The Washington herald., 1921-11-11
GLUMBIALAYS
HER BRAVE
AT REST TODAY
{ Last Solemn March for
Americas Buddy Starts
At $3.50 O'clock.
WILL SYMBOLIZE
NATIONS IDEALS
Military and Civic Cor.
tege Will Escort Body
To Arlington.

The slow cadenced tramp of
marching troops. Muffled drums.
The Dead March.
At S:3o o'clock this morning.
Buddy" Americas unidentified
soldier from somewhere in France"
win begin his last hike, a march
{ through the weeping heart of a ma
tion. from the Capitol to Arlington
National Cemetery. where he viii
rest in his last bivouac, q narrow
dugout, about which VIII be
grouped the sorrowing thousands to
pay homage to his career and. the
ideals for which he fought.
To Rest I'm HaIIowed Ground.
The streets, which have echoed
to the tramp of troops marching
away 70 many wars, the stately
Capitol. where have reposed the
mortal remains Of Lincoln, Garfield
and Mckinley, the cemetery in
which sleep the immortals Of
American military history, this
morning will look upon a process
sion that transcends in quiet dig
nifty, in majesty, in impelling sim
plicity anything that has gone be-
fore.
They will see an obscure, uniden-
tifed soldier, whose heroism In bat
tie, except that he realized a SOL
dier's ambition to find a soldiers
resting place beneath a soldiers
blow is unrecorded. rescued from
the oblivion of an unknown" grave
and triumphantly borne to hAllowed
ground as the symbol Of a nations
attainments and ambitions.
Nation VIII Do Homage.
From O'Clock this morning
until the service for the burial OF
the dead Is read and the chaplain
deposits in the sarcophagus with
stained soil from which the body
was taken. Washington and the
nation will pay its tribute to the
unknown crusader.
From the Capitol to Arlington
National Cemetery the way VIII be
lined with women bowed in sor-
row and men inspired IN pride. At
fve-foot intervals infantrymen will
stand at attention. grim and gaunt,
throwing their muskets to the
present as the casket passes by.
At Arlington not only the nation.
but the representatives of the civ
iIized world will pay their tribute
TO Buddy" the affectionate and
sole name which this once happy
warrior will be known by in the
hearts OF his comrades and country
men.
Period of silent Prayer.
At 11:55. just nve minutes after
the cortege enters the amphithea-
ter Chaplain ]. T. Axton, OF the
army, will pronounce the inVoca-
tim and from noon until two min
NE. after noon there will be a
period Of silent prayer and medi-
tation, when throughout the nation
men will pause at their work or
vorship and turn their thoughts
10 the shelItorn body, to the war.
the .acrifice, the good things and
the bad things, to the career Of
aSBuddy." about which might move
ALI the pathos and glamour of
militarism.
Al 1909 o'clock President Harding
will deliver his eulogy, other ad-
dresses will be made and the espec-
ially prepared program OF music Will
be carried out
Each of the foreign governments
associated with the United states n
the world war has sent a represent
alive TO take part in the ceremonies
today. General Foch, supreme com
mander of the allied armies, Gen
eraI Dsaz. italian hero of the Piave;
Gensral jacques. who battled so
bravsIy with the little handful OF
RaIxians. and Earl Beatty. who
added fame to the British traditions
a. Jutland. Will stand about the
sarconhagus and when II Is sealed
nIaca wreaths upon IL as testimon-
iaIs from their government and peo-
pies
Lines Form Near Capitol.
Long before the hour for the
.oIemn cortege to leave the Capitol,
where the body Of the unknown SOL
dier has reposed in state since We'd
nesday afternoon. the organizations
which are to take part in the pro-
cessldn will form on the streets near
ths Capitol Building and the clti-
zens will seek vantage points all
along the five mile route to Airing
tom. 10 stand with bowed head as the
sheII-tSrn bodyNpasses-
Ats o'clock this morning the hon.
' orary pail bearers and the body
bearers will gather in the rotunda
OF the Capitol about the hower-cov-
cred casket. B At $40 o'clock the
hOdY bearers Will Inc NapAIOi
by the east entrance. The band
from washington Barracks will
sound the first notes of Chopin's
Funeral March, the cavalry will
swing into line, the casket will be
placed on an artillery caisson, the
different units will take their places
in the procession and as the column
move. the music win change from
the solemn notes Of the dirge to the
triumphant march Onward, Chris
tion Soldiers"
Led by Gen. BandhoItk.
Ahead Of the cortege will be Brig.
Gen. H. H .Bandholtz, marshal of the
day. Next will be a composite regi-
ment OF infantry, bluejackets. Ma
rines and National Guard. This win
be followed by a battalion from the
SIxty-fourth Infantry, a battalion
Of bluejackets and Marines, en-
gineer battalion, battalion Of field
artillery and a squadron OF cavalry.
The -four chaplains, the Rt. Rev.
c. n. Brent. former senior chaplain
of the A. E. F.: the Rev. H s Lag
aron. the Rev. J. B. Frazier and the
Rev. J. T.yAxton viii march ahead
Of the calsson bearing the casket
On either side Of the caisson viii
be grouped the eight heroes Sc
Iected for their military record,