Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-07-28
FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL TAYLOR
A Detachment of One Hundred
Marines From Naval Acad-
envy Attend.

The funreal of Rear Admiral Henry
Clay Taylor, chief of the bureau of
navigation, Navy Department, WASH
intgon, ID. c., whose death occurred
near Sudbury, Ontario. Tuesday even
ing, took place this afternoon in Wash
ington, at o'clock.
The interment was made in Airing
ton cemetery, the funeral being with
full military honors becoming she
rank of the deceased. Chaplain H.
Fl Clark, of the Naval Academy, left
this morning TO attend the funeral
and one hundred marines from the
Naval Academy barracks, in charge
of Captain r. IL Dunlap, Il s. NJ.
g., left for Washington at II IL a. m.
TO take part IN the obsequles and To
march with the funeral cortege To the
cemetery. The marine officers accom-
panying the detachment besides Cap
tain Dunlap were Lieutenants A. T..
Crist, c. r. Sanderson and Lieutenant
McNeal
Admiral Taylor's death was unex-
pected. It occurred at the General
Hospital, Copper Cliff, near sudbury.
Ontario, and was the result of perito-
nitis. He was appointed TO the Naval
Academy from Ohio in 1860. and was
commissioned as Rear Admiral in
1901. He was appointed Chief of the
Bureau of Navigation in April, 1902
He was always interested in the Naval
Academy, and was here six weeks ago
at the laying of the cornerstone of the
Naval Academy chapel. His family,
also, frequently visits Annapolis. his
daughter, now Mrs. Gherardi, being
a personal friend of Miss Prudence
Ridout, daughter of DIR. w. e.
Ridout, at whose home she is enter
tanned.
Rear Admiral Taylor was very pop
ular at the Naval Academy. AT the
time of his death he was on a visit to
his son, Roger Taylor, who is superin-
tendent of the Canadian Copper Com
pany's smelters at Copper Cliff. He
become suddenly i'll, but seemed to be
improving up to Monday night. when
he suddenly sank. At his bedside
were his wife, his daughter, who is
the wife of Lieutenant w. II. Che
rardi, u S. NJ, and his sons, Roger
and Presley. Former Secretary of the
Navy John ID. Long, in his book
1.-THE New American Navy" says
that Rear Admiral Taylor is to be
credited with the adoption of gen
eral staff for the navy. He had given
lon study to the question, and at the
close of the war submitted a memo
randum pointing out the value and
purpose of such staff. =
With regard to the famous Schley
controversy, Captain Taylor made the
following official statement in 1899 +:
..'The only signal l received from
the New York was at the very close of
the fight, when she signaled me to
return aud guard the mouth of the
harbor SO that nothing should come
out to attack our transports. Ireceived
no signal whatever from the Brook
lyn, and should not have needed any
ii one had been made, as l considered
Admiral Sampson present and in COM
mand saw the Brooklyn turn and
run out seaward, seemingly over a
mile, about the time the rear one of
the Spanish ships turned to the west.
If, instead of making this loop, the
Brooklyn had stood straight in to-
ward the Spaniards. rs the. other
American ships did, it seemed to me
that the fight would have been settled
then, without need of the long chase. F"