Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-21
FUNERAL Of FOCH
SET FOR TUESDAY;
PLACE UNDECIDED
Body to Lie in State Under
Arc de Triomphe "a
Hours Previously.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 21.--The funeral Of
Marshal Foch has been set for Tues
day next. The body is to lie in state
under the Arc de Triomphe for "a hours
previously. 1t has not yet been decided
whether the religious ceremony shall
be held in Notre Dame Cathedral or
in the Chapel of the Invalides.
Premier Poincare is expected to be the
only speaker at the funeral services.
The Chamber of Deputies voted with
raised hands today the special bill pro-
viding a national funeral
The bill was passed with spaces for
figures purposely left blank so that
every necessary expense might be in
cluded. 1t went through almost i'm
mediately and without discussion, the
Communists remaining silent through
out.
A government spokesman declared
that all arrangements would be sub
ordinated to the wishes of Nine. Foch.
Body Brought Downstairs.
This afternoon the marshars body
was brought downstairs from the room
in which ne died, and the first per-
mitted to pass before the bier were the
newspaper men, who for more than two
months, day and night. in snow and
rain, had kept an unbroken vigil OUT
side the gates of the marshal's home
telling the story of his struggle against
death.
After them notable personaees and
intimate friends Of the marshal and his
family took their farewell
Tomorrow the body in all likelihood
will be moved under the dome of the
Invalides to permit the public to look
for the last time upon the man who
led into battle more men than could
have been counted in the combined
armies of half dozen of the worlds
greatest military figures.
Plans for the funeral have not been
all finally completed. but it is expected
that there will be a service at the
Cathedral of Notre Dame, the heart Of
Catholic France. for Marshal Foch was
a devoted son of the church.
At the national state ceremony it Is
probable that there will be only one dis
course which will be delivered by
Premier Poincare, who during the war
was president of the republic and as
such was Marshal Foch's only COM
mander.
Guard of Honor Posted.
The body lay in peace today in a
simple bed in sparsely furnished room
of his stately old mansion near the
Invalides Palace.
A guard of honor. soldiers who
marched with the dead marshal in VIC
tory and in the dark days preceding tri-
umph, took possession of the courtyard
in front of the old soldiers home.
The body was clad today in the mar
shaps field uniform of horizon blue. On
its breast the ribbons and medals OF al
most every order of prominence in the
world reposed, among them the star
and grand cross of the Legion of Honor
This last was brought and pinned on
by Gen. H. ]. e. Gourald shortly after
death late yesterday.
The hands are crossed on his breast,
clasping a crucifix placed there by his
chief of staff during the war, Gen. Max
inc Weygand.. Over his leg was thrown
+ the cloak he wore at his entry into
Strasbourg, November %, 1918. On a
little night table at his side were other
of his decorations, among them his
Croix de Guerre, and font of holy
water.
Features Calm and Serene
The great soldiers features are calm
and serene though displaying withal
the air of energy which marked them
when alive. Death has erased the lines OF
suffering and he seemed today as one
asleep, the only unfamiliar thing being
his moustache which he clipped and
shortened himself yesterday.
The marshal's physician and faith
full friend Dr. Maurice Heitzboyer, has
hardly left the room since the body
was placed there. Gen. Weygand and
Father Boncoeur, we're constant in
their attendance also. Two Catholic
sisters and three general staff colonies
Bouilly. Eninger and Demury in full
uniform took turns last night in guard
ing the room. dimly lit with two can
dies placed on each side of the bed.
While the marshal slept his last
sleep in his own little bed, plans were
made to give him the stateliest funeral
within the power OF the nation. The
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