The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-03-27
1000 Uncover Heads as
Bronze Wreath Is Laid
On Tomb.
SECRETARY DENLY
{, GIVES ADDRESS
Mccullough, Information.
al Head of Order, Pays
Tribute.

dier resting In Arlington Cemetery
was paid by the more than 1000 visit
ing delegates to the 1922 conference
of the Rotary Clubs OF the Fifth Dis
trict yesterday afternoon preparatory
to the official opening OF the confer
enc. this morning.
Under the direction of Edward L.
Stock, distric+ governor of the Rotar-
ians. the numerous visitors arriving
in the District yesterday for the con-
ference were conveyed to Arlington
Cemetery by motor.
At the impressive services a bronze
memorial wreath was laid on the
tomb Of the Unknown Soldier by
Crawford c. Mccullough. information
al president of the Rotary Clubs, OF
Fort William. Ontario Secretary OF
the Navy DENLY Joined with President
Mccullough in paying tribute tc
Americas dead and the Rotary spirit
Delegates Bare Heads.
1T is fitting. my fellow Ro-
tarians, that you should lay this
wreath beside the casket of the
unknown soldier who lost his life
in the defense of his country and
the cause of humanity" said Sew
retary DENLY.
More than 1000 delegates to
the conference stood with heads
barred as their international presi-
dent. Crawford c. Mccullough laid
the bronze memorial wreath on the
tomb of the unknown hero.
Our Rotarian motto" declared
the Secretary. is He profits most
NHhn
You give part of your time and your
effort to that task to which your
country calls you. So did our
brother who sleeps so peacefully
here, give his time to his country
and in the giving-we know not
how-he added his life and SO be,
came strangely immortal. yet un.
known"
.servIceN Above seIf.-
President Mccullough. after plac
ing the wreath on the unknown.
1 tomb. said:
"A great orator of the one.
proud Roman Empire said. 'Swee
and honorable it is to die TO- onci
country lie has not earned tn,
| right to be called patriot, who, II
time of danger. is unwilling to rem
der any service even to that of tn,
| supreme sacrifice in defense of tn,
honor and freedom of his owr
! country"
Reverting to the causes of tn,
wa and commencing Presiden nj
Harding for calling the interna
| tional conference for the Limitation
of armaments, the Rotary presiden,
concluded his address with tn,
words, Service above self is sym.
bolized in supreme degree by tn,
! sacrifice made by this unknown sor
| of America, and as with love and
reverence We deposit this token, we
pray that this sacred place may
ever be a shrine at which men and
women of this and all other fire.
peoples may come to renew their
faith in God. in country and the
ideal of unselfishness and usefu
service"
Take Sightseeing Trip.
The pilgrimage to the unknown,
tomb was made by motor yesterday
afternoon, Rota=ians and other cIue
members furnishing automobiles tC
the visiting delegates and guests
Rev. Charles Noyes TyndelI, OF
Williamsport. Pa. gave the invoca
N'Sii a. Inv OF lne
ceremony. and DR.. Henry Merl,
Mellen. First Presbyterian Church
of Atlantic City, said befediction,
Following the memorial services
a sightseeing automobile tou- was
arranged for the delegates, all OF
the points of public and civic in.
terest having been visited.
America Found Soul.
America should have entered tn.
war three years before she did
surely after the sinking of the LII
sitania," the Rev. James E. Fr &c
man, pastor of the Church os IT,,
Epiphany. told members of the Re
tary clubs last night at service
held in the First CONGREGATIONS
Church, Tenth and G streets north
| west.
prosperity Just Around the Cor
ner" was the subject of DR.. Free
mans sermon, which touched IN,
high-lights of the war. its alter
nath and backwash. America" n,
said, found her soul at the gray.
OF that unknown soldier waom yo,
have so honored today
During the late days of July. 1914
l watched with my own eye, IL,
InODiliZatlOn OF the armies of Jhi
imperial German Empire; saw tn,
| now dethroned Kaiser viewinz. In,
crack regiments of that trained
body of soldiery as it swept W tn,
Wilhelmstrasse. and l was thrilled
at the sight of this military pag
can't" said DR.. Freeman. "Wher,
is her vaunted prosperity unw?'' h,
asked.
Secs Danger In Dress.
America came into her own. ae
cording to the minister, when he
Senate last week ratified the four.
| power pact. Drawing word pic
ture of the great actual and ! ..
I tential powers of America, I>r Free
man said. We are now going to d,
our part in the maintenance et
peace in the Pacific"
However, the most grieycu,
problem facing us is not Sc :r,,icl
international as national" he de.
| clared, for now the clock ha,
struck the hour of salvation. wbeJ
you are striving for prosperity
this prosperity just around the cor
ner. of which / spoke-be sure thai
you also get religion. the bulwars
of the nation. The matter Of won.
ems dress and speech, the freedom
of both, are dangers to our civ.
ilization."
The Rev. Jason Noble Pierce
opened the services with a sermon
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