The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-08-10
WIDOWS WISH
TO Be CARRIED OUT
Nation Will Do Homage to Late
Chieftain Wednesday
IMPOSING MILITARY ESCORT
General Pershing Will Lead Sad Pro
cession To Capitol Hill;
Veterans Will Carry
Casket.

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Harding's wish that the funeral
services duplicate those held for
the martyred William Mckinley,
the national capital completed
plans for paying final tribute to
Warren Gamaliel Harding.
1t is barely % years since the heart
OF the nation did homage to that
earlier leader who came in modesty
from a small Ohio town to guide the
affairs of great people.
AS he came and went, so let it be
with him who followed.
The widows sad vigil in the great
white mansion, the imposing military
escort to Capitol HILL the simple serv-
ice beneath the towering dome
through which will murmur the soft
strains of Lead, Kindly Light favor
lite of both Presidents-so will pass
the final hours.
And, as Nearer, My God, to Thee"
closes the religious ceremony in the
| began the services of their country,
| officialdom will be swept away and
the doors will be opened to the sad
dened thousands seeking to look last
farewell at him they loved.
Twelve men, who have offered their
lives for their country-so soldiers, sail
ors and marinesAwill bear the body
of their commander-in-chief from the
train. A detachment of troops will act
as escort through the streets draped
in mourning to the White House which
was left so hopefully less than six
weeks ago.
There, in the center of the great
East Room, where lay Lincoln and
Mckinley, will the twelve stalwart
men place tenderly the casket con-
tafning the remains of the husband
who is no more. For there he will be
not a President suddenly taken away
from the people he governed, but only
Warren Harding, the husband. The
White House grounds, which Presi-
dent Harding opened to the public,
will be closed except to relatives and
immediate friends.
The nation will do homage to the
dead President on Wednesday While
great military and civic escort waits !
without, the twelve bearers will carry
the casket from the East Room to the
hearse, which will take it to the Cap
ftol. At the sound of the bugle the
troops will move into column ahead
of the casket and the long procession
will wind its way mournfully along
the path, which the President knew so
we'll
First, under command of General
Pershing, will move a military escort
Of all arms. There will be the guns Of
the artillery, the horses and sabers of
the cavalry and the tramp of the foot
soldier, upon whom the nation rely for
defense. Marines, who fought in
France, and sailors, who secured the
sea, also will march, and there will
be, too, the citizen soldiers of the
National Guard.
Military bands will furnish suitable
music for the column.
Following the military escort will
be the civic procession of which Sem
ator Lodge, of Massachusetts,, close
personal friend of Mr. Harding, has
been asked to act as grand marshal
Uniformed knights Templar and
Knights of Pythias, fraternal organi-
cations to which the late President be-
longed, will march in this procession.
Behind the civic procession will
move the casket, surrounded by
great guard of honor, composed of
officers of the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps, all in uniform. The twelve
bearers will march beside the casket.
Then will follow Mrs. Harding and
relatives of the dead Chief Executive.
Woodrow Wilson, if he is able to at
tend, will be placed in this group inn
mediately behind the hearse.
The third section of the funeral
procession will be headed by the Pres
ident and Mrs Coolidge, followed by
members of the Cabinet, the diplo-
matte corps, Chief Justice Taft and
members of the Supreme Court, Sena-
tors, Representatives, Governors OF
States and members of the Federal
Judiciary.
The religious services will begin
Immediately the escort reaches the
Capitol, and the body of the dead
President is placed in the rotunda be-
meath the central dome. They will be
under the direction of the Rev Free
man Anderson, acting pastor Of the
Calvary Baptist Church, of which Mr..
Harding was member
The services will be extremely
simple. Draped flags and palms will
furnish dignifed surroundings. Ad-
mission will be limited to the capacity
of the rotunda. 80
After the services the body of the
late President will lie in state, while .
thousands pass through the Capitol :
and by the catafalque. 1t will be
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