The Washington times., 1930-03-10
AFT, BY OWN REQUEST, WILL BE BURIED IN ARLINGTON
LOVER OF PEACE
TO GET ARMY
FUNERAL

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SANFORD. senator Brock CO, os
Tennessee announced the death
oE sanford and introduced The
resolution Or regret.
A Soldiers Burial
The body Of the former presi.
dent Nv today Ia his modest
blick house III wyoming Avenue
while tias Nation and the world
beat i pathway To hts door with
expressions Of sorrow 1t his pass.
ina
Tomorrow this simple genial
man. whose ruling passion was
PEACE and who once confessed he
as glad to reiinq1ish the Presi.
dency because lie hated the ttlr.
mol 81 III VIII he given . soldiers
burial.
Lover uK RGaGe
Probably the most peacelovinR
Df alI the Presidents, he win rest
I'D the end on an oak-covered
knoll III Arlington Cemetery,
where lie thc soldier dead oE all
The wars America has engaged
sa. Soldiers win marx him To his
mraye. and soldiers win sleep all
shout him, this joyial kindly man
~ whom war was abhorrent and
who gave the years Of his later
hife to fllrthering the cause OF.
peace.
Oddly enough. It was his own
choice Of b final resting place. Al
few days before he died he in
formed members of f1ir family
that he wanted To be buried iTa
Arlington. No President has ever
been buried there. Strange that
sO peaceful q man should choose
80 military q company for his
final resting place. But, whatever
bis reason, 1t died with him.
On Oak.Strewn KnOII
The spot chosen for the grave
O9 the tWenty-seventh President is
one CT the most beautiful In that
most beautiful Of ell cemeteries.
It lies In the northeast section
d knoll covered with sturdy oaks.
iii the distance can be seen the
new Arlington bridge being
thrown across the Potomac to sig
nifty the cermented union Of North
and South. And still further on
can be seen the classical rinernOr-
iAl to Lincoln and lie towering
shaft to washington.
Flags at half-mast on the White
House and all Federal buildings
and the almost complete Cessa-
ton OF Government business to.
day attested formally to the ma
zi0nai grief over the death Of
The former President and Chief
Justice.
At Army and Navy posts
around the world. from Alaska
ID Haiti and New York to the
Philippines and Shanghai, the
Rlow-b booming Of cannon at half
hour intervals gave emphasis to It.
Body to Lie In State
The funeral Of Justice Tsft,
while accompanied by the ponp
and display OF the military. will
be comparatively simple other
wise. That, too, is In keeping
with his wishes.
Early tomorrow morning. d
1lag-draped Calsson viii roll up
E0 the brick house In Wyn.sliIag
Avenue and on IL win be placed
tlae Casket containing. his body.
A troop of cavalry win escort It
ID the Capitol. where D little
saore than al years ago. in b
March blizzard. he took the oath
rs President.
There FOR q few hours the ocdy
NilE lie In state in the rotlinda.
Hard by is the Supreme Court
chamber where he spent tne last
10 years of his busy life, doing
The work that he loved best to
lid.
At noon the caisson win return.
md again accompanied Nv the
military win take the body &c the
All Souls Unitarian Church in
Sixteenth Street, where for nearly
a quarter Of a century the former
President was q regular attendant.
win Be No EuIogy
The services will be conducted
by the Rev. Ulysses G.. q. Pierce,
who has been for 80 years the
pastor. There will be no eulogy
81 the former President, although
his was q career that lends Itself
10 eiilogy.
No other man in American his
tory ever occupied 50 nla..y high
offices President, Chief Justice,
Cabinet officer, Federal Judge,
governor Of both the Philippines
and OF Cuba. Solicitor General :
truly q career that could be
eulOgized. But there win be
none. And that. too, Is in Keep.
sng with his final wishes.
The century-old bell Of the
church win toll as the cortege
draws near and while the casket
is being borne within.
Then the professional and sen
tences by Or. Pierce, followed by
the Lords Prayer and Lead,
kindly Light" on the organ.
There WIN be q short scriptural
reading BY DR.. Pierce and d
prayer, and this viii be followed
~ NAhfdA with MAJ Roth