Evening star., 1923-08-08
Highways and By,uays Join
In Long Procession of SOrro,U

form of civic, fraternal. commercial
and patriotic life of the National Cap
ital. irrespective of creed. color or
nationality. formed the rear guard of
the mournful funeral procession to-
day Of Warren Gamaliel Harding, late
chieftan of the great American re-
public.
Afoot and in automobiles. these cit
izens, banded together for one COM
mon purpose. passed silently down
Pennsylvania avenue, visibly display
ing a deep reverence for the memory
of the dead President. A more repre-
sentative gathering of the citizenry
of Washington probably could not
have been organized.
Come from Many Walks.
There were scores of men who have
long passed from the spotlight of
public life. There were the business
leaders of the city. either riding or
walking side by side with the civic
body representatives. the veterans OF
three wars, Army nurses, boy and
girl scouts, members of various fra
ternities, Daughters of the American
Revolution, students of the Amer
iCaniZation School. Daughters of the
Confederacy and the delegates of nu-
merous other organizations. All who
were in that fearful group paid an
impressive tribute to the late nations
leader.
Intense Heat.
Long before the hour the funeral
procession was scheduled to begin
it's solemn journey up historic Penn
sylvania avenue. the representatives.
of the organizations which formed
the civic sections began assembling
in small groups on the streets flank
ing Pennsylvania avenue east OF 18TH
street. 1t was nearly 1O:45 o'clock
before the signal was given them to
proceed up the avenue, and they were
ready.
Despite the intense heat from the
broiling rays of the sun these men
and women, too, either crowded to-
gether in machines or standing un-
protected in the streets, manifested
little evidence of fatigue.
While a number of sturdy marines
were stretched out on the Lafayette
Park lawn several blocks away, suf-
fering from the heat. these civic, fra
ternal. commercial and patriotic or
ganization delegates stood up re-
markably well under the scorchlng sun.
Eighty Machines Carry Citizens.
The eighty machines carrying the
citizens committee Of one hundred,
assembled north of Pennsylvania
avenue on 22d street. swung into the
Avenue shortly after $40 O'Clock
Three abreast they proceeded UP the
Avenue and drew up behind the fra
ternal organizations.
With beads of perspiration stream
ing down his face, Pearce Rayner of
the Motor Corps directed the forma-
tion of the citizens committee auto
mobile group. Assisting him was
on 18th street north of the Avenue q
was the American Federation OF
LabOr's deputatiCn, with Samuel
Gompers and Frank Morrison and
representatives of the great labor or
ganization afoot. Behind them
formed the Americanization Schools
delegation headed by Maud L. Alton.
principal. and the John Hay Chapter
Of Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity.
Patriotic Societies in Line.
Along the south side of Pennsyl-
vania avenue between 18th and 2lst
streets were gathered many groups
OF Grand Army of the Republic.
Spanish American and world war
veterans. garbed in their uniforms.
Sandwiched between them were the
Daughters of the American Revolution
and the fra ternal organizations headed
by the Knights Templar Then came
the patriotic societies, the sons of
veterans. machines bearing members Of
the Aladdin and Almas temples of the
Shrine. the League of American Pen
Women. the Salvation Army, the Jewish
welfare Board, the two Washington
high school cadets.
Heading the column of automobiles
carrying the citizens committee was
Samuel j. Prescott OF the Board Of
Trade. Directly preceding this ma
chine were two cars bearing the
Association of the Army of the
United States. which included Capts
w. p. King and ). r. Wagner. Coils.
+. .. Smith. Theodore lie Beoutlier
II. Harrison Smith. c. c. Hearn and
j. F. Barber. Mai. ]. w. Leamann
and Chaplain J. NJ. Stick, secretary
treasurer of the association.
Tall Cedars Come.
The deputation from Evergreen For
est. No. 4. Tall Cedars of Lebanon. OF
Milford, Del, which was the last
dent Harding Joined. was headed by
DR.. w. l. Gier, grand tall cedar.
The American Jewry was repre-
sented by Paul Baserwald of New
York. David A. Brown of Detroit
Fulton Brylawski of Washington and
Henry H. RosenfeIt of New York,
national director of the American
Jewish relief committee One wreath
at the White House bore the name Of
the Jewish joint distribution COM
mittee. and other that of the Ameri-
can Jewish relief committee
Representing the Y. NJ. c. A. was F.
II. De Croft, jr., vice president Of the
association; w. II. Gottlieb, director;
l.. W. De Cast, associate general sec
retary; w. o. Hiltabidle. business sec
retary; =. f. Beckett. physical di-