The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-12
HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICI-
AIS JOIN WITH PEOPLE TO
HONOR HEROES.
President Wilson Delivers Eulogy
Following Remarkable
Funeral Pageant.

NEW YORK. May li-New York
Joined the nation to-day I'm memorial.
hing with simple dignity the heroism
OF the 10 bluelsckets and marines who
gave their lives az Vera Cruz. A. the
most impressive funeral pageant since
the time Of the Spanish War started
on its solemn route from the Battery
70 the Brooklyn Navy Yard. II was as
IN the pulse Of the city had temporarily
stopped All business was suspended.
and over the commercial section OF
the city there fell a reverential hush.
In the throngs which numbered over
million. East Side and West Side.
peace advocates and war enthusiasts,
native Americans and lmmigrants-
New Gork's polyglot population
stood shoulder 10 shoulder in a com
munity OF grief.
II was spectacle OF New York
stranEely transfgured and lifted out
OF itself
In the line OF mourners that fol.
lowed the artillery caissons bearing
the dead were the chiefs OF state and
city government. and many more dis
tlngsished men OF nearly every calling.
hil every eye In the throngs that lined
tne. way turned first to the carriage
where President Wilson rode. close
nshlnd the last funeral car. The Pres
ldent came from Washington during
the night. and was with the process
zion from the time II left the battery
until the SQUAD OF marines fred their
parting Nolleys over the fiag-draped
collins NJ the Brooklyn Navy Yard and
the navy bugler sounded the Tang
Ihat proclaimed the end of the cere-
mony.
Relatives With President.
on the stand with the president AT
,he naVN yard were relatives OF the
assd oia, sailors and marines. mothers.
,hs ana wives. but in all the
throng OF mourners none seemed
more deeply touched by the spirit of
the day than the man whose word
sent the lads OF tho navy TO nuht for
their country's honor at Vera Cruz
ana TO the president was left the
privilege or voicinr tho nations grief
ana the nations belief that those who
dled IN the performance OF duty had
uone Tor their country n service not
70 De measured BY their individual
deeds The feeling that Is upper
most he said. ''is one OF profound
grief and yet there Is mixed with
that grief profound pride that they
should have gone a. they did. and il
j may say u out OF my heart. a touch
or envy OF those who were permitted
so auietly-so nobly to do their duty"
The head OF the nation looked out
over the thousands massed about the
collins on the parade ground and his
voice shook with emotion as he de.
clared his creed.
we have gone down 10 Mexico. ."
he said. TO serve mankind n we
can find out a way. We do not want
10 fEht the Mexicans. We want to
serve the MeNicans"
There was wistful note in his
voice as he sdded:
81 never was under fire. but I fancy
that there are some things Just as
hard To do as to 70 under FIRE I
fancy that IL Is just as hard To do
your duty when men are sneering at
YOU as when they are shooting at YOU
When they shoot al you they can only
take your natural life: when they
sneer AZ you they can wound your
heart"
An Impressive Slqht.
From a bird's-eye view the multi
tude aligned along the route OF tho
funeral cortege presented the picture
OF a vast human stream connecting
two arms Of the sea Muffled voices.
soft spoken commands by military
officers. the melancholy tollinr Of the
Trinity church bell. emphasized a
hush that had fallen over a city OF
noises.
The dead were landed by the tugs
Traffic and Correction early in the
morning and lay In state In the Bat
tery park plaza foT over an hour be-
fore tho Procession started There
were II cOffins. The other two vic
Tins Of Mexican snipers hOnored to-
day died after the Montana left Vera
Cruz with the bodies Of their COM
rades. The police scort headed the
funeral corteCe and was followed by
the naval battalions from the WyOm-
ing and Texas Then came the II
gun caissons carrying the dead Zach
catsson was drawn by four horses.
astride two of which rode members
of the First and Second regiments OF
the F1eld artillery. -Four sailors on
each side acted as pallbearors. These
tcontinusd on Thirteenth PaRsD