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Show ff --Aw f ' T" 17 7- P;1 V-r ,,. - . f,f , IF; ; , '' V? v v t r- , 1 v v . k s-A sm tt; ' . -. -u ti J ;vrt 7l-Vv ' ? - 7- - - -v ; (, 1 rl Mir.r - f . irf" Hit t fc? ..i I" V illp i; j-- t By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN , l ' SsS? A'1 ''-"H . , "ts--? CT. HAT now American Shrine, the ' V t - ! yO-VV tomb of the "Unknown Dead" In t f - -. tv"4 C - the Arlington National Cemetery 1 " N " s W2 J: - P.-3 will bulk large in the public con- h - -cl, f , , j ., I , LI sclousness Memorial Day. To It S, 1' 'V'V' A on Armistice Day turns the peo- I, t &-Zlt-,-, t V a ' v ' pie's heart. Now it will be the , - x - V HfV l f 1 epitome of the people's observance ffe A - . n. jj, U r Mof Memorial Day. None the less 'itV C .jL' " , 7 ' v will the people strew flowers for , 1 jTI " Mv. remembrnnce on graves of Blue ; 2ZZ V ? V VVT and Gray and Khaki in every nook I , -SSriVV"" ' t'XiV and cranny of the land. But the L iV 'f)fSin?X' "1 " official recognition of the services of Its patriotic t fsS TPPOk(,.. .Z. ;!,., tfif sons will be made Memorial Day by the placing 0 " U C(QyOK" " ' C "V JjCicl of a wreath on the tomb of the "Unknown Dead" JJ ':'v;'A '".s5 v " Id front of the amphitheater at Arlington. lV .x jClFfJ?)- President Coolidge and members of his cabinet I( we fall ln thls we 8hall deserve all the ais- X iV will . place that wreath. And President Coolidge aster which will surely be visited upon us, becauas iWt fjPV will make the address of the day. of r failure. f yrQ-y And this is eminently fitting. For Memorial Day Surely no more fitting place can be found or S S ...... ., w offlcia recoirn tion of the spirit of Memorial uuj 1 By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN rew HAT new American Shrine, the s&3 ,0Ulh ot the "Unknown Dead" In (y M the Arlington National Cemetery 3 will bulk large in the public con- sclousness Memorial Day. To it on Armistice Day turns the peo-pie's peo-pie's heart. Now it will be the fW epitome of the people's observance 8 of Memorial Day. None the less ( i V will the people strew flowers for I remembrance on graves of Blue V and Gray and Khaki in every nook and cranny of the land. But the official recognition of the services of Its patriotic sons will be made Memorial Day by the placing of a wreath on the tomb of the "Unknown Dead" Id front of the amphitheater at Arlington. President Coolidge and members of his cabinet will. place that wreath. And President Coolidge will make the address of the day. And this is eminently fitting. For Memorial Day hiiu Armistice uay not oiny iuulii uui w.c.mh-On w.c.mh-On Memorial Day we Americans assemble to commemorate com-memorate our soldier dead to express our thanks for their service, by recounting their deeds of valor, by making new resolves to make ourselves - worthy i tirelr naoie and fame. Unstinted and unashamed is our hero worship Memorial Day. And this is well. Time Is kindly In that It heals all wounds. But time Is not kindly kind-ly If It also brings forgetfulness of the glorious past. What was worth fighting for is worth remembering. re-membering. We are not a warlike nation, but there is no fighting man like the American fighting fight-ing man. The Stars and Stripes has never been lowered in defeat. We won our Independence by fighting for it. We have kept it by fighting for it. So on Memorial Day we celebrate the deeds of our fighting men. Yet the spirit of Memorial Day Is not war but peace. Its purpose is not to awaken memories of war and slaughter, nor to rekindle hateful fires ot passion, nor to exult over the defeated. We weep : because the dead are ours. We thrill pride be cause they are ours. We rejoice that they are In I God's keeping. We should resolve anew to dedl- I cate the wealth and power and influence of the :i nation to liberty, justice, humanity and peace. Doubtless the President will make a notable ad-6 ad-6 dress. The scene and the occasion are inspiring. It Is said that he accepted the invitation to speak s with thanks. Certainly the opportunity Is great. For all the world will listen and take heed to his words Tt fa known how ardently he desires peace with honor for all the world. In his Inaugural 1 address he said : . But there is another element, more important than all, without which there cannot be the Blight-eat Blight-eat hope of a permanent peace. That element Ilea In the heart of humanity. Unless the desire for T pace be cherished there, unless this fundamental ls and only natural source of brotherly love be cul- 1 tlvated to Us highest degree, all artificial efforts will be in vain. Peace will come where there Is realization that only under a reign of law, based on righteousness and supported by the religious , conviction of the brotherhood of man, can there ! be any hope of a complete and satisfying life. Parchment will fail, the sword will fail It is lf, only the spiritual nature of man that can be or) triumphant. And Is it known that President Coolidge believes in action rather than words to bring about world mil Peace. He is making preparations looking to the : II calling of a second arms conference at Washing- Ion. The first succeeded In abolishing competitive -: naval armament among the great powers. The 1 coming conference, it is believed, will begin where the last left off. And the President received at 25 the White House the delegates to the recent Con- mJ ference on the Cause and Cure of War by organ- 5 lze't woman and said to them, among other things: !' Your conference has been brought together to ;V consider the causes and cure of war. In our gen-, gen-, eration. which has seen the supreme demonstration it' ot the futility and the horrors of war. we ought ' to be able to count upon an overwhelming sentiment senti-ment for measures which give reasonable promise 0 of preventing or limiting wars. ' As our vision of its frightfulness Is dimmed, as f the edge of Its horror ls dulled with the pas-sing ft'1 of tmei we moy expect a corresponding dimlnu- "2 tlon of zeal for Institutions to prevent war. This is unfortunate but It is the lesson taught hv all ' experience. For thla very reRson' very or ;:mlzed movement to keep alive the realization of war's destructiveness serves a helpful purpose. If. for the next hundred years, the men and women who M fought and suffered to carry on the World war, W "nd who were compelled afterward to snuggle nd sacrifice to pay for it. could survive ami keep 6 Hive the proper realization of what war i-nally i means, the chance of formulating programs 11, pre-S pre-S Vt,m its repetition would bo greatly improve. But thse who lived and saw and felt and knew these tlnnES wll pas3 on They wm be succeel.id by oth6r8 to whom a distorted picture of glo. y and a heroism will make its appeal. , So It Is particularly to be desired that measure h Instituted as soon as possible by the men and women who know the truth about war, which may "T.rJf 58 o the future from such experiences as have 1 tot In our time It Is for the generation which tx.-l survived to devise measure of prevention. If we fail ln this, we shall deserve all the disaster dis-aster which will surely be visited upon us, because of our failure. , . Surely no more fitting place can be found tor official recognition of the spirit of Memorial Day by the United States Government than this JNa-tional JNa-tional Shrine at Arlington. It thrills every good American who stands by it. Back of It is the great white marble amphitheater, built for patriotic gatherings of the people and impressive beyond words in quality of material, simplicity of design and perfection of proportions. In front lies the smiling Potomac Valley, with the winding river and beyond the Capital City of the nation with the George Washington Monument, the Lincoln. Memorial and the Capitol Itself in plain view. And the tomb Itself ls more than a memorial to the "Unknown Soldier" to the American Fighting Man who gave his life to his country It symbolizes far more than this. It Is a symbol of every patriotic service rendered by a loyal people. It symbolizes the soldier who never got beyond the training camp "Over Here"; the woman who tolled at Red Cross bandages; the children who went without sugar. It is as symbolic as the Flag itself: Sea fights and land fights, grim and great. Fought to make and to save the state; Weary marches and sinking ships; Cheers of victory on dying lips; Davs of plenty and years of peace; March of a strong lands swift increase: Equal justice, right and law; Stately honor and reverent awe; Sign of a nation, great and strong, To ward her people from foreign wrong; Pride and glory and honor 1 Live in the Colors to stand or fall. And Memorial Day to the American people n fhco thlnes. President Harding said this ln a different way when the body of the "Unknown Soldier was placed in the tomb at Arlington. Fitting words they were indeed: , , know the eminence of his birth, but know the glory of his death. He died for we do Know greater devotion hath no man his councr,U died unquestioning, uncomplaining, than this, n anfl h0pe on his lips, that wh tnlt' .hould triumph and Its civilization his country sn aoldier of this representative survive. As a gl M and died, believing in the democracy, , hls country's cause. . . . indisputable just Nation's breast, within the We gather him o( the towerIng shaft that shadow of the , c v father, and of the honors Washington tne BLincoini martyred exquisite ""X inspirations of yesterday and savior. fte " f today forever unite to make the the consdence &g &nd country. republic w ,ington National Cemetery will Some day th s , Jf R qq be as much a I Potomac. For the United 1116 Merriment has begun work on the Arling-Stntes Arling-Stntes Gover fQr wWch congress has au- 10,1 MTthe appropriation of $15,000,000. Five thorized the au comp,eted brWge anJ ten years years will st , t Then the official funeral the completed p J mQve mm th(J Cap,t0, , cortege of uie h a wfly wort,,y of tlla Arlington A,,p' lsion will link up Mount Ver-occasion. Ver-occasion. a 'Goorge Washington, who directed non. where lies j n ime Jn the planning 01 L'Knfant who under Wash- Arlir.tn es - 'J . destined to be the most ,netn.I;,tnrte world. Also in Arlington stands beautitul in l" Mansion, to be restored; Ar-the Ar-the Waslimgw wM he llou(1 of Rob. Ilngton, as eerj h(J foovved Vir- ert IS. Lee, w on Anfl ln ArIingm sleeps ginia out of V, Vheeler the dashing Confederate -Fighting Je ewor'e ,he Blue at West Point cavalry lenl " 0 e Grny rn many a hard-and hard-and on T ' the clvll War, and the Khnkl fought battlcflel I vn The Potomac was the dividing Hi e e Llnco!n. under the North .'.r.d Sou'h.nin" mw ,e StarS d K fiantly waving on the Virglma Stars and Bars 6hore' oto.tlc new bridce is fittingly named So the majestic ne j s r,e,v ink tbe Arl,ng.on Men. ,orl.l An ,,k,nt between the son" Coolidge ls the head of the commission that baa It ln charge. In Arlington stands a new War Cross symbolic of many things and suggestive of more. This is a Christian nation. "In God we trust" ls on our coins. Presidents from Washington to Coolidge have made emphatic public declaration of belief in the Interposition of Divine Providence in great moments that shaped our destiny. The dedication of this War Cross, as the photograph shows, was purely military. Perhaps the meaning of the services was that this Nation trusts ln God, is dedicated to liberty and peace, and does not wage aggressive war for selfish purpose or conquest and through the prowess of its fighting men has never known defeat. "Taps" ls blown by the bugler in memory of the glorious dead. Memorial Day will see this War Cross heaped high with flowers, symbolical of the gentler emotions that round out the observance of the natlonnl holiday. Slayhap some will lay flowers on the War Cross In memory of the devoted women who deserve well of their country no less than the fighting men. Exceedingly fitting would that be. Mid the flower-wreathed tombs I stand Bearing lilies ln my hand. Comrades: ln what soldier grave Sleeps the bravest of the brave? Turning from my comrades' eyes. Kneeling where a woman lies. I strew lilies on the grave Of the bravest of the brave. So wrote Thomas W. Hlgginson many years ago. And no truer word was ever penneu. l-or a Drave heart ls a brave heart, though Its courage may differ dif-fer ln kind. A brave heart ln a man's breast hastens him to the firing line. A brave heart In a woman's breast bids him "God speed." And often the woman's lot ls the harder and her sacrifice sacri-fice the greater. In the World War woman showed that her courage was like to man's by going Into service as near the front as she could get. Yet often It took no less courage to stay nt home. Arlington will never be complete without a great memorial to woman's devoted service ln time ol national emergency. Admiral George Dewey no longer resls In Arlington Ar-lington His body has been transferred from the cemetery mausoleum to the Washington cathedral, ca-thedral, where President Wilson also sleeps. The removal was made by authority of the War department de-partment upon request of his widow. The body will rest in the crypt of Bethlehem chapel until an adequate memorial can be built Va the cathedral cathe-dral Admiral Dewey was for many rears a devoted de-voted member of the chapter of Washington cathedral ca-thedral The services were affecting. The widow, now eight v. was tenderly assisted by Secretary Wilbur and was escorted by the old admirals ( Badger, Rodman, liberie. Hilary Jones, Wood, and Colvocoresscs, all of whom were with Dewey at Ml"arding will not sleep In Arlington. Ills last resting place will be near Marion, his home town. The Harding Memorial association has raised tsoo eoO of which SGOO.OOO will be used for e mai'soleum, $100,000 for the purchase of land and K 100 000 ns a fund for the perpetual care and pia'ntenance of the memorial. The National Fine Art's commission has asked that deolgns he prepared pre-pared under the direction of the award committor commit-tor composed of Pnul Cr-t of Philadelphia. Kdger-trm Kdger-trm Swartwont, New York; John i:ufll IV;, New York, and Henry Hombostel of Pittsburgh. The design to be finally adopted must have the approval of a special committee of which S'.wre-inry S'.wre-inry of the Treasury Mellon. Secretary of War Weeks and Charles M. Schwab are members. On this Memorial Day of lfj.-j pay tribute of flowers to the soldier dead at home; wear n poppy pop-py made by disabled ex-serviee men, In memory .f ' tli'se sleeping "Over There." and give thanks i;u;t you are an American citizen ! |
