Evening star., 1943-05-31
World Liberty
|sP|edged by
Gen. Somerve||
Fight However Long,
Promised in Rites at
Arlington Cemetery

Declaring that already our enc
mics have begun to feel the might
OF our armies" It. Gen. Brehon
Somervell, commanding general of
Army Service Forces, yesterday
pledged to the Unknown Soldier and
all his comrades that I'VE will carry
on the fight against whatever odds,
however long it takes, until justice
and decency and human liberty
are re-established throughout the
| earth"
Gen. Somervell predicted in his
Memorial Day address at Arlington
Cemetery that the United Nations
victory in Tunisia ''is but the prelude
to the greater operations in which
we must triumph in Europe and in
Asia"
Traditional ceremonies at the
amphitheater were attended by
several thousands despite the OPA
ban on use of gasoline for all but
those officially participating in the
ceremonies. Several automobiles
were driven to the scene, but most
of the crowd walked about a mile
from the nearest bus stop.
Other Observances Conducted.
Many other Memorial Day serv-
ices were held at various places
throughout the metropolitan area.
In Maryland and Virginia the gaso-
line ban resulted in cancellation
of some ceremonies, but the soldier
dead of all wars were honored by
speech, song and the placing of
Wreaths and flowers
Gen. Somerveu called on America
for unity.
I'VE must cast out suspicion of
each other and of our Allies in this
fight for freedom" he said. I'VE
must remember always that it's
the same war on the farm and in
the factory. on the assembly line
and on the battle line. in the homes
of America and in the slit trenches
of the Tunisian hills"
To-day on this quiet Sunday in
America he said. "our anger burns
hot, 1t burns against the violence
of men who have destroyed cities
and laid waste peaceful fields to
enslave our friends. 1t burns against
the tyranny. the oppression and
rank brutality which these enemies
have loosed upon the earth. This
just anger will not be quenched
until the men who have wrought
these cruelties are made impotent,
their armies scattered and the in
struments they have created lie in
ruins at their feet
Pays Tribute to Dead Heroes.
Paying tribute to our honored
dead" the general pledged that
we will not falter in the task. Here
in their last. peaceful bivouac, We
must pledge that we will steadfastlv
follow, throughout all the ordeals
which face us, the example they
have furnished of free Americans
fighting for their liberties. They
rest, we will not rest, we must not
rest, we cannot rest, until our free
dom is secure"
The presiding officer, James G.
Yaden, as president of the GAR
Memorial Day Corp, represented
the sponsoring organizations. which
included the GAR, the United Span
ish War Veterans. Veterans of
Foreign Wars Of the United States.
the American Legion and the Dis
abled American Veterans of the
World War.
Music included selections by the
United States Marine Corps Band.
Capt. William F. Santelmann. lead
er, and songs by Gene Archer. The
invocation was offered by Depart
ment Chaplain John A. Lund of the
Spanish War Veterans and the bene-
diction was pronounced by the Rev
Howard E. Snyder of the American
Legion, The national guard of
honor Of the American Legion. under
command of James C. Clarke, Of
fiClated with massing of the colors
Dan Campbell was chairman of the
General Arrangements Committee
Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" was
read by Harlan Wood of the Amer
lean Legion. The order of Maj. Gen
Logan establishing Memorial Day
was read by Richard A. Burton of
the VFW. The Americans Creed"
was read by Earl D. Harrell of the
DAV
Ceremonies at Argonne Cross.
From the ampitheater Legionnaires
! marched to the Argonne Gross in
the American EXpeditionary Force
plot of the cemetery where services
were in charge of Sedley Peck, past
department commander of the
American Legion of France.
Tribute to Federal workers both
in the civilian and armed services
was paid by Paul V. McNutt, war
manpoWer chairman. at ceremonies
at the Sylvan Theater on the Wash
ington Monument Grounds late yes
terdav afternoon. Mr.. McNutt point
ed to the program list Of tnose dead
or missing and emphasized that
nearly half of them are in the civil
ian services of the Government.
1T is we'll to scan this list of dead" :"
he said, ana to remember that the
/ public service is calling that re-
! quires courage and idealism in civil
as we'll as military service, in peace
as we'll as war
The memorial prayer was by the
Rev, Dr.. Frederick Brown Harris.
chaplain of the Senate. Music was
by the United States Navy Band,
and the Allen A Capella Choir. Brig.
Gen. William r. Arnold, chief of
chaplains Of the Army offered the
invocation, and Capt Robert D.
Workman, chief of chaplains, U. S.
N, pronounced the benediction.
Law School Honors Dead.
Georgetown University school Of
law yesterday honored the memory
of 80 former students who died in
the armed services.
Solisitor General Charles Fahy,
Glass of 1914. and Brig. Gen. Thomas
H. Green, assistant to the Judge
Advocate General of the Army, were
the principal speakers. A committee
of service men enrolled in the school
decorated the memorial plaque in
the law library
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