The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-22
Aged American Indian Chief
Rubs Elbows With Old Ar.
istocracy at Coffin
WOUNDED, WIDOWS TO CALL
Project on Foot to Bury Foch
Beside Unknown Soldier Be.
meath Arc de Triomphe

meath Arc de Triomphe
Paris, March 22.-(N-Mourning
thousands again paid their humble
tribute to the memory OF Marshal
Ferdinand Foch today as the nation
prepared to pay him It's greatest hon.
ors.
While hundreds OF mourners lined
the sidewalks near his home IN the
Rue de Grenelle, hundreds more at
the rate OF 20 and 80 to the minute
passed into the courtyard and signed
their names to the black bordered
registers placed on tables there.
This afternoon only men wounded
in the war and the widows OF men
who died with colors were admitted
to view the body lying amidst burning
candles in a plain oaken coffin such
as soldier OF simple tastes would
choose.
Among the visitors today was
WhitehorSe Eagle, an aged American
Indian chief. who stood a few minutes
silently beside the body as members
OF the old French aristocracy and
plain Republicans who knew and
loved the great marshal, called.
May Rest BY Unknown
A project was on foot today to
inter the remains Of Marshal Foch
In q tomb beside that of the most
humble of his followers. Frances
unknown soldier, under the Arc de
Triumph. overlooking the city he
twice saved from the invader.
The plan originated with a num-
Der Of deputies wounded in the war
after the general plan OF the oEse-
Qutes, providing for burial in a crypt
beside the tomb Of Napoleon under
the Dome deS Invalides, has been an
r1ounced.
There were various objections to
the project, these including necessity
Of changing preparations for burial
elsewhere which were well under
way, and the fact that the Arc de
Triomphe is not in strictly religious
sense consecrated ground and there
fore not in keeping with the views Of
the marshals family as q place of
tnterment.
Whatever Is finally decided there
seemed little doubt that Tuesday
would see the greatest funeral tribute
ever witnessed in Europe. Princes and
presidents. rich man and peasant,
generals and humble troopers alike
will participate In the final cere-
monies.
To Lie Beneath Arc
The general plan of the funeral,
subject, however. to change, called for
the body to lie in state under the
Arc de Triomphe all day Sunday end
Sunday night, this to enable hua-
dreds Of thousands to pay thcir last
tribute Of respect. which they could
not do on q working day. On Mon
day the body will be taken without
ceremony to Notre Dame where it will
lie day and a night until after the
solemn requiem mass at 900 q. N.
Tuesday.
Then, II the projected plan of the
deputies does not bear fruit. 1t will
be conveyed in solemn procession
along the ways Of the Seine to the
great gilded dome Of the Dcs In
valides, there burial will take place
in crypt beside that Of Napoleon
and those Of his marshalS.
Detachments Of troops and the elite
OF all nations with bands will
march In the cortege, American SOL
diers being represented by the color
guard Of the Paris branch Of the
American legion. an organization IN
which the dead marshal always took
the liveliest and most affectionate In
terest.
The ceremony Of interment. 1t was
intended, shall be impressive In its
simple grandeur. just as the mar
shal asked that there be no flow
ers heaped on his coffin 30 there
will be no flowers Of rhetoric when
he is laid In his tomb. Raymond
Poincare alone will speak, bidding
farewell to Frances great son In the
name Of the country and Of its peo-
pie.
At the Foch mansion on the Rue
Grenelle, the marshal's remains stu
reposed today under the catafalque Ia
the great drawing room. Later the
ceremony Of placing In the bier was
to be performed, the face, however. to
lie visible so that when the body lies
In state under the Arc De Triomphe al
may have an opportunity for . last
look at the marshal's features.
Tho death Of the marshal has
plunged the entire nation into the
deepest mourning. No death OF 9
public man anywhere has aroused
such general feeling Of loss and
sorrow. All flags were at half mast
today. Throughout France ceremon-
les and entertainments have been
cancelled In respect to the marshAl's