Evening star., 1941-05-25
Sergt. York Will Take
Part in Memorial
Ceremonies Here
6. A. R. Sponsors Program
At Tomb Of Unknown
Soldier Friday

Memorial Day exercises to be helc
under the auspices of the Crane
Army of the Republic Memorial Day
Corp, will begin at 11:30 am. Fri
day, with wreath-laying ceremony
at the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
dier. it was announced today
Sergt. Alvin c. York, described by
Gen. John j. PerShing as the great
est individual hero of the World
War, will place a wreath on the
tomb on behalf of the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars.
Other organization representatives
who will place wreaths include
James G. Yaden, president of the
G.. A. r. Memorial Day Corp; Cal
win E. Lucas, department com
mander, United Spanish War Vet
erans; Leonard J. Bacon, depart
ment commander. Veterans of For
eign Wars William H. Hargrave
department commander. American
Legion; Joel D. Thacker. depart
ment commander, Disabled Amer
lean Veterans; Mrs. Myrtle Burke
president, Woman's Relief Corps;
Mrs. Bess Pearce. president, Ladies
of the G. A R.; Mrs. Amelia A.
Yoder, president, Daughters of
Union Veterans of the Civil War;
Mrs. Betty BasSett, national presi-
dent, and Mrs. Pauline Thompson,
District president, United Spanish
War Auxiliary; Mrs Ethel Sendlak,
president, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary; Mrs. Helen M. McCabe,
president, American Legion Auxil-
iary, and Mrs. Mary Hargraves,
president, Disabled American Vet
Grams Auxiliary.
Saunders to Direct Ceremony.
Haywood N. Saunders. District
department vice commander of the
American Legion, will direct this
ceremony. After the wreaths are
laid the American Legion Boys
Drum Corps, the Fort Stevens Post
and Bugle Corps and the United
States Marine Band will play.
At l2:45 am. the asSemblage will
be called to order in the amphi-
theater for a presentation of the
colors ceremony. The National
Guard of Honor, American Legion,
Capt. Ernest E. Kennard, command
ing, and the Veterans of Foreign
War Honor Guard, under command
of Capt. William A. Downs, will
participate.
Brig, Gen. Frank T. Hines, Vet
erans Affairs Administrator, will be
the principal speaker. James Mel
ton, Metropolitan Opera tenor. will
sing and the Marine Band will play.
Gen. Cox has been appointed
grand marshal for the Memorial
Day parade, which is to start at
e:45 pm. from Ninth street and
Constitution avenue NV. Detach-
ments of the Army, Navy and Ma
rine Corps have been asked to par
ticipate Members of the G. A. r.
will ride in automobiles at the head
Of the procession.
Services for A. E. F. Dead.
Symbolic memorial services in
honor of members of the American
Expeditionary Force buried in Ger
man-occupied Belgium and France
will be held at 2:2b pm. Friday at
the Argonne Cross in Arlington
National Cemetery under the aus
pices of the American Legion ma
tional organization.
Participating in the ceremonies
will be the American Legion Ma
tional Guard of Honor. the United
States Marine Band, the Legion
Junior Chorus, color guards of the
American Legion Department of
Virginia. Department Of the Dis
triCt of Columbia and the 40 Wash
ington posts.
In an announcement Of the event,
Legion officials yesterday said that
the ceremony is being arranged in
asmuch as the American Legion
posts in Belgium and France ARE
unable to observe fittingly Memorial
Day this year as has been their GUS
tom in the eight national military
cemeteries each year since the
World War"
For the occasion crosses have been
erected symbolizing Romagne, Mont
faucon, Suresnes, Theaucourt, Bel
leau, Fere-en- -Tarenois, Bony and
Waereghem cemeteries in the two
countries.