Evening capital., 1907-07-22
A MILITARY FUNERAL
MIDSHIPMAE CRUISE LAID TO
REST IN ARLINGTON
II0nOrs for Tcnfh NiCfim of 6csrKi1 Ds-
aster-Be BeaulifaI HofaI Trlhales

The body - Midshipm2n J4mss a..
Cruise. who died aE the chelsea Nasaa
Hospital ~ injuries rsesiveI tn fae
explosion iu the tuFrEt of tas nattlesaiH
Georgia. was b8risd yesterday aftsr-
noon IN the Arlington >asal tenu~-
terry. Wasbiugf0n. with military hsu-
0rs. ~Ex classmates of tne vuumw
mid.hipuBmn acted a. honorary ralI-
bearers. Among fhe HDral .rirutes
wAs 4 sheath - mawnofia blossoms.
neatly tied afth white rihhone. sene
by President and 1frs- Roosevelt The
cortege was led bv the Marine E|sn4.
1hieh was followed ~ fwv sowpae
mics II marines ursiar the enram4n8
- Major David Pertsr-
The BODY Arrived fm Wasbfnxsr.u
Saturday night fr8Fu EiesGen and was
taken - eAwler's uutiertaaiuz esGaa-
iisbment. ~ 40 ysster.Iay 4gternaou
the remains wefe ese0ftet ffgm faas
uiace aefuss fbe eify O. AEiiu-foB -
= battalion - MARINES freaa ths STA
Fiue Barracks fn Wash tu<ton- The
body - the midshapuan rested tm .
casket dT4pe1 wifii tifs national eoiors
and placed up0u 3 eaissru- tu eaeo
side ~ tbs e4fe@gu marched = 4eEAs0s
uEenf - hineI4eksts iu Nhite anffeFrr-
Immediately behind ro,ie fhe souau-
rafy psiibeafeFs, wh0 we're truss s.
classmates af tlae NaVai ACADEMY
Rear Admiral william = to2ie rs.
tefiug secretary - tiss navy was
present IN .fulldrsss unflofns. ant Wss
accompanied - Capitals Reginald =
Nicholson The navv and army were
we'll represented at tise fsner4l. ami
at flIs cemetery anout Z.efH persons
g.. "a.
formed naval ofaeers IN astenslzuee
were Captsin Samuel -. r. ni~hz.
Judge Ads0cAts fsenersi ~ ths Exev :
chief naval CJnsfrucf0r WasbsuzUa
a.. Capps. Captain William n. HNis~v
Chief Engineer Thomas Nllitausous
C0mmander Fred e.. Bieg. LfeuG--t'ar1-
mander Charles W Dyson AMI Eieu-
tenant John HafliGau. -Jr-
The Marine Band. fhe escort - ma
riues and the naval ofHcsrs present
were in white summer Uniforms. nul
the honorary paIIbearers wors their
regulation uniforms ~ blue and zoisI-
They were Mfdshfpmsu Lueien r.
kfmball. Rufus W. Mathewseu. War
ren =. Child. Arthur W Brewn. D..
Arie :. C0rwin. al ~ the t.sorgia /.
g0fert r.. $. Lowell. of the Maine :
Rufus King. 0f the Annapolis. Jshn H.
Knapp. ~ Annapolis Wiiiiam p
Williamson, ~ the Indiana. AMI Jetn
W. Cummings. ~ the Louisiana
NfdshiDmau kimball was tu t1e
a.e0rgia's turret when the explosion
occurred. The father % the deal miss-
shipmaB. Iai0r Thomas gruse. chief
quartermaster 81 the army Is Omaha
arrived last night with Mrs truse
and their SON. They were present a.
the services which wers heid a. l8T
grave AT Arlfngt0n- The services wsre
simple. but impressiYe. consisting
simply ~ the Protestant Episcopal
burial rites The grave IS IN tbe neu
southern portion Of the cemetery .ssrrne
distance below the f0ufederate ART
Spanish War sections. aud IN Whaf 81
known as the southern diVfsi1n for
officers. 10 is on au elevation. frum
which tlIe panorama ~ rls entire eifv
is visible.
The grave wAs lined with hranehes
OF palm. which completely hi1 ths
earth, and above it was q large esn-
0py, under which tife service was
read. The battalion 0f uariuas AIRED
three voiieys and a huGier sounded
taps
Major Cruise. father of tne 1east
midshfpman. is one ~ the masE pepu-
iar men in the army. and the oraneb
Of the service to which Be nefgmgs
sent n number of floral offerings.