New-York tribune., 1910-10-05
DROP FLOWERS ON WATER
ShipmateS of New HampSnlre'S
Dead at Memorial Service.
TAPS SOUNDS DEATH TOLL
Spot Where Bluejackets Went
Down Dedicated as Resting
Place of Missing Men.

Services for the missing sailors OF the
battleship New Hampshire were neio o,,
board that vessel yesterday AFTERNOON a'
o'clock. Chaplain Cassard OF tne We"
Hampshire oflciated Division CoIiiiildiiuer
Rear Admiral Vreeland. with his staf' was
present, also Captain Richard Rush OF the
Connecticut, Captain Albert u winter
halter of the Louisiana and Captain oharIeS
J. Badger of the Kansas There were aiso
present hundred enlisted men from the
Kansas and the Louisiana OiiiceiS anu
crew were in dress uniforms
The services were held on the quarter
deck all hands standing. The enlisted men
marched aft to Chopin's "Funeral March
and then the chaplain read the Episcopai
PRAYER service. the Apostles Greed ana de-
livered a short address The band piayeo
Nearer, My God, to Thee. the chapiaif'
offered another prayer and SAID the pene-
diction.
The marine guard, composer oi my
men, fired three volleys- a sohtarS VuS''
sounded taps and then each OF the oiii0'I'
present dropped some flowers on the sur
face of the river. The enlisted men went ''
the altar. where flowers had been piaceu DIS
memorial offering by Captain Rodgers VI
the New Hampshire and there Hio ''0
q
the sailors Of the Kansas and the Louisiana
gathered each blossom and droppeu '"'ii
on the waters.
Midshipman Chevalier, who was III Ci'ai Sc
Of the boat when she turned over and VINO
Iowa reecuad about a dozen of his men
who could not swim, chose a white carila-
tion He was extremely pale and soon
withdrew.
Died in Line Of Duty.
In his address Chaplain Cassard sald tf'd''
although the men died not in natue' Hoi
while in turbulent waters, but in the ''iiio
of peace and on a peaceful river IL shouiL
still be remembered that they were U" ''i0
| line Of duty.
We do this not as memorial ou' n"
dedication of the spot that is the ternpoid oil
resting place of our dead comrades anu
which may be the permanent resting p'a0e
of some Of them" said Captain Rusn OF
the Connecticut as the ceremony Oh S'ie
| ing the river with flowers proceeded
None of the bodies of the sailors drowned
has been recovered Coxswaiu Morrle
ct.rr con of Mrs. Florence Sharp. of No
"a North Broad street. Woodbury. n -
has been added 10 the list of those prOba-
! bly, dead
| inc who are believed TO have been drowned.
and three whose absence it is possible still
to explain by reason of uneXpired liberty
leave.
| The hoard of inquiry investigating the
overturning of the boat load of sailors on
| Saturday night reccnvened on board the
flagship Louisiana at 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning.
Another on List OF Missing
| Fifteen sailors from the New Hs1np-
| shire we're brought over to the hagshp
TO testify before the board. One or thesS
| men. 1t is reported. testtfied that toN-
swain NJ Sharp, whose home IS tn Ne"
Jersey. and who was believed 10 nave
been on furlough at the time or the aCci-
dent. was on the ill-fated boat so MS
name has been added to the list OF prop
| able dead.
Ensien ChevaIier. who was in charge Of
| the boat when she turned over returne"
70 du4v Yesterday morning after being
under the care of the ships surgeon since
the accident He refused to discuss the
accident, saying that any tuforma roh
would have TO come from the flagship
| AeI,ed If the men we're skylarking or in
toxicated. he said that the police on the
coot u,ouId have 10 be asked that, as
| thew had orders 20 arrest any intoxicated
or disorderly sailors. Beyond saying tha'
he was proud of all American sailors ne
| would not speak.
| The board of inquiry adjourned at i;"u
r. m. TO permit the members to attend the
| memorial services. 1t will reconvene a'
| 10 a. m to-day.
Not a Fault Of Construction.
| The crew of the boat which overturned
| was sent for and the members turtner eA
| amined 1t IS understood that the mem
hers of the board are convinced that tne
upsettirg Of the boat was not due TO any
| fault in the construction
! According to naval officers the boat was
built to hold eighty men with three Gays
| provisions and the boat would not Dc
| dangerously overcrowded with eiSnty-eiSh'
mon. the number, It is now almost certain
| that was I'm the boat at the time OF tne
| accident. At a recent test the boat heio
one hundred men with a freeboard OF one
| foot.