New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
vaultod roof above, now feoded with
sunlight. They sang the last verse of

Win treec0m's holy light
- ZAay sang with peal Of victory and
no hint of sorrow.
About the coffin stood five soldiers,
still as though carved from bronco, in
their khaki trappings. At The head.
arms rigid at his sides, his own head
bent forward until the tan brini of his
cap hid his eyes. stood the nonrconi-
snissioned officer, the red of his chew
rons colering his sleeve. At each cor
iier, facing inward toward the center,
stood a soldier, rifle butt grounded on
the stone tagging, body rigidly erect,
bat also with head bent forward until
cap brim was level with the point of
his cleaning bayonet. These soldiers
moved not muscle except at stated
intervals when slight charges of posi-
tion. made simultaneously, cased the
physical strain.
The first delegation was committee
OF the Federal Council of Churches OF
Christ in America, representing the
Protestant churches Of the United
States. Within the fifteen minutes
allotted to it prayer was offered by
Bishop Mcdowell. of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and short eulogy
OF the dead delivered by DR.. William
Adams Brown. of Union Theological
Seminary of New York.
French Delegation Enters
Premier BRAND and the French delega-
tion to the armament conference, car
lying huge bunch of pink chrysanthe-
NUNS tied with the tri-color of France.
entered the rotunda at IL o'clock The
Premier stood silently for moment
and then moved out with his party.
A three-foot bronze statue SYMBOLIC
ing the Angel of Peace was placed
on the catafaique as the gift of the
president of the Chinese Republic.
The most formal of the pilgrim
ages to the shrine proceeded from
the British Embassy. Arthur J. Bal
four, head of the British delegation to
Washington and formerly Prime Min
ister, and Sir Auckland Geddes, British
Nearly score of automobiles formed
the procession and two motor trucks
carried the flowers
A wreath from King George was
among them, Lord Cavan acting for ths
King. 1t bore the legend:
"As Unknown, and yet we'll known:
AS dying, and behold, we live.r
ihsIe was wreath, too, from Can
ada, its inscription saying:
"But that which put the GLORY of
Grace, INTO all that he did was that
he die it of pure love to his country -
That from Premier Lloyd George
said:
more"
And that from India said:
They never die who die to make
life worth living"
There were wreaths also from Aus
tralla and New Zealand, and all of
these, except that from India. were
made Of flowers grown in English soil,
brought over as living plants.
From the Grand Army of United
Veterans vf Canada came a wreath
placed by Sergeant Richardson, Oldest
There were flowers from Newfound-
land, and from tile Army and Navy
War Veterans of Canada came a
memorial woven of Flanders poppies
And besides all the civil dignitaries
Great Britain sent to pay homage went
Earl Beatty, Admiral of the Fleet:
Air Vice e-Marshal Higgins and others
unknown soldier died were great.
British the Boy Scouts marched in,
saluted and chanted their oath. The
Scout wreath carried the legend, "Be
Prepared"
One of the largest delegations rep
resented the Jewish Welfare Board,
including number of the original
committee which went to France dur
ing the war. 1t placed at the bier
large laurel wreath with services of
tribute.
War Mother Overcome
Shortly after the American Red Cross,
9th Army Division and the Army and
Navy Union tributes had been placed
upon the bier two ,Hoboken war moth
their wreath. The ordeal, however,
overtaxed one of them, who sobbingly
gave way to her grief and had to be
assisted out of the rotunda.
AS the city schools let out great
crowds of children, packing their
books, Joined the silent band of mourn
ing paraders.
4 frail woman, aged and bent, stopped
at the bier and dropped handful of
she seized guard by the arm and
tried to have him answer, but he re-
mained motionless. Many os the wom-
en- iii the line were weeping as they
left the rotunda.
A delegation from the old Russian
Embassy placed gift OF flowers at the
bier as symbol Of Russia's gratitude.
The flowers, in white and red, were in
the form of the Cross of St. George,
Russia's highest military distinction.
Representatives of the American
Federation of Labor placed floral
wreath upon the bier with the follow
ing inscriptions:
alive on, thou spirit of justice free
dom, democracy and humanity.
IA grateful tribute to our Unknown
Soldier, from the American Federation
of Labor"
a group of knights of Columbus in
regalia clustered around the bier and
recited their ritual for the dead
Mrs. Adelaide w. Bagley, mother of
Mrs. Josephus Daniels, placed clus-
ter of palm leaves and roses at the
bier in memory of her son, Ensign
Worth Bagley, the only American
naval officer killed in the war with
Spain.
The Loyal Legion, headed by Lieu
tenant General Nelson A. Miles, u. S.
a., retired, with American and Legion
flags, held short services at the bier.
and was followed by representatives
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
with American and headquarters flags
&c their head. AS the veterans of the
Civil War, many of them feeble and
asfcw in faded uniforms. concluded
brief service their place beside the
casket was taken by wounded soldiers
from Walter Reed Hospital, veterans
of the World War, who placed a large
wreath of chrysanthemums as a token
of their affection to. their unknown
buddy.
Other organizations whose repre-