Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-11-12
UNKNOWN DEAD HERO
SLEEPS IN HOMELAND
ruNrINuEp FROM pAon oNnJ

icst as thc humble private riding IN
such state ahead had gone down before
O. shell "a bullet For that dead mans
sake. the former president had put
aside his dread uf seeming o. parade his
physical wcaknoss and riskod health
ptrhaps lio. To appear among the
mourners Tot The fallen.
Cheers Are Given.
There Was hands lapiug and cheering
here and Their, for the man in tho car.
ragc uIhhtc 10 the sput that
lrDaght him O. honor the nations
namclcss hero. whose cummander..n.
chief he had been.
After President Harding and most Of
The high dignitnrics of the government
lad turned aside at the Wnlc House
tho procession. headed hy its solid
blocks Of suldicry aud the hatiaHuns of
saiiur comrades. moved ou with Per.
."inr now thanked by Secretaries
Weeks and DENLY. for tho long road
o. tnr tnmn. .tmurchcl uu. always be-
tween the human borders of the way of
victory the nation had made for itself
81 the great avenue. un over the bridge
that spans the Potomac on up the long
.lu tu Fort Mvpr. and al last Co the
gate rt the eat cemetery yond
whou soldier aud sailor lolk sleep by
the thousands There the numbering
gums 81 the artillery swung aside, the
foot uldiors and the sailors ara ma.
rines. The hsi stag, Il the Journey
Ahead abe white marble of the
'mphithcItrc Eisamcd through he
trees. 70 stands browning the slope of
Tie hills thnt sWccn upward from the
river and iust across was Washington.
its clustering buildings and monuments
iu great dead who have gone before.
% moving picture m the autumn haze
The Great Are There.
People In thousands were moving
about The great circle of thu umphi
theatre The great oucs to whom places
had been given TN the sacr ii enclosure
and the plain folk who tudrcd the
long way just 20 glimpse the pageant
from afar were finding their places.
Eve yWhorc within tho pilurod ruolos.
urc bright uniforms Of foreign soldiers
appeared. They wor, laden with the
i"wolcd orders Of rank and merit. worn
o. honor an American private soldier
greater than any there IN IN, majesty
OF his sacrifices. in the tribute his hon.
Drs udid 90 an Americans who died
Down below the platform placed ,or
fhc csket boz e stone vault hv
wroaths and parauds brought from
Eupland's king and guarded hy British
,nldicrs To them came the British am.
.assadur in On, lull uniform of his rank
10 bid them keep these tributes from
overseas safe against that hour
Above the platform gathered men
whose name, ring through history
BRAND. Foch Beatty. B1lfour Jacques.
Dinz and others
\ PRAYER carried out over no, crowd
: y ampliicrs. su that no word wi. miss
I'd took moment or two. then the
harp clear oall ct the huglc rang al.
f,ntiou. aud for tNo minutes tI, ua.
tom stood at u1usr tor th, ds3d Just
go hiph noon No sound broke o., quiet
9s al Uuod with bowed heads lt was
much as though mighty hand had
checked 90, world u mu ,0ua. Then
The band sounded and m - mighty
chorus rolled out the woods ,f "AmcI-
.ra' from The h.~fs within lud without
the great Open ban of ,alur.
IIlrding speaks.
Irr-id, uf HHfiiru stepped forward
beside the coffin Co.. say lW America
lhv thing thli TODAY was nearest 90,
nations h,l f-th1i 1crnrr.. such us
tLis ufm,.r.. mIn fallen 900 battle
might perhaps mlh. be- mad. u..,..
arE down through th. coming wears
lt,r wld ,u.f President Harding
spoke reached every person through
th' ump.iners and reached other thou
sands upon thousands u Sew Nurk and
san Francisco.
Alr HuIlue showed strong emotion
He u.s uu lnmpd Tho het UuId. ,i th,
address.
~, paused lul then with raised hand
Hud hsfd bowed went on Boo th, meats
ur,d rollins n,und OF the Lord
PRAYER Tt. response that cam, back
81. hm from th, Thousand. Do. ave.
N.u iba other thousands ont over the
rI.uo beyond perhaps from still other
IhYu~Uis away u'lt thc Pacific. or
CLOSE packed boz th. heart of the ul
tom greatest civ. rn-r Dos, chant
The marble arches hummod with Tho
-uirmu sound
Tnru tho foreign officers who stand
highest among the soldiers CO., uilurs u.
their flags came one hy one o. the
bier Co., nla,, gold and Iov,icd ,mLlms
tnr the brave above the breast of the
sleeper
BestoWs tmblems.
Already ss the great payrr ended
th, president had SCI tho American .s.f