New Britain herald., 1914-05-09
BELLS TOLL MONDAY
 FOR NAVY HEROES
Flags in New York at Hdf-staf
 to Honor Vera Cruz Dead.

New York, May 9.-In preparation for the national tribute to, the seven' teen sailors and marines who were llilled' in action at Vera Cruz, Mayor Mitchell requested yesterday that be- tween the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock Monday morning, while the bodies are being borne through the city to the navy yard, the bells on all churches be tolled and all flags in the city be set at half-staff
 Several minor changes in the pro- gram for the funeral announced yes- terday left it almost as previously ar ranged-a military funeral with full war honors for the dead.
 Act as Convoy.
 Secretary of Agriculture Houston will accompany Secretary Daniels of the navy on the yacht Mayflower and arrive in time to convoy the cruiser Montana, bearing the bodies, as she enters the harbor Sunday afternoon. The battleship Wyoming which went to sea this. morning to meet Secretary Daniels and the Montana will also act as convoy all three vessels coming to anchor five hundred yards off the Battery Sunday afternoon.
 After the bodies are placed on sev- enteen caissons at Pier A., the funeral procession will start up Broadway. An escort of mounted police will lead, fol- lowed by the combined bands of the battleships Wyoming and Texas. Then will come battalion of sailors from the Wyoming, in command of Lieuten- ant Commander c. R. Miller, and battalion from the Texas, under Lieu- tenant Commander Timmons They will | l. ~P wal militia, making about nine hundred men in line.
 President and Admiral. The seventeen caissons, heaped with flowers, each caisson drawn by four horses, come next and imm ediately l following, heading the funeral pro- cession of distinguished guests, will be President Wilson with Admiral Dewey. l The governments guests will ride in carriages, the others in automobiles | furnished by the city. Officers of the ! army and the national guard will be l in the procession, but only as invited l guests of the navy.
 | At City Hall brief halt will be made while five hundred school chill dren sing. There will be no services or speeches there.
 Will Fire Salute.
 | When the cortege reaches Brooklyn navy yard twenty-one guns will salute the president, and the same salute will be given when he departs. His ration will be brief. and the ser 1 vices will not take more than half l an hour in the navy yard. | Orders were issued yesterday that only one moving picture of the cere. ] monies in the yard would be permit- ted, the one operator to be chosen by the vote of the moving picture companies, Photographers, unless hy special permit, will be barred from the navy yard.
 | Committee From Congress. ltors and twenty-one representative will come from congress for the cere. monies The senators appointed by Vice-President Marshall are Robinson Salisbury, O'Gorman, Vardaman, Gal. finger, Kenyon and Brady. The spe. cial train with the representatives or board will arrive Monday morning. l A five-foot wreath, the tribute from the city to the dead, was ordered by Mayor Mitchell yesterday and will be placed on the caisson bearing the body of the first of the citys heroes in line l probably that of Dennis J. Lane.
 Not Usual Order.
 If the usual order for funerals was preserved, the order of importance ir the line of march would be reversed making the president bring up the rear. This will not be done. although 1t is probable that Secretary Daniels with Commandant Albert N. Gleaves of the navy, will close the procession
 Memorial services for the sailors and marines who lost their lives at Vera Cruz will be held at 430 o'clock to. morrow afternoon at the Navy Youno Mems Christian association 167 Sand, street, Brooklyn. The Rev. Dr. Johr F. Carson. of Central Presbyteriar church, will speak, and selections vii
 be sung by quartet of the Clintor Avenue Congregational church.
 Commandant Gleaves of the Neu
 York navy yard and staff and captain, and commanding officers of the ship
 service will be public. TVUN Nnr1U, x,Yr,rvNxc