Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-02-07
WAR PRESIDENT
At REST FROM
. WORLD s TRIALS
Wrapped in Glory of Death,
Woodrow Wilson Is Ac-
claimed by Countrymen
PLAN GREATER MEMORIAL
BugIe Notes Is Final Act of
Tribute Paid by a Sor-
rowing Nation

WASHINGTON, Feb. z Wrapped
In the glory of death, Woodrow Will
son has found sanctuary under the
towering arches of the Washington
cathedral, acclaimed by his country
men and the world.
He was laid to his eternal rest in
the silent vault with only the solemn
simple rites of religious service. as
was his wish. often spoken to the
sorriwing widow who today sought
again to take up life's burdens witt
an aching sense OF her loss in hel
heart
Before her still is the task of de.
Gliding what shall be the final rest
ing place of her honored husband.
For months, probably he will lie in
the vault to which he was committed
yesterday just as night comes slowly
over the nations capital; but a
greater memorial will one day be
reared for him to show the honor in
which men held him.
The dead war president had given
thought to the place where he would
rest in death, and it will be within
the District of Columbia that his ul-
innate tomb will be set. That has
already been decided by Mrs. Wilson
though the place where the tomb
shall be erected is still to be selected.
Above the vault where lies the
casket that contains his body, the
cathedral structure has reached a
point in building where the tran
septs, north and south, are next to
be constructed. The north transept,
by tradition in England and the
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statesmen, where those may lie who
gave great service to their country
men in the civil walks of national
life. Plans have been formed for
the building of an adequate memo
rial to Woodrow Wilson in that tran
sept of the cathedral beneath which
he now rests. 1t would be placed
just where the massive northern wall
of the nave and the western bulk OF
the transept will join.
AS the plan now runs, the tomb
would be built into the wall of the
cathedral itself. and the casket SO
tenderly placed yesterday in the
chapel vault would be sealed within
its stone enclosure forever. Within
the transept, on the main floor of the
cathedral, a fitting memorial would
be set as the inner face the tomb
Mrs. Wilson has not as yet assent
ed to this plan. She has agreed
with her husband that since ne lived
for eight long years in Washington
as president and come from the
White House only to make home
in the city, it is in Washington or
at least within the lines of the Dis
trict of Columbia, that he should be
buried. So far as closest friends are
aware, however, he has not as yet
had the time or the courage to select
the spot.
Many projects for suitable men,
orial to Woodrow Wilson have been
discussed within the last few days
by those who were his friends and
followers in the days of his leader
ship. There are many divergent
views among them, which have not
yet shown signs of coming to a def
mite plan. Senators from his native
state of Virginia have urged that his
body should lie on Virginia soil
while from Princeton has come a
claim that he should go back in
death to the scholastic scenes /. ere
of his early triumphs.
Perhaps there will come from all
of this discussion a movement to
erect to his memory at some appro-
PIRATE place a memorial that is not
also tomb. as the Washington
monument and the Lincoln memorial
mark in Washington the respect and
admiration of the nation for great
men who are buried elsewhere. But
this is a question which only time
and the development of opinion can
lswer. Until a decision is reached,
the man who led the American
people through the great war and
who played a masterful part in the
shaping of world history will sleep
in peace where he lies today with
naught TO mark his resting place
but marble tablet saying that here
lies Woodrow Wilson, twenty eighth
President of the United States.
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