The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-07
Von Hindenburg Is
 Laid To Final Rest
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by Nazi storm troopers, arrived a a. m. at the great memorial o

by Nazi storm troopers, arrived at a. m. at the great memorial of his victory.
 Procession of the Dead
 Two six foot soldiers headed the procession. Next came cavalry, q band. and a battalion of infantry. Following were officers carrying Hindenburgs medals, swords, field marshaPs baton and spiked helmet on cushions. Then came the cais- son, on which lay "the old gentle man." clad in the knightly mantle of the Johanniter order, with his long knights sword beside him in the coffin. A black, white and red flag of the old, imperial Germany draped the caisson. More infantry closed the procession.
 On the plains around the memo- rial lay the graves of German sol diers who fell at Tannenberg, symbolic eternal guar S for their chief. They are the only isloated soldiers graves in the country. Those who fell in obeying linden burg's orders and winning one of the greatest victories in modern lay, under roughly cut cross on which was pencilled the soldiers name, and on which was stuck his helmet. Long ago the pencilled names were washed away.
 Special Trains Rush In
 During the long night while the field marshal-president's body was being brought to its resting place under the field marshal's tower, one of eight in the memorial, 100 special trains were speeding across Germany from all parts of the country, bearing men who wanted to shonor Germany's greatest sol dier in many generations.
 They faced a wait of from 12 to IS hours here so that after the funeral services they could file past his casket in the main room of the tower, which is to be made into a chapel in his honor.
 The funeral service really began at Berlin yesterday, where Chan cellor Adolf Hitler eulogized Him denburg as a great symbol of Ger many's virility and will to live.
 Last night there were private services for the family. which re- luctantly gave his body to the country so that he might serve it in death as in life, at the Neudeck chateau.
 Bishop Dohrmann Presided
 Army Bishop Dohrmann con- ducted the ceremony. He took as Me-" In a feeling statement direct ed to the family he emphasized the significance of that last moment, entirely theirs, before the body was surrendered to the nation.
 As he spoke, there could heard outside the subdued tramp of sol diers' feet, so familiar to linden burg over the 86 year span of his life, as they moved into position to form his guard of honor.
 The village church choir from nearby. Freystadt sang Jesus Is My Faith"
 A group of foresters blew on bu. gles, "The Hunt Is Ended"
 Four naval officers and four army captains took up the heavy casket and bore 1t in front of a of infantrymen. drawn | up with bayonets fixed to their ri- fies. to the caisson. It was draped with a white cloth on which was the iron cross.
 From that moment the few hours in which the body of the field marshal's was his family's to mourn, were over and he was again the servant of the nation.
 Procession Started
 The poignant notes of taps" were sounded. 4 There was a swell ing chorus of the hymn T Pray for the Power of Love-" The pastor delivered short prayer as the casket was laid on the caisson and the procession started.
 At that moment gigantic bon fires attended by 96 firemen burst into flame at Tannenberg. one at each of the eight memorial towers. They will blaze for two weeks.
 From the chateau to Tannenberg thousands of storm troopers sta- tioned along the roads lighted their funeral torches.
 A few miles along the way the | casket was placed on a motorized | caisson until it arrived in the near ly hours of the morning near Tan 
 Then foot and mounted soldiers resumed the escort.
 At 3:45 a. m. the cortege reached l the generals hill," where the | massive Hindenburg directed his forces to their great | The procession halted for two minutes while a color bearer unfolded the flag Hindenburg had used in the battle.
 Over the battle field the process sion moved to the great memorial. The gates were opened, and the | body was halted at the field mar shaps tower were 1t is to repose.
 Ills First Speech
 It was here, in 1925, when he was called to his country's service again from tranquil retirement, made his first impor- tant speech as a statesman.
 ''The German nation in all it's