BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-19

Associated Press dispatches from
Washington to New York give the
following account of Admiral Simpsons
funeral on the 9th instant.
With a striking martial display,
with the high officials of the Govern
ment in attendance, but with simple
services, the dust of Eear-Admiral
William T. Sampson was today consign-
ed to the grave.
The funeral was held in the Presby-
terian Church of the Covenant The
body was taken from the Sampson
home to the church, preceded by an
escort composed Of battery of light
artillery, the corps of naval cadets, 247
strong, and battalion of bluejackets.
Rear-Admira1 Terry was in command.
The church was crowded. The first
pew to the right of the central aisle was
occupied by the President. On the
same side were the members OF the
Cabinet, the Ambassadors, Ministers,
representatives of societies, uniformed
army officers, people of high social sta
ton and also humble workers in the
department bureaus and the Navy
YARD
High Officials Present.
To the left Of lie main aisle the first
pew was occupied by the mourners, the
members of the Sampson family, save
Mrs. Sampson, who is i'll, and their
closest friends. The Supreme Court
Justices sat next, and behind them the
select committees from the Senate and
House of Repre- 5entatlves, and then
many individual Senators and Repre-
sentatives
A prominent figure in the pews di-
rectly in the rear OF the diplomatic body
was Lieut. Gen Miles. There were also
Major-Gen. Corbin aud the bureau
chiefs of the War Department. A no
table figure was Gen. Longstreet.
There were no signs of mourning
about the church, bu. twoscore rnagni-
hcent floral emblems, made up Of roses,
lies and orchids, lacsd With purple
ribbon, the gifts of the President, the
Loyal Legion, the Ordnance Bureau,
the Navy-Yard workers and many So
cieties, BANKED the space across the rear
OF the chancel.
The coffin was borne into the church
by eight bluejackets, the procession
being I'D by Admiral Dewey and in
gliding SIMPSONS war captains and
Arrnirals Remey, Watson and Walker.
The officers were in full uniform, with
sword knot of Grape. A flag draped
the coffin.
Services Were Simple.
DR.. Teun;s Harnlin recited the sim
pie funeral service of the Presbyterian
Church and the body was borne out
and taken to Arlington. AS the Aque-
duct Bridge was crossed the guns of
tue Presidents yacht Sylph doomed out
a funeral salute OF minute guns
/ The burial ceremonies were simple,
being confined to a prayer for the dead
the reading of psalm and music. AT
their conclusion the saluting battery of
the Fourth Artillery stationed outside
the gates fired three salvos This
salute was in lieu of the usual vol1eys
of musketry.
| AS the coffin was lowered into the
grave the Marine Band played and
then followed the sounding of "taps"
by a bugler stationed at the head of
the grave. The President and his Ca
binet did not go to Arlington.
Ceremonies Near Newport for the
Dead Admiral.
I With appropriate exercises a tree
vas planted in memory of Admiral
Sampson on Coasters Harbor Island by
the marines and apprentice boys. The
)fficers of the three naval stations, with
their families and many visitors from
Newport, we're present. The address