Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

ranks will grow thinner. Therefore. COM
rades let us be so loyal to every virtue
so true to every friendship. so faithful to
every duty that we shall be ready to
fall in to take our places at the great
review hereafter, not with doubt. but In
faith that the Merciful Commander Of our
salvation will call us to serve in His army.
which ever remains unbroken and knows
no defeat
Commander-in- Chief Simmons stepped
forward. bareheaded in the rain again,
and committed the remains OF the nations
heroes to their final graves. with these
words:
Behold, the silver cord is looeed, the
golden bowl is broken. We now rev.
erently commit these comrades to burial
where their dust will ming1e again with
that Of Mother Earth. and whose spirits
will return to God who gave them May
they rest in peace. Comrades! a last, a
long. loving farewell"
Bugler Sounds Taps.
And at the end, just before the marines
fired their three volleys over the graves,
Father Chadwick spoke:
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust
to dust. looking for the resurrection and
the life to come, under the great Com
mander of all. Amen"
AS the bugler sounded taps every man
stood at attention while from the battery
outside the gate the first sharp crack Of
a uelQ gun announced tndC the Ln6l WOTQ
The unknown dead Of the Maine had
been remembered with the love Of q ma
ton, which yesterday rejoiced to see them
treated as heroes should be treated.
Tribute was paid to the heroes by the
President. as reported in yesterdays
Star, and by Father Chadwick, their
speeches being delivered at the State,
War and Navy Department before the
funeral passed to Arlington.
Vivid Description.
vivid description Of the destruction OF
the Maine:
II shall recall the catastrophe only in
few words. It's horrors impressed you
too wildly ever to be forgotten. The
dark, starless night: Havana sparkling
with light and gay with pleasure. Its
waeed just beyond the city limits. The
harbor dark and quiet. The silence
broken only by the occasional cries and
pulling Of oars Of passing boatmen. Our
men asleep in their hammocks. They lay
calmly. peacefully In the hands of God,
We trust. to whom We commend their
spirits. Suddenly the fateful flash, the
loud report, the bursting forth of flame,
the bodies of men with fragments Of the
| ship shooting into the air, and then the
cries Of the wounded. drowning, and dy-
Ing. Here let me draw the curtain upon
the borrowing scene Of human suffering.
| although 1t also closes upon the view of
many a brave and gallant action"
Formation of Parade.
The bodies were taken from the Biz
mingham at the Navy Yard, to the State
War and Navy Department. From there
under command Of Rear Admiral Fiske
U. 8. N, as grand marshal, the parade
formed as follows:
A police escort, a naval band, Troop A.
| 18th Cavalry. U. S. A. First Battalion
Engineers. U. 8. A; the Marine Band
a battalion of marines, a. battalion of sea.
men. the band of the naval gunners
school, Naval Battalion. N. G. D. c. Their
followed the cfergymen, the thirty-foul
caissons, with the bodybearers.
| Following this section in the parade tc
Arlington came the President. who rode
in a motor car. members of the cabinet
officers Of the Maine, aids to the Score
tary of the Navy. chiefs of naval bu
reaus. officers Of the Marine corps, United
Spanish War Veterans. Ladies' Auxil
larry, U. s. w. W, and the drum corp.
Of the Junior Order Of American Mocha
les. Among the survivors of the Main,
| who had been given a conspicuous plac,
in the ceremonies were Frank Rush
Arthur Rau, Charles B. Galpfn, Michae
Flynn, James Lutz.