Evening star., 1950-01-18
Defense Chiefs Meet
Plane Bringing Body
OF Gen. Arnold Here

H. Arnold.
The famed wartime leader OF
the Nations air arm made a last
long flight from California for
burial tomorrow at Arlington
Cemetery.
On hand to pay respect to the
generals memory was a delegation
led by Secretary of Defense john
son, and including Air Secretary
Symington, Navy Secretary Mat
theWs, Gen. Vandenberg, Air Chief
of staff; Gen. Bradley, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and
Admiral Sherman, chief of naval
operations.
NOrway's Envoy at Airport.
Others in the party at the air.
port were Tracy S. Voorhees,,
Undersecretary of the Army; Gen.
Wade Haislip, Army vice chief of
staff; Undersecretary of the Navy
Den Kimball, and representatives
of the Secretaries of State and the
Treasury.
Ambassador Munthe Won Nor
genstierne of Norway represented
the diplomatic corps and most of
the top generals of the Air Force
were on hand.
Beyond a lane of honor guards,
a hearse waited to carry the body
to the National Cathedral. Gen.
Arnold's body will lie in state in
the chapel of st. Joseph of Ari-
mathea until II am. tomorrow.
Widow Arrives.
Men chosen from each of the
four branches of the service were
to guard the body at the Cathedral.
The public may visit the chapel
between l and 10 pm, today and
between 8 and II pm. tomorrow
after which the casket will be
placed on a caisson for the funeral
procession to the cemetery.
The generals widow and party
arrived at National Airport at
7:50 am. today aboard the presi-
Dental plane independence which
had been placed at her disposal
for the flight from the West
Coast.
Accompanying Mrs. Arnold were
her three sons, 1t. Col. Henry H.
Arnold, jr.. Capt. William Bruce
Arnold, and 1t. David Lee Arnold
and Comdr. Ernest Snowden, hus-
band of Mrs. Lois Arnold Snow
den, daughter Of the general.
Also in the party were 1t. Col.
n. M. Chesley. former aide to Gen.
Arnold, and Master Sert. Bruce
Simmons. his wartime orderly.
Mrs. Arnold is staying with
friends here.
Sonoma Pays Final Tribute.
The 63-year-old airman who
received his pilot training from
the Wright brothers and lived to
see the Air Force become a major
offensive weapon, died Sunday of
a heart, attack AT his Sonoma
tCalif0 ranch home. ;,
Stores in Sonorna were closed
while. hundreds of Gen. Arnold's S
neighbors filed past the casket in
final tribute. Among them were
Air Force enlisted men, many OF
them seeing for the first and last
time the man who led them
through the war. Others were Is
members of the Hap Arnold
Squadron of Air Scouts of Amer
lea, a branch of the Boy Scouts
named for the famous aviator.
Later, an honor guard of eight
airmen accompanied the body to
Hamilton Field, near San Fran
cisco, where the Army transport
took off for the East.
Full Military Funeral Planned.
The plans for the funeral pro-
cession tomorrow, released by the
Department of Defense, are COM
plete to the last ceremonial mill
tary trapping.
The procession, led by a police
escort and the. Air Force Band,
will move Gown Constitution ave-
nue. from Fifteenth stree5 at 1:45
pm The lard will play the Flu
neral Marcel: for Airnen," written
by the American composer Samuel
Barber when he was in the service
A Ill sh5 of f. ur AR Force planes
will pass over the proce5.; on-the
one missing plane from the usual
flight OF five symbolic oI a dead
comrade
Thirty B-29s to Fly Over.
Following them will come 80
F-84 jet fighters of the Continental
Air Command and 80 B-29 bomb
ers-the long-range, atom bomb
ing heavies for which Gen. Arnold
fought during World War II which
are now classed as medium
bombers" by the Air Force.
Detachments from each branch
of the service will take part in the
procession, marching up Constitu-
ton avenue to Twenty-third street,
across Memorial Bridge to the
cemetery.
There will be Is detachments
in the procession, and personnel
participating will include the
Secretary of Defense, the joint
Chiefs of Staff, and commanding
officers of all the services.
President Truman and Vice
President Barkley will attend the
services at the Arlington Amphi-
theater along with members of
the cabinet, the diplomatic corps,
Congress and the Supreme Court
Chaplain Chief to Conduct Rites.
The services will be conducted
by Maj. Gen. Charles I. Carpenter,
chief of Air Force chaplains.
More than 100 friends and asso-
ciates of Gen. Arnold, including
Gems. Marshall, Macarthur and
Eisenhower have been named as
honorary pallbearers.
Gen. Arnold will be buried close
to the grave of his commander in
World War I Gen. John j. Per-