Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
Pay Tribute to
 | Vera Cruz Dead
BODIES OF SEAMEN ARRIVED AT
 NEW YORK YESTERDAY.
SOLEMN SCENE ENACTED
As Funeral corteee Steamed Slowly Up the Bay-Thousands of People Viewed It in Silence.

New York, May 10-Nation and city paid tribute in silence today te-the seventeen men who gave their lives in the nrSt move made in the occupation or Vera Cruz by the armed forces of the United States Bearing the bodies of the dead bluejackets and marines, the armored cruiser Montana, escorted by the presidential yacht Mayfiower, having aboard Secretary of the Navy Daniels, reached port early today, and, conveyed by the superdreadnought Wyoming, steamed up the harbor shortly before noon, dropping anchor off the Battery at 12.4O o'clock.
 As the funeral correge moved slowly up the bay, the flags in the forts in New York harbor, on all sailing craft and on the great buildings along the waterfront hung at half mast. Along the piers and walks of the plaza at the Battery thousands of people stood in silence. There was no noisy salute from vessels of forts. no demonstration by the people ashore; an attitude of silent mourning seemed to hang over all.
 The Wyoming, having left the Brook lyn navy yard Saturday morning. an- chored off Ambrose light and awaited the coming of the funeral ship. The naval tug Powhattan, carrying repre- sentatives of the city, left the Battery at Il o'clock and met the funeral cor tege at lower Quarantine in Ambrose
 
 brightly as the little tug steamed down the bay, but just as the vessel swung around to fall in line astern the May flower a cloud obscured the sun, and head were leaden. As the Powhatan swung around the buoys between which the Wyoming and Montana steamed the first view of the collins containing tine bodies of the marines and bluejackets was obtained. Draped xriSh yraffn fn6 Aoo he s,, ed on the starboard side of the deck, where a guard of sailors paced to and fro.
 The cortege came up the bay with the Wyoming leading, the Montana next, followed by the Mayffower, flying | the flag of the secretary of the navy. l Behind the Mayfiower. were the naval i tug Powhatan and the revenue cutter Manhattan. As the vessels passed low ! CT Quarantine the changing of the bells on the buoys sounded like the tolling l of church bells.
 At Forts wadsworth and Hamilton, in the Narrows. the garrisons could be | seen along the shore and the flags flew at half mast. but as the army and l navy regulations forbid the firing of l Salutes on Sunday, not a sound could be heard but the chugging of the en- | zines and an occasional note from the whistle of some vessel signalling an 1 other. AS the cortege drew nearer to | the city many small craft came along side to get close view of the funeral ship with it's flag -draped caskets. Even rowboats ventured far out into the harbor. Off Governors Island a cut ter of the Brooklyn naval militia swung l round and for a short distance ran | alongside the big warships.
 1 At 12.40 o'clock the big ships were l opposite the Battery and dropped an- chor. The navy yard launch, having 1 aboard Commandant Gleaves of the l Brooklyn navy yard and City Dock l Commissioner c. A. Smith, came along ] side the Mayflower, and the official vis- | its between the secretary of the navy and other officers in command were | exchanged.
 Secretary of the Navy Daniels re- mained aboard the Mayf1ower during the afternoon and evening, and it was