitaries of state left the church for | he quirinal There the procession | vas dispersed.
 Meanwhile, the body of the un- ! lnoWn soldier was laid in state on | he catafalque. The crowd which ined the route massed toward the | 'hurch. The doors were thrown open ! for the public and thousands passed 1 trough the adihce every hour