Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-11-12

wars, alone were in evidence.
President Wilson, riding with Mrs
Wilson, Joined the procession as il
swung around the north end of the
capitol AS he turned into Pennsyl
Vania avenue the crowds along the
way cheered him continuously.
After the funeral party left the
capitol, ten large army trucks took
the mountains of flowers which hat
been laid at the bier of the unknown
in the capital rotunda. to Arlington
cemetery.
The avenue was free OF obstruc
ton, from the great gray bulk OF
the capitol on its hill, to the eastern
end to the pillared front of the
treasury nearly a mile away. Even
the trees that spread a relieving
band of green and grateful shade
along the way under summer suns
stood with branches almost stripped
of leaves; only here and there a clus
tering mass of yellow or autumn
bronze hid the view from the win.
doWs. crowded with faces, that look.
ed down on the broad way.
Boy Scouts Serve
A fringe of Boy Scouts, armed
with white staffs and also police
stood close along the ropes that
held back the quiet crowds as the
funeral train moved along at shor-
ter steps than the army knows, be-
cause of the old men who defied
Inflrmities of age to walk behind
the nations nameless one of fame
There was little cheering and no
waving of flags, but the great hush
of respect for the dead. First came
| IL IF
the mounted officers, then Major
General Bandholtz and his staff,
| horses dancing a little in the cool
air and under the restraint of the
| bride.
Then a great army band, the
solemn strains of a funeral dirge,
its cadences marked by the thud
of muffled drums.
| Next moved the first of the SOL
der and sailor escort, a platoon of
infantry with fiXed2bayonets gleam-
| ing; behind them the war colored
| carts OF horse-drawn machine guns.
| Ihey moved in the square block
formation and behind these, in the
| same solid blocks, came the sailors,
| Whlte-hatted and with long stream
ers OF crepe dropping from their col
| ors.
| Behind the marching men came
| the artillery, row on row of gray
horses drawing the dun-colored guns
| OF the first battery, lined far across
the avenue, in ordered ranks. The
| guidons of red snapped and flut-
| tered. Next rode the cavalry, it's
yellow colors dancing above the
glitter of drawn sabres, then the
nameless one, riding in state.
| Six black horses, with drivers
rigid in the saddle, drew his funeral
car. On the gun timber, the simple
flag-Wrapped casket rode high with
only handful of flowers and tok-
ems that have been lavished on him
to deck it. Among them lay with
cred clusters of French blossoms
that had come with him all the
| journey home.
Beside the timber wheels walked
| the soldier and sailor and marine
heroes who only may lay their
hands upon this comrades coffin,
the body bearers.
Pershing on Foot
Thanking these on each side, walk
ing in single file beside the funeral
| caisson, STROBE the highest officers
Of the army and the navy and the
marine corps, generals and admirals
all, who are honored in their place
| as pallbearers for this plain soldier
| of the ranks who died for the flag.
They were headed by Major General
Hartford, deputy chief of staff, and
| first behind the casket walked Presi-
| dent Harding, abreast with General
Pershing, chief mourners in"this fu-
neral procession.
The president and the man who led
| the American armies overseas, walk
| ed almost alone. Over toward the
roped sides of the avenue, their aides
moved in line, but the place these
| two held in the cortege as head of
| a mourning nation and head of the
army was distinct.
The president was clad in black
| mourning dress with silk hat and
| walked step. for step with General
Pershing, who wore, of his many war
| decorations, only the Victory medal
| that every comrade Of the war may
wear.
Next came Vice President Cool
| idge and Admiral Coontz, then for
mer President Taft and Admiral
| Jones, then the cabinet, then the
supreme court, the senate and the
members of the house, trudging
along this way of honor for the dead,
and a great marine band from Guam
| tico and then the Medal of Honor
men. holders of the nations highest
award for valor.
Then after the first show Of troops
came the clergy headed by Bishop
| Brent, former senior chaplain of the
A. E. F. With him were Chaplains
| Lazaron, of the reserve, and Chap
| lains Frazier, of the navy, and AK
| ton, of the army. Then Immediately
behind them rolled the fag-draped
coffin borne on the caisson, with the
honorary pallbearers, all admirals
and generals, marching on the out
side of the column, beside it and
| the eight distinguished living heroes
selected as body bearers walking on
| the inside of the column. Hats came
off in the crowds as the solemn mo-
ment passed.
Harding Reviews Procession
| Former President Wilson was to
| have come next in line, according
to program, but having arrived late
at the start, he took place farther
back.
Governors of some states followed
and then came 1872 representatives
of all who served in the World war,
coming not more than three from a
state War Veterans societies fol
| lowed.
1t was 9:15 o'clock when the head
Of the procession reached the White
House. When the caisson had
passed, President Harding turned
out of his place in the line and
after passing through the executive
offices went to the front of the
White House grounds to review t'ae
remainder of the line as 1t PASSED
on it's way to Arlington. The pres