Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-12

lQlG lO lllS OcdO NlOSCu -1der the starry skies of hls own home and. Americas Unknown Dead from France sleeps tonight, a soldier home --1m the wars.
 Alone he lies n the narrow cell Of limestone that guards his body; but hls s7gi has entered into the spirit that is America. Wherever liberty Is held close .- -er's hearts the honor and the glory and The pledge of high endeavor poured -lt over this nsmeiess one of fame will -l tod and sung by Americans for all tns.
 scrousd across the marble arch of the -rmc-ls. raised to American soldier and sailor dead everywhere, which stands like monument behind his tomb, runs this legend:
 We here highly resolve that these dead srai not have died in vain"
 Tho words were spoken by the mar -rred Lincoln over tho dead at Gettys- -u-- And today. with voice strong with s.te-uiration and ringing win deep Jon. auojcer urvsldeu. echoed that ..rr resolve over the coffin of the soldier Vr1 l.ad for the flag in France.
 Great men in the worlds affairs heard .Ha- high purpose reiterated by the man "r stands at The head of the American ..aric Tomorrow they will gather in er city that stands almost in the shad- -H of The new American shrine of liberty l-i'-atfd today They will talk of peace 70 rhr cu-bi1- of the havoc of war They VI s-csk of the war in France that -1hhe5 this soldier of life and name and ---uElt death to comrades of all nations -r The hundreds Of thousands And ir .rt.r ears when they meet must ring resident Ha-dinE's declaration today srsis that fag-wraDped, honor-lader 1.sr-
 There must be. there shall be. thu commanding voice of a conscious civiliza Jon against armed wsrfar~''
 Throngs Out to Do Honor.
 Al day long the nation poured out it heart IH pride and glory for the nameles American. Before the first crash of th' minute guns roared It's kneil for the desC rom the shadow of Washington monu ~e-- t.e people who claim him as thai ,r- were --oo1irE out 10 do him lErlor T-fE Ind he long road from the capito lEs hillside where he sleeps tonight Hs- flowed Ike a tide over the slope l".lt as burial place they choked tn '-lrr- that lead across the river 10 in ..is nc the brave in which he is tn atrst conner.
 Ay he was carried past through th
 - 7t humanity that lined Pennsyl .4r-l avenue solemn. reverent hus 1.l -le living walls Yet there was no 1r much ot sorrow as of nigh pride in H pride beg und ths reach of shoutini md t-s c.amo- that marks less sacre moments ir life.
 Hg- -He-- .u the broad avenue was
 soldier. dead for honor of th lie was uameIeSs. No man kney what part .u The great life of the natioi had t.ri when last he passed over hl home V4.i Elt in France he had die H1 always Americans have been ready ( t1r rre ta- and what it means The, H- trs message oi the pageant clear .sa silent thousands along the way lr stood i1 almost holy awe to talk
 own rart ir what was theirs tn
 o. t1e American people honore " r tso E0ro-s showered on Ameri .s raTe.r.s soldier from France
 Cort-zs a Thrilling Spectacle.
 s-.iI--s and sailors and marines a, 7r.L their part ln the thrilling spec
 1s the co-teEe rolled along An .l-t behind the casket with it's fade -e--e flowers on the drsped flag wake
 president the chosen leader Of a hun a- -- ors .r whose name he wa
 l u-1--e- at this bier Beside hir
 erode 'he man under whom the fale rr0 had lived and died m France. Ger r-a. Fer-rirE. wearing as his only de, at11 tle single medal of victory ths r-r-T American soldier might wear.
 Then row on TOW came the men vh cad -fc nation today. or have guided il --- cT before. They were all ther waking proudly with age and frsiliti, go '-e Hcsa forgotten. Judges. senator -r-rssrtatves. highest officers of ever hillary arm. Of government and --lern- little group of the nations mo ra.o-ous s-us-the medal of honor me some were gray. and bent. and droopir rit- old wounds. some trim and erect t-e day they won their way to fam AT walked gladly !n this nameless cor -7drs last parade.
 tra.1d these came the carriage Rr-r rode Woodrow Wilson. also stric -r down by infrmit.es as he served t-e highest place of the nation. just .1e humble private riding in state ahe had gone down before a shell or bull For that dead mans sake the form president had put aside his dread -een-ing to parade his physical weakne and rlsked health perhaps life to appe auonE the mou-ners 10 rthe falle Tnere was handclapping and A che here and there for the man in the ca -.sgs. a tribute to the spirit that broug aim Co honor the nations nameless he rhoss -ommsuder-in-chief he had beel
 Headed by Soldiers and Sailors.
 Alter President Harding and most the high diEnitaries of government Ii .u-nsd aside al the White House. the pi -sE.ou headed by its solid blocks of s iiery an the battalions of sailor co rades moved on with Pershing, m Ranked bv Secretaries Weeks and Denl Tor The long road 70 the tomb. It marc cd on always between the human b. fers os the way of victory the natl had made for itself of the great aven, on over the old bridge that spans Potomac on up the long hill to F Mycr and at last 10 the gate of the Tr, cemetery beyond. where soldier a sailor folk sleep by the thousands. Tn The numbering guns Of the artillery swu aside. the cavalry drew their horses of Inc long line and left 10 the foot s dlers and The sailors and marines the l sage of the journey.
 Ahead the white marble of the amp theatre Eiesmed through the trees. stands rrowning Inc slow slope of hills that sweep upwards from the riV and just across was Washington, its cI