AMERICA’S UNKNOWN SOLDIER

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 42, 12 November 1921, Page 7

AMERICA’S UNKNOWN SOLDIER

IMPRESSIVE SCENES IN CAPITOL. Washington, November 10. , An endless procession ,of great and small people passed by tho bier cf America’s unknown soldier in the Capitol, laying flowers and paying ether tributes. Throughout the day there was not! a moment when crowds were not waiting their turn to enter the Capitol. The British Embassy sent an impressive parade, headed by Mr. Balfour, Sir Auckland Geddes, .Lord Beatty, and the Earl of Cavan, occupying a score of automobiles. Two trucks carried flowers and wreaths from King George, Mr. Lloyd George, Australia. New Zealand, Canada, India, and Newfoundland. Delegations from hundreds of societies brought magnificent floral emblems.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. November 11, 5.5 p.m.) New York, November 10. Canada’s wreath was placed in position by Sergeant Richardson, the oldest living wearer of the Victoria Cross. Officers of the- Guards and . Highlanders laid the British wreaths on the bier.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. November 11, 9.5 p.m.) New York, November 10. The Australian Press Association’s Washington correspondent stales that the Australian delegation to the conference laid a wreath on the coffin of the unknown soldier on behalf of the Australian people.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.