BUGLE BLOWS LAST TRIBUTE TQ SOLDIER i is Laid to Rest in Belle- ville Cemetery IMPRESSIVE RITES Full Military Honors Shown Citizen And War Veteran§ • Comrades in war and comrades in peace marching with measured and stately tread to music of lament escorted the body of Major Arthur Lyon Johnson, M.M., a veteran of the Great War, to its last resting plaee in the Belleville Cemetery on ithe shores of the Bay of Quinte Saturday afternoon. Officers and men in uniform, many of them wearing medals and decorations of the Great War; men in mufti with medals and decorations of the same war and some with medals of the I South African War displayed upon 1 their breasts, and many civilians in 'motorcars followed in dignified procession the gun carriage upon which was borne the casket draped with the Union Jack. Shortly before two o'clock the s escort party detailed from the ranks ' of the Argyll Light Infantry in j charge of Capt. J. W. Howard, the i veterans in charge of Sergeant Major W. Jack, D.C.M., M.M., and Bar, the Argyll Brass Band under Mr. Ross Hunter, the Argyll Pipe Band under Pipe Major Albert Johnstone, the 21st. Battalion Club Band directed by Lieut. E. R. Hinchey, the honorary bearers and bearers marched to the residence of , the late Sir Mackenzie Bowell on ! Will! air? Street! MOW o.ccni>?'ed. by,his i daughter, Mrs. G. W. McCarthy, the mother-in-law of the late Major Johnson. Here in a room contain- ing a mass of beautiful flowers conveying sympathy and regret from friends and organizations, the burial office of the Church of ' England was conducted by Major.! the Rev. W. E. Kidd, M.C., of! Kingston, Overseas Padre of thej 21st. Battalion of which the late Major Johnson was a member. At the conclusion of the service the parade was formed and to the solemn music of the pipers, playing a lament started on its slow march to the cemetery. Two former! commanding officers of the Argyll' ! Light Infantry, Col. W. N. Ponton,; I V.D., and Lt.-Col. D. M. Barragar.l ' V.D., were present with the military j escort. L- On either side of the gun carriage marched the honorary and the active bearers; they were as follows:i Honorary Bearers--Lt._Col. E. A.i Geen, V.D., Major A. B. Gribble,| (Major H. F. Alford, Major H. M. Jones, Major J. G. Sword, M.C., and Bar, Col. Roscoe Vanderwater, D.S.O. and Bar, V.D.. Lt.-Col. Yates, M.C.. Major B. C. Donnan, Major L. P. Green and Capt. J. G. Caldwell. Active Bearers--Sergt. W. G Crerar, M.M.. F. M. Deacon, H. McElrath, H. Holway, Sergt. W. Michaud and W. Sheppard. All the active bearers were comrades of the' late Major Johnson in the 21st. Battalion overseas and are now j members of the local branch of the 121st. Battalion Club. Numerous former 21st. Battalion men came from a distance to join their com- rades in Belleville in paying tribute to him in death who had been one of them in time of war and an enthusiastic member of their Bat- talion Association in after wan davs. ! The funeral arrangements were in charge of Lieut._Col. E. A. Geen, V.D., commanding officer of the j Argyll Light Infantry and his of-; | ficers assisted by Mr. L. G. Madden, i the first vice-president of the 21st. Battalion Association and secretary of the Belleville branch of the 21st. Battalion Club. All the arrange-- I ments were carried out with military [precision and in accordance with | them the parade came to a halt on( ithe Trent Road opposite to the; ; Albert College grounds. Here the I escort party withdrew and the rest of the parade proceeded in motor^ busses and motor cars to the ceme- tery, at the entrance to which thel parade was again formed with the 21st. Battalion Club Band and firing party and march resumed to the place of interment. At the grave the latter part of the burial office was conducted by Major the Rev. A, Beauchamp Payne, chaplain of the Argyll Light | Infantry, and overseas Padre and! vicar of St. Thomas* Church. Immediately following the service the firing party detailed from thel Argyll Light Infantry in charge of Sergt.-Major J. Fisher fired a salute of three volleys over the grave after which Sergt. J. Finden sound- ed upon the bugle the Last Post. The occasion was, indeed, impres- sive, solemn and affecting as the clear notes of the bugle pealed out into the great stillness the sad tones while the firing party present- ed arms, the officers stood at salute and the large gathering of veterans and civilians stood with heads bared. Reveille brought the officers and men to attention and this was t.he end; tribute had been paid by comrades and friends to Major Arthur Johnson, he has passed on to the great unknown, but memory of him as a soldier and friend will remain long with those who him. •' f.i * ' Apr i !->