Evening star., 1937-05-31

NCOQJlQueQ FROM F1rSC PaRe.)
who went down with the ship, was
dedicated this morning in the Navy
Department Building.
Among the survivors at the services
were the Lincoln's commander, Rear
Admiral P. w. Foote, and Representa-
tive Edouard Victor Michel Lac of
California, who was captured by the
submarine and who made his escape
from German prison camp just be-
fore the armistice.
In the absence Of Harvey D. Carter,
president of the U. S. S. President
Lincoln Club, who is seriously i'll at
his home in New York, the tablet was
presented to the Navy by Comdr w.
L. Lind, who was aboard the trans
port as executive officer, and who now
is on duty in the ONCE of Naval In
telligence. 1t was accepted by Rear
Admiral Adolphus Andrews, chief Of
the Bureau of Navigation.
The tablet was unveiled BY Janet
Byrne, daughter of James w. Byrne
Of Bridgeport. Conn. a member of
the crew Of the vessel, whose paint
Ing on the sinking of the vessel now
hangs in the Navy Department and
formed the original for the bronze
tablet.
Todays closing event, in Battle
Ground National Cemetery, Bright
wood, will be held under the auspices
OF the Grand Army of the Republic
and the Brightwood Citizens Associa-
ton in memory OF 40 Union soldiers
who were killed in action in front of
Fort Stevens July II and IL, 1854,
and who are buried there.
Assembly will be sounded by a
bugler Of the Navy Band at $3.50 pm.
and the memorial address will be
made by Senator Schwellenbach Of
Washington. At the conclusion Of the
address the graves of the soldiers who
died in the only battle IN the District
Of Columbia will be decorated by chill
dren from the public schools in the
Brightwood area, under direction of
Mrs. Angus Lamond, jr
Comdr. John NJ. Kline, ST., Depart
ment of the Potomac, G. A. r., chair
man of the committee in charge, will
be introduced by the vice chairman,
John Clagett Proctor and will call
the meeting to order. Proctor will
recite an original poem and the pro-
gram will include the reading of the
orders Of the Grand Army by R. j.
r. McElroy; a recitation Of "The Star
Spangled Banner by Everett F.
Warner and recitation OF Lincoln's
"Gettysburg Address" by Talbot O.
Pulizzi. There will be vocal solos by
Francesca Della-Lana. Following the
benediction by Rev. William E. La
Rue, at the cemetery flag STAN, q
salute will be fired over the graves
by troops of the 10Th Brigade.
Members of Ellen Spencer Mussey
Tent, No. l. Daughters of Union
Veterans of the Civil War, will par
ticipate in the Battle Ground Gene
terry services after placing a floral
wreath on the grave Of Gen. John A.
Logan in the Soldiers Home National
Cemetery.
At the annual Memorial day exer-
cises in the Arlington Amphitheater
yesterday, Senator Bennett Champ
Clark OF Missouri. one Of the organ
1zers and former national commander
OF the American Legion, declared that
the greatest tribute the United States
can pay its war dead is to keep out of
future wars.
He called on all war veterans to
join in the fight for more rigid neu-
trality legislation. Denouncing the
Hill-Sheppard bill, although it has
been indorsed by the American Legion
Senator Clark said this bill would tend
toward Fascist government and de-
clared that Senate liberals will de-
mand "an extremely drastic substi-
tute bill placing a heavy tax on al
profits during time Of war.
Stage for Next War.
The stage for the next war already
IS being set in Europe, Senator CLARK
said, and he urged the enactment o1
the most rigid neutrality laws to keer
this country clear.
I'VE are determined to avoid thu
incredible folly We committed in thu
last war" he said. But to do 70 "
need stronger legislation than We have
yet. Let us do everything possibl.
that our children and our children!
children shall not make the same sac
rifice as these men whose memories
we revere today"
There were only four Of the Capi
tails IL surviving Civil War veteran
present at the services-Comdr. kim
of the Department of the Potomac, 9
years old; John T. Ryan, 9l-year-ole
Capitol guard; Eugene Weaver, 95
and William Dorsey 49,
Senator Clark's address and othe
features OF the annual service, spon
sored by the G. A. r., with the Co
operation of 100 other veteran an<
patriotic organizations, were broad
cast over the national networks of tn
two major radio systems.
The services began with decoration
OF the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiel
by the participating organizations
followed by q 45-minute program o