The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-11
BODIES OF LAKE ERIE
HEROES RE-lNTERRED IN
IN CRYPT MEMORIAL

|, with impressive military exercises, the
remains of the six American and Brit
ish officers killed in the Battle of Lake
Erie one hundred years ago yesterday,
were to-day disinterred from the bur-
ial plot the shore of Put-in-Bay
:; Island, where they have reposed for
a century, and re-interred in the crypt
of the Perry Memorial. This cere-
mony marked the conclusion of the
centennial celebration of the Battle of
i Lake Erie, concentrating one hun
dred years of peace between English
speaking peoples, under the auspices
of the Commissioners appointed by the
i president of the United States and the
i governors of Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Michigan, Illinois. Wisconsin, New
i York, Rhode Island, Kentucky, Min
nesota and Louisiana.
| The preparation for transferring the
remains had been in progress for some
! time. The whole of the burial en-
closure, where the remains were
known to be without designation of
| the particular spot, had been excavated
over a circular area sixty feet in diam
eter. Such bones of the martyrs as
| had survived a century's interment
were found to be numerous, but there
| was no complete skeleton and no
means of identification. The remains
had been gathered up several days
| ago and placed in a copper-lined, her
| metica.lly sealed box, and then rein
days exercises.
Upon the arrival of the centennial
! commissioners, distinguished guests
and the military and naval escorts of
the official party from Cedar Point at
11:OO o'clock this morning, a process
sion formed at the docks and pro-
ceeded to the ancient burial plot The
copper box, containing the remains
had been taken from its shallow rest
ing place and a detail of Rhode Island
| mil fi~S1, =
funeral bier which had been prepared
for Its reception. While this cere-
mony was in progress solemn religious
exercises were conducted by Right
Rev. James DeWo1f Perry, Jr, Bish-
op of Rhode Island, representing the
United States and the Venerable Arch |
deacon H. J. Cody, DID,, LID, rec
tor of st. Paul's church, Toronto, for
the Dominion of Canada The spec
tators covering every spot of ground |
in the ten-acre grove at Put-in-Bay |
and reaching far away along the shore |
lines of the harbor, stood with un- |
covered heads in profound silence. |
Bells tolled in the village churches |
and minute guns were fired from the |
naval militia ships in the harbor. The
First Light Infantry band of Rhode
Island sounded the opening note of a
dirge, as the funeral bier, beautifully
draped in black satin and silk Ameri-
can and British flags, moved, on the
shoulders of sturdy soldiers from
Rhode Island, Commodore Perry's ma
tive state, toward the memorial along
the road skirtihg the picturesque har-
Dor of Put-in-Bay
Col Harry Cutler, commanding the
First Light Infantry of Providence, R.
l., was marshal of the day, with the
following staff:
GeorgegH who'd, adjutant general
of Ohio, chief of9staff; Lieut-Gen. Mel
son A. Miles, U. S. A, Cretired); Rear
Admiral Charles H. Davis, U. S. N,
(retired); Major General J. Warren
Keifer, Ohio; George M. Lowry, U.
s. N; R. G. Vandercook, adjutant
general Michigan; Frank C. Dickson,
adjutant general, Illinois; John G.
Salesman, adjutant general, Wiscon-
son; ]. Tandy Ellis, adjutant general,
Kentucky; Fred B. Wood. adjutant
Ness, adjutant general, Louisiana; Ma
jor George w. Neff, Pennsylvania;
Major Christopher F. Baker Newport
Artillery Co., Rhode Island militia;
Captain Walter M. Baker, adjutant
general, First Light Infantry Regi-
ment. Rhode Island; Captain ChesIey
R. Perry. Illinois; Milton w. Shreve,
NC, Pennsylvania; T. B. Alexander,
mayor, Put-in-Bay; NJ. S. Johannsen,
Put-in-Bay, Ohio; C.. S. Magruder,
Cleveland.
The military escort to the memorial
formed in the Following order:
Provisional Battalion U. S. Infantry,
Captain H. A. Smith, U. S. A, COM
manding; Officers and men from the
U. S. s. Wolwering, Captain George
M. Lowry, y. S. NJ, commanding; Brig.
Gem Charles w. Abbot, 1r., adjutant
general, Rhode Island, commanding;
third company c. A. c., Rhode Island
National Guard; Third Division Rhode
Island Battalion; officers and men
from the U. S. ships Essex, Don Juan
do AI1Sf ri1
Artillery Company, Rhode Island Mil :
itia, First Light Infantry, Rhode Isl
and Militia.
The funeral bier was preceded by an
honorary escort composed of the fol-
lowing:
Chief Marshal, honorary staff and
aides; band, First Light Infantry regi-
ment; Rhode Island Militia; EXPIRES
ident William Howard Taft and DR.. I
J. A Macdonald, Toronto, Ont, es- :
Interstate board of the Perry's Vic +
tory Centennial Commissioners; am +
bassadors and representatives of for +
efgn governments; Gov. James M. c
Cox, Ohio and staff; Gov. John K. I
Tener, Pennsylvania, and staff; Gov. 2
N. Ferris, Michigan and c
staff; Gov. Edward F. Dunno, Him
dis and staff; Gov. Francis E. Me- +,
Govern, of Wisconsin and staff; Gov.
Aram J. Pothier, Rhode Island, and
staff; Gov. James B. McCreary, Ken
lucky, and staff; Gov. Samuel L. Rails,
ton, Indiana, and staff; members of
the Interstate Board of the Perry's +
Victory, Centennial Commission; Of :
floating clergymen; Rt. Rev. James }
DeWolf Perry, jr., Bishop of Rhode :
Island, and Venerable Arch-deacon H. !
]. Cody, DID, LID, rector of st. s
Paul's church, Toronto, Ontario. ;
Arriving at the memorial reserva- ;
ton, only a limited number of the !
party were admitted to the
memorial proper. The crypt of the
m memorial, a dome-1ike chamber for =
ty feet in diameter was draped with
the American and British coIors. The