Evening star., 1927-11-12
Flowers Of the Forest.

Tn connection with the beautiful
ceremonies held at Arlington yester-
dav on the occasion of the unveiling,
the tender and the acceptance OF the
cross given by Canada In admlrlng
memory of United States citizens who
died in service with Dominion troops
Washington enjoyed a military spec
.tacle as unusual and educational as
it was colorful and inspiring.
For the first time since Gen. Ross
led his regulars down pennsylvania
avenue in 1914 were the armed lahd
forces of Britain. in scarlet, blue ana
gold. and in time e-honored tartahs'
seen here in any number. To say that
these infantrymen, half Anglo'SaAoh
and Celtic and half French -Canadlah
bv birth or by descent, made hlghiy
impressive appearance is to put IL
mildly. No finer looking body OF
Young men was ever drawn up IN OF
near the Nations Capital.
= The Stars and Stripes and the Great
Union of the United Kingdom were
equally in evidence. Scattered IN lhe
stands were other gala uniforms ana
beadgear reminiscent of the glory OF
Britain on many a hardfought Held
tbe hearskin shake under which the
.regulars charged Breeds Hlli' the
sKilmarnock bonnet of the Scot' the
broad stetson of the Northwestern
Nfoi,nted Policeman; the sealskln cap
.nf the rif1eman, whose green tunic
was adopted to shield him from the
,,nerring aim of the patriot coioiiis'
~ these very shores; the newly de'
s;e,ed dress garb of the new and I'M
portant air force.
For the first time, as far as can De
sscertained, Washington had the priv
ilege of the sight and the sound Oh
..fn,l Highland pipe banda score Oh
miners and half as many drummers'
A this picturesque unit, resplenoent
kin -tartans and ostrich plumes, paradeo
the greensward in slow time. with
muffied drums and with pipes peahns
the strains Of that most popular Oh
ornaments" ''The Flowers of the For
est"-now withered away, as the oio
song has tit may have come to the
minds of those there that bodies OF
American lads washed ashore on
sHebridean isles from torpedoed troop
sbins were carried reverentiy 10
,onelv hillside graves and preceded by
Young boys and old men playing
"Lochaber No More" in friendly sor'
row.
The flags, the brilliantly uniformed
ranks, standing vis-a:vis to equal lines
of United States troops clad in that
olive drab which was worn in war oy
all born both south and north OF the
ree.thousand long and utterly
unfortified border line; the sacred
music of the church militant; the
-sazuse sky; the hues of the trees. wnich
seemed to have been kept on beyono
their time in honor of the visitors
from the land of the maple leaf-al
these we're but adjuncts of an evident
feeling of deepest and friendliest senti
ment, which reached its climax In tnt
brief but eloquently heartfelt speeches
or the War Secretaries Of the TWO
Commonwealths.
It is safe to say that not a man
woman or child who was present came
away without being the better for wit
Messing this exemplification OF th'
deep fundamental friendship between
the two great peoples who speak tn
same language and fight for the SAM
cause. Furthermore, it is a pity tina
Americans of certain type just nov
in the limelight. in whose oddly de
s.veleped minds the dates 1776, lSlZ
1917 and 1927 seem to have becom
inextricably mixed, could not hav
been there in full force and to hav
come away more wise, more thought
full and, above all, more silent.