The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-12

hurried up TO the pier.
There seemed TO lie flowers everywhere
and as they lay IN profusion on top OF the
Baskets. their scent ndated along on the
warm river breeze.
Comns Brought Ashore.
! More than an hour before the Presi-
dent arrived, the seventeen coffins had
been lowered from the deck OF the Mon
| tana-basket mast and military mast ris-
| ing where the Eulls wheeled lastly lust
I on Governors lsland---to the deck Of the
| Correction and brought ashore. The
coftned dead lay in the long shielded
pier only few minutes. when the eigh,
body carriers. sailors especially selected
for the honor, placed them on the calls
| sons
For fve minutes or more President
I Wilson Secretary Daniels Gov. Glynn
more than a score OF navy officers and
| others chattod in Commissioner Smiths
/ blg office overlooking tn. river end of
the pier. Not the least honored among
those fortunate enough to he called into
| the Office to meet the President was
Martin Sheridan, athlete and first grade
detective. who from this time until the
memorial service was finished remained
close by the Presidents side.
The President. his guards close about
him. led the way out into the sunlight
again few minutes before O'Clock. He
/ was placed in carriage near the pier
/ door, but for some reason decided suddenly
/ that he would rather sit In the carriage
that Assistant Secretary of the Navy
| Roosevelt and party had Just entered Close
by, Tho Presidential party and Mr.
Roosevelts quickly changed places.
The sailors and marines that had been
| standing at attention In line that
stretched from the pier east almost to
Rowling Green heard a busie blast and
the tap OF drums Their Officers snapped
out commands, tho combined hands OF the
Wyoming and Texas fell In behind =
squad OF nifty mounted police. and the
marines count rmarched and swung into
the regular marching step behind the
musicians.
The sailors OF the Montana and thu
Wyoming scrambled into column,
marching eight abreast. and behind
these tapped the drums of the naval
miitla's band leading the naval re
serves
| Just as the warships' combined bands
| turned north into Broadway at Bowling
| Green the mounted police refined In their
| horses and the marines and the sailors,
following them. slackencd from the quick
step they had used during their clocKwork
formation. out over the heads of the
( thousands In the street and IN to those
! in the highest windows of the skyscraper
canyon OF lower Broadway rose the slow
measured music OF Chopin. the line Of
march now keeping step In very slow
| time.
Every Man UncOvers.
Hats came on as II a command had
J been Given 10 the multitude, as the first
/ caisson hearing the body Of Seaman
/ George Poinsett, Philadelphia lad,
! turned slowly into broadway. Just In
/ front Of this caisson mirched the naval
militia hand, playing Abide with Me"
; As caisson after caisson wheeled into the
! view Of broadway the sound of the music.
| rapidly becoming muified In the dense
| throng, lcssened and finally could be
| heard no longer. And Tor long time
| after that there was reverent silence on
/ the part of the crowd as the caissons
| clattcrcd 10y, eirht sailors walking, four
/ ON side. with each
Artillerymen rode the bay horses that