Evening star., 1909-02-25

AOMlId1 0dluuc1 ". IdAhliu.
The funeral services for Rear Admiral
Samuel r. Franklin. who died at his home,
1883 10Th street northwest, yesterday aft
ernoon, after an illness of several weeks.
will be held at st. Matthew's Catholic
Church at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The burial will be at Arlington. Officers
of the navy and army will act as honor
ary pallbearers The body bearers will be
sailors. The funeral will not be mill
.nry one.
.umiral Franklin was a familiar figure
in Washington for many years. At the
time of his death he was eighty-five years
old and had been on the retired list since
1887. Well known officially and socially,
he was an exceptionally popular man,
and one whose loss will be keenly felt in
Washington navy circles.
Entered Navy In 1841.
Rear Admiral Franklin entered the navy
from the state of Pennsylvania a
midshipman in 1S41. September II,
1855, he became lieutenant and went to
the Naval Academy at Annapolis where
he remained a year. For four years his
service In the navy was not particularly
eventful, but in 1880, on board the Roa-
noke he saw active service in the lower
waters of the Potomac. He was still
with the Roanoke in 1862, when the Con-
gress and the Cumberland were destroyed
anu later in the same year fought on the
Roanoke when 1t met the Merrlmac on
| the Virginia coast.
July Is 1867. he was commissioned lieu
tenant commander and placed in COM
man of the Aroostook of the James river
fotilla. In 1858 he was sent with the
! ArooStook to the western blockading
squadron. year later he was assigned
to special duty at New Orleans. In the
| winter of 1865 he was on the staff of
Rear Admiral Thatcher in the operations
! in Mobile bay. He was the naval repre-
sentative to demand the surrender of the
| city Of Mobile.
In Mexican War.
| In the Mexican war he participated in
| the capture and occupation of Monterey.
Cal, where the Mexicans offered no re-
| sStance.
Admiral Franklin was in command Of
! the steamer Saginaw of the north Pacific
squadron in 1866 and 1867. In Septem-
Der, 1866, he was commissioned COM
| mander, and was on ordnance duty at
Mare Island navy yard In 1869; in com
mand of the steam sloop Moh1can. horth
Pacific squadron, in ls69-7o. and from $50
| to 1872 was on equipment duty at the
| Mare Island navy yard.
| August -. 1872, Commander Frank
| lin was promoted to the grade or
| captain and placed IN command oi tiie
Franklin, on the European station. where
| he was on duty from 1873 TO 1876. IL
was during this period Of his career that
he brought Boss Tweed from Spain
| Ie was made a commodore in 1917 and
! placed in command of the navy yard at
| Norfolk Va. He became a rear admlral |
| in 1850 and two years later was placed
on the retired list He served in various
| capa cities however, after his actual re-
| tirement, and is one of the few officers
who served fifty years in the navy.
President of Marine Congress.
President Cleveland appointed him to the
| international marine congress, and he was
made president of the organization a year
later He was member of the Pennsyl-
vania Military Order, Loyal Legion of
/ Cincinnati Washington Memorial So
ciety, and the Sons of the Revolution. Ad-
| miral Franklin also member OF
the Metropolitan and Chevy Chase clubs
of this city
Admiral Frankiin's wife. brother. Col.
Walter Franklin, L. s. A, and sister,
Mrs j. H. Sasds, wife of Rear Admiral
Islands. survive him. Rear Admiral Frank
lin was a brother of the late Gen. w. r.
Franklin of Hartford, Conn, and of Col.
W S. Franklin of Baltimore.