The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-22
''TAPS'' SOUND
 FOR J. j. kEEGAN.
Youngest Spanish War Vet eran Lain In Last
 Bivouac

While the bugIe sang the pIaintive notes of offsTaps.,s; comrades of the Span
 ish War Veterans laid John Joseph.
 Keegan to rest in St. A11chael,s ceme- terry today The youngest member or
 the Spanish American War vet erans with Dewey at Manila bay when but
 a. lad of 14, he at last stceuznned to
 wounds received in five camp aigns.
 Keegan, who was born in Bridgeport
 and lived here until he enlisted in the
 navy, died in Brooklyn, N r., last
 week Accompanied by an escort Of
 Spanish American War Veterans and k detail of six sailors and a coxsHain
 from the Brooklyn navy yard, the
 body was brought to his fathers home.
 James Keegan, Ss4 Myrtle avenue. on
 Sunday morning
 The funeral service was held at 8;30
 this morning from his fathers home
 and at o'clock from the Sacred Heart church where Rev T. J. Mooney cele- Erated the high mass of requiem. Tho
 funeral was attended by a delegation Of Nathaniel ". Bishop camp, Spanish American War Veterans, as well as
 many sorrowing relatives and friends The bier was surrounded by many. JbeautifuI floral tributes, many of which were the tributes of old ship
 mates After the service and while the body was being carried from the church Mrs. Charles Ogren sang,
 Nearer, My God, to Thee
 The pail bearers were Capt. M C. Curtin. Eoaet Artillery corps. sof Brooklyn, who accompanied the body to this city and remained until the funeral service, Capt. F. J. BreclzbiiB Gasit1s F. Dletz and Thomas E. Spear the last three of the Bishop camp. Spanish War Veterans.
 At the gates of St. AIichael's ceme- tery a detail from the 11th company, Coast Artillery corps, of this city, met 1 the funeral cortege and escorted the body to the grave. The detail was commanded by Quarternaster Sergt. ATunson and composed of Mechanic Timothy Deasys PTdvates A. Casorias
 F. Sfleo, R. Luciano, s. Kundrath and J. Jarvie Musician Bell of the 4th company sounded taps" as the body was lowered into the grave.
 l Keegan,s record in the navy was ricst brilliant and the honors paid him today were but fitting tribute for the
 service he had rendered his country. En1isting in the navy when a mere I boy, Keegan was under fire before he
 had finished the first year of his first i enlistment He rose by sheer merit
 from ships boy to the highest war
 rant office in the service He wore 1 medal from Congress for bravery. l During target practice in southern l waters several years ago the action of l the climate had turned the smokeless | powder to liquid. An explosion oc-
 cured in one of the powder magazines
 during the firing of the guns. Keegan was the captain of a gun crew and l in an effort to. prevent the explosion Of gun he placed his left hand over l a yent in the breach. A part of his l hand was blown off and the part of l the breach struck him on the left side 1 of the head tearing away a portion of 1 his head and face and fracturtng his I skull The most eminent surgeons l in the navy treated him and a large silver plate was inserted to take the i place of the bone blown away
 ! Keegan when he recovered retired