Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-30
REMNANTSOF GAR.
HONOR COMRADES
Capital Throngs to Graves
OF Pay Memorial Day
Tribute.
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assistant department chaplain of the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars.
In readiness for the Arlington exer-
cises, troops Of Boy and Girl Scouts
decorated all the graves with an abund-
ance Of fresh-cut flowers and bright
flags.
Pupils of 1873 schools gathered flowers
for the event, and nine trucks were re.
quired to haul the blossoms TO Airing
ton. Three hundred Girl Scouts dis
tributed the flowers over the cemetery.
The boys placed flags on every grave.
Dewey Tomb Decorated.
Floral offerings from President Hoo
yer and various veteran and patriotic
groups were placed on the tomb Of
Woodrow Wilson in the crypt of Beth
lehem Chapel of the National Cathe-
drai. The tomb of Admiral George
Dewey also was decorated.
The Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Committee, of which Frederic A. Delano
1S chairman, held its annual pilgrimage
to the Wilson tomb at 1880 o'clock this
morning. Formal ceremonies were
eliminated, the delegation simply plac-
ing q large wreath while spectators
| stood in silence.
Floral tributes were deposited on
Dewey's tomb by members Of Admiral
George Dewey Camp, No. 2, United
Spanish War Veterans: the Naval and
Military Order of the Spanish-American
War and the Dewey Congressional
Medal Mems Association Of Phtladel-
phia.
Bishop Freeman presided at a special
memorial service in Bethlehem Chapel
this morning. The Washington Cathe-
dral Choir Of men and boys particle
pated. The program was broadcast by
WMAL and . coast-to-coast chain Of
the Columbia Broadcasting System.
Speeches 10 BE Broadcast.
The radio also will carry the voice Of
Sergt Younger at 5 o'clock this after
noon. The Columbia System will broad
cast remarks by Younger and an intro
ductory speech by Representative John
of South Dakota.
Special ceremonies were held this
morning at the Soldiers Home National
Cemetery, the nurses section of Airing
ton Cemetery and at Congressional Oak
Hill, Holy Rood, Glenwood, Prospect
Hill and st. Mary's Cemeteries, This
afternoon at 3:l5 o'clock exercises will
be held at Battle Ground National Gem
etery.
| NADhuVty AsUu1CuluSHO0s
The memory of Mai. LEnfant, de-
signer of the Capital, was honored by
members of his profession and repre-
sentatives Of the LEnfant Memorial
Association. A delegation of the WASH
ington Chapter of the American In
stitute Of Architects and of the exc
ecutive committee of the memorial
body visited LEnfant's tomb in Airing
ton Cemetery and laid floral offerings
there.
The committee of the memorial as
ISOLATION was headed by Wade II.
Cooper, chairman, and included Henry
Randall Webb, treasurer general OF
the Society of Cincinnati of which
LEnfant was charter member; Judge
Richard S. Harvey, general counsel,
and John Cabell Wilkinson. executive
secretary of the memorial association.
The L'Enfant group is sponsoring bill
to erect q suitable memorial to Mai.
LEnfant on the Mall.
The family of Chaplain Arthur Henry
Marsh Of the LIST Division, =. who was
killed in the Ar2ohne ovisited the lst
Division monument, south Of the State,
War and Navy Building, this morning
and placed wreath at the base OF the
shaft. Accompanied by the chaplain'S
widow, his sons, Arthur Henry March.
jr., Is years old, and Richard Marmicn
Marsh, II, carried the wreath to the
monument and laid 1t at the foot Of the
tall column.
Other Architects HonOred.
The local chapter Of the American
Institute of Architects also honored the
memory of three other architects close
ly identified with the early history Of
cur country. The hoaored ones were
DR.. william Thornton, George Hadfield
and James Hohan, whose graves lie in
various cemeteries. Horace w. Peaslee,
president OF the chapter, and william
Partridge and Harry F. Cunningham
led in the observance.
Admiral George Dewey Camp OF the
Spanish War Veterans assembled at the
mast of the Inflated u. S, s. Maine,
In Arlington Cemetery, and paid
homage to the victims Of the mysterious
explosion in Havana Harbor p. j.
Callan delivered an address. Victor L.
Woodbridge was master of ceremonies.