The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-17
BURIAL OF ENSIGN BAGLEY.
NOBLE TRIBUTE PAID THE DEAD
NAVAL HERO.


Pageant Ever Seen at Raleigh he
fOre-weaItb of Floral Tributes
From Near and Fnr-The Remains
Placed In State in the ROtunda OF
the CapitOI-PrOeessiOn TO the
Grave an Imposing One.
Raleigh, N. c., May 16-The United
States and North Carolina to-day paid
noble tribute to the memory Of The gal
liant ensign, Worth Bagley. the first officer
killed in the war with Spain.
Nothing to approach to-days funeral
pageant was ever seen here. The body ar
rived late last night. was met by an escort
of the First Regiment of Volunteers, and
taken to the home of Ensign Bagleys
widowed mother, where detail of troops
kept constant guard.
The scene at the home was mournful in
the extreme and the tender love of all
classes of people for the dead was shown
In the stream of callers and the wealth of
floral tributes. The latter came from near
and far, and it was significant that most
of them were red, white and blue.
On the casket were the dead officers
chapeau and sword. Among the floral of
ferings, which literally banked the casket
and filled all available space in the room,
were palms sent by Gen. Breckenridge, in
memory of his son, the lamented Cabel
Breckenridge, young Bagleys classmate.
There were also flowers covered with a
national flag sent by the Breckenridge
family. Sea weed and oleander from the
people of Key West; flowers from Capt.
Chester, of the cruiser Cincinnati; porce-
boat Winslow; palms tied with navy colors
orange and blue, sent by Miss Gertrude
Phillips, of Washington; and a North
Carolina flag of flowers from Savannah.
At the doorway of the house was looped
a national flag with a crepe streamer.
Assistant Naval Constructor, Lieut..
Lawrence L. Adams came from Norfolk
to represent the navy department.
The body remained at the house until
2SO this afternoon, when IL was taken TO
the capitol and placed in the rotunda.
The rotunda was draped in the national
and state colors.
A steady stream of people flowed by for
two hours The face was not exposed.
1t was reported that it was disigured by
the explosion of the she'll but this was
Inaccurate. The face wore a smile.
The casket was removed from the ro-
tunda at o'clock and placed in front of
the statue of Washington, where the ex-
ercises were held in the presence of the
family and the city clergy and 10000 peo-
pie, including all the United States, state
and city officials, military, veterans, ca
diets and school children.
Col. Thomas S. Kenon was master Of
ceremonies.
The exercises were as follows:
Hymn-"rhe Son of God Goes Forth 20
War" Ae .a.a.r4.
(, Prayer =
solo-"There Is a Land Mine Eyes Have
Seen"
The nineteenth Psalm.
Quartette-"Abide with Me-"
Scripture and Prayer-By Rev, DR.. Eu-
gene Daniels, Ensign Bagleys pastor.
Hymn-"Just AS 1 Ann
The procession, at $50, moved to Oak
wood Cemetery as follows:
Police.
First and Second Regiments United
States volunteers.
Music.
Body in funeral Grapes all in black,
drawn by six black horses with black
housing, with six sergeants as body bear
ers and six captains Of volunteers as hons
orary palbearers.
Clergy, family and relatives, together
with Lieut.. Adams. u. S. N.
Agricultural and Mechanical Art College
cadets.
Confederate Camp, C. A. r. Post.
Gov RUSSELL Senator Butler and 9TH
er national, state and city officials.
Raleigh Male Academy student, includ-
ing Ensign Bagley's classmates and pupils
of public schools.
Fifteen thousand persons saw the pro-
cession. All business was suspended dur
ing the exercises.
The ceremonies at the grave were brief.
As the procession moved. eleven guns
we're fired by a battery and eleven were
fired at the grave, and then the two regl-
ments fired three volleys.
The body was buried quite near tho
grave of Ensign Bagley's grandfather,
Gov. Worth.
The ceremonies were marked by deep
public feeling, and the military portion of
them wasawhat would be proper at the
burial of a brigadier general.
Richmond, Va, May l6.-From 4 TO 8 p.
m. to-day the state and national flags
were, by order of the Governor, put at
half mast on the capitol building as a
tribute to the men DRY of Ensign Worth
Bagley of North Carolina.
ORDERS TO OFFICERS.