The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-04-11
MR.. MORGAN'S BODY
TO Be HERE TO-DAY
viii Be Taken From La France
to House There to Lie
Until Monday.
80 TT LOGN Ar FUNERAL
Finanricr Wrote Out Directions
for Services Many
Years Ago.

Tho French liner France. bearing the
body of j. +. Morgan, probably Will
reach her pier at the foot of West Ff-
| tcenth street between 4 and . o'clock
| this afternoon.
The New York Yacht club AT spc-
cial meeting last night adopted resolu-
tons on the death of Mr.. Morgan, who
was commodore in lS97-99.
| She reported herself $50 miles east OF
| Sandy Hook at II o'clock last night
| She IS exceeded in speed only by the
! Cunardcrs Mauretan!a and Lusitania
and had averaged for the day more
| than twcnty-thrcr knots, Unless mist
or rain int.rferes, she should he sighted
| by observers at the Hook about :
O'Clock +. NJ.
From the pier the body will he re-
| moved 20 the Morgan house at Madison
| avenue and Thirty-slxth street. 1t will
lie in the library until taken to St,
! Georges Church In East sixteenth
! street for the funeral services al 10
! o'clock on Monday morning,
! It was made known at ST. Georges
! Yesterday that Mr. Morgan LETT in his
/ own handwriting directions covering all
! important details Of the funeral He
asked that there be no eulogy or ad-
! dress of any kind and that only the
regular service OF the Protestant Epis-
copal Church be used.
y. designated Bishop Greer Of New
! York. Bishop Lawrence of Massachu-
setts and Bishop Brewster OF Connect
| icut. and the rector of ST. Georges. the
! Rev Kari Re!land. a. the officiating
| clergy. He selected the hymns, asked
| that no flowers be sent to the church
| and that there he no marked display OF
| mourning colors, and set down the
names of several persons who should he
! admitted
! I'p to noon Yesterday more than 1000
requests for tickets of admission had
been received. A. there are seats for
only 800 MI Reilani caused this
! notice To be mailed.
The family of Mr. Morgan and the
I vcstry of - Georges sincerely regret
that the limited supply Of tickets for
entrance to the church on Monday.
April "a. is exhausted
In behalf of the vestry Seth Low
called on Mayor Gaynor Yesterday.
Soon thereafter Commissioner Waldo
/ ordered the police at the time Of tn"
funeral to clear Sixteenth street be-
tween Third avenue and Stuyvesant
square.
Tac honorary palibearers vii b"
George 3 Bowdoin. Lewis Cass Led
yard, Robert W. de Forest. Henry Fair
field Osborn. Joseph II Choate. Robert
Bacon, George +. Baker Dr. T. w.
Markoc. Eihcrt H. Gary. Seth Low
Morton : Patton ana Senator Elihu
Root. The senior warden. who IS also
a vcstryman Of 81. Georges, l. Fulton
Cutting. IS n Europe The other yes
try men William Foulke. Henry W.
Munroc. IL. II. Pike. john Seelev ward
Charles : Brown. William Edmond
Curtis and Wocoit G, Lane, viii have
a front pew in the church.
one hundred and twenty-fi,e singers
the combined cho.rs Of the parish
directed by Organist Homer Norr.s-
Will head the procession which viii
escort the body into the church from
n" east door. Then vii! follow the
'tS'rymen, tn" honorary pallhaaT"r.
c."rsym"n best known tn Nj Morgan
the thre" Bishops and Mr.. R".ia.d
Il am the resurrection and he life
will l." read as ti- bony - carried ~
N" aisle. ana the service To- follow VII
b" only that of the BOOK Of Common
Prayer The hymns Will he Asleep in
Jesus, Lead. kindly Light" and For
All the Saints Who from Their Lsbors
Rest The psalms will b. tn. thirty.
ninth and nlneticth ana the lesson the
usual one from lirat Corinthians. Is
After the creed ana prayers have beer
recited Henry Burleigh, the basso o,
st Georges whose singing Mr. Morgan
especially enIoyed. will sing "A solo
Calvary
From the church the BODY will n.
taken TO tho Grand Central Station an,
thence on n special train to Hartford
Taklng part in the comm!t,al service q
Hartford will be Bishop brewster
Bishop Lawrence. Mr. Relland and Der
} hans Bishop Greer
Mr. Reiland believes that The carefn
directions for the funeral were write,
by Mr.. Morgan several years ago. Th
three Bishops were selected for the rea
son that AT some time in his life Mr.
Morgan resided IN or had close rela
lions with the three dioceses OF Nav
York, Connecticut and Massa chusetts
Two Of Mr., Morgans favor!te hymn
In addition 70 those which are to b
sung at the service were "Blest Re th
p Tie That Binds and God, the IIvinr
- III " ''''' ''S'N' JUN OF Wnfn appea
I on the funeral week calendar Of G,
q Georges.
e Representatives Of the followln,
I are To ho at the funeral. Amer
= tCan Bankers Association, American
= Museum of Natural History, Amer!
. can Scenic and Historic Preservatio,
! Society. Astor Trust Company. Automo
= bile Club OF America Chamber OF Com
= merce, Columbia University, Genera
Convention Of the Episcopal Church
d the Grolicr Club, International Mercan
I tile Marine Company, Metropolitan Clul
i Metropolitan Museum Of Art trustee,
= staff and employees; New York Genea