Evening star., 1921-11-09
GUNS ROAR SALUTE
As OLYMPIA BEARS
HERO Up POTOMAC
Hiuhest Honors Paid Fallen
Soldier as Ship Steams To-
ward Navy Yard Dock.
CROWDS AWAIT CHANCE
TO SHOW NATIONS GRIEF
President to Place Wreath on Cas-
ket at Capitol at s O'Clock
This Afternoon.

With salutes from warships ana
land batteries marking her progress
the U. s. 8. Olympia, bearing the booy
of an unknown American soldier, was
in Potomac waters today, steamins
slowly to the Nations Capital Yhere
for two days solemn ceremonies eA-
pressing the nations grief tor ner
overseas dead will be held.
The Olympia is due to dock at the
navy yard at a o'clock this afternoon.
Shortly after o'clock she will pass IN
view of the thousands expected 10
gather In Potomac Park to pay sAent
homage to the last Homecoming Oh o'ie
who gave his all for his country.
The transfer of the remains from
the Navy to the Army will be in 1ull
ceremony and witnessed by Secretary
of the Navy DENLY. Secretary OF war
Weeks, Gen. PerShing and other hisn
officials of the tighting branches OF
the government
Ships Band to Play DirEe.
As the casket leaves the ship the
guns of the Olympia will boom out
the twenty-one-gun salute. The snip
band will play a dirge as 1t Is carried
down the gangway, with soldiers ana
sailors at present arms and officers at
salute.
Received bv the War Department.
represent.d by Brig. Gen. Harry n:
Bandhol:z, commanding general OF
the district of Washington, the casket
will be transported on h,otoi
hearse to the east front OF shs sasSad Sdp
itol. The procession Will be heaueu
BY squadron of cavalry ana a
mounted band from Fort Myer.
Upon arriving at the Capitol. the
body will be received by suard OF
honor and placed upon the catafaique
nnfIer the vast dome-the catafalque
upon which Lincoln, Garnelo anu ne-
kinley lay.
President to Pay Tribute.
There the President ahd Mrs: Hard
s3urxssaH go, shortly after socl9ck'
to lay a wreath upon the casket. II
win be the tribute of the heau Oh
the nation to him who died that the
nation might live.
Vice President Coolidge and Speak
er Gillett of the House later Jointly
will place a floral tribute on the flag
draped coffin, voted by Congress as
tts own special mark of pride and
sorrow. and Chief Justice TAFT VIII
lave wreath for the supreme Court
of the United States. secretaries
Weeks and DENLY also Will place
~reaths upon the bier OF the uh-
known but undaunted hero.
Through tonight and until the
bopming of minute guns wakes the
echoes on Armistice day to peat OUT.
throb by throb. the passing OF TINS
honored soldier to his last rest. 1our
armed .sentries will stand at the
corners Of the bier. Each branch of
the Army and Navy will furnish men
for this inner guard which VIII stano
always at attention through the long
hours. Before them will pass 10 10
morrow MOI Somage thFenss to OF him soS Who REPRE-
seats thousands of American soldiers
who fill unknown graves on foreign
soil. Not a minute of tomorrow
from 8 am. until 10 PM, but mas
heen claimed by some person or
oreanfzation for the purpose of lay
ing wreath on the casket, among
them the British ambassador. to
@, testify to Britain's sympathy.
Mountain OF Flowers.
There will be a mountain of bright
flowers in the rotunda Of the Capitol
before the day is done. and all that
survive will go later to. Arlington to
wither upon the stone above the quiet
nook in which the unknown Will go
to his eternal rest.
Despite the disagreeable weather
with which the day for the home-com-
ing of the unknown was ushered in,
there was early indication that Wash
inetonians would line the waterfront
annroa ches this afternoon to honor
the unknown soldier" on board the
Olympia.
ed to go down the river IN the ponce nee
swings from the main channel into
the Anacostia branch leading to the
navy yard. Scores of motor boats Will
meet the old war vessel below Alex
andria and escort her to port. over
head she will have an escort OF
hydroplanes.
70 accommodate persons desiring to
go to Hams point. at the lower end
rival of the Olympia. the East Po..
tomac Park bus line. 1T was announced
this morning, will operate a special
service from the Treasury building.
Busses will leave every half hour.
ON the hour and half hour.
The Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company will operate an in
creased number of street cars on the
Anacostia line, which passes in sight
Of the navy yard.
Ship Ahead of Schedule.
Ahead Of her schedule. the Olympia
lay off Indian Head this morning. pre-
pared to lift anchor at an hour which
would give her plenty Of time in
which to dock at the navy yard by 4
o'clock. AS she steams slowly up the
river the guns of Fort Washington
will roar the national salute of twen-
ty-one guns to her half-masted flag.
on Mount Vernon the ship of the
unknown hero will pay it's homage
to the tomb Of the greatest American,
Washington. Again at Washington
barracks a battery will hammer out
its twenty-one-gun message of high
est military honor, to be repeated
again at the navy yard as the ship
ends her long journey from France.
When she turned into the Potomac
Yesterday the Olympia received the
first highest naval honors for the un-
known soldier she carried. The bat
tleship North Dakota. lying up the
river, dipped her ensign in salutation
"A her guns tolled welcome.
Her mission ended when the casket
containing the body of the unknown
soldier shall have been turned over to
the Army. the Olympia will have added
q new chapter to her illustrious his
tory. Commissioned in 1895, the
cruiser served as Admiral Dewey's
flagship dur11g the war with Spain
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