The Winslow mail., 1925-07-31
BRYAN IS LAID
TO REST WITH
FAMOUS DEAD
IN ARLINGTON

William Jennings Bryan, the
great Commoner, will be laid to
rest this afternoon in Arlington
National cemetery, near the crest
of a swelling slope, where sleep
a great company of the dead of
many wars. His burial there late
this afternoon, with simple cere-
monies, will fulfill his own Oft
repeated wish. In life, a crusader
for peace, he chose in death to lie
where the tOmbs of military men
look down upon the national CAPT
tai, amid the beauties of Virginia
hills, but yet near by the towering
memorials reared to Washington
and Lincoln.
The right he thus asserted to a
place in the nations citadel of mill
tary dead was his by virtue of
those stirring days of '98 when he
wore the uniform as a colonel of
volunteers. His grave will be in
that community of death where
sleep many comrades of the Span
ish-American war, not far from the
Dewey mausoleum and the -monu-
ment that honOrs those who died
on the Maine.
The Commoner will be commit
ted to his tomb with only those
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plain and humble citizen. No plans
have been made to sound for him
the bugle call that says last
farewell to the soldier, nor to
heap upon his bier the pompous
tribute of great government for
a fallen leader of the people. Those
of his friends who are doing for
him the last earthly service believe
he would approve of no funeral
program but the sihiplest.-s- p,
In other ways, however, the gov
ernment and the nation will do
what they are permitted " do TO
honor him. By direction of Presi-
dent Coolidge flags on the govern
ment buildings will fly at half mast.
The place of his entombment at
Arlington was chosen by friend
OF many years, Ben G.. Davis. to
whom the former secretary had ex-
pressed more than once his desire
to sleep in the historic national
burying ground. He loved the Sc
renity of the sweep of wooded ridge
rising IN gentle folds from the Po-
tomac. He wanted, too, to lie close
by the nations memorial to Abra-
ham Lincoln, whom he loved; and
that wish will be fulfilled.
The chosen place is one of the
most beautiful in Arlington, within
a stones throw of the summit OF
the highest ridge. His grave will
be upon the bosom of a wide, un-
shaded sweep, grasS-grown and
fringed far off with old oaks.
Clearly visible across the placid
river lies the capital city, pan
Drama of historic landmarks: the
shaft of the Washington monument,
the auStere cOllonade of the Lin
coin memorial and the majestic
graywhite dome of the capitol.
Near by, rise in beauty the great
and small stones of remembrance
set above the dust of those who
have served their country in high
places and low, at home and in far
corners of the world, on land and
sea, long since and yesterday
Within sight is the central memo
rial of them all, the tomb of the
Unknown Soldier. rising before the
marble facade of the memorial
amphitheater Only few steps
away is the vault wherein Dewey
rested until recently. Farther
along the crest Sheridan sleeps al
most at the dorstep of the old me-
mortal mansion that once was the
home of Lee. Each in his own ap-
pointed place of bivOuac Joe
Wheeler, Phil Kearney, Porter,
and Miles keep the watch
Of eternity. There is among them
)ne other, General Walter @. Gresh-
am, who in his time was both sol
lier and secretary of state.
Until the thoughts of the Com
friends have travelled on TO
he erection of an enduring monu-
ment to him, only a small and
lomely marker will inform the
passing world who lies beneath.