Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-12
MILLIONS HONOR
 SAILOR HEROES Impressive Services for the Nineteen Men Killed at
 Vera Cruz.
WILSON AT FUNERAL
President EulOgizes Men Who Gave Lives for COuntry-Says "We Are Not in Mexico to Fight''-"Hard to
 Do Duty When Men Sneer."

million persons saw the seven caskets bearing the bodies of the marines and sailors who died at Vera Cruz as they were borne on caissons from the Battery to the navy yard in Brookln. In an open carriage be- in Brooklyn. In an open carriage be- Woodrow Wilson.
 The procession was nearly two hours in passing. Such was the feel ing of the massed thousands that the silence at times, particularly in the canous of lower Broadway, was op- presSive.
 Though there were but seventeen of the dead in the procession Secre- tary of the Navy Daniels made it plain that the ceremonies were for all who had died at Vera Cruz, not only the seventeen whose bodies were brought up by the cruiser Montana, but also for Clarence Harshberger and Henry Pulliam, who since have died. The religious ceremonies at the navy yard were more impressive, if possible, than was the sight of thc SlOW -uONillS COllCSC.
 Presidents Brief Address.
 President Wilson had no formal address prepared for the ceremonies at the Brooklyn navy yard today. Secretary Daniels read to him the names of the nineteen American dead in whose honor the services were held. The presidents reply was delivered with slow impressive ness. His voice was low and feryent and his face was grave.
 "Mr. Secretary" he said, "I know that the feelings which characterize all who stand about me are not feel ings that can be. expressed in elo- queYce or oratory. For my own part 1 have mixture of feelings.
 'The feeling that is uppermost is one of profound grief, that the lads should have had to go to their death. But vet l feel a profound pride and envy that they should have been per mitted to do their duty so nobly.'
 Their duty is not an uncommon thing. Men are performing it in the ordinary walks of life, but what gives these men peculiar distinction is that they did not give their lives for them selves, but gave their lives for us, be- cause we, as a nation, called upon them.
 Are you sorry for the lads? Are you sorry for the way the Will be re- membered? I hope to God none Of you will join the list, but if you will, you will join an immortal company; and while there goes out of our hearts an affectionate sympathy for theb, we know why we do not go away from this occasion with our hearts cast down but with confidence that all will be worked out.
 Not In Mexico to Fight.
 "We have gone down to Mexico to serve mankind, if we can find the way. We don't want to fight the Mexicans, We want to serve them.
 "A war of aggression is not thing in which it is proud. to die, but war of service is war in which It is a proud thing to die"
 The president referred them to the cosmopolitan personnel of the vlc- tims.
 "I listened to the list" he added with a profound feeling because they were not Irishmen, German or Hebrews when tEsy went to vera Cruz. They were Americans, and no matter where their people came from they did the thing that were Amer ican.
 war is only a sort of dramatic representation, symbol of thou sand forms of duty. I never was in battle or under fire, but I fancy it is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you, for when they shoot at you, they take your natural life, and when they sheer at you, they wound your heart.
 "As think of these spirits that have gone @from us know that the way is cleaner for the. future; for they have shown us the way"
 President Arrives UnObserved
 President Wilson arrived from Washington shortly after z o'clock almost unobserved. He was taken Immediately to the home of his friend Col. B. M. House. and thence to the Battery to take his place in the pro- cession. It had at first been arrang- ed that the president was to go to the navy yard to receive the nations dead on government ground, but at 2 the last moment MT. Wilson changed his mind and was driven to the Bat tery 50 as to participate in the cere- monies from beginning to end. When he reached the Battery the hero-dead were upon gun caisoons. police had lined the way and the procession was