﻿A 
  MEMORIAL 
  TO 
  PEARY 
  

  

  The 
  National 
  Geographic 
  Society 
  Dedicates 
  Monument 
  

  

  in 
  Arlington 
  National 
  Cemetery 
  to 
  Discoverer 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  North 
  Pole 
  

  

  A 
  HISTORIC 
  ceremony, 
  of 
  especial 
  

   interest 
  to 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Na- 
  

   tional 
  Geographic 
  Society? 
  took 
  

   place 
  at 
  Arlington 
  National 
  Cemetery 
  

   April 
  6, 
  1922, 
  when 
  a 
  memorial 
  erected 
  

   by 
  the 
  Society 
  at 
  the 
  grave 
  of 
  Rear- 
  

   Admiral 
  Robert 
  E. 
  Peary, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  was 
  

   unveiled 
  upon 
  the 
  thirteenth 
  anniversary 
  

   of 
  Peary's 
  discovery 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Pole. 
  

  

  Not 
  since 
  the 
  Armistice 
  Day 
  funeral 
  

   of 
  the 
  unknown 
  hero, 
  who 
  is 
  buried 
  at 
  

   the 
  entrance 
  to 
  its 
  amphitheater, 
  has 
  such 
  

   a 
  notable 
  assemblage 
  been 
  present 
  at 
  Ar- 
  

   lington 
  as 
  that 
  which 
  honored 
  the 
  man 
  

   who 
  reached 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  goal 
  

   of 
  intrepid 
  Arctic 
  explorers 
  for 
  many 
  

   centuries. 
  

  

  This 
  gathering 
  included 
  the 
  President 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  Mrs. 
  Harding, 
  

   William 
  Howard 
  Taft, 
  Chief 
  Justice 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  ; 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  State 
  

   and 
  Mrs. 
  Hughes; 
  Edwin 
  Denby, 
  Secre- 
  

   tary 
  of 
  the 
  Navy; 
  Col. 
  Theodore 
  Roose- 
  

   velt, 
  Assistant 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Navy; 
  

   the 
  Ambassador 
  of 
  France 
  and 
  Mme. 
  

   Jusserand, 
  and 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  

   Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Geographic 
  

   Society: 
  Alexander 
  Graham 
  Bell, 
  John 
  

   Joy 
  Edson, 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Bell, 
  David 
  Fair- 
  

   child, 
  C. 
  Hart 
  Merriam, 
  O. 
  P. 
  Austin, 
  

   George 
  R. 
  Putnam, 
  George 
  Shiras, 
  3d, 
  

   Col. 
  E. 
  Lester 
  Jones, 
  Grant 
  Squires, 
  Rear- 
  

   Admiral 
  C. 
  M. 
  Chester, 
  Frederick 
  V. 
  

   Coville, 
  Rudolph 
  Kauffmann, 
  T. 
  L,. 
  Mac- 
  

   donald, 
  S. 
  N. 
  D. 
  North, 
  John 
  Oliver 
  La 
  

   Gorce, 
  J. 
  Howard 
  Gore, 
  George 
  Otis 
  

   Smith, 
  O. 
  H. 
  Tittmann, 
  Henry 
  White, 
  

   and 
  Stephen 
  T. 
  Mather. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  audience 
  also 
  were 
  members 
  of 
  

   both 
  houses 
  of 
  Congress, 
  Major 
  General 
  

   John 
  A. 
  Lejeune, 
  Commandant 
  of 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Marine 
  Corps 
  ; 
  Brigadier 
  General 
  David 
  

   L. 
  Brainard, 
  of 
  the 
  Greely 
  Expedition, 
  

   who 
  with 
  Lockwood 
  in 
  1882 
  won 
  the 
  rec- 
  

   ord 
  of 
  the 
  farthest 
  north, 
  previously 
  held 
  

   by 
  Great 
  Britain 
  for 
  300 
  years 
  ; 
  Admiral 
  

   R. 
  E. 
  Coontz, 
  Rear- 
  Admiral 
  Cary 
  T. 
  Gray- 
  

   son, 
  Rear-Admiral 
  W. 
  A. 
  Moffett, 
  Rear- 
  

   Admiral 
  W. 
  L. 
  Rodgers, 
  Rear-Admiral 
  

  

  T. 
  L. 
  Latimer, 
  Rear- 
  Admiral 
  John 
  S. 
  

   Carpenter; 
  Rear-i\dmiral 
  L. 
  E. 
  Gregory, 
  

   Rear- 
  Admiral 
  M. 
  T. 
  Endicott, 
  and 
  Capt. 
  

   R. 
  E. 
  Bakenhus, 
  representing 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  Yards 
  and 
  Docks, 
  Peary's 
  own 
  corps 
  

   in 
  the 
  Navy 
  (formerly 
  the 
  Civil 
  Engineer 
  

   Corps) 
  ; 
  Rear- 
  Admiral 
  George 
  W. 
  Baird; 
  

   a 
  Masonic 
  delegation 
  from 
  Kane 
  Lodge 
  

   of 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  gov- 
  

   ernment 
  officials, 
  explorers, 
  distinguished 
  

   representatives 
  of 
  scientific 
  organizations 
  

   and 
  universities, 
  together 
  with 
  hundreds 
  

   of 
  prominent 
  citizens 
  of 
  the 
  Nation's 
  

   Capital 
  and 
  friends 
  of 
  the 
  discoverer 
  of 
  

   the 
  North 
  Pole 
  who 
  came 
  from 
  distant 
  

   cities. 
  

  

  Companies 
  of 
  bluejackets, 
  marines, 
  and 
  

   infantrymen, 
  under 
  the 
  command 
  of 
  Capt. 
  

   T. 
  S. 
  Brand, 
  of 
  the 
  64th 
  Infantry, 
  formed 
  

   a 
  hollow 
  square 
  around 
  the 
  memorial 
  

   during 
  the 
  exercises. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Gilbert 
  Grosvenor, 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  

   National 
  Geographic 
  Society, 
  presided 
  

   and 
  made 
  the 
  introductory 
  address. 
  The 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Navy, 
  Edwin 
  Denby, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Navy, 
  

   Theodore 
  Roosevelt, 
  whose 
  family 
  name 
  

   was 
  borne 
  by 
  the 
  vessel 
  used 
  by 
  Peary 
  in 
  

   his 
  Arctic 
  voyage, 
  paid 
  high 
  tribute 
  to 
  

   the 
  explorer. 
  The 
  Rev. 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  

   Wood 
  offered 
  the 
  invocation. 
  

  

  THE 
  EXPLORER'S 
  DAUGHTER 
  UNVEILED 
  

   THE 
  MONUMENT 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Edward 
  Stafford, 
  daughter 
  of 
  

   Rear-Admiral 
  Peary, 
  drew 
  aside 
  the 
  

   Union 
  Jack 
  which 
  veiled 
  the 
  memorial, 
  

   as 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Marine 
  Band 
  played 
  

   the 
  National 
  Anthem. 
  While 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  company 
  stood 
  with 
  bared 
  

   heads, 
  she 
  slowly 
  hoisted, 
  upon 
  a 
  flagstaff 
  

   near 
  by, 
  the 
  historic 
  silken 
  Stars 
  and 
  

   Stripes 
  which 
  her 
  father 
  carried 
  wrapped 
  

   about 
  his 
  body 
  and 
  unfurled 
  at 
  the 
  North 
  

   Pole 
  to 
  signify 
  that 
  an 
  American 
  was 
  the 
  

   first 
  to 
  attain 
  it. 
  She 
  was 
  escorted 
  by 
  

   her 
  brother, 
  Robert 
  E. 
  Peary, 
  Jr. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Robert 
  E. 
  Peary, 
  companion 
  of 
  

   her 
  husband 
  on 
  several 
  of 
  his 
  Arctic 
  ex- 
  

  

  639 
  

  

  