Evening star., 1923-08-07
FUNERAL MARCH
PLANS ANNOUNCED
Procession Starts at 10 AM.
Tomorrow Regardless of
Time Body Arrives.

Regardless of the time of arrival
here of the train bearing the body
Of President Harding, the funeral
procession will start tomorrow at lo
o'clock from the White House and
up Pennsylvania avenue to the Capt.
tol, il was announced today.
A corps of workers under Col. c.
o. Sheriff. and Brig. Gen. Stewart e.
Heintzleman are feverishly attempt
ing today to complete arrangements
so that the procession tomorrow will
be without any delays or interrupt
tions.
When the cortege starts toward the
Capitol tomorrow morning the offl-
cial ceremonies will start. The end
of the official ceremonies, President
Coolidge announced today, will be
when the body is on the train to-
morrow night. bound for Marion
Ohio.
From that time on. it will be the
funeral of Warren G. Harding. citi-
United States.
Marion Rites Private.
This arrangement, President Cool
idge said, is in respect to the wishes
Marion services be conducted WITH
respect to the late President as a
citizen of that town. and the Sena-
tors and Representatives. public Of
ficials and foreign diplomats who may
attend the funeral services in Marion
will be guests of the Ohio town, par
ticipating in the last rites to dis
tinguished citizen of Marion.
Military Arrangements.
Military arrangements for partici-
patton in the funeral procession have
about reached the stage of compile
ton. Troops will assemble at Penn
sylvania avenue and 18th street Foot
troops will be formed facing south.
Army and Navy organizations will
start assembling at 9 O'Clock. Citi-
patriotic societies will start forming
not later than $50 o'clock, each
group Of representatives being sched-
uIed to be in line before that time.
The streets west of 7th street
running north and south into Penn
for assembly Of the military
bodies
Promptly at 10 o'clock the remains
of the late President will be carried
from the White House. At trumpet
signal from the commanding officer
of troops organizations Will be
brought to attention
The troops will be assembled in
inverse order direct to the White
House center door. A line drawn
from that door across the front lawn
at right angles to Pennsylvania ave-
nue. will be the assembly point, and
this line will mark the right of the
line of the Army and the left of the
line of the Navy.
Soon after attention has sounded
organizations will be brought to the
present" This will be held while
the remains are being placed on the
caisson. Then another trumpet will
start the organizations in motion.
A horse drawn caiSson from Fort
Myer has been ordered to be at the
north enrance of the White House
at 9:30 o'clock. ready to bear the re-
mains of the President on last trip
up Pennsylvania avenue.
Movements mt Capital.
Upon reaching the plaza east of the
Capitol the cavalry and field artillery
heading the line of procession will
continue through to B street south
east, thence via streets south of the
Mall back to Fort Myer. Other
troops and other organiza tions in the
line of march-in fact. all those who
do not hold the black-bordered invi-
tations to be present at the funeral
services in the rotunda of the Cap