The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-14
TRIBUTE PAID TO
HEROES WHO DIED
ON MEXICAN SOIL

-Nt" iofH, My Ito me men Oh
the navy who died in the occupation
OF Vera Cruz, the city. the state and the
nation Eaid tribute today in q demon
StFatlcn chiefly remarkable for it's
silence and soleulnity. Fol our miles
through the city streets. the funeral
cortege passed and behind it. in an
open carriage, rode the president. He
sat Tor the most part with hear barred,
though the May sun beat down on him
and the mercury climbed above 20.
Perhaps 100000 persons saw the
~ collins. each or a caisson, borne
from the Battery plaza i'll lower Man
halt2n. to the navy yard in Brooklyn,
The procession was nearly two hours
IN passing. Though there were but II
OF the dead in the procession, Secretary
OF the Navy Daniels made it plain that
the mol1 were for all who had
oled at Vera Cruz. not only the II
whose bodies We're brought up by the
cruiser Montana, but also for Clarence
Harshbarger and Henry Pulliam, who
have since died.
Wilson Grief Stricken.
The religious ceremony at the navy
yard was more impressive, if possible,
than was the sight Of the slow-moving
cortege.
President Wilson had no formal ad-
dress prepared for the ceremonies al
the Brooklyn la yard today. Secre-
tary Daniels read the names of the
American dead in whose honor the
services We're held, the presidents
reply was delivered with slow impress
~siveness. His voice was low and fer
vent and his face was grave.
The cortege began to move at :
o'clock, the ships bands playing a fun.
eral march. Il the b~luejackets with
arms reversed. The crowd stood with
barred heads. Thought the skyscrapeG
canon of lower Broadway past Ole
Trinity church and into the city hall
plaza. the procession passed. At city
hall. whose columns and portico We're
draped in black, the cortege halted
while Mayor Mitchell placed on a
caisson a wreath of orchids. the city's
tribute. AS he did so the bluejackets
stood at present arms, and 500 school
children sang Nearer My God to
Thee
Gathered at the city hall were per
haps 1000 spectators. From there the
lay north across Manhattan
bridge to Brooklyn and the navy yard.
and comparatively brief. A hymn by
the battleships' bands, an Invocation
by Chaplain William G. Cassard, of
Annapolis. then President Wilson's ad-
dress. Prayers by Rabbi Stephen S.
Wise and Father John 2. Chadwick,
Volleys fired by a detachment of
marines from the Texas and Taps by
a busler completed the program.
List of Hero Dead.
The dead from Vera Cruz are:
Boswell. Louis Frank, chief gunnsr's
mate, battleship Michigan, Coulteryille,
Ill.
Defabbio. Gabriel, A.. %gunner's mate,
battlesaip New Jersey, Batavia. N. Y.
De Lowry, Francis p, seaman, bat
tleship New Hampshire. Pittsburgh.
Deyorey, Frank, ordinary m
battleship South Carolina, BIakesburg,
| Ia.
Fisher. Ellie c., ordinary seaman,
battleship New Hampshire, Forest,
Miss.
Fried, Louis Oscar. ordinary m
battleship Arkansas, Gretna, Fla.
FrohlichStein, e. H., IN battle
ship New Hampshire, Mobile, Ala.
HaRgerty, Daniel a., private, marine
corps, Cambridge. Mass.
Lane. Dennis j.. seaman, battleship
Marten, Samuel, private, marine
corps. Chicago.
Percy, Rufus Edward, private marine
corps. Concord, N. H.
Poinsett, George, seaman, battleship
Florida. Philadelphia.
Schumacher, John F., coxswain. bat
tlesl,ip Florida. Brooklyn.
Smith. Charles Allen, ordinary sea-
man. battleship New Hampshire, Phila-
deiphia.
Stream. Albin Eric, ordinary m
battlsship New Jersey. Brooklyn.
Suinn1erlin, Randolph, private marine
corps. Willachoochie. Ga.
Watson. Walter L.. ordinary m
battleship Arkansas, Orleans, Mass.
H~arshbarger. Clarence r., of Vir-
ginia.
Pulliam, Henry. Of Virginia.
OF these, IA We're sent from the navy
yard to relatives. The bodies of three.
iIaggcrty, Percy and Watson. will be
taken back on the Montana for remova
to Men England.