Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-15
CARE FOR THE DEAD
Secretary Moody Asks for a
$4,000 Appropriation.
RAISING RELIEF FUND
FURTHER EXPRESSIONS OF SYM
PATTY RECEIVED.
Freash and Russian Ambassadors Send
Their Condolences-Admiral
Barker's Message.
RAISING RELIEF FUND

secretary MOODY IOQdy tIdiStAileCu ~ eAAS
House a request for a 10000 appropria-
ton to provide for the proper care OF the
remains of the victims of the explosion on
the battle ship Missouri.
This action was taken by the Secretary
because of the decision rendered by the con-
troller of the treasury in which he says
that the Navy Department has no funds
available for that purpose.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made at the
Navy Department for the shipment from
Pensacola of the remains Of Midshipman
Thomas Ward, jr., to Oswego, N. T., 1or
interment Midshipman Ward was the son
of General Thomas Ward, U. S. A., retired,
formerly adjutant general on the stan Oh
Lieutenant General Miles when the latter
was in command of the army. He is no"
living at Oswego.
Similar arrangements have been mace
for the shipment of the remains OF Miu-
shipman W. T. Neumann to Annapolis TOT
burial. This action was taken at the re-
quest of Mrs. J. II. Hasson, wire oa an
instructor at the Naval Academy. Young
Neumann's mother is IN Honolulu. AZ lily
time of his death he was engaged 70 De
married to Miss Ward, the sister OF Mid
shipman Ward.
Expressions Of Sympathy.
Count Cassinf has sent the following
message to the President
ssMr. President: Having received the sad
news of the loss of our battle ship, the Pc
tropavlovsk, which has cost so many lives
to our brave navy, / simultaneously am In
formed of the disaster which occurred on
board your battle ship. the Missouri. which
took away so many lives of your gallant
sailors.
Permit me to express to you, Mr.. Presi-
dent, my deep sympathy in the name OF my
government and my own on this SAD DC,
currence which has deeply moved us all
at time when we with grief are mourning
our own loss.
Believe me. Mr.. President. yours very
sincerely. CASSlNl.
This announcement has been made at the
Navy Department:
Mr.. Jusserand the French ambassador,
called upon the Secretary of the Navy early
yesterday morning to express his own ana
the sympathy of the French nation for the
American people in the great loss OF life
on the Missouri The Secretary was at
the White House when the ambassador
called and the latter left this note: accept,
my dear Mr.. Secretary. my heartfelt con-
dolences for the awful calamity which has
befallen the brave unfortunate crew of the
Missouri; it saddens the heart of every
friend of America, and feel most sincere
ly with you. Very truly yours, Jusserand
Raising Relief Fund.
Paymaster General Henry T. B. Harris
chief of the bureau Of supplies and &C
counts, has received the following contri-
buttons for the fund for the relief Of the
survivors of the accident on the Missouri:
President Roosevelt, 500; Secretary
Moody, 500; Admiral Taylor. chief of the
bureau of navigation. $50: and Messrs. Fish
back and Gauss of the Office Of the Scores
tary of the Navy, s. each; Army and Navy
Journal, s1O0; r. H. Patchin, IS; Mrs. John
Mexican, $50; Mrs. w. s. Cowles, $50; Rear;
Admiral H. T. B. Harris $50; A. B. Legare,
"A. off M no
more, SIS: Miss Susan 8. Kean, $25: Secre-
tary Hay, 500: Frank Taylor, s.; Dean c.
Williams, IS.
All the employees Of the War Department
were TO-DAY personally notified that the
ciety entertainment of THE Dream of
Queen Elizabeth will be repeated at the
Lafayette Opera House next Monday, April
Is, at Ais pm, for the benefit of the nami-
lies of the men who lost their lives on the
battle ship Missouri. 1t is said at the War
Department that this is the first time in the
history of the executive departments that
this method of interesting the employees in
a benefit entertainment has been employed.
President Roosevelt has decided to attend
the performance and hopes to see it largely
attended
Response From the Fleet.
Secretary Moody today received the fol-
lowing telegram from Rear Admiral Bar
ker, commanding the North Atlantic fleet:
PENSACOLA, Fla, April Is. 1904.
Secretary Navy, Washington, D. c.:
81 have conveyed to the fleet your words
of praise for the dead and sympathy for
the living. The officers and men in the
feet join with me in thanking you for
your kind message. They desire me to
convey to you their admiration for the
tain. officers and crew of the Missouri, inn
(signe9 BARKER"
Dead and Injured.
The following bulletin. regarding the dis
aster on the battle ship Missouri. has been
posted at the Navy Department.:
1.-THE following wounded have died: John
T. ]. Donnelly, ordinary seaman; Orwell b.
Moe, apprentice second class.
''The following additional have been re-
ported dead: James E. Knight, ordi-
nary seaman; Halbert Edward Elliott, mas
ter-at-arms. second class.
THE following names in yesterdays dis
patch which did not agree with the records
of the bureau have been found to refer to
the following: James K. Peterson, boat
SWANS mate, first class; Herbert Schel-
barth. landsman.'
The following telegram has been sent by
the Secretary of the Navy to the widow of
Lieut.. w. C. Davidson. United States navy.
A similar telegram has been sent to the
fa miles of each of the officers and enlisted
men who lost their lives in the Missouri ex-
plosion:
The President directs me to convey to
you his sympathy In your bereavement In
the death of your husband while in the
faithful discharge of his duty. Permit me
at the same time to express my own SYM
pathy and to assure you that you have that
OF the entire navy.
(Signed) WILLIAM H. MOODY,
Secretary"
Because of the necessity Of repairing the
electrical apparatus which was destroyed
by the explosion the unfortunate Missouri
will be ordered to New York for repairs.
From a private dispatch received at the
Navy Department 1t is learned that a num-
be- of grains of powder were found unex-
ploded in the gun. This shows that there
was only partial explosion Of the powder,
though 1t does not contribute much toward
a theory of cause for the accident.
Rapidity Of Fire.
Regarding the theory advanced by many
naval officers that possibly there was an
effort to fire too rapidly on the part OF the
gun crew of the Missouri's after turret,
Rear Admiral Taylor. chief Of the bureau
OF navigation, says:
II hope and believe that we will find some
other remedy for this difficulty than by re-
ducing the rapidity of our fire. II one fleet
OF three ships firing its guns at the rate OF
three times a minute fights another fleet OF
four ships firing its guns two times min
ute the feet of three ships will be the VIC