The seven -kindred delegates of the Legion front all parts
of the country assembled 'on the Horse Guards' Parade, and were there joined by the Metropolitan branches of the Legion. They were all in plain clothesanci-one noticed many who were crippled and blind.. After Prince Henry had inspected them they formed fours and marched. to the. Cenotaph. The. service was conducted
by- the- Dean. of Westminster,- and the.: band of the Grenadier Guards played the accompaniments-to -the-hymns. The Legion's
wreath which was placed on. the Cenotaph bore the. inscription, " The -Legion of the living .salutes- the Legion of the dead.
We -will not-break faith with ye.." Among the prayers was this beautiful one which dates back to the sixteenth. century:—
" 0 Lord,- support. us all the-day long of this- , troubelous life,; until the shades lengthen,, and .the• evening: come,. and the • buisy world is hushed, the fever of life; is, overt. and our work done. Then; Lord, in: Thy mercy, grant us•eafe- lodgeing, a holy rest, and peace-at-the last through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."
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