The New York herald., 1921-07-09
TO HONOR 1854 DEAD
in HObOKEN SERVICE
Harding Will Pay Tribute
and Pershing Make Adj
dress Tomorrow.
BOXED BODIES ON PIER
No Similar Event in {. s.
Since LincOln's Gettys-
burg Speech.
ALL DIVISIONS IN LIST
Many Relatives and Friends of
Heroes to Be Present-Place
for Gold Star Mothers.
ALL DIVISIONS IN LIST

President Harding, Secretary of War
Weeks. Gen. Pershing, Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy Roosevelt, Ambas-
sador Jusserand of France and many
other Government, military and naval
officers will come from Washington to-
morrow to attend memorial services at
Pier 4, Hoboken, for 1854 American
soldiers who died in France.
This announcement was made yes
terday at headquarters Of the Depart
ment OF the East, Governors Island.
The list includes also Assistant Secre-
tary of War Wainwright. Gen. Robert
T.. Billiard, Gen. Charles S. Summerall
Gen. David Shanks, Senators Lodge
(Mass.). King (Utah), Kendrick
(Wyo) Jetfrsos (Neb.), Olpp On, j.
and Bulwinkio IN. c..
Not since Lincoln read his immortal
address at the dedication of the Ma
tional Cemetery at Gettysburg in 1853,
has the nation paid such tribute to so
vast an assemblage of its hero dead.
The flag draped boxes, piled row on
row, will stretch the length of the long
pier from which so many of the men
now resting there embarked three years
ago.
Besides the official party thousands
OF relatives, friends and former bud
dies" of the slain soldiers will crowd
the pier. Special provision has been
made for gold star mothers.
The bodies arrived this week on the
army transports Wheaton and Somme
They include the three Americans who
were first to die for their country in the
world variance Corporal Gresham
ana Private Enright and Hayes of the
First Division-who We're killed in ).
German raid near Luneville. November
3, 1917. The French Departm ant of
Meurte ct Meuselle has erected a mon
ument to them at Bathlemonte
among the bodies is that of Cant
Hopy Baker. famous Princeton foot
pail and hockey star. who was killed in
an airplane accident in France a month
nfter the armistice. Every combat di-
vision that saw service overseas is rem
resented, according TO Capt. r. L. Shan
non, commanding the Army Graves Reg
istration Service in Hoboken. The list
by divisions and the number OF the dead
are as follows:
Twenty-eighth. 631: Forty second
613; Third, 522; Second. 472: Twenty
sixth, 400; Thirty-second. 3S2; Fourth
376: Seventy-seventh, 24S: Sixth. 247 !;
Sevcnty-ninth. 213; First. 206; Seventy
eighth, 1876, Thirtieth 1856 Thirty-third
l76; Ninetieth, 173; Eighty-second, 157 !;
Twenty-ninth. 10; Twenty 142
Thirty-fifth 1913; Eighth. 1871: Seventh.
103; EiEhty-ninth. 100 Eighty-first, IS /:
Eighty eighth. IS; Ninety-first, so:
Thirty-six 73; Ninety-third. 55;
Forty-hrst. "a; Thirty-seventh, SO i:
Eighty-fourth. 40; Ninety-second. 2S /;
Eighty third. rs; Eighty-sixth. 20 !;
Sixth, Is; Seventy sixth. 13: Fortieth,
IL Thirty-eighth. IL Thirty-first. Q :
Eighty fifth. 6; ; Thirty ninth. 3 Thirty
fourth. 4 ; Eighth. 3 Eighty-seventh, !.
Gen. Pershing. Chief OF Staff, will
make the memorial address. The pro-
gramme. which will begin at o'clock
follows:
Onward. Christian Soldiers" by the
military band of Fort Hamilton Jewish
burial service. conducted by Rabbi Lee
J. Levinger. formerly a chaplain of the
Twenty-seventh Division Lead, Kindly
Light" Protestant burial service by
Chaplain Thomas A. Swan of Fort Tot
ten. Nearer. My God. to Thee" Roman
Catholic service conducted by Chaplain
A. c. Dineen Of Governors Island my
Country, IT'S OF Thee" memorial ad-
dress. Gen. Pershing; Star Spanged
Banner" Taps" by bugler Of Fort
Hamilton