The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-25
20 FRUSTRATED AT
MASS IN NAVY YARD
Thirty Thousand Fight for
Places on Field at Annual
Memorial Services.
HOSPITAL CORPS ACTIVE
Altar Erected on Stand Presi-
dent Wilson Used for Vera
Cruz Ceremony.

Thirty thousand persons fought their
way and struggled TO find places for the
annual memorial field mass on the parade
ground OF the marine barracks at the
Brooklyn navy yard yesterday morning
The parade ground will give standing
room to about 10000. That number
crowded inside the enclosure and the re-
naming 10000 surged about the Flu Ing
avenue entrance.
There were about twenty prostrations
all among the National Guard delegations
and semi-military bodies. Many OF these
had marched for a long distance to the
navy yard. The hospital corps was kept
busy attending to the stricken ones. who
were carried to the naval hospital and to
other nearby buildings.
The mass was the twelfth annual
memorial OF its kind at the navy yard.
The big stand erected for President
Wilson and his suite for the services for
the jackies and marines killed Mt Vera
Cruz had been left standing. on this the
altar which Is used each year for the
field mass was erected. Signal flags sus-
pended from the balcony OF the barracks
Immediately behind the stand gave color
to the otherwise gray background. The
balcony OF the barracks was occupied
by Capt Gleaves, commandant OF the
yard, and other officers and their families.
There are only los marines in the yard
at present. Thirty-six of these were in
jured at Vera Cruz and are In the hos
pital and six others are In the guard
house. The operations I'm Mexico have
80 depleted the marine strength of the
yard that civilian clerks are being used
for guard duty.
The celebration of tho mass was set
for IL O'Clock. While the crowd was
gathering and trying to wedge its way
into standing room the marine band gave
a concert. outside the yard the various
military and semi-military organizations
formed ready to march inside.
The organizations represented by dele
cations included the Fourteenth and
Forty-seventh regiments. y. q. n. Y,
from Brooklyn: the First and Second
battalions of Naval Militia; the Police and
Fire departments h, ded by the police
band the letter carriers. with their band .
the United States customs and post office
employees. Spanish War Veterans, Boy
Scouts, United States Volunteer Life Saw
ing Corps. Knights OF Columbus. Ancient
order OF Hibernians, Foresters of America.
Catholic Benevolent Legion and the cadets
I from ST. Bridgets, St Patricks and st
: johns parishes In Brooklyn. each group
/ with its band.
The police reserves had their hands
| full keeping the crowd outside In order
while the depleted marine force was even
more busy with the 10000 inside the res
/ ervstion Capt. Bootes. the only COM
missioned officer left at the barracks. was
! In command inside the gates. His chief
lieutenant in preserving order was Sergt
| X. u. Henderson. acting officer OF the day
! In the absence OF Bishop Mcdonnell
the Very Rev. Mgr. James ~ Connolly
/ chaplain of the Twelfth Regiment and a
Spanish war veteran, celebrated mass
/ His assistants were the Very Rev. John
p Chadwick. chaplain of the old battle
/ ship Maine and now president OF st
Joseph's Seminary at Dunwoodie. n. Y
who acted as deacon. and the Rev. Johi
| J. Brady, the most recently appointed
navy chaplain. who acted as sub-deacon
The Rev. Francis J. Sullivan. chaplain
OF the Police Department, preached tbs
sermon. He paid particular tribute &c
the tackles and marines killed In the re-
! cent fightlng at Vera Cruz.
This mass" he said. ''ls to the memory
OF all our dead. Let us not forget thes,
brave youths who recently met death al
Vera Cruz. Every one OF them died fol
his country; every one OF them died &
! hero"