The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-24
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CconsanDed frOn Pass D ton. Jf.- Tsae American Army knows DO rank in death.
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 me brtai ceremony. attended by military cignitAriet of a nAitonE. was hFiefs. n wAx executed ax the 'spil and polikh" Fesacrni would have wantre. in perfect discipllns. Mrs Patton Ia black beaver coal black hat and black ealostes stood ta the left of B Gen. oeoTney Reys commander of the Q. 6. SeFenth Army.
 The body was l0xxred at lo.is a. m. after it had been borne in q haf-trAck arrnornd csr through the black -drapeo streets of Luxem boaFg. Rain had been falling an night but stopped as soldier pailbcaFerx lifted the caskef from the train on which it had been brought from Be.cel- berg.
 Along a marrow road over the Aroennes hills the procession Of military and civilian vehicles wound its way toward the cemetery. some where ID the hills a French artillery battery Of io5-mn. cannon rolled out a I7-gun salute.
 Soldiers lined both aides of the road from the cemetery entrance. The generals saddled brown charger. riderieSs and forloTn. stood al the head of a S0-foot path lead ing through the white crosses to Patton's grave. The generals gleaming riding boots hung backwards in the stir rups. in the tradition of the cavalry he lived.
 Mrs. Patton glanced al the horse and turned quickly away.
 Foreign Dignitaries
 The casket was lifted from the half track and carried down the walk, preceded by a delegation oi foreign generals At their head was Gen. Pierre Koenig of France and Prince Felix of Luxembourg. A Third Army band intoned The Generals March" as the caszet wal borne through the double line ot soldiers.
 The procession from the Luxem- | bourg railroad station was led by a motorcycle escort, followed by 2l French armored cars. A group of II American jeeps and five American armored cars preceded the half track carrying the casket. Behind i, was line of black limouSines.
 Crowds of silent residents of the little Duchy lined the streets, doff- ing their hats or saluting as the half-track clanked past. At one i point in its great horseshoe course the procession passed along Ave nue Mberte," formerly called Adolf Hitlerstrasse." At another place 1t was only two blocks from Patton's command post during the Battle ot the Bulge one year ago.
 Mrs. Patton was to return to the United States immediately after. the funeral. She was accompanied to the cemetery by George P Waller, Uni ted States charge d'affaires in Lux embourg, and her brother, Frederick Aver of Boston. -i
 Sgt. Amos Martin of Lancaster Pa, played taps at the committal service. He had played the bugle call only once before in his life,
 Train Cortege
 Patton's body rode through the night from Heidelberg in carpeted baggage coach at the front of a nine-car train. Far to the back ir the train was his widow Beatrice who had stayed by his bedside dur ing the 12-day battle he fought against paralysis and lung comph- cations.
 The train left Heidelberg at 4:20 D. m. Sunday after l7-gur requiem from the muzzles of 105-mn. can non. A single wreath lay above the flag -draped casket. One guard stood beside 1t. qs4
 The train stopped at Mainz at 6:52 p. m. Two platoons of French Tabors were lined up to pay their tribute. Mrs. Patton, grief stricken figure in black, stepped from the train and reviewed them.
 Patton's final resting place was in the American military cemetery which. he himself ordered establish ed for the men who died during the Ardennes fighting last Christmas.
 His grave was just like every other one of the 5000 in the rolling, rain, swept cemetery German prisoners of war dug 1t in the red clay mud while funeral services were being held in Heidelberg Sunday after- noon. Just A Soldier
 Oficially the grace was No. 1884 1t was in row of q, beside that of Private John Przywarra of Detroit, who was killed on the first day of Patton's counteroffensive. Unknown soldiers lay in two graves of the row. The tiny Duchy took the funeral deeply to heart. Simultaneous mem orial services were held in Its churches. Crown Prince Felix and his son, Prince John, worked almost