Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1921, Page 34

FESTIVAL OF LIGHT TOBE MAGNIFICENT Whole City to Glow in Vast “"Flood of Brilliant Ilumination. PLANS UNPRECEDENTED Glittering Portal and Rays. of . Aurora to Shine in Beau- teous Display. A festival of light, brilliant beyond imdgination, will transform the city af- Washington into America’s bright- est star on the night of Armistice da; In honor of that historic an- niversary. and in welcome to the con- “rence on the limitation of arma- ment, which opens on that date, the nation's capital will throb with a nighty glow and thrill with mag-; nificept fllumination the nights of | November 11 and 12. A great jeweled portal, approached throngh an avenue of light, gor- geous: with {lluminated banners and Toman lamps, will stand as a spar- kling threshold to the conference building. The great dome of the famous Capitol will be seen against the rays of an impressive aurora borealis, visible afar throughout the city and beyond. And the towering Washington Monument will be a shaft of gleaming light from top to bot- 1om, while edifices of note will stand out in a glow of whitest floodlight. 4.950,000,000 Candlepower. Battery upon battery of search- Jights and floodlights will be trained npon these varlous spots. They will represent. In their inconceivable vol- ume of light, the combined strength of _4,950,000,000 candles. More than thirty searchlights will play upon 1he jeweled portal, setting a-s nearly forty thousand Novagem jewels of many colors. Even the wonderful lighting effects of the Panama-Pacific international éxposition will be surpassed in some respects by this spectacle. So de- clares Director of Illumination W. I¥A. Ryan, illuminating engineer of the General Electric Company. who also planned the lighting effects at the exposition. - For the Washington display Mr. Ryan is working with the illumina- tibn: committee, of which Howerd S. Reeside is chairman. The celebra- vion has been arranzed by th: Lis- irict of Columbia. bistr “ommis- stoner C. H. Rudolph i3 chairnun of the general committ: Jdeweled Portal at 17th and B. | The dazzling central spot of the; illumination will be the jeweled por- al at the intersection of 17th and E streets, near the Pan-American bullding, and close to the official home of the limitatifon of armament con- ference. There a gateway of radiance, of Roman design, but more brilliant than Rome ever knew, will be con- stracted. Two lofty obelisks wil] rise eighty-five feet. and between them. will be suspended a splendid jeweled curtain over a span of eighty- Six_feet six inches. Lpon this tapestry, in a great cen- trab sunburst, will be seen the flags and the coats of arms of the eight visiting nations participating in the conterence—Belgium, China, France Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Nether- lands end Portugal. -Phe curtain will bear a scheme of interwoven designs, traced in jewels of varied colors, which will sparkle in‘the sun by day and In the flood- lights by night. Of these jewels 32,000 will be in crystal and jonquil and 5,200 in ruby, aquamarine, ame- thyst, topaz and emerald. Four-Burner Lamps to Line Way. The street that leads to this arch- way- of light and color will be il- Juminated, for a stretch of four Dblocks, as the Avenue of Light. Rows of : four-burner Roman lamps. with flaring. torchlike flames, will line both- sides from the Corcoran Ar! Gallery_to the conference building This effect will be produced by il- lyminating gas, although most of the display will be accomplished by elec- ud city. “Other unusual effects will be seen at this point. In front of the Pan- American_building, the building of the Daughters of the American Revo- 1 iutloh, the Red Cross building and the’ District of*Columbia building on Pennsylvania avenue will stand six- teén. heraldic banner standards, sim- ‘to those which were erected in 1he ‘South gardens of the Panama- Pacific international exposition. These miildings will all have illuminated fronts and their porticos will be bathed in coneealed, rose-tinted rays. while all flags will be flood-lighted. ~The illumination of ithe jeweled cartain_and the obelisks will be pro- vided by thirty eighteen-inch arc searchlights in two batteries of fif- teen each, supplemented by six sixty- ingh - open-type _army searchlights operated by Cadillac generating equipment which were made in the Lyan works of the General Electric Company. Monument to Shine. Tlie Washington monument will be literally washed in light. Four bat- teri€s of elghteen-inch searchlights wilt be located at the base of the modtiment. Their rays will shoot strgight up each side of the shaft nd Seill go on into space as far as huyman eyes can see. “From the top of the monument sixfeen eighteen-inch arc searchlight. will illuminate the White House, the | Idncoln Memorial, the dome of the Capitol, the United States Naval Observatory, the amphitheater at] Afliigton, “the Soldiers’ Home and the building of the bureau of engrav- ipg’ and printing. As the monu- anent is but a few hundred feet away Trom 'the site of the jeweled arch, all theése lights will link together the principal sections of the city. Superimposed upon this rich dis-; play will be the particularly specta. cular “light of the states,” which will | appear as an aurora borealls. This | will° be located in front of the Con gressional Library, and so set that its.main axis will coincide with Penn. { sylvania avenue. With the dome of theq Capitol as its center, the aurora Wit apread outward and upward over the entire city and will be visible for smiles around. “Aurora to Have 1,920,000,000 C. V. The combined beam candlepower of thé lghts in the aurora borealis will be ‘equivalent to the light of 1,920, 000,000 candles. The eighteen-inch searchlights in the various batteries will throw a combined light equiva- lent to that of 630,000,000 candles: whife the six sixty-inch searchlights will throw rays equivalent to the' light' of 2,400,000,000 candles. The/| total combined power of all the great searchlights and floodlights will be equivalent to the light of 4,950,000,000 candles. slectric power for operating the sixty-inch searchlights and many of the Sighteen-inch searchlights will be provided by twelve Cadillac sets. Powet for the light of the states will befurnished by the electric power plant of the Capitol. The rest of the - needed will come from the tomac Electric Power Company. parkle‘ iproperty w isible. ARMY, SERGT WOODFILL © uno£R WO 0D K UNPERWIID SErRGT THoMAS D.SAUNDERS G. A. R. VETERANS PROUD TO HONOR UNKNOWN HERO Wearers of Blue Among Proudest of Marchers in Great Demonstration. There were no prouder veterans among those who marched in honor of the nation's unknown hero today than those who wore the blue in the mortal crisis of the nation half a century ago. These survivors of the Grand "Army of the Republic were given first place in the line of veteran organizations. Lewis S. Pilcher of New York. com- mander-in-chief, led the G. A. R. con- tingent. The Department of the FPotomas G. A. R.. led by Commander John M Eiroy, formed for the parade at the junction of Deleware avenue and B Street northeast, in front of the main entrance of the Senate office building. The veterans, wearing their uniforms, assembled at 7:45 o'cl Comrade James H. Perkins of Lin- coln Post carried the mational colors, preceding _ the _commander-in-chief. Comrade Hazard Wheeler carried the colors of the department. The column was formed by Marshal John Middleton and moved into line immediately back of the section com- posed of the President f the United States and the nation's other official mourners. Lieut. Wayne Worrell served special aid to Department Commander McElroy. In a statement issued to the mem- bers of the department concerning the plans for their participation in the funeral procession, Commander Mec- Elroy sald: “All our internal divisions and differences are forgotten in this overwhelming impulse of loving tribute to one whose name even is unknown. 1t is enough that he is the same high type of those who in all our wars have made the utmost sacrifice.” ROTARIANS REPRESENTED AT ARLINGTON BURIAL Plan to Decorate Tomb Next March, When Fifth District Con- vention Is Held. Past International President John Poole and Ed L. Stock of the Wash- ington Rotary Club represented the international organization at the cer- emonies in Arlington today. as a token of recognition not only of the work done by the organization dur- ing the world war, but also for its part in establishing and promoting closer international relations. Next March the tomb of the un- known will be decorated with a huge wreath as a tribute of the Interna- tional_Rotary Club. Approximately 2,000 Rotarians will be in Washington at that time attending the conven- tions of the clubs of the fifth district. A number of members accompanied Mr. Poole and Mr. Stock as the dele- gation of the club at the services e e, engineer of the laboratory. whose services have been loaned to the com- mittee for the work. The piers of the arch, or portal, are to be finished in travertine, to assure an attrac- tive daylight effect. Display Planned for Inauguration. The entire illumination scheme means that the plans originally drawn up for President Harding’s in- auguration are to be carried out, with the jeweled archway substituted for {the court of honor which was pro- posed for the earlier occasion. It will constitute a quarter-billion dol- lar display, due to the loan by the Army and Navy of over $200.000 of and equipment, without ich no such display would be pos- The actual net outlay requir- ed will be but $30,000. 5 two days, November 11 and 12, but it is planned to have the archway re- main for thirty days and possibly for the entire duration of the limitation of armament conference. Mr. Gosling, the designer of the portal, says of the jewels: “As an adjunct of the ‘decorative arts,’ the ‘novagems,’ Mr. Ryan's, are a new acquisition. The designer of ontdoor decorations never before had at his disposal ob- jects of such surprising brilllance, such intensity of lovely prismatic col- ors, or 2 medium which would lend itself so admirably to treatment un- der artificizl light as well as in the rays of the sun. Upon a rare occasion a craftsman has an opportunity to weave a wealth of precious gems into possibly & crown, a utensil of the church or article of jewelry, so why not use the tiny gems which have al- s gas_required will be furnished 1'3’.'«1” ‘Washington Gas Light Com- Yoo h& portal, which will resemble a sofgebus necklace of jeweled lace suspended between its piers in_the Romén style: the illuminated ban- ners.and the Roman lamps, have been désigied by J. Woodley Gosling, deco- rgtive designer of the General Elec- trig - illuminating engineering labor- afory, who was a member of Mr. 's “staff in the lighting of the Papama Pacific exposition. The con- struetion work will be under the di- restion of o Wo construction ways been looked upon as of great beauty and magnify them to such size that a seiting must be devised which will consistently carry them? “Call the portal what you will—a girdle of gems, a necklace of jeweled lace. a_mosaic, such as is suggested by Mark Twain’s ‘Tce Storm of Archi- tecture” or a mammoth spider's web bespangled with drops of dew to sparkle in the wonderfully pure col- ors of the spectrum. The colors will dance in the sunlight and blaze with radiance never before seen in the powerful concentrated beams of ‘the newest development of artificial light +—the high intensity arq” > The actual celebration will last only | AMe ¢ { uled for overseas dut: THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1921 NAVY AND MARINE WAR HEROES SELECTED AS BODY BEARERS FOR UNKNOWN “BUDDY" Firsy Szp_cr,‘ HARRY TAYLOR. FIRST SERGT. LOUIS RAZA. STAFF SERGT. JAMESW. DELL. WILD SCENES OF Criter \VAfr en_ TENDER_ CHARLES' L. O'CONNOR. Cuier TorPEDO Man JAMES DELANEY GUNNERY SERGEANT. ERNEST A, JANSON™ JOY FOLLOW NEWS OF SIGNING OF ARMISTICE| .,,.... | All Activities Pushed Aside Three Years Ado as Delirious Throngs Stage Great Carnival. “The armistice was signed this morning.” These wards from President Wil- #on burned themselves indelibly into history three years ago today. They marked the end of civilization's great- est war. ‘Word had reached the State De- partment at 2.45 am. In five min- utes the wires from coast to coast sections of the country. In half an hour newspapers throughout the na- tion were turning out extra editions informing the American public of the event. The government departments open- ed in the morning for the regular routine. But there was to be no work on that day. One after an- other department opened their doors and sent .their workers into the streets to celebrate. Department stores and business houses closed down. From the board of education were sent orders releasing children from classrooms. Wilson Message Issued. President Wilson’s message to the American people announcing the termination of the war was issued during_the morning. It read “My Fellow Countrymen: stice was signed this morning. erything for which America fought has been accomplished. It will now be our fortunate duty to assist by example, by sober, friendly counsel and by material aid in the establish- ment of just democracy throughout the world.” The first evidence of concerted celebration came at moon. Led by Vance McCormick, groups gathered in front of the executive mansion and sang patriotic songs to the ac- companiment of a large band. At 1 o'clock the House and Senate heard the terms of the armistice, which had been signed in Paris by delegates of the allies and the en- tel President Wilson went to the Capitol and read the eventful me: sage to the. assembled House and Senate. He was cheered wildly along Pennsylvania avenue en route to the Capitol and also on his return to the White House. President Reviews Parad During the afternoon the President and Mrs. Wilson reviewed the parade which was staged as the initial fea- ture of the united war work drive. Through a singular coincldence the day .on which America celebrated the signing of the armistice had been set- aside previously for the opening iof the campaign of seven welfare organizations for a national budget of $170,600,000 for war work. Wasning- on's quota had been set at $800,000. Representatives of every phase of ric: military and civilian life marched in the parade. Huge floats were in line. Meanwhile America speedily turned the executive departments. were issued early in the afternoon by Gen. Crowder, in charge of the draft, halt- ing & movement of 252,000 men sched- The next an- nouncement from ¢his source was that the November call for 300,000 men had been set aside. In the Union station 300 selective service men from the District were about to entrain for Camp Greene, N. C.. when the order reached them. It arrived in the nick of time, and they did not leave their home city. Great Oelebration. Through the entife day Pen was. filled with a bra. lipse at the rear of the White House forty-eight huge bonfires were ki: dled—one designated for each sta President and Mrs. Wilson reviewed . The Monument and Capitol were {lluminated by batteries of searchlights. Rastrictions which been imposed on electricity were lifted. . Pennsylvania avenue, high- way of history in America, blazed with light. Starting early in the evening, throngs of soldiers, marines, civilians, girls, women children marching start up -and down the 7 ; Ag:‘m tin pana, cowbells, huge ret- tles. and other noise-making imple- ments blended with a gigantic cho- rus of voices .In the celebration. Girls without escorts found them. sel centers of “ring-around-the. rosies” circles. Civil war _veterans joined in the celebration. They were hoisted to the shoulders of men In the groups and given the place of honor in the throngs. Crowd Delirious With Joy. Singing, velling. laughing, the tide were carrying the message to allipf celebrants swept up and down the historic old avenue, making a con- glomerate scene of the greatest cele- bration the city has ever seem. Pedestrians and automobiles jam- med the thoroughfare to each side of the building lines. Snake dances and torches, confetti and clanging iron pipes formed features of the celebration. To the joy of the crowd the effigy of Kaiser Wilhelm was hung to an electric light post on low- er Pennsylvania avenue. Throughout America in the various | ies and in rural gathering centers he same scenes were enacted at the same time. There was a page in periodicals of that date which overshadowed the glorification. On it was the roll of honor. On that date already 71,089 casualties had been listed. Approxi- mately 13,000 were listed as killed in action, 5.000 as having died of wounds and & slightly larger number as dled of disease, while more than 1,200 deaths from accidents and other causes were listed. The wounded to- ; ed 39,080 and the missing were 1679, Paris Also Wild, Paris, meanwhile, was in a delirium of joy. While President Wilson was reading the terms of the armistice to the Congress, Premier Clemenceau was acting a similar role in the French chamber of deputies. After every clause he was stopped by renzied cheering. The mention of ‘Alsace-Lorraine” turned the gath- ering to a tumultous demonstration of triumph. The bourse—like the New York Stock Exchange—closed down for the day. The brokers of Paris paraded up and down the streets. The populace celebrated in a manner similar. to the people of America. ¥ In London omnibuses, with Tommies and sailors, disabled men and “fur- lough” men, rolled up and down the thoroughfares. The celebratiol reached its climax in a gatherin near Buckingham palace, where a chorus of thousands sent up the na- tional anthem, “God Save the King.” Japan and Italy celebrated in char- acteristic manner. ‘herever well known public officlals went they were Ereetfifl with riotous cheers. The ing of Italy journeved to Trieste, where a special celebration was staged. Kaiser Flees to Holland. Cables also had brought the news of the progress of Germany’'s revolu- tion, which had started the day pre- vious to the signing of the armistice. The kaiser fled to Holland. Specu- lation a8 to what government would be dealt with in concluding armistice terms was rife. The dispatches also brought news of the birth of new republics in the Teutonic territaries. Bavaria sprang nr into the rank of republics over- night. This nation was followed by ‘Wurttemberg, Schleswig-Holstein and others. Revolutionists had taken va. rious German cities and the world was facing an immediate change of political complexion through the western portion of the eastern hemi- sphere. TAFT AND WILSON FACE. - Bit Opposite Each Other at Arling- ton. Two former Presidents of the. United States—Chief Justice Taft of the Supreme Court and Woodrow Wil- son—eat opposite each other during the services held in the amphitheater at Arlington. Fo r President Wilson occupied box 6% next to the stage on . the right hand side. . With him were Mrs. ‘Wilson end his physician, Admiral Grayson. ) companjon box on_the other side of the stage was ovcupied by PRAYER T0 BE SA AS NATION HALTS Issued by Family Altar League in Memory of War’s Dead. CHICAGO, IIl, November 11.—The prayer that follows was prepared and issued by the Family Altar League of America, to be said in the two-minute period proclaimed by President Harding for noon today in memory of the fallen soldiers of the world war and on behalf of the as- sembled peace conference. The prayer: “Thou Eternal God, who hast made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, grant us that the peace we com- memorate this day shall endure forever. Help us, in the day of Thy power, to beat into plowshare and pruninghook the arms we so lately lald down. Let the birds make their nests In our useless cannon and the grass grow upon our crumbling fortresses. Bless and establish the work of them that strive to banish from Thy world for all time the dread menace of war. “In fulfillment of Thine ancient promise, wipe away all tears from the eyes of them that still weep for their soldier dead, and cleanse from all hearts the bitterness of conflict. Bring and bind together Thy chil- dren of the families of earth in a new brotherhood of kindliness and good will, man toward man and na- tion toward nation, untll ‘east and west' is no more. 'hese things we ask of Thee, through Thy infinite love and un. failing mer . for the sake of all those that war has made to suffer and for every home that war has darkened, so that their sacrifice shall not have been in vain. In the name of Him who came to bring His peace to earth and good will toward men. men."” Tn addition to its 100,000 member- ship in the United States the Famil Altar League is represented by mem berships in_ India, South America, Australia, New Zealand and China and soon will be represented i Japan. Rev. W. E. Blegerwolf of In dianapolis is its president and Wil- liam Matthew Holderby of Chicago secretary. Among the member. of directors are: Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark_ of Boston, president of the World Christian ~Endeavor Society; Howard Agnew Johnston. president of the Chicago Church Federation; S, Me! of the board city, ) eral Council of Churches in America: Henry P. Crowell, chairman of the Chicago committee of fifteen for the prevention of erime, and John Tim othy Stone, D. D, pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago. FALLEN HERO TO SLEEP WITH WAR-FAMED DEAD from Thirty-third Page.) tion for officers west of the house. Eleven revolutionary officers are buried in the cemetery. Dead of the Spanish-American war, as well as of the civil and past conflicts, and now victims of the world war are buried1 in the cemetery. The Spanish war monument and the anchor of the battleship Maine are interesting memorials. A monu- ment to the Confederate dead was dedicated in June, 1914, by the United Confederate Veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic. United Daugh- ters of the Confederacy provided the monument, which is of bronze and marble. It was the work of the late Sir Moses Ezekiel. A statue of a woman typifies the south in peace. A relief shows the south in wai Mansion Bullt in 1802 The house at Arlington is of itself of tremendous historical interest, being In the classic colonial archi- tecture, with doric columns modeled after the best Grecian designs. The house was built in 1802 by George Washington Parke Custis. Lafay- ette at one time visitéd it. The man- sion later became the property ol Robert E. Lee. When he resigned from the federal army, northern troops captured the house and es tablished headquarters there. Later it became a hospital. Its beginning as a cemetery has been related. Lines of a Greek Temple. To form the colonnade a double row of the great marble pillars march around the circle wherein the marble benches are set. Facing the benches and with its back to the terrace where stands the tomb is the sculp- tured hollow of the apse, where the solemn rites for burial take place. The structure has the lines of an ancient Greek temple, a fitting rest- ing place for the honored, unknown soldier, who is its only occupant. Over the ridge beyond the amphi- theater are seen the grass-grown ramparts of old Fort Myer, with the dead clustering about them. Farther along, the pillared portico of the old Lee mansion thrusts out through the crowding woods to look down over the vista of hill and river to Wash- ington. And just over the road stands the Army post of Fort Myer, garrison flag a fluttering glimpse of color over the quiet scene, the roar of its sunrise and sunset guns waking the echoes among the graves of the |1895. dead; the faint, far call of its bugles singing also for these sleeping war- riors, resting in their last encamp. ment. JOFFRE TO TOUR EAST. Marshal Leaves Paris for Trip Carry France’s Greetings. PARIS, November 9.—Marshal Joffre | Protected cruiser, left Paris this evening for Marseill where on Friday he will start on his | missioned February &, its lan unknown American soldier, to | When you are ready, Gridley. MOST COVETED DECORATIONS PLACED AMERICA'S UNKNOWN HERO. COUNTRIES TO BE Order of the Crown, Italy. —_— e MANY MOTHERS ATTEND. One thousand of the 5,040 seats In the amphitheater in Arlington ceme- tery were occupied by Gold Star Mothers and other nearest relatives of those who died in the world war during the exercises today if con- nection with the burial of America’ unknown hero. These seats were I served by the War Department o7 51555 ORIGIN OF HONORS ’ TO UNKNOWN DEAD Provision Made by Congress for Burial of Unidentified Soldier in Arlington. BILL SIGNED MARCH 4, 21 Measure Introduced in House De- cember 21. 1920, by Repre- sentative Hamilton Fish, Jr. The proposal to bury in Arlington ‘cemetery one of the unidentified dead American soldiers who gave their lives in France during the world war was first formally launched here December 21, 1920, when Representa- tive Hamilton Fish, jr. introduced = joint resolution directing the Secrc- tary of War to bring the body of such a soldier to this country for burial with appropriate ceremonies in thc amphitheatre at Arlington. The English and the French had al- ready adopted this plan of doing honcr to all their soldiers, through the hon- oring of an unknown dead soldier. In England the unknown soldier dead !i(’fi buried in Westminster Abbey. and in France in the shadow of the Arc de Triumph: Plan Quickly Approved. The plan prop Mr. Fish won ready approval had been an earlier suggestion that the unidenti- fied dead soldier be buried in > York. but this was abandoned and t preference given to Arlington, passed by the House early and favorable the Secnate, Se dsworth New York, chairman of the militars affairs ommittee taking char; of ‘Vietoria Cross, ! tand { who had o lhad no the measure in that bod Tution was one of the lust presented to former Preside for his approval. and was him on March 4 last. When the matter was taken up by Congress, Secretary Baker, then head of the War Department, gave his ap- proval to the plan and pointed out that in order to carry out the pre- visions of the resolution in Attins form it would be necessary to expen money and that an appropriation would be needed. He gave Congre detailed estimate of what it would cost to bring the body to America with fitting honor troops 1o Washington, along With representa- tives of former service men, totali about §187,000,000. Date First Choscn. It was at first planned to have ceremonies at Arlington on last, Decoration day. It was pointed t. Col. Charles « cemeterial divi measures t Wilson signed by identifying the dead in France, that if a premature selection made of a body to bury Ar it might later be identified. & entire plan to honor—through known dead—the American of the world war would b at time, he unidenti number m He = Wi th lowered. France, and considerably that the ce least until day, and this plan was adopted. Col. Pierce also recomme all the unidentified dead trom France to this country buried with the honors proposed be given the single representative of the unknown dead. Every mother a son, he said, and who knowledge of his where- abouts, or what had become of hi then would have a shrine ington to which she could pilgrimage. Adhere to Original Plan. The original plan of ecting on of the unidentified dead in Fra was adhered to. however. and is to- day being carried out. The present Congress was called upon to make ap- propriations for the return of the dead body to America and the cere- monies here. Secretary Weeks al and ngressional Medal of Honor, United submitted an e naate of the cost, amounting to $175.000, but Congress would not agree to such a furge propriation, and finally put through resolution providing 50,000. h meant a considerab! reduced {gram from that originally outlined | Secretary Baker and later 1 tary Week i DEWEY FLAGSHIP THE BEARER | 300 RED CROSS WOMEN. OF UNKNOWN ACROSS THE SEA [pissctive 9nit sarces s 2 U..S. S. Olympia, Which Brought Hero’s Body From France, Famous in Annals of Navy Activities. Famous as the flagship of Admiral Dewey, the U. S. Olympia, which is bringing to this country the body of has figured in the activities of the Navy since she went into commission in The first shot of the battle of Manila was fired from the Olympia, and in his autobiography Admiral Dewey ma¥es this reference: “At 5:40 when we were within a distance of 5,000 yards I turned to Capt. Gridley and said: ‘You may fire Named for the capital city of the state of Washington, the Olympia, a was built at the San Francisco, She was com- 1895. Her Union Iron Works, keel being laid in 1890. trip to the far east to carry France's |length on load water line is 340 feet; greetings to the nations there. Represents Engineer Corps At Unknown Soldier Burial MASTER SERGT. BURT SAPP, ! exterior breadth, 58 feet; mean draft, 21 feet; displacement, 5.870 tons. She left Mare Island August 25, 1893, under command of Capt. J. Read to join the Asiatic squadron, cruising in waters of Sandwich Islands, Japan, China, etc., as flagship of Rear Admiral F. V. McNair. On July .28, 1897, Capt. G. V. Gridley relieved Capt. Read, in command of the vessel, and on January 3, 1898, became the flag- ship of Admiral George Dewey. May 1, 1898, in the battle of Manila bay she led the attack on the ships of the Spanish squadron, action lasting from 5:41 a.m. (with an interruption of three hours) until 12:30 p.m. and end- ing in the destruction of the enemy’s vessels. = ‘ Protects American Interests. On account of the ill health of Capt. Gridley Commander B. P. Lamberton was ordered to take command of the Olympia in June, 1898. The vessel continued with the Asiatic squadron until she went out of commission, November 8, 1898, at the navy yard, Boston, Mass. Recommissioned at the Boston yard, January 25, 1902,| under command of Capt. H. W. Lyon, she joined the North Atlantic squad- ron as flagship in April. She was at Annlpoll%. Md., May 21-25, 1902, re- celving the Rochambeau commission, and July 15-17, 1902, attended the dedication of Stony Point battlefield. In December, 1903, and for three months in 1904 the Olympia was pro- tecting American interests in Panama, going on the same service in June to August at Smyrna and Turkey, and in , 1905, and from July to De- cember of the same year being on a similar mission in Dominican waters, Capt. James D. Adams, commanding. She was placed out of commisgion on April 2, 1906, at the Norfolk navy yard. Recommissioned at J.| April tho navy, vard, Norfolk, May 15, 1907, Capt Thomas B. Howard, commanding, she cruised with midshipmen from the Naval Academy. Placed in reserve August 30, 1907, at Annapolis, and in full commission June 1, 1908; the Olympia successively under the com- mand of Commander W. S. Benson, Lieut Commander Henry W. Ziege- meier, Commander Albert P. Niblack, Lieut. Commander Carlo B. Brittain, Commander John Hood and Com mander Archibald H. Scales, remain ing at Annapolis until March, 1912, when she was taken to Charleston, Takes Part in World War. When war was declared, April 6, 1917, the Olympia was en route from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, to the Norfolk navy yard. A week later she was designated flagship of the patrol force. Various service followed, in- cluding patrol duty off the coast of Nova Scotia and ocean escort for British merchantmen en route to and from New York from the war zone. 28, 1918, she sailed from Charleston for England, and May 20 left Scapa Flow for Murmansk. Rus sia, later going to Archangel and finally returning to Englind. From April, 1920, until May, 1821, the Olympia was flagship of the United States naval forces in the Adriatic. During this time she cruised; her principal ports of call were Dalmatia and Venice, Italy. Oth- er pdrts she visited were Pola, Italy; Rogusa, Dalmatia; Malta and Naples Italy. In December, 1920, while en route from Spalato to Venice, she re ceived orders to proceed immediately 1o the Black sea to assist in the evac- uation of the Russian refugees who were being driven out of the Crimea by the bolsheviki upon Wrangel's de- feat. When rounding the southern coast of Greece orders were received directing her return to Penice, as the evacuation had been completed. Cares for Russian Refugees. Shortly after her arrival at Venice orders were received directing her to proceed to Ragusa, Dalmatia, to assist in caring for refugees who had been landed there and were in desperate circumstances due to hunger, lack of shelter and the outbreak of smallpox | E and typhus. At Ragusa about 2,500 refugees were Providad for. The ship distributed fuel for heating and cook- ng, soap and towels, clothing and food; and the medical officer of the ship cared for the sick and inaugu- rated what sanitary measures were possible under the circumstances. At Christmas, 1920, the ship re- ceived touching testimonials from the refugees, one from the women and children apd the other from the men. The originals of testimonials cession. One of the distinctive units of the procession which' escorted the bods of the unknown soldier to_ Arlington today was the American Red Cross section, composed of 300 women. They wore the uniforms in which they served during the world war. chapters of the Red Cross were invit- ed to send marchers to Washington to participate in the ceremonie: morializing for all time the of Americans who died in the re great conflict, but most of the |sentation came from the District of { Columbia chapter. RECOGNIZE COLORED MEN Dr. Scott and Wife Given Seats at Arlington. In recognition of the 400.000 colored men who were called to the colors dur- ing the war, 200,000 of whom went overseas, the War Department provid- ed seats for the services in the ampiii- theater at Arlington today for Dr. Em- mett J. Scott and Mrs. Scott. Dr. Scott served as Speclal assistant to the Secretary of War, advising in mat- ters affecting colored troops and civil- ians. Two colored organizations had places in the cortege that escorted the body of the unknown to Arlington. They were “The Colored Veterans of the War” of New York city and the “Grand Army of Americans” of the District of Columbia. me- are framed and hang in the capta cabin of the Olympia. In April, 1921, the Olympia left Adriatic_for the United States, s ping at Naples and Gibraltar en r and arriving at Philadelphia My 25, - 1921, having been away for fourteen months. She then b the flagship of the train of the lantic fleet. On October 3, 1921, the ship left Newport for France to brine to the United States the remains of «n unknown soldier. ‘Roster of Ship's Officers. The Olympla flies the flag of Reur Admiral Lloyd H. Chxndler.‘ U. 8. N. and is commanded by Capt. Henry L. *Wyman U. S. N. The roster of officers includes: Licut. Commander James W. Hayward, Lieut. Commander Comfort B. Platt, Lieut. Robert L., Randolph, Lieut. Charles F. Dame, Lieut. Arthur F. Spencer, Lieut. Henry D. Stailey Lieut, Ralph B. Wallace, Lieut. (ju- nior grade) Thomas J. Griffin, Lieut. (Junior grade) James H. Woodward, Ensign_Lloyd K. Cleveland, Ensign dgar V. Carrithers, Ensign Warren K. Sherman, Lieut. Commander (M. C.) Alfred L. Clifton, Lieut. (M. C.) J mes E. Fetherstone, Lieut. (M. C.) DeWitt C. Emerson, Lieut. (8. C.) William R. Ryan, Lieut. (Junior grade), (Ch. C.) Joseph T. Casey, Boatswain Wi Hardy, Gunner Clarence L. Dann. Ma- chinist Joseph F. Bilas, Machinist John H. Meara, Machinist Charles D. Bell, Carpenter Harwood H. Roe, Ch. P. Thomas E. Harris, A. P. C. Clar- B. Lyan, P. C Myron A. e