The Washington times., 1910-07-22
Army's Highest Honors
Await Men Who Carried
Powder as Sparks Fell.
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD IN OPEN AIR
Bodies Of Seven of Eleven Vic
tins Borne on Gun
Carriages.

FORT MONROE, Va July q
Stronger even than the shock OF grief
and horror caused by the crushing out
Of the lives Of eleven men OF the sixty
ninth Company Of Coast Artillery = the
chorus Of praise for two modest sol
diers whose names are yet Unknown,
but for whose cOolness. courage. and
presence OF mind the entire crew Of
no. 1 gun Of the DeRussy battery
would have been wiped out in yester-
days explosion
Nothing could have saved the remain
Ger OF the officers and men in the en-
placement had not these two nameIess
heroes rushed through q shower Of steel
fragments and burning powder, carrying
in their arms ffty-pound sacks Of
smokeless powder that were likely 70
ignite al any second and hurI the men
nearby 10 eternity.
Capt James L Prentice and Lieut.
George H Hawes. IT.. who worked with
The men 10 get the powder 10 safety,
share In the general glory, but the two
soldiers are hailed as the real heroes OF
yesterdays dlssst~
To Award Merit Certificates.
Accommodation that they be given
certificates Of merit, the highest honor
q soldier can Obtain IN time Of peace,
VIII be embodied IN the report OF the
officers appointed TO investigate the &C
cIdent
Al day the board OF officers appointe&
for the purpose have been investigators
the accideEt ana the incidents leading
up 70 t. The8 have been unable 10
fes1 VTno tEeSe two men are
me answer their queries meet Is that
anyone would have done -1e same thing
under the same circumstances Colonel
Iownsley Is determined 70 md out who
the men are however and he has prom
ised 70 see that they are rewarded
''Killed IN Line OF Duty
KILLED IN the lire OF duty is the
simple epitaDh embodied n the morning
reports OF the Sixty-ninth Company Cd
pOsi1e the names Of the eleven men sac
ridced
This afternoon the entire command OF
officers and enlisted men al Fort Non
roe turned cut TO attend the funerals
OF seven Of the dead
More than , co men and women as
sembIed under the trees IN the old fort
built By the chief engineer Of Na-
poeIon's army. 20 pay a last tribute Of
love and respect 10 seven soldiers who
lad given their lives
The chapel was too small 10 hold the
crowd Colonel Townsley knew would
want 20 attend the services. and a tenn
porary altar was erected in-z beAzItifIl
grove Of trees near the entrance Of the
post The bodies OF the seven men, on
Etn carriages we're conveyed from The
hospital 70 the ope1-a5r chapel escort
90 by che surviving msmbsrs OF the
Company Chaplain VII
liam r Scott conducted the services.
and The Fourth Coast Artillery Band
furnished the music.
Relatives Heard From
The bodies that were laid in a row be-
fore the minister were those OF Private
n Adey, Private w Chadwick, Private
ROY Dufey. Private Judd T. Hogan,
Private Give W King. Private James
H Turner and Private Andy J SuiIi-
van
The relatives Of these men have asked
that their bodies be sent 20 their homes
for burial and they are TO be forwarded
by boat an5 train tonight.
The funeral OF SergL Harry G. Hess
VIII also be held IN Phoebus tomorrow
afternoon and services for Corp Charles
O Adkins and Alfred ". smith VIII also
be held in PhOebus sometime tomorrow
Full military hOnOrs VIII be accorded
each OF the dead men
The body Of Corp Albert Bradford has
not yet been claimed and viii be held
until tomorrow when Il no directions as
to its disposition are received, il VIII
be buried in the post cemetery
Kings Funeral In Dayton.
The saddest Of the funerals viii be
that OF Private Olive ". King. which
~
soldier. a young man, had enlisted n
the army to obtain q commission His
father is prominent physician Of Dav-
ton and his Family is one Of the wealth
lest in that section OF the country. The
young man had only been in the ser
vice three mouths, but had already
shown such ability that ne was slated
for early promotion His work had rot
only attracted the attention OF the
company officers. but Colonel TownsIev
and many other officers had noticed and
spoke highly Of him this morning
Colonel TOWnsley this morning sent
a telegram Of sympathy and condolence
to Dr. king the dead soldiers father.
and viii also write letter telling the
grief-stTicken parents something OF
their sons Greer IN the army
was Slide Broken?
The supposed breaking Of a safety
slide which had fve minutes. before sue
eessfuIly withstood a heavy test is the
1nIy cause that can be assigned for the
accident No one yet knows whether or
cot this slide was broken
The gun had not been fred in the
practice that was IN progress. The men
we're making ready for the first shot
Captain Prentice was IN command OF
he battery, Lieutenants Hawes anE
van DUsen were with No I gun