SENATORS RENOUNCE WAR DEPT FOR TREATMENT AT UNKNOWN SOLDIER FUNERAL
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On February 9, 1922, "several senators renounced the War Department for placing the Senate far back...in the funeral procession for the unknown soldier last Armistice Day."
The Evening Star reports that Senator Henry F. Ashurst* (D-Arizona) said the Senate "had been relegated to the rear in the parade" and, in this regard, the War Department "insulted the Senate."
Senator Augustus O. Stanley** (D-Kentucky) added that things were so bad bureau chiefs and department clerks were able to tell the senators "to go way back and sit down."
*Henry Fountain Ashurst (1874-1962) was born in Winnemucca, Nevada "in a covered wagon" & became one of the 1st 2 senators from Arizona. HFA was a graduate of University of Michigan Law School & served in US Senate 1912-1941. He was a noted public speaker.
**Augustus O. Stanley (1867-1958) was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky & graduated Centre College, 1889. AOS served in US House of Representatives 1903-19115, as Governor of KY 1915-1919 & U.S. Senate 1919-1925. His grandson became a well-known LSD chemist & backer of the Grateful Dead during the Hippie movement.
SOURCE
"Senate Dignity Hurt By Position In Cortege of Unknown Soldier," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., February 9, 1922, Library of Congress, www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
