Evening star., 1934-05-30
PRESIDENT LEADS
NATION IN HONOR
T0M|L|TARY DEAD
Speech at Gettysburg Is
High Point of Memorial
Day Rites.
ARLINGTON SERVICES
DRAW HUGE THRONGS
Cemetery Presents Active Scene
All Day-Monument Decora-
tion Not Provided.

The National Colors dipped in salute
today as the ghostly army of the Ma
tion's war dead passed once more in
annual review before the misty eyes
of surviving comrades
From Washington, where upward of
$4,000 veterans and citizens were as
Sembling in Arlington National Gene
terry for the official Memorial day OBJ
servance. the eyes of the Nation. how
ever were turned toward historic
Gettysburg President Roosevelt and
his official party were speeding over
the Maryland hills this afternoon to
the famous battlefield to make an ad-
dress near the spot where Lincoln
stood when he dedicated the hallowed
cemetery.
McCarran will Speak.
In the absence of the President. the
official Memorial day address at
Arlington was to be delivered at 80
pm. in the amphitheater just behind
the Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier by
Senator McCarran of Nevada Harlan
Wood. past department commander of
the American Legion and grandson of
a gallant Confederate officer twice
wounded at Gettysburg, was 10 read
Llncoln's immortal Gettysburg Ad-
dress before the thousands assembled
in and about the amphitheater.
Elsewhere in national cemeteries
veterans who wore the blue of 81 and
SO and the khaki of 1917 met to
honor the memories of departed COM
rades. Congress paused briefly in its
busy session TO recall its debt of
gratitude to the Nations defenders
and then pitched again into its leeis-
lative tasks of a session approaching
its close.
French Flyers Take Part
An international aspect was given
to the services at Arlington, as Capt
Maurice Rossi and Lieut. Paul Codes
French transatlantic flyers. Joined in
Americas tribute to her war dead
After breakfasting with Andre de
Laboulaye. the French Ambassador
the two flyers went to the cemetery
and placed a wreath on the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier. They expected
to return to New York afterward.
At 9 am. Pennsylvania avenue
resounded again to the tramp of vet
erans' feet as former soldiers paraded
to the Ellipse. Out of the thousands
OF stalwart men. who marched in the
grand review of the Army of the
Potomac along this same avenue in
1865. only six Civil War veterans were
left to repeat that march today. And
this time they rode in automobiles.
AmplifiierS have been installed in
and outside the ampitheater at Ar
lington Cemetery. James G. Yaden,
president of the G. A. R. Memorial
Day Corporation. was to preside at
the ceremonies. He will be introduced
by John M Kline, department COM
mander of the G. A. R. The Grand
Army of the Republic Memorial Day
Corporation is composed not only of
the G. A. R.. but also of United
Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, the American Legion.
Disabled American Veterans of the
World War.
Scouts Decorate Graves.
Under its auspices. hundreds of
public school children, Boy and Girl
Scouts had gone to the cemetery early
today to place flowers at the grave Of
each soldier buried there. Great
wreaths were piled high before the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers of
the Civil War. near the Arlington
Mansion. At the former tomb. dur
ing the forenoon and until the hour
of the official ceremonies, services
were held by various veterans organ
iZationS.
There was one unusual aspect,
however. to the Memorial day observ-
ance in Washington this year. Due
to forgetfulneS or some error, Con-
greSs had neglected to appropriate
funds for decorating the statues of
national heroes in the city. The
statue of Gen. U. S. Grant. who
saved the Union, and of Admiral
Farragut were among those monu-
ments neglected today.
President Roosevelt. before leaving
the White House for Gettysburg, had
received word from King Leopold III
of Belgium that Americas dead lying
in that country were not forgotten
and that flowers would be placed upon
their graves In so doing, the new
monarch followed an annual custom
of his father, the late King Albert.
In Paris and at the many Ameri-
can battlefield cemeteries in France.
similar acts of devotion were per-
formed by Americans and their former
allies in the World War.
Naval Dead Honored.
The men who went down In ships
we're not forgotten-a tribute to the
Navy war dead was paid at l0:30 am.
at the west gate of Arlington Gene
tery-the approach to Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge. Branch 4 of the Fleet
Reserve Association, composed of men
who have served honorably in the
Navy for period of l6, 20 and 30
years. we're in charge of the services.
They were assisted by the ladies aux
iliary and the newly formed unit Of
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