New Britain herald., 1927-08-09
GENERAL W00D AT REST WITH HERO
 DEAD OF NATION Famous Soldier and Beloved Governor of Philippines
 Makes Last Journey
FLAGS AT HALF MAST;
 CAPITAL IN MOURNING

Riders Section of Heroes Burial
 Ground at Arlington-Nidow and
 Children in Cortege.
 Washington, Aug. P)-Maj jor General Leonard Wood today joined the long list of the nations notab ble figures who have made the journey down Pennsylvania, over the Poto- mac to Arlington national cemetery, 8, final resting place.
 Full military honors and partici- patton of high government officials in the funeral procession bespoke the country's tribute to the famous old soldier who died Sunday in Bos- ton.
 Arriving in the early morning, the generals body was moved from the train to the presidents room at Union station for time before being entrusted to a regiment of troops awaiting to escort it to a grave in the rough riders section of the heroes burial ground at Airing ton.
 Mrs. Wood. her two sons and daughter were in the funeral party. They were met by government Of hcials. ranking officers of the war department and host of friends of the family. Tribute of the Philip pines whose government the general headed was expressed in the pres ence of Pedro Guvara, Philippine commissioner. and a group of Fili- pino residents of the capital.
 City in Mourning
 Through city whose mourning was exemplified by dropping flags at half staff the cortege passed in ca dence with booming minute guns echoing from Fort Myer. on the bank of the Potomac at the entrance to Arlington,
 The army band led the way for the fag-draped caisson bearing the body. Major General Hanson Ely, conmandant of the army war col lege, headed the procession. with Driga dier General Frank R. Mccoy. personal friend of General Wood through more than ten years as his staff officer.
 Hastily summoned from nearby posts for the funeral services the regiment of troops included cavalry, engineers and artillery men.
 Friends About Remains
 Intimate friends of the general were clustered about him for the last rites. The pail bearers includ- cd Major Generals H. P. Mccain, NJ. W. Ireland and Frank Mcintyre, Briga dier Generals Mccoy and Frank Parker. Colonels Charles E. kilbourne and F. H. Humphrey and Major Burton Y. Read. The chief of army chaplains, Col. John T. Axton was designated to conduct the services al the grave, assisted by chaplain W, H. Watts.
 The burial spot selected at the direction of Mrs Wood was q plot close to the grave of Admiral Sampson. q hero of the Spanish American war in which General Wood gave brilliant service.
 4 black-robed horse. bearing an empty saddle and a pair of military boots reversed in the stirrup cups, a. <J }o1, I, l,o son with the body, expressing the army's own traditional tribute 10 it's dead. A sword, flashing in the sun dangled from the saddle scabhard.
 Thousands deserted their offices to line the streets as the procession moved along With scores of auto mobiles carrying army officers and other friends of the general. bring ing up the rear, the procession was 6 half hour in passing,
 Numerous floral vreaths were banked beside the grave when the cortege arrived at Arlington One of them was from President Machado and the people of Cuba whose gov ernnent General Wood reorganized after the Spanish war, Another was from Baron c. Tanaka, prime min ister of Japan.
 The Soth division association comprising troops trained by Gen eral Wood at Camp Funston Kan sas for the last Great War, also sent floral offerings, as did the military training camps association.