Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-22
TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD
SERVICE AT Fu.
NERAL OF CAPT. RAMSEY.

Most impressive were the funeral services
over the remains of the late Capt. Frank
De Witt Ramsey of the general stan of the
army. at the Church of Our Father. 18th
and l. streets northwest yesterday after-
noon Rev. John Van Schaick. a re,ativa
OK the deceased. ofiiciated. and the arrange
menus were In charge of Capt Grote Hutch
esoh OF the general stan OF the army.
solemn scene was presented in the
chutch auditorium In the dim light which
inferred through the nany-colo:ed panes in
'he cathedral windows and reflected on
'iie sehow red, white and GOLD decorations
OF the many army officers present Added
~ the picture was great bank of floral
tributes In the ohancel. the word COM
aaue an iinmortelles being conspicuous in
several places In the mass of flowers The
soiemnlty was increased by n funeral
march, softly played nthe great organ.
as lhe cortege entered. preceded by six
sn aIms s, se.seants OF engineers bearing on
'helr shoulders the fiag-draped casket
Maj. Gen. John c. Bates, chief OF stan
WIN the other officers of the general stan
OIL the army, followed the body bearers
and the honorary pallbearers who uaro
Col. Henry p Mccain, military secretary.
Maj. Joseph e. Kuhn. Corps of Engineers.
capt Robert f. Niche. Capt James IA. Nc
kae and Capt, Charles H. Muir of the gen
eral stan and Capt, l. c. Welborn OF IN,
yin United States Infantry. OF these Col
Mccain, Maj. Kuhn. Capt. Niche and Capt
Muir Were classmates of Capt. Ramsey at
west Point. On the way from the church
TO the sixth street station the cortege was
preceded by the Engineer Band and a COM
pany OF engineers from Washington bar
racks while following the carriages con-
tanning the honorary palibearers and the
family. marched a delegation of the 9th
United States Infantry Veteran Association.
OF which Capt Ramsey was the honored
president.
DR.. Van Sohaick's Sermon.
Much that was said by Rev. DR. Van
Schaick over the remains of his cousin was
affecting and pathetic.
i am not here to preach a funeral SER
mon or utter eulogy," he said, but am
here as kinsmail and friend ! recog-
nize as more eloquent and .tting tribute
this great assenhlage of relatives and
friends and these pretty floral pieces. Sor-
row is inevitable. We all have our sor-
rows. me tenderest verse in all the Bible,
to my mind, is that which says Jesus wept'
Gathered In this church today are men
of every creed and every sect and divers
tongues. But there is great faith in the
breasts of all. The Universalist Church
believes In the Fatherhood of God. the uni
versal brotherhood OF man and ultimately
the universal victory for all"
The minister described God as ''workine
through the centuries with His thunderbolts
Of punishment and His great volume Of
love" He added
as annihilated and blotted out but as be-
ing rewarded for every good he has done,
suffering for every sin and growing In
grace with the Lord and Jesus Christ"
Rev. DR.. Van Schafck said in the military
service, in camp, on the firing line and in
the trenches he was always regarded by
his comrades emergency man." be-
cause he never said a thing could not
be done, but that II can be done.
and ! will do tt" He spoke of a
fatherless boy in the north that Capt RAM
say was rearing and had placed in school
at Albany illustrating the kindness OF
his heart. In conclusion the pastor spoke
of Capt. Ramseys geniality. sympathy,
charity and heroism. and declare ] that
these qualities had not been blotted out by
death, but still lived.
The remains, an artillery caisson, were
escorted to the Pennsylvania railroad
depot and taken to Cobleskill, n. Y. for
burial.
The members of the 9th Infantry Veteran
Association who attended the funeral were
Maj f. Richardson. Capt. l. c. Welborn,
Capt. A. w. Brewster, Sergt. John ].
Strain. Sergt. Alpha w. Parham. Quarter
master Sergt. H. w. Perkins, Sergt. Maj.
William II. Matters, Hospital Steward II.
Utter, Sergt. John Dates, John Bixton,
Sergt. w. n. Armstrong Thomas II. Brown,
John O'Brien, Sergt. Tim O'Connor Michael
McGann and a delegation of the Army and
Navy Union consisting of Daniel w.
Greaves, Prof. James A Joyce, Conrad
Rupp. r. w. II. Schultz and William A.
Hickey