Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-30

Will De simply the Tomb
OF the Unknowns.
most impressive moment Of the
day. two minutes OF utter
silence.
Then, still standing, the
whole assembly sings America
the Beautiful" The second
chorus begins:
"oh, beautiful for heroes
proved
"In hberating strife,
who more than self their
country loved
And mercy more than life"
The President moves 10 the
center Of the platform, faces
the two cofiins and speaks
briefly. Then he lays two
Medals Of Honor, their blue
and-white ribbons crisp against
a black pillow, on a stand
before the two Unknowns.
The Army Chorus sings a
hymn. ION Bonded Knee" and
1t. Col. Philip Pincus. an Air
Force chaplain Of the Jewish
faith. reads the Psalm Of the
day. II is Psalm las:
And men shall speak Of the
might OF thy terrible acts. and
Il will declare thy greatness"
Marine Master Sergt. Will
liam Jones sings Malotte's set
ting Of the 23d Psalm. He sings
of 1.-THE valley Of the shadow OF
death"
Then Mai. Gen. Charles I.
Carpenter. Air Force Chief of
chaplains. q Protestant. reads
the Scripture lesson. 1t is from
John IA. which begins:
Let not your heart be trou-
bled. Ye believe in God, believe
also in me.
I'm My Fathers house are
many mansions. II it were not
so, ! would have told you. 1
60 to prepare a place for you"
The Army Chorus sings Walt
Whitman's "Dirge for Two
Veterans" Then the audience
stands again and Rear Admiral
Edward B. Harp. Navy Chief Of
Chaplains. a Protestant. pro-
nounces the benediction.
The carlton plays as the as
sembly moves from the amphi-
theater to the final scene, the
plaza on the east.
| The President, walking behind
the World War II Unknown and
the Vice President, behind the
Korea Unknown, follow the
collins down the steps to where
the Unknown Of World War I
waits in his crypt.
The collins are lowered gently
onto rods across open cryptS in
the plaza floor several yards
apart just west of the Tomb.
The chaplains, Catholic, Prot
eStant and Jewish, conduct
their committal services in
turn.
Army M/Sergt. William E.
Daniel of Petersburg, Va, a
Veteran of World War II and
Korea and the noncommissioned
officers in charge of sentinel
reliefs at the tomb, marches to
the center of the plaza. faces
President Eisenhower and hands
him a wreath. The President
places it directly between the
two crypts. Then comes the
command, Present arms!"
21-Gun Salute
Guns to the north boom out
a 2l-gun salute, the rounds
five seconds apart. For more
than a minute. no one moves.
Then: Firing squad, fire
three volleys!" On the Mall
to the east, the rifles crash
three times.
Then Sergt. lie George My
ers, an Army veteran of Is
years, standing just north Of
the two crypts, raises his bugle
and sounds the farewell call,
Taps" the slow notes echoing
across the wooded hills where
81 900 lie buried. /,
The ceremony is ended. The
bearers take the flags from the
collins, fold them and give them
to the President and the Vice
President, who present them to
cemetery officials for safekeep-
ing.
The assemblage streams from
the plaza, leaving the bodies
under the watch of the senti-
nels who have paced there for
many years. The public may
view the collins until nightfall,
when they will be lowered into
the crypts. I
A new sentinel comes on h
duty. The last man to stand |,
watch over the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier is 22-year-
old Army Specialist &c Tavern
Pax, His last name is the Latin
word for Peace"
His relief is Specialist sc
William Barton, 20, of Forest
Park, Ga. He becomes the first
man to patrol the new Tomb
of the Unknowns.