The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-22
FOCH TO LIE
IN FINAL REST
BY NAPOLEON
France Will Pay Highest
Tribute at Funeral
Tuesday.
HUNDREDS PASS BIER
Women Drop Bouquets of
Spring Flowers Beside
CatafaIque.
HUNDREDS PASS BIER
BY RALPH HEINZEN

PARIS, March 22.-The body of
Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch
rested in a magnificent casket to-
day as the humble of France paid
tribute to their great.
Throngs of admirers-stolid war
veterans, widow of soldiers and
orphans-filed into the quiet man
sion on the Rue de Grenelles this
morning to pause for moment be-
side the bier of the Little Warrior"
Foch's body has been placed in
side an oak coffin. The coffin has
been sealed inside lead coffin and
then placed inside another var
niShed oak casket with silver
handles.
Over this Is draped the French
flag and on it are three medals
the Croix de Guerre, the Grand
Cross of the Legion of Honor and
the Medaille Militaire-and silver
crucifiX.
All day the slow file of men and
women will be permitted to pass
by.
Marshal to Rest by Napoleon
Saturday the doors of the mansion
will be closed to permit the family
of the great soldier to mourn alone
before the government pays the
pompous tribute of national
funeral. The great soldier will rest
beside the eternal flame under the
Arc de Triomphe, which will be
draped in black, on Sunday and
Monday.
From the grave of the unknown
soldier he will be removed Tuesday
to the Notre Dame cathedral and
thence to the Invalides to rest beside
Napoleon.
There was no shame for the tears
as the men and women of France
today paid q last tribute. Blind
veterans, widows of men who died
in Flanders and the hundreds of
others who had sacrificed for France
a decade ago sought admission to
the slcw-moving file which formed
at the door of the mansion late
Thursday, was halted shortly after
dusk and resumed again this morn
ing.
Funeral Arranged
ARRANGEMENTS have been COM
pleted for the national funeral
Tuesday although some details still
are lacking. Traffic will be suS-
pended on the streets through
which the funeral procession will
pass and while the cortege proceeds
from Notre Dame cathedral to the
Invalides. church bells throughout
Paris will ring. Six horses Will
draw the gun carriage on which the
casket will be placed and the mar
shars favorite charger, Saddled
with the stirrups reversed, will be
led behind.
The theatrical syndicate and
many stores in the capital an
nounced that they would close on
the funeral day. Race tracks also
are expected to shut down, Mean
time, theaters, many are holding
silent prayer minutes for Foch at
all performances.
Many functions, both official and
private. have been cancelled.
Drop Flowers by Bier
Two nuns prayed at the bier
throughout the night after the
masses had been permitted to pay
their first tribute to Foch Thursday.
The column of admirers filing
into the mansion included many
women. some of whom dropped SIM
pie penny bouquets of spring flowers
near the body despite Madame
Fochs request that no flowers be
brought.
The invitation to allied govern
ments to participate in the funeral
services made it probable that pail
bearers would include Marshal
Joffre, General John j. Pershing,
General Weygandt and Field Mar
shall Lord P,uIner of England. who
will represent the late Earl Haig.