Evening journal., 1914-05-11
Head OF nation
MOURHS At BIER
OF WAR Victims
Continued nom Page Two.

lhose VINO ensured the SAFETY OF the |
head of the nation.
Behind President Wilson came the
carriage OF Secretary OF the Navy Dan
iels and from il TO the end of the line
were scores of other carriages bearing
representatives from Boston, Chicago
and a score of other cities and towns
having near interest in the line of
hower-decked dead. Past the mammoth
buildings the line moved at funeral
pace. And as it passed, every head
was barred in the crowds, which filled
to suffocation every door and window.
Some women silently wept and many
man furtively wiped his eyes as
the dead-lad caissons went by just
as Poinsett's body passed Old Trinity,
in whose moss grown cemetery monu-
ments of the martyrs of the revolution
stand, the mellow chimes Of the an
cient pile tolled solemn requiem. The
bell was tOlied once as ,eacd body
passed.
When old st. Paul's was reached the
same ceremony was observed. ArrN-
ing at the City Hall, most of the ma
rines and blueiackets in the van march
ed through a large space kept clear
hv the police. Others, Immediately be-
fore the caissons countermarched and
stood at attention as the bodies went
by. The marines marched passed the
city hall and were drown up on Park
Row.
Daniels LaudS the Dead.
Addressing President Wilson at the
ceremonies in the Navy Yard, Sec
retary Daniels said: 81 have the sol
.emn honor to report to you. as Com
mander-in-Ch of the United States
Navy, the names of fifteen sailors and
four marines, who, recently, at Vera
Cruz. sealed with their blood their
devotion to the flag of their country
All were in their prime OF vigorous
young manhood. OF the nineteen
who answered their roll-call with
the cheerful Aye aye, sir, thirteen
were % or under. The oldest was
Sc; the youngest nineteen. They gave
not only all they were, but all they
hoped to be.
"The first to make the noblest
contribution that man may give was
George Poinsett, of the common
wealth of Pennsylvania. He was in
his twentieth year, and served as
seaman on the steamship Florida.
The others of the immortal nineteen
in whose honor this memorial is held,
were:
"l.ouis B. Boswell of Illinois age "a.
Gabriel a. De Fabbi of New York,
aged 25.
"Francis Patricl, DeLowey OF Penn
sylvania, age %
"Frank Devorick of Iowa. age 10.
"Elzie c. Fisher of Minnesota. age -
Louis o. Fried of Louisiana, age 10.
y. II. Froelichstein OF Alabama. age
20.
dennis J. Lane OF New York age D.
John Schumacher OF New York, age
Charles \. Smith OF Pennsylvania
age 20.
10.
walter L. Watson OF Massachusetts.
age %.
Clarence L. Hirshberger of New
York, age D.
Harry Pulliam of Virginia. age %.
Daniel Aloysius Haggerty OF AIassa-
,husetts, age &C.
samuel AIarten OF Illinois. ace %.
"Rufus Edward Percy of New iIamp-
shire, age a.
Randolph Summerlin OF Georgia age
22."
In long line which stretched from
Broadway to Park Row the sailors
stood at attention. Grouped before the
black -draped City Hall We're hundreds
OF the city's most prominent person
ages. while in their centre stood a large
company of schoolchildren with musi,
sheets in their hands. Just as Poin-
sett's caisson passed the entrance o
the City Hall, the fresh young voices
of the children began Nearer My Coo
to Thee" and the cortege paused. AZ
the end Of the first verse the caisson'
moved again, then stopped as the see
ond verse began.
When the hymn was ended Mayor
Mitchell with his aids walked down
the lane of humanity from the City
Halls main entrance, placed wreatl
on the body of one of New York's
three dead boys, delivered a shori
address and the procession moved
on.
There was no demonstration before
the City Hall on the appearance o
the President, but as he followed th'
bodies through Center street anC
Canal street to the Manhattan bridge
the people of the crowded lower Eas
Side more and more frequently anC
loudly expressed their approval o
the chief executive. Several times
along Center street there came louI
shouts of commentator from th'
throngs. The President smiled slight
ly, but otherwise preserved the de
meanor that indicated he did not vel
come any personal ovation.
One of the. most notable minor N
cidents of the memorial parade cam
at the plaza leading to the Manhattan
bridge. Two carriages filled wit
children from a home for cripple
watched the slow moving procession
BASS and the little ones openly cheer
Cd when they recognized the Presi
dents face in the first carriage afte
the bodies. Then only did the chic
executive show real pleasure. y
leaned forward eagerly and smiles
broadly at the delighted children.
The steady tramp, tramp, tram
of the troops was broken at the Man
haitian bridge for fear that the con
certed jar of so many feet woul
wreck the structure and, military OF
der forgotten. the parade crossed {
the Navy Yard for the ceremonies a
which New York's tribute TO the Ma
tion's heroes eliminated in the Presi
dents address.
President Lauds Heroes.
The President dwelt upon the e'
ample set by the boys who died pei
forming their duty at Vera Cruz. A
of "a cafd parforfnfnc M