Seward daily gateway., 1930-03-15
ARRIVAL HERE OF FUNERAL TRAIN
 VERY IMPRESSIVE
GUARD OF HONOR POSTED DAY
 AND NIGHT OVER BODIES, |. 0. o. F. HALL

The largest gathering ever as- sembled at the local railroad sta ton greeted last nights pas senger train from the Interior; gathered there for but one purpose only and that to pay homage to the memory of Col. Carl Ben Eielson and his lieut. enant, young Earl Borland, who lost their lives last November in Siberia, and whose bodies were brought here enroute to the states for burial
 The finding of their wrecked plane last month by Pilots Cros- son and Gillam ended the great est aerial search in the history of aviation.
 A guard of honor, in uniform, composed of U s. Signal Corp, and members of the American Legion, tenderly bore the cas- kets, heaped with floral offerings. from the special railroad car to an auto while hundreds stood with doffed hats and bowed heads and while a gentle fall of snow came fluttering down from the heavens forming Natures canopy over the solemn scene.
 Then, with Post Commander campbell and Lieutenant Stan Icy Hunsicker leading the proces- sion, followed by the Signal Corps, Legion members and the Sew ard Volunteer Fire department, and accompanied by hundreds of spectators, the cortege wound its way up Fourth Avenue to Odd Fellows Hall where. reposing amidst a magnificent array of beautiful floral remembrances and flags. the bodies lay in state.
 Three nations were represented in the funeral cortege, Canada, Soviet and America.
 Tn the General Managers, Col. Otto F. Ohlson, private coach, which was attached to the train at Fairbanks, were Mir Ole Eiel- son. father of Carl. Mrs. Borland, widow Of Earl, and two small sons. the daring Russian and Canadian fliers. Colonel 0hlson, A. shonbeck. prominent Am saorage and Alaska business aan. and MT. Holmes. assistant s8 Colonel Eielson. The Canadians gre Captain Pat Reid, Hughes and Iaaauley; the Russian aviators, commander Slipenoy and Mech anician Fahreg.
 Captain Reid, Hughes and Mac auley will accompany the body of Colonel Eielson to Hatton, N. D., then to Canada The Russians. Slipenov and Fahreg, who have left their Junkers in Fairbanks expect further instructions upon their arrival at Seattle,
 Every, man woman and child in Seward, as we'll as the numerous visitors here, will undoubtedly have paid their respects to the Alaska Aces, laying in state il Odd Fellows Hall, before the day will have passed by. A guard o1 honor will remain with the bodies until the departure of the s. s Alaska for the south.
 All along the entire railroae Sourdoughs, trappers, and miners stood at attention as the funera train flashed by; and at point' where brief stops were made rarrects were paid as time per mitted. At Anchorage, the schoo children marched by the funera car: the Chamber of Commerc' had a special luncheon preparet for members of the family o the departed and for the aviatorS
 Odd Fellows Hall will reman open day and night, with a guar posted, until two hours befor sailing time.
 Formal letters of condolenc were drawn up and presented t MT. Eielson and Mrs. Borland, D the Fairbanks municipal govern
 nent prior to their departure fror the Heart of the Golden North
 The hospitality extended to tn Soviet fliers, in Fairbanks an along the ralroad belt, has be wildered them. Thus far the have been unable to pay for ar purchases, whether it is a stit