Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-10-19
MOST SOLEUM FUNERAL
Services for Unidentified
to Be Americas Tribute to
Heroic Dead November
18th.

Inc most impressive anu SOL
emn military funeral in the his
tory of the United States will be
that held in Washington and at
Arlington cemetery, November
18th, the third anniversary of the
signing of the armistice. The
funeral ceremony will mark the
burial of an unidentified man,
one of the 4,765,071 who served
in the United States armed forces
during the World war.
The military honors accorded
this unknown soldier will be those
prescribed for one of the rank
of a general.
Body Must Be Unknown
The Quartermaster General of
the United States army is charg-
ed directly with the responsibility
of selecting the body from among
the unidentified American dead
in France. Under orders of the
War department, the selection
must be made so to preclude any
possibility of future identified
ton as to the name, the rank,
organization or service of the UNI
known dead, or the battlefield
upon which he fell. The Quart
ermaster General will deliver the
body to representatives of the
American army and navy at the
port of Havre, France. At that
port it will be taken in charge
by a Rear Admiral of the navy
and transported in the United
States cruiser olympia" to the
Washington navy yard, where il
will arrive on November 9, 1921,
after dark. At the Washington
navy yard the body will be re-
ceived by a major general of the
United States army and a guard
of honor and borne to the United
States capital, where it will lie in
state in the rotunda throughout
the day of November 10th and
until the hour of 8 a. m. Novem-
Der 18th.
Impressive Military COrtege
At that hour the body will be
moved to the amphitheater at the
Arlington National Cemetery. The
body will be escorted by a batta-
lion of U. S. field artillery, a
squadron of u. S. cavalry, a COM
bat regiment of troops composed
of one battalion of u. S. infantry,
one battalion of u. S. sailors and
marines and one battalion of the
national guard. The cortege will
be headed by the United States
Marine band. The pallbearers will
consist of eight general officers
of the United States army and
four admirals of the United States
navy. The body itself will be
borne on a caisson draped with
the American flag. The route of
march from the capital to the
cemetery will be lined on both
sides by United States regular
infantry stationed at an average
distance of one man every five
yards.
The president of the United
States will meet the remains at
the amphitheatre at Arlington
National Cemetery and deliver
an Grafton in commemoration of
Americas dead in the World war.
Whole Nation To Be Silent
In accordance with proclama-
ton yet to be issued by the presi-
dent of the United States, all in
dustries and activities of all kinds
within the continental limits of
the United States will cease from
~ o'clock noon to 1902 p. m,
Eastern time, Nov. IL, during
which two minutes all citizens of
the United States will be request
ed 20 observe silence and to as
semble in places of worship to do
honor in memory of the dead.
In addition to the military es-
cort the following persons will be
invited to attend: (a) All living
holders of the Medal of Honor;
(b) One representative for every
10000 enlisted men of the World
war. such representatives to be