The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-20
HIGHEST H0N0Rs
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MOST SOLEMN CEREMONIES FOR
S BURIAL or SOLDIER IN MA, 4
TioNAL CEMETERY, ~
S5AlRMIsTIcE DAY is, The DATE,
President and His Cabinet on Foot
Will Escort the Body to Arlington,
After It Has Rested Under the Gaps
j ItoI's Dome. }} .t,fs I.

II Will Escort tho Body to Arlington,
After It Has Rested Under the Gap.
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BY EDWARD 3. CLARK -
IL Neutrality-suspicious. for the cere-
monies attending the burial Of the un-
known American soldier who lost his
life in the advance battle zone OF
France, virtually are completed. 1t
will be as solemn ceremony as ever
WAS witnessed in this country. Pres
ent in the Arlington amphitheater
where the burial is to take place will
be the highest officials of the United
States government, civil and military,
and with them will be representatives
of all the great nations Of earth. The
soldier is unknown, but the honors Civ.
en- him will be known to all the world.
4 One unprecedented honor is to be
accorded to the memory. Of this I'M
known one who represents all Of the
Americans who gave their lives for
their country in the great war. The
President of the United States and
all the members of the cabinet will
form an escort Of honor for the I'M
known when his body, emplaced upon
a military caisson, is borne through
the streets Of Washington from the
capitol to the. National cemetery at
Arlington, where sleep thousands OF
American heroes.
Il The President and his cabinet will
walk with the body Of the unidenti-
fed soldier. Heretofore, even on the
most solemn memorial occasions, the
President and his cabinet have APP
peared either in carriages Or in auto
mobiles. ~. flstH7s 49, N~.si
l., No Honor Omitted. \
For several days the remains OF the
American unknown will rest under the
dome Of the capitol, while the multi
tudes pass by uncovered and in rever-
ence. The coffin will rest upon the
catafalque upon which the remains
Of Presidents Lincoln, Garfield and
Mckinley rested in the National cap
itol just after their deaths as martyrs.
The unknown hero was an enlisted
man Of the United States army. En-
listed men will have the high honor
Of tendance on the remains Of their
brother. soldier. The eight body-bear-
ers will be enlisted men of the army,
navy and marine corps who received
medals or citations for conspicuous
gallantry under fire. - '..-f'-.lE
! Prior to the placing Of the remains
on the ship which will bring them to
the United StatesJ high officers Of the
French military forces will place the
Cross OF the Legion of Honor upon
the casket. 1t Is expected that in this
country the insignia Of the highest
orders of military merit of other coun-
tries will be added to the French dec
GRAFTON. The United States govern
ment will place upon the ,casket the
Congressional Medal of Honor, the
most coveted decoration which the
United States has, to give.
President Harding will deliver the
address over the body Of the unknown
at the cemetery, on November IL.
j This address will be heard clearly and
distinctly by audiences in New York.
Chicago, and San Francisco, to which
the words Of the President will be
carried by telephone wires installed
by engineers Of the telephone COM
pany. The agency to be used is
known as the Bell loud speakers i. q.
Never Can Be Identified. RI
IL At times the question has been
raised as to what would happen II the
identity Of the unknown soldier ever
should be disclosed. 1t was urged that
some accident of circumstances might
disclose his name and regiment. This
possibility has been averted by the
military officers Of the government
who took the remains OF four I'M
known soldiers from the cemetery in
France, inclOsed each in a casket, and
then designated a nOn.c0mmissioned
officer to place his hand upon which
ever one Of the 'caskets he chose,
and this casket with its inclosed re-
mains is the one which will be hon
ored at Arlington. Thus every possi-
bility Of Identification Of the remains
through an accident Of the future has
been obviated. w 81. s% s.
The remains Of the four unknown
soldiers. one OF which has become
what really may be called 'The Great
Unknown, were all found on the ad-
vanced field of hard fighting, and each
showed by its wounds that the soldier
had died under the fire Of the enemy.
There are some scores. of unknown
American dead still in France, but the
one unknown who will rest in Arling-
ton; will be representative Of all Of
the others, and not only Of the other
unknown dead, but of the dead whose
graves are marked with name, rank
and regiment i. T.. /, .&
The eight bearers of the body of
1.-THE unknown dead include five army
ssergeaats,' a chief torpedo man and
water tender from the, navy, and d
marine gllnnery sergeant. Il 4; Their
names In order are: Sergeants Sam
uel Woodhill Harry Taylor, Thomas
d. Saunders, Louis Razga, James w.
Dell, Chief Torpedo Man james De
Ianey, Chief Water Tender. Charles
Lee O'Connor. and Gunnery5 Sergeant
Ernest A. Jans0n. T ,ts5