The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-11
SILENT TRIBUTE PAID TO
HEROES OF VERA CRUZ
REMAINS ARRIVE IN NEW
YORK HARBOR ABOARD
CRUISER WYOMING.
VIII lie Taken Ashore at $ O'clock
This Morning-Pres. Wilson.
10 Make Address.

NEW YORK. May iO-Nation and
city paid tribute In silence to-day 70
the seventeen men who ..v. ,A.,.
uNes in the first move made in a..
occupation OF Vera Cruz bv IN. arm.
"a forces OF the United States R..r.
ING TIE bodies OF the dead bIu.iacketx
s. a.u marines. the armorcd cruiser Mon
,ale, ,.,lt,, escorted by the presidential
yacht Mayilower. having aboard Sc.
retary OF the Navy DANIELS reach.,
ioIt early today, and conveyed bv
lne superdreadnaught WVominr
steamed up the harbOr shortly beforp
moon, cropping anchor off the Battery
az u 49, O'Clock
A. the funeral cortege moved .,ow-
" up the hav the flags on The forss A.,
NtN York harbor. on all Sailing craft
ahd from the great buildings alonr an.
Nat't ironJ hung az half mast Alou-
~ nlets and walks OF the plaza A
me battery thousands of people stood
~ slieh'e. There was no noisy salute
.I"u vessels or forts. no demon~trr.
lions by the people ashore. but AN al.
ltude OF silent mourning seemed to
hang over all. ~
The wyoming having left the Brook
Hh navy yard saturday morning an.
Cnored OFT Ambrose light aud await
naval tug Powhatan. having aboard
representatives OF the press. left tho
Battery at IL o'clock aud met the IN
neral cortege AZ lower Quarantine in
Ambrose channel at 1880 a. m.
First View OF Collins.
AS the Powhatan swung around the
buoys between which the Wyoming
and Montana steamed the first view
OF the cohins with the bodies of the
marines and blue1ackets was obtained.
braped with United States flags. they
rested on the starboard side OF th,.
boat deck. a guard OF sailors paced
10 ana fro about the bodies, while the
big ships crew hung over the deck
rail
The cortege came up the bay with
the Wyoming leading, the Montana
next. followed by the Mayfiower nv
ing the nag OF the secretary of the
navy. Behind the Mayf'ower was the
Row hatan and the revenue cutter
Manhattan. AT Forts Wadsworth and
Hamilton. i'm the Narrows. the garri-
sons could be seen along the shore
and the flags flew az half mast. but
as the army and navy regulations for
bid the firing of salutes on Sunday
not sound could be heard but the
chugging OF the engines and an occa-
sional note from some vessel signal
ing another.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels re-
manned aboard the Mayfiower and II
was announced that m would not
come ashore until the time for the
start OF the procession tomorrow
morning. The bodies will be con-
veyed To rhe Brooklyn Navy Yard for
the final ceremony when President
Wilson Will deliver the memorial ad-
dress TO the dead.
Be Ashore at O'Clock.
The bodies will be brought ashore
shortly before : o'clock tomorrow
morning and placed upon caissons.
ready To be taken in the procession
which viii move up Broadway to city
nail for brief ceremony there, and
on across the Manhattan bridge to the
navy yard for the services.
President Wilson Is due to reach
this city from Washington at 7:15
o clock tomorrow morning
Relatives and friends OF some OF the
dead soldiers and marines visited the
navy yard to-day TO arrange for taking
home the bodies
This afternoon memorial services
Tor the dead were held by the naval
branch % the Y. VI. &. A. Bands from
The Texas and Wyoming. and a quar-
tet from the Clinton Avenue CongreRa-
lonal church supplied the music. ana
an address was delivered by the Rev.
). +. Carson, of the Central Presby-
terian church.