Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-07
SIMPLICITY TO MARK
LAST EARTHLY RITES
FOR DEAD PRESIDENT

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and army posts will remain at half
mast.
AS the funeral train moved east
ward from San Francisco today, the
army and the navy paid it's honors
to their dead commandments
with the booming of salutes. At
daybreak army guns at all stations
fired a salute of thirteen guns and
from that time until shutdown there
were single shots at intervals of
thirty minutes with a final salute of
forty-eight guns.
At all stations the army forces
were paraded at 10 a. M. and army
orders announcing the death of the
president were read by the com
were prepared aud sent forward
yesterday by Acting Secretary OF
War Davis.
Steadily throughuto the day mes.
sages of coincidence to Mrs. Harding
continued to pour into the White
House and the state department.
Those received at the state depart
metft came from all parts of the
world and included cablegrams from
King Albert, of Belgium, and Baron
Kate, premier of Japan.
Escorts Named
Military organizations. not a part
of the escort proper, it was an.
nOunced tonight, will march in the
Harding funeral procession from. the
White House to the capitol Wed
nesday in the following order:
The Grand Army of the Republic.
Loyal Legion, Indian War Veterans
society. Veterans of the Spanish
American war, Military Order of
Foreign Wars, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Military Order of the World
War, American Legion. Disabled
American Veterans of the World
War, Red Cross. Salvation Army.
Y. M. c. A, knights of Columbus,
Jewish Welfare board, American
Library association, Oervseas Serv-
ice League, Red Cross Overseas
Service League, WOmen's Overseas
Service League.
American Defense society, Sons of
the Revolution, Daughters of the
American Revolution, Sons of the
American Revolution. Children OF
the American Revolution, Military
Training. Camps association, World
War Veterans, Medal of Honor
Men. Association of Veterans of the
Polish Army in France and Poland,
Army and Navy union, National Dis
abled Soldiers League, Daughters
of the Union Veterans, Grand Ar
mics of Americans, National War
Mothers, Georgetown university and
Washington High school cadets.
The list of the army, navy and
marine corps organizations that will
serve as the escort proper had not
been completed tonight.
MARION TO HOLD
MEMORIAL SERVICE
MARION. Ohio. Aug. 4.-(Ry the
Associated Press. )-Church friends OF
the late President Warren G.. Har
ding will assemble in a special me-
mortal service in his honor in Trinity
Baptist church where ne was a
member.
The services will be conducted by
Rev. Walter A. King. Of Columbus.
President Harding's former pastor
Hymns particularly preferred by the
dead president will he sung. The
pew which he occupied, the fifth
from the front on the left center
aisle, has been draped in black in
honor of the deceased member.
Other Marion churches also will
conduct memorial services for the
late chief executive.
Relatives of Mr.. Harding still
were without detailed information
as to the funeral services here next
Friday. These, according to George
l.. Harding, Jr., the presidents
brother, probably will not be com
pleted until the middle of next week,
as efforts will be made to carry out
the wishes of Mrs. Harding as far
as possible. They are expected,
however, to begin taking shape soon
after the arrival here of military Of
ficers from Washington.
Colonel F. p Lehm and Lieutenant
Edward NJ. Taylor are expected to
arrive from Washington tomorrow.
Lieutenant Taylor once was a re-
porter on the presidents newspaper
here.
Miss Adelaide Harding and Mrs.
Fl. H. Votaw, of Washington, sisters
of the late president, accompanied
by the latter's husband, arrived hey e
today. They went to the home of
their father, DR.. George I. Harding,
ST., in East Center street, where the
funeral services will be conducted.
1t was announced today that
neither the presidents father nor
other members of the family would
meet the funeral train as it passed
through Ohio, and accompany the
body to Washington. 1t previously
had been planned that some mem.
bers of the family would accompany
the train east.
Mrs. Harding, on her arrival here
next Thursday, will be taken 10
White = Oaks farm, the home of
Brigadier General Sawyer, the per.
sonal physician of the president.
Mrs. Harding will make her home
with General Sawyer for a time, at
least after the burial, DR.. Carl w.
Sawyer, his son, said today, but he
did not know whether it would be a
permanent arrangement.
The management of the Marion
hotel announced today that the en-
tire building had been reserved for
next Thursday and Friday for the
funeral party coming from Wash
ington. Guests already in the hotel
will be CARD tor in private homes
All local national guard units have
been ordered to be modified Wed.
nesday for duty wherever they NAV
be needed to direct traffic and 9th
erWise aid in caring for the thou
CO.. "a Of