The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-01-01

tnen came women
who lost their husbands only. They were given
positions in accordance with the price they ia"
paid during the war. girl who wrote she haa
lost nine brothers killed or missing was gwen
ticket as also twelve year-O boy who wro;e: !:
"The man in the coffin might be my daddy.
As big Ben the great clock In the tower VI
the parliament building began to strike the h'u9
of eleven. King George, facing the coffin Of ,iie
unknown soldier, which was resting on gun car
rage drew cord that released the union JACK
draped about cen0taph in Whitehall erected TO
the "Giorous Dead" and after the last stroke OF
the hour thousands OF people, who croweeo
Whitehall far one could see in either dirac'
tion, remained absolutely silent for two minutes.
During the brief services in the nave of the
abbey the king stood the foot of the grave, the
royal ladies and princes ranging themselves on
either side. The casket was transferred from the
carriage to the altar where the archbishop OF
Canterbury conducted the solemn funeral ritua
AS the coffin finally was lowered into Its crypt.
a battery Of artillery in the adjoining st. james
park. fired q field marshal's salute of 10 guns -
the highest military honor accorded anyone olt-
side royal rank.
Official and civilian France paid honor to tile
memory of the nations who fell during the
Great War the ceremonies lending solemn TT
mosphere to the celebration Of the second anti
versary of the arnistice. Paris accustomed 40
observing its victory days and national fetes win
rejoicing. turned aside this year and dedicated
fee by hundreds Of thousands of dead. who a.e
sleeping in cemeteries along the battle lines
Called from its grave the field of Ferdun,
the body of an unidentified French ''poiu" wls
carried with pomp and ceremony through the
streets and rehured under the Arc de Triompte.
The bodies of eight unidentified French soldiers.
exhumed from as many sectors of the former bst-
tie line from the Belgian frontier to the Vossss
arrived at the verdun citadel the day before.
In a low casemate the eight bodies lay in stare
that night surrounded by thousand lighted
dies while stern men and weeping women flied
silently past On stand nearby trophies
from the City of Verdun which We're to be de-
posted upon the coffin OF the unknown soldier
chosen and to accompany the body In its last
Journey to the Arc de Triomphe. there to remain
throughout time The trophies the Crox
de Gnerre. the insignia Of the Legion of Honor,
the Military Cross. the Order of Leopold the Dis
tingulshed Service Medals. sabers of honor pre-
santeG by China and Japan. the Greek War Cross,
the Italian Military Medal and numerous others
One body was chosen from among the eight ly
Private August Thin, native of Caen. Brittany.
who was volunteer during the war; AT the
quest of Andre Maginot. minister of pensions. The
veteran placed his hand coffin and the
veterans choice was the "Unknown Dead" Of a
solemn and impressive ceremony.
In addition France took occasion remember
that 80 years ago the country. defeated by Ger
MANY owed its very existence for time to Leon
Cambetta who took virtual control of affairs in
Paris when the city was beSieged by Germans and
Jster succeeded In organizing armies to continue
the futile struggle against the Teuton invaders.
The heart of Gambetta. which had been pre-
served since his death in 1882, fnurned In
tle Pantheon. the national shrine of France
The PROCESSION formed in Place Denfert Ro-
chereau at 8: 40 O'clock the head of the cotamn
standing in the shadow OF the huge statue Of the
Lion of Belfor which represents the spirit Of the