Evening star., 1928-11-11
CITY PAYS TRIBUTE
ON ARM|ST|CE DAY
President and Patriotic So
CietieS Celebrate Wars End
ing--WiISon Honored.
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casion will be the eighth pilgrimage on
Armistice day to honor him. The same
committee attending the services today,
composed of Mrs. Kate Trenholm Alb
rams, Mrs. Huston Thomson. Mrs. H.
E. c. Bryant, Mrs. Blair Bannister and
Oliver P. Newman. former District
Commissioner, gathered in front of the
Wilson home on November IL, 1921, to
pay him tribute.
wreath of olive branches will be
placed on the tomb by Boy Scout
and procession through the Cath aral
crypt will bring the principals in the
ceremonies to Bethlehem Chapel, where
the body lies. Music will be provided
by the male choir Active IN the pro-
cession will be members of George
Washington Post. No. l, American
Legion of which President Wilson was
a member To take care Of those who
will not be able to get into Bethlehem
Chapel, amplifiers have been installed
and the service will be audible in the
Chapel of st. Joseph of Arimathea and
the Chapel of the Resurrection and its
adjacent ante-chapel. The ceremonies
will be broadcast over station WRC.
At the zero hour, IL O'Clock. repre-
sentatives Of the seven war service or
ganiZations, active overseas during the
war, the Y. NJ. c. A, Y. w. G A., War
Camp Community Service Jewish We'll
fare Board, American Library Associ-
alton, the National Catholic War Coun-
Gil and the Salvation Army, will place
a wreath on the Tomb Of the Unknown
Soldier and bow in prayer in brief
interval between the sounding of Roll
CALI and TAPS" by Richard Babcock,
Boy Scout bugler.
This afternoon disabled war veterans
will be the guests of honor of the Wash
ington Cooperative Vesper Concert
organization and the American Red
Cross at an Armistice day concert at
the Washington Auditorium, at which
three concert artists, Louise Lerch of
the Metropolitan Opera Co.. Dr. Henry
town hall, and Sigmund Spaeth, critic
and writer on music, will be the prin-
cipal attractions
The blind, the halt and the manned
of the World War. represented in the
local membership of the Disabled
American Veterans, will pay homage to
their unknown buddy" today at his
tomb in Arlington National Cemetery.
Led by their sturdier comrades and
headed by local and national officers of
the organization, WaShington's disabled
service men will make their pilgrimage
to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
1t 1890 pm. today.
The brief and simple ceremonies at
the tomb will mark the climax of the
three day Forget-me-not drive Of the
local department of the D. A. v. A
wreath Of forget-me-nots, entwined
with other flowers, will be laid upon the
marble slab.
The exercises are under the direction
Of Capt. Thomas Kirby, chairman OF
lnittee, and Capt Fred Kochh, depart
ment commander for the District of
Columbia.
Bishop Freeman. speaking at the
Washington Cathedral, will ask his i'm
mediate listeners and his radio congre-
cations to send their contributions for
the relief of the needy disabled service
men of Washington and their families,
to Robert N. Harper. president OF the
District National Bank, treasurer OF the
forget-me-not fund.
ChapIains to Visit Tomb.
Early this morning the chapiairs
who were present at the intern1ent of
the Unknown Soldier made another
pilgrimage to the shrine They were
to be accompanied by Staff Sergt. Frank
Witchey, who blew Taps" at the tu-'
neral and will repeat the soldiers re-
Quiem at the close of the exercises OF
the chapla1ns. The ceremony was to
begin at GAS o'clock. The chaplains
who participated in the burial service
were: Col John r. Axton, then chief
ff A TnfiTAd
chaplain of Rutgers University; Rabbi
Morris S. LaZaron of the Baltimore
Hebrew Congregation; Right Rev.
Charles H. Brent, bishop Of Western
New York, senior chaplain, A. E. F.,
and Capt John B. Frazier, U. s. n,
retired, director Of chaplains' affairs IN
the Navy.
Others who will make the pilgrimage
to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
today are the Gold Star and American
War Mothers, and members OF the Ju-
nior Order, United American Mechanics.
The service flag of the American
War Mothers will be unfurled from the
1iagpole at the dome of the Capitol at
IL o'clock this morning with the annual
ceremony that has attended the raising
es the nag there every Armistice day.
Beginning at IL o'clock this morning
Gold Star Mothers will place Amer
lean flags at each Of the 535 memorial
trees on Sixteenth street, completing
the work with a short service at the
FIRST memorial tree at Sixteenth street
and Alaska avenue At this service
Chaplain A. C. oliver of Walter Reed
Hospital will lead the prayer and Judge
Robert Mattingly of Municipal Court
viii deliver a short address.
The General Federation of Women's
Clubs will place wreath OF chrysan-
themums and galax leaves on the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington
National Cemetery. Mrs. Edgar B.
Merritt, president of the District of Co
hlmbia Federation of Women's Cubs,
will place the wreath on the tomb.
The Federation also viii pay homage
20 the memory of Gen. Jose San Martin
by placing wreath of pink chrysan-
themuns on his monument in judiciary
Square on Monday. Mrs. E. w. Chaffee,
vice president of the Maryland Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, and Mrs.
William Bride viii be in charge.