Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12
GEN. BLISS BURIED
NEAR TAFT'S GRAVE
Many Dignitaries Attend Rites
at ArIington-Army Pays
Its Tribute.

Under military escort. the body of
Gen. Tasker Il. Bliss, wartime chief of
staff of the Army, was conveyed to
Arlington National Cemetery today and
lowered to its final resting place on a
green hill between the graves OF Chief
Justice William Howard Taft and
Robert Todd Lincoln.
Prominent Americans who served
with the distinguished ier-statesman
during the eventful war period that
clinaxed As years of service to his
country stood at attention as military
honors BETTING his rank and career
were accorded at the grave. Among
those who served as honorary pail
bearers was Col. Edward M. House of
Texas, sole survivor, after Gen. Bliss
death, Of the men who constituted the
supreme war council.
Six enlisted men who faithfully at
tended Gen. Bliss during his long illness
at Walter Reed Hospital. which ended
with his death Sunday night, complied
with the generals last wishes In lower
ing the body into Its grave as the ia
miliar notes Of the soldiers Taps" re-
sounded through the wooded hills. The
chief Of Army chaplains, Julian 4.
Yates, officiated.
Body at Cathedral.
Escorted by the Headquarters Com
pany of the 10th Brigade, the body OF
Gen. Bliss was removed from the hos
pital yesterday to his home, at 1912
Kalorama road, where private services
were conducted this morning. From
the residence the body was escorted by
Troop Z Of the Sd Cavalry, commanded
by Capt. II. j. Fitzgerald, TO Washing
tOV HofhndF0l q lr1en0S
and public officials were waiting.
Right Rev. James e. Freeman, Bishop
OF Washington, ofhciated at these serV-
ices. President Hoover was represented
by his military aide. Lieut.. Col. Campbell
B. Hodges, and high-ranking ofHcerS OF
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps were
present. Included among those at the
Cathedral services were Secretary OF
War Hurley, the Ambassadors OF Great
Britain and France, Gen. John j.
Pershing and Gen. Charles p. Sum-
neral, chief Of STAFF.
The honorary pallbearers were New
ton D. Baker, former Secretary OF war;
Col House, Admiral William 5. Benson.
Mai. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, Admiral Hugh
Rodman, Mai Gen. William Crozier,
Brig. Gen. Stanley d. Embrick, Judge
Richard Campbell, Col. w. B. Wallace,
Col. Arthur Poillon, Lieut.. Col. y. s.
Grant. 3D.; Col. j. M. Coward and II.
r. Young.
Gen. Bliss body was borne on q nag
draped @caiSson guarded by detach-
ment commanded by First Lieut. L. B..
Downing of the 10th Field Artillery.
Nearly 1000 troops from Forts Wash
ington, Myer and Humphreys, under
command of Maj. Gen. Fred w. Sladen,
commanding the Sd Corps Area, were
waiting at the Arlington gates as the
caisson approached. The United States
Army Band furnished the music for the
final march to the grave.
Many Messages Received.
The military escort included the Sd
Battalion of the 18th Infantry, COM
manded by Maj. A. M. Patch; the 18th
Engineers. commanded by Maj. Edward
A. Bethel: the I'd Squadron OF the Sd
Cavalry. commanded by Maj. John L.
McLeane, and the 10th Field Artillery,
commanded by Capt George d. Shea
Mourning for Gen. Bliss extended to
the far corners of the Nation and
abroad as messages of sympathy con-
tinued to be received yesterday by his
widow and members of the Bliss fam
lily. President Hoover previously had
sent his personal condolences and the
War Department yesterday issued gen.
eral order making official announce
ment of the death and reviewing the
generals career, which included Serv-
ices as q member of the American Peace
Mission to Paris.
The French minister of war, Gen.
Maginot, cabled a message of condo-
lence. as did Marshal Petain Of France
and Gen. Weygand, French chief of
staff.