Evening star., 1927-05-30

there to pay reverent devotion to those
who are sleeping through the long
last, bivouac of the dead.
Graves Are Decorated.
Long before the vanguard of the
gathering armies of peace had reached
the gates of Arlington, comrades had
strewn the thousands of graves with
flowers and placed at each white cross
and headstone the flag Of their coun-
try. Slowly winding up the steep hill
that leads to the Lee Mansion, the
veterans and women of the auxiliaries
reached the top and gathered about
the mansion for the preliminary serv-
ices of the day.
From the Lee Mansion the route led
through rows of Union dead to the
tomb Of the unknown soldiers Of the
Civil war, a great slab of granite be-
meath which lie several thousands OF
soldiers picked up from the fields of
Virginia Maj. Gen. John l.. Glenn, the
Drummer Boy Of Shiloh" and COM
mander of the Department of the
Potomac, G. A. r., led the marchers.
Services at this tomb of the I'm
known Dead were conducted under
the auspices of the Woman's Relief
Corps, Daughters of Veterans, Ladies
Of the G.. A. r. and all the allied
Near the tomb of these unknown
are the graves of Gen. "Phir' Sheri.
dan and Gen. John A. Logan and
hundreds of veterans and the few re-
manning men Of their commands
paused to pay tribute to the memories
of these two great leaders.
Tribute to Unknown Soldier.
Then the line of march wended its
way between the rows of white
crosses to the tomb Of Americas I'm.
known Soldier of the World War.
where patient sentinels pace to and
fro keeping vigilance night and day.
There on the high slope, backed by
the beautiful Amphitheater, where one
can look across green fields beyond
the Potomac to the Nations Capital,
a simple service was held before
the slab Of white marble under which
this Unknown Soldier sleeps. Station
WRC, Washington, hooked up with
others, conveyed the words Of Charles
H. Kelley, departmental commander
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, to
the ears Of listening thousands
throughout the Eastern section of the
country.
The services there lasted from
12:45 o'clock, when a wreath was
placed upon the tomb, until just be-
fore a bugler of the United States
Marine Band sounded the assembly at
l o'clock for the exercises in the
Slowly the ranks filed into the
great enclosure as the Marine Band
played an overture. Hundreds stood
the long exercises, rather
than miss the scene or the words of
the orators.
At 1870 o'clock. when President
Coolidge and his party made their
appearance, Gen. Clem, master of
ceremonies, called the assemblage to
order. This was the signal for the
of the colors by John
Middleton, officer of the day. The col
ors borne by Hazard Wheeler were
fianked on each side by the color
guard.
Assemblage Pledges Allegiance.
Then followed the salute to the
flag and the pledge of allegiance by
the entire assemblage: Il pledge al
legiance to the flag of the United
States and the republic for which it
stands, one nation indivisible, with
liberty and justice for ALL" Mrs. Ruby
Smith Stahl, accompanied by the Ma
rine Band, sang 1.-The Star Spangled
Banner" after which Rev. DIR. G. c.
F. Bratenahl, dean of Washington
Cathedral, delivered the invocation.
Ordinarily the appearance of the
President and the venerable leader of
the G. A. R., Gen. Glen, would have
been the signal for a mighty ovation,
but the services on Memorial day are
observed in reverent silence. But the
silence that greeted the G.. A. r. leader
as he made his Introductory remarks
was more effective than any storm of
applause. Gen. Glenn instructed DIR.
II. A. Johnson, assistant adjutant
general of the G. A. R., to read the
historic order of Gen. Logan of May
5, 1868, establishing Memorial day.
IF other eyes grow dull and other
hands slack, and other hearts cold
in the solemn trust. ours shall keep
it well as long as the light and
warmth of life remains in us" was
the solemn injunction contained
therein.
There followed a solo. "Out of the
Night the Bugle Blows" by Mrs Ger
trude Lyons, accompanied by Marine
buglers.
Gettysburg Address Read.
The reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg
address by DIR. d. E. Green was u
solemn moment during the program.
A great hush fell on the vast assem-
blage as the words of the immortal
Lincoln appealed: 1T is for us, the
living, rather to be dedicated here to
the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far so nobly ad-
vanced. 1t is rather for us to be here
dedicated to the great task remaining
before us that from these honored
dead we take increased devotion to
that cause for which they gave the
here highly resolve that these dead
last full measure Of devotion: that we
shall not have died in vain"
A note of different character was
struck when the Imperial Male Quar-
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