The Washington herald., 1922-04-19
PLEDGE FAITH
TOALLIESOVER
SOLDIER GRAVE
ID. A. R. [ Impressively
Honors War Dead at
Arlington.
MRS. MINOR ASKS
FOR CURB ON WARS
Completion of Building
For Office Sought-Re-
cepti0n Was Brilliant.

Spangled Banner" had foated out
out ocross the bowed heads of the
gathered women, out beyond the
amphftheater, its noble columns
peilucfd under the gray skies, out
into the quiet hills of April-colored
Arlington.
And to the waiting throngs OF
the Daughters of the American
Revolution. an answer echoed; taps
blown In the distance, over a new
made grave, and the sombre beat of
Chopin's Funeral March! Sunshine
glowed palely in the National Gene
tery yesterday as a procession led
by Mrs George Maynard Minor.
president-general of the society,
preceded by a page bearing a great
wreath. and followed by the gen.
eral officers. board of directors and
vice presidents moved slowly around
to the pulpit to face the audience
which filled more than one-third Of
the amphitheater. to do honor to
Americas unknown soldier.
Mrs. Minor Denounces Foe.
We live in a world rescued from
the beast of war and greed and
conquest" pronounced Mrs. Minor.
in an address urging that no heed
be paid to false propaganda. We
owe II to all whom the unknown
soldier typifies to see to il that
never again shall the beast he let
loose upon the world.
We shall not break faith, Amer
lea shall keep the faith as long as
a wayside cross remains standing
in England and the fields of crosses
gleam white in France. We have
fought side by side with the free
dom loving nations of the earth.
Rnd we shall hold to them in peace.
that the fruits of victory be made
secure.
THE propa aganda that has sought
since the war to divide us has
failed as il deserved to fail. Its
Kissing tongues of slander should
fall on deaf ears hereafter. il we
remember this hoy who lies at
Arlington
Cherishes National Ideals.
Memory of Arlington must
ehame the base agitator into si-
berce," she declared America will
not forget the cause for which she
paid the price of Arlington. nor
will she forget the allies who held
the line for nearly three years
And the conference on the limitl-
hon of armament has drawn those
pations together in the same spirit
b which they fought 70. liberty
Ind righteousness and lasting
peace" she averred.
Here at the grave of our un-
known dead, We dedicate ourselves
once more to the high ideals for
which our allies and ourselves have
Eiven our sons. We offer them a
through the women who by their
ancestry and their heritage are
pre-eminently pledged to perpetu-
ate the ideals of liberty and JUS
lice and national honor" she con-
cluded
soIemnity Marks Ceremony.
Then. to the solemn music of the
army band. the president general
and her staff moved down the steps
to the unmarked tomb. From each
side of the amphitheater the State
regents marched. each bearing
flowers. Silently they laid their
Offering Benediction was pro-
nounced by Mrs. Selden spence.
chaplain general. and. although the
crowds fingered for few moments.
they soon dispersed In addition to
the music provided by the army
given by Mrs. Flora McGill Keefer.
without waiting one for the
other. the delegates to the congress
went to the cemetery as soon as
they could get into the cars. which
left at I o'clock. A detail of artil-
Iery. Battery +. from Fort Myer,
consisting of fifty men. directed the
traffic within the gates. which
.losed at o'clock, and were not
,pened until the ceremony was
completed. The -oute taken was
across the Highway Bridge and
through the south gate.
Plan Administration Omees.
A loan of s1S5.450 was urged to
complete the Administration Build
Ing, now under construction, by
Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey.
chairman of the Administ -ation
Building and former president gen.
eraI. in her report yesterday morn
Ing This sum. she said. is neces-
sary to complete the edifice. on
which S1S7,061.34 has already been
spent
This building. she explained. is
about IS feet west of Memorial Con-
nnental Hall. is 110 feet wide and
100 feet deep. 1t is planned as a
business building. executed in white
limestone, in harmony with but
properly subordinated to. Memorial
Hall The work Is progressing
satisfactorily, she declared, and. ac-
.ording to authoritative comment.
splendidly made in material and
workmanship.
Yorktown should be acquired as
national patriotic, shrine. Mrs
lames T. Morris. chairman of the
committee on the preservation of
historic spots. declared. She urged
hat the delegates ask their Rep
esentatives for action on the bill.
frs. william II. Talbot reported on
, rational Old Trails Road: Miss An
lie Wallace reported on correct use
4. the flag. and Mrs. willard T.
Hook on the endowment fund.
M State delegations held State
aeetings yesterday. The Virginia
allegation. over which Mrs. Kate
Waller Barrett presided. decided
efnitely TO enlarge its educational
york greatly. and voted twenty
scholarships for the coming year,
nd $500 for patriotic education
Chapters Report Progress.
Seven new chapters have been or
;anized in the State. since October.
was reported. The delegation
cted on the completion Of a bronze
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