Evening star., 1927-09-26
TO Be GIVEN
MILITARY TRIBUTE
National Guard to Render
Honor Tomorrow as
CaSket Passes Ranks.

Lloyd NJ. Brett, U S. A., retired, adtu.
tant general Of the District Militia.
who died in Walter Reed Hospital Fri
day, will be conducted at his home,
1901 Rhode Island avenue, tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock Chaplain V. o.
Anderson of the District of Columbia
Department. of the Veterans of For
eign Wars, will officiate. 1nterment,
with full military honors, will be in
Arlington Cemetery. where the ritual
Of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will
he conducted, in charge of Joseph F.
Beattie, department commander, as
sisted by Chaplain Anderson.
Honorary pallbearers will include
Representative Stephen G. Porter
Of Pennsylvania. Maj. Gen. Anton
stephan of the District of Columbia
National Guard Brig. Gen. John A.
Johnston. u. S. A; Col. Edwin p. PEN
dleton. u. S. A.: Lieut.. Col. Auswell
r. Deitsch. U. s. A; Lieut.. Col. Je-
rome G. Pillow. u. 8. A.: Col. G. Fred
Cook of the District Of Columbia Ma
tional Guard, Judge G.. Paulson Fos-
ter of Pittsburgh, president of the
SOth Division Veterans Associat ton,
and William l.. Fleming of Pittsburgh.
Guard to Participate.
Active pallbearers will be chosen
from the enlisted men of the United
States Army and the District of Co
lumbia National Guard.
The entire District National Guard,
numbering about 700 troops, will es-
cort the body from the Rhode Island
avenue residence to Scott Circle,
thence out Massa chusetts avenue to
O street. where the troops will form
lines and come to present arms as the
procession proceeds toward the Q
Street Bridge. Following this tribute.
the officers of the National Guard will
join the motor procession. while the
troops will march back to the armory,
under command of non-commissioned
officers.
Large delegations from the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, the S0th Division
Veterans Association. the Military
Order of the World War, Boy Scouts,
naval and Army officers of the Span
ish-American War will take part in
the procession.
the procession will follow along G
street to Thrtieth street, down Thir.
tieth street to NJ street and on over
the Key Bridge to Fort Myer
Grave OverlOOks River.
AT Fort Myer the procession will be
met by mounted and foot troops OF
the Regular Army and the casket will
be transferred from the hearse to a
caisson. The troops will escort the
calsson down the road near the grave,
where arches will be formed with the
colors of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and the Military Order of the
World War, of which Gen. Brett was
n 1Y.tS,
OF his death. Admiral Charles w.
Dyson. acting department comman-
der of the Military Order of the World
War, will be in charge of that organi-
zation's delegation.
The grave rests on knoll over
looking the Potomac River, just in
front of the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
der.
Huge floral tributes have been re-
ceived from the national headquar-
ters of both the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars and the Military Order of the
World War and from various depart
ments of military organizations
throughout the United States.
Police details will handle traffic
along the route of the procession, al
lowing no parking in the vicinity of
the residence or along Massachusetts,
avenue near Q street, where the Ma
tional Guard troops are to form lines
for paying special tribute to Cen
Brett. a.
Resolution ON Death.
A group of former officers of the
160th Infantry Brigade now living in
Washington met Saturday and adopt.
ed the following resolution on the
death of Gen. Brett:
Whereas number of former
officers of the 160th Infantry Brigade
now living in Washington have learn
ed of the death of Lloyd NJ. Brett,
brigadier general, L. S. A, retired,
q distinguished soldier and a gallant
gentleman;
"Whereas, Gen. Brett during a
period of 43 years of active duty in
name a synonym for inspiring leader
ship, soldierly conduct and unselfish
zeal in the service of his country; and
following his retirement directed his
enel gies and his skill of organization
TO protecting and forwarding the in
terests of eX-service men,
Therefore, be it resolved, that the
officers who served under him in
France desire to express their pro-
found regret at the great loss which
they and countless others of his
friends and comrades have suffered
the death of Cen Brett, whose
life as a soldier and as a citizen will
remain as an example to all who knew
and loved him; and this means is taken
to convey our sympathy to the mem
hers of his family who survive him."