The ceremony was simplicity itself. Having arrived in Sungkiang, train, the American Legion party and friends proceeded over the new motor road by rickshaw to the grave. Because of inclement weather, a slight drizzle falling during the day, the address was given in the anteroom to the grave compound, The Rev. W. B. Budke, who has been a missionary in Sungkiang for 40 years, opened the assembly with prayer, after which Mr. Forbes, having been introduced by Maj. Bassett, voiced the worldwide appreciation of men such as Gen, Ward, at the same. time comparing him with the Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, who at the moment. is subduing rebels against the Government.
Subsequent to the address, Mr. Burke translated the speech, "after which Mr, Sung spoke on behalf of Mr, Chai Chung-yn, President of the Sungkiang Chamber of Commerce. The Benediction having been pronounced by Mr. Burke, a wreath was. laid on the tomb of Gen. Ward by Post Commander P. Charlot and Past Commander L. Miller.
'A party of Chinese soldiers, who were reviewed at the station by Mr. Forbes and officers of the Legion, having proceeded to the fired three volleys over the grave, "after which a bugler, detached from the 4th Regiment USMC, sounded the customary "Taps."
Others attending the ceremony in-eluded gentry of Sungkiang, headed
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