Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-17

capt feorge w. Roosevelt.
the deceased soon after the obsequies. Mrs.
casion of the presentation by prominent
officers of the Grand Army of the Republic,
OF which Capt. Roosevelt was an honored
member.
Funeral Arrangements.
The funeral of Capt Roosevelt will take
place tomorrow afternoon from w. r.
Spears undertaking establishment, $40 F
street. The cortege will start from there at
1:15 O'Clock, and proceed to Oak Hill ceme-
terry. where the services and interment
will take place at o'clock The arrange
ments are in the hands Of Capt. A A.
Maxim, past commander of Gen. George G.
Meade Post, No. 5. G. A. R.; Col. Calvin
Farnsworth, past department commander;
Col. Alexander Scott and other officers of
the Department of the Potomac, G. A. r.
In the chapel at Oak Hill the impressive
services will be conducted by Capt Maxim
and Henry s. Stevens, chaplain, and by
Rev. w. G. Davenport of Emmanuel Episco-
pal Church of Anacosta. A feature of the
services will be the rendition of appropriate
airs by the Masonic quartet consisting of
Messrs. Alexander Mosher first tenor; Will
liam d. Mcfarland, second tenor: ]. Henry
Kaiser. first bass, and j. Walter HUMPHREYS,
second bass.
A firing party OF marines from the navy
yard will volley over the grave, and a lone
buglar will sound "taps"-'ights out"
The honorary pallbearers will be Depart
Department Of the Potomac, G. A. R.; Col
Farnsworth, past department commander;
Col. Arthur Hendricks and Col NJ Emmett
Urell of the Medal of Honor Legion; Col.
Alexander Scott and Major Henry Romeyn.
Capt. George w. Roosevelt was born in
Chester, Delaware county, Pa, February
IA. 1913. He enlisted April 49, 1861 in Com
pany h, 18th Regular Pennsylvania Volun-
teer Infantry. and was one OF the very first
to answer to the call to arms. He was
wounded at Fair Oaks. Va. May 81, 1862,
and was in every engagement in which his
regiment took part until he lost his leg at
Gettysburg. At that time he was first
sergeant, commanding his company He
was afterward brevetted captain by Gov
Geary OF Pennsylvania for gallantry on the
field of battle.
In Foreign Service.
Capt Roosevelt has served his country
abroad continuously since 1873 He was ap-
pointed United States consul at Auckland
by President Hayes. He afterward served
as consul at ST. Helena, Matanzas and Bor-
oeaux, in which latter city he remained
elght years. He was transferred In 1889 tn
bTusSe!s' where he served as consul general
until his death on April H.
FOR continuous service he was dean ne tba
consular service. He received his congress
slonal medal OF honor. as stated, for most
consPlGuous gailantry at the second battle
OF Bun Run and at Gettysburg His wiz
was Miss Ida Edmonston e
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Col Calvin Farnsworth today related To
star reporter the circumstances attend-
ing the entry of Capt. Roosevelt into tho
Grand Army of the Republic in this CITY in
the ran or 1883. He called upon Col. Farms.
worth at the Treasury Department and ex-
pressed his earnest desire to becoma ,
ihethper OF the patriotic organization ana
gave as his preference Gen. Georpa q
Meade Post. No 5. Capt Roosevslt ,.Is
ne was under immediate orders from, tn
Department OF State to sail for his ai,,o-
matte post at Bordeaux France and tbara
-, e'I;d Hot wait for the regular meeting
night OF the post TO roll around hut thai
IL ne was to become member of the Grand
army IL must be accomplished at once
2oi. Farnsworth promptly went to the
once OF Gen. w. s. ROsecrans, then register
or the treasury, and requested his permission
TO use an unoccupied room in the Treasnrv
department building in which to omen n
trand Army post meeting for the purpose of
mastering Capt Roosevelt into the organt-
zatlon. Gen Rosecrans gave the permis-
sion ana Col. Farnsworth went about the
building and got together a number OF
members OF the several posts of the G. A
r.. including Past Department Commander
arthur Hendricks. who took an important
part In the mustering-in ceremony that fol-
lowed making Capt. Roosevelt a fulI-nedg
ed comrade Of Meade Post Col Farms
worth pinned upon the breast of the recruit
his own G. A. R. badge and gave him his
bronze button also. and that afternoon
Capt. Roosevelt started on his journey to
his post in France.
HE has been consistent Grand ARMY
man ever since" said Col. Farnsworth.
and although far away in foreign CHIMES
he has always kept up his membership in
Meade Post and taken a lively interest in
organization affairs