The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-27

| bearers, the others being Commanders
Wadhams, Kennedy and Storey, and Sur
| geons McClurg and Bertsllot.
The naval escort was further enhanced
! by the navy yard band. with a company
| Of marines from the navy yard under
command of Captain Bannon and a COM
pany of bluejackets from the Chicago
under command Of Lieutenant Williams.
1t was an impressive and, withal. an in
teresting sight as the body was carried
from the train to the government tug by
a dozen sturdy sailor lads. The officers
Of the navy stood reverently on the for
ward deck, with barred heads, as the cof-
fin was slowly carried over the gang
plank. An American flag partially
draped the coffin and the top was COW
cred with rich and fragrant floral trib-
utes. The marines and bluejackets then
filed on board, the color bearer with the
Stars and Stripes furled ana surmounted
with ribbon Of Grape. Just below For
ty-second street lay the New York and
Massachusetts. The flags were at half
mast, and as the former vessel was
passed the marines and sailors stood at
attention" on the lower deck Of the
tug. The trip down the river was a
quiet one. Besides those already men
toned, there were on board Command
eTs Lyon, a. D. Harris and Mackenzie;
Lieutenant Commander Stewart and
Lieutenant Hill, from the navy yard;
Lieutenant Commanders Rogers and
Bailey Inspector Foster and Lieutenant
90 h. II,
Surgeon J. c. Burns. Lieutenant Shoe
maker and Captain Lejeune, of the Mas
sachusetts; Naval Cadet w NJ. Hunt,
Lieutenant Baker, Commander Wood
and Lieutenant Commander Cove.
With the widow of the deceased officer
were the following members of the fam
lily and relatives: Mrs. Edmund S. Bal
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas R. Jackson,
Miss Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ.
Hoes, Mr.. P. Van Buren, Hoes, Mr.. John
Mason, Jr., of Philadelphia; Captain ].
D. A6ams, United States navy; Mrs. Ad-
ans. Miss Adams, Mr.. Herbert Car
penter and William ]. Quinlan, Jr.
The landing of the party naturally at
tracted a crowd at the Thirty-ninth
street ferry, but when it was seen that
it was a funeral the cheers for rayal
heroes were withheld. At the cemetery
Chaplain Holway, United States navy,
read the service, after which the marines
fired three volleys over the coffin aid
the bugler sounded TAPS"
The deceased officer saw active and i'm
portant service in the United States navy.
He married a daughter Of Rear Admiral
Thomas g. Phelps, retired. She survives
him, as well as his sister, Mrs. Julian
James of Washington, D. c., and his
mother, Mrs. T. Bailey Myers Lieuten-
ant Commander Mason was graduated
from the Naval academy in 1868 at the
age of twenty years. In 1869 he Feceived
a letter of thanks from the secretary Of
the navy, a gold medal of the New York
Benevolent and Life Saving Institution,
and the decoration Of the Order of the
Rose from the Emperor of Brazil for
saving two of his ships crew in the har-
Dor of Rio Janeiro, and in 1873 he recaiv-
ed the silver naval medal from the King
of Italy for saving a bark from fire IN
the harbor of CalIao. He was naval sec
rotary to both w. c. Whitney and Cen
eral B. F. Tracy, and served for time
in the department of ordnance. this city.
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