Evening star., 1924-02-05
Departments of Government
Will Stop at Noon-Church
Bells to Toll as All Other
Activities Cease.
PICKED OVERSEAS MEN
WILL BEAR THE CASKET
Former Intimate Associates and
Members of His Cabinet to Be
Honorary Pallbearers-No Eu-
logy Will Be Offered Either at
Home or the Tomb.

A few feeting hours and Wood
row Wilson will be but cherished
memory-the great heart that once
dictated the destinies of the nations
will belong to the immortals.
Tenderly guarded from the public
turmoil he so carefully avoided in
the dimming years of his torn life
he sleeps today for the last time in
the quiet home to which he retired
nearly four years ago. Tomorrow
he will be surrendered to his eternal
rest in the peaceful little Bethlehem
Chapel of the Nativity amid the soft
ly whispering oaks OF Mount St.
Alban.
No glittering cayalcade will bear
him to his sanctified tomb; no muf-
fed drums will roll his last tattoo
AS a man of peace, with the quiet
service beftting the private citizen
he preferred to be, he will be laid
away from human eyes forever in
the sanctuary of the Prince of Peace.
And above his sepulchre will be in
scribed these words:
The Way of Peace"
In the quiet grave beneath the
crypt of the Cathedral of SIS. Peter
and Paul he will find an end to the
strife and turmoil he vainly had
hoped to spare war-strieken world
For he will lie in hallowed ground.
The walls of his tomb are surround
ed by stones brought from the
sacred city of bethlehem, and the
sentinels at his sepulchre will be the
craven apostles of Jesus.
Silence for Two Minutes.
During the moment that Mr. Will
son is being committed to his final
rest all Washington will pause and
bow in memory Of the war President.
Work in government departments
will be suspended at noon and for
two minutes, beginning at $3.50
O'clock, even street cars will stop
wherever they are out Of respect
to the soul that will have passed
from the eyes Of the world forever.
Every wheel will cease to turn
motorists will draw their cars up
to the nearest curb, department
stores will suspend for the two min
Ntes and the life of the National
Capital will be halted for the time.
And meanwhile the church bells of.
the city will toll a solemn requiem
from their towers pointing skywaru
during the agonizing moment of
Woodrow Wilson's committal to the
tomb.
Before the funeral procession
moves to Mount st. Alban a short
service for the family and the friends
Mr.. Wilson liked best to have around
him will be conducted by the Rt. Rev.
James f. Freeman, Episcopal Bishop
OF Washington, assisted by Rev. DR..
janis H. Taylor, pastor of the Gen.
trail Presbyterian Church, and Rev.
DIR. Sylvester w. Beach, pastor of the
church he attended as president of
Princeton University.
Veterans to Bear Pail.
For a few brief minutes the family
ted to gaze for their last time upon
the sleeping face of Americas war
President. Softly quartet will sing
one of his favorite hymns-"The
Strife Is Ger" Then the lid of tho
casket will be sealed forever and the
short journey to the green-carpeted
slopes of Mount st. Alban will begin.
Upon the broad shoulders of the
men he commanded and suffered with
hrSqsh eirSt the w0rias greatest
The Army, eight of the Navy. and
eight of the Marine Corps-he will
be borne to the waiting hearse. Every
man will be picked and every one a
will be worthy bearers of the mortal
remains of their former commander
tn-chief.
List OF Pallbearers.
Behind them will come the honor
ary pallbearers, announced by Rear
Admiral Cary T. Grayson, as follows:
Cleveland H. Dodge Of New York,
Cyrus H. Mccormick Of Chicago, DR..
Edward P. Davis of Philadelphia and
DR.. X. Hiram Woods Of Baltimore,
all of whim were members of his
class at Princeton; Vance C. Mccor-
mick Of Harrisburg, Pa; Bernard M.
Baruch of New York, Norman H.
Davis of New York, Jesse H. Jones Of
Houston. Tex; DR.. F.. x. Deroum. Of
philadelphia and Winthrow NJ. Dam
Iels of Princeton, N. j., who were Mr..
Wilson's most intimate friends dur
ing his years of retirement.
Frank L. Polk, former under Secre-
tary of State; David H. Houston, for
,ner Secretary Of the Treasury; New
ton d. Baker, former Secretary of
War; Josephus Daniels. former Sec
-etary of the Navy: Albert 8. Burle-
son. former Postmaster General; John
Barton Payne, former Secretary of
the Interior; Thomas w. Gregory,
former Attorney General; William C.
merce; William B. Wilson, former Sec
etary of Labor, and Edwin T. Mere
dith, former Secretary Of Agriculture.
Slowly the procession will move
down 8 street to Massachusetts, ave-
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