The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22
FUNERALS Of S0lDIER
BOYS THIS MORNING
Deaths Of Two Young Men Now Be-
ing Probed BY Both Civil and
Military Authorities.
ALL HONORs 10 BE GIVEN.
Military Salutes win Be Fired-Young
Gooch VIII BE Buried In Holly
wood and Meade In Alexandria.

ATTENDED by members Of Troop d,
FIRST Virginia Cavalry, to which he
belonged, funeral services over the
body of Private Henry g. Gooch.
ninteen years old. who. together with
w. f. Meade, OF Alexandria, was kill
ed early yesterday morning near Acca
Station by train, will be conducted
this morning at IL o'clock In the resi-
Il dence of his parents. 1918 Stuart Ave-
nue.. The Rev w. r. Long, pastor OF
Cowardin- Avenue Christian Church,
South Richmond, will officiate. The
burial will be made in Hollywood
Cemetery
Members of Troop D will serve both
as active and honorary pallbearera
accompany the body to the grave In
Hollywood.
Services over the body Of Private
Meade will be held this afternoon at
alexandria. Accompanied by his moth.
or and father, Mr.. and Mrs. Stasius
Meade, and q military escort, Private
j. D. McNabb. who was detailed by
the First Virginia Cavalry. the body
OF the young man left yesterday after
noon at 3:30 o'clock over the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railway Company for his parents
home. A squad Of eight men, in
Guiding a corporal. will leave this
Esmorning on an early train to attend
the funeral services OF their comrade
The customary salutes will be fired.
The young men. both of whom were
but nineteen years old. had been mem.
bers Of the Virginia Cavalry. formerly
the Richmond Light Infantry Blues
for only brief period. Young Gooch
enlisted July g. and Meade had been
member only since June rs. The
latter was a student In Episcopal High
School at Alexandria. and both were
we'll known and popular young men.
E VIII Probe Accident To-day.
A coroner's jury was impanneied
yesterday afternoon and an investiga-
ton into the deaths of the two young
cavalrymen will be held tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. The inquest
will be conducted by Coroner William
Taylor. of Richmond. and the jury
will be composed OF citizens OF this
city.
A military board. comprising First
Lieutenant G, p. Bigger. chairman:
First Lieutenant w. y. Mercer and
Second Lieutenant p. H Hudkins, ap-
ftAhNNd SV6tStHdN tIAhks NtaI ACn
inquiry into the deaths OF the two
young men. A. thorough investigation
| Ia being made into the fatal accident.
and IL was announced last night by
Lieutenant Bigger that IL wifi not be
completed until this afternoon. They
FIRST visited the morgue of Benefits
undertaking establishment. to which
place the bodies were taken shortly
after they were located and after
viewing the bodies visited the scene of
Eshe accident. From what they could
learn the two young men got off at
i Aeca to make a short cut 10 Camp
Henry Carter Stuart. Ii liz their be-
lief that the departing train drown
| "a the noise of the fast train approach
Ing and they were hurled from the
tracks to their deaths before they
knew that DANGER was near.
The board of inquiry will continue
the investigation this morning and by
this afternoon they will be prepared
To submit their report to the COM
handing officer
Private Goochs parentg MI and
Mrs Thomas r. Gooch. who were pay
ing a visit in Louisa County. at the
time of their sons death. were noti-
t&d of the fatal accident early yes
terday morning and they Immediately
came to Richmond. Gooch's father is
superintendent OF telegraph of the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac Railway Company. Besides hIs
parents young Gooch Is survived by
enc sister. Miss Elizabeth Gooch, and
three brothers, Thomas r. Jr. Irving
and Buford Gooch.
Tho discovery OF portion OF Gooch's
hat on the pilot of Richmond Fred
sricksburg and Potomac Railroad en-
-. xrh a h.
reached Byrd Street Station yesterday
morning NJ o'clock. was the frst In
tlmation that an accident had occurred.
A yard engine was Immediately or
dered out and instructions were given
the crew to continue along the tracks
until the bodies were discovered.
About 1880 o'clock the bodies OF the
young men were located a short dis
lance from Accs. which 10 small
Telegraph station. Both bodies were
BADLY mangled and were in the yicin-
lily OF the Richmond Forgings Corpor-
alton. Police and military authorities
at Camp Henry Carter Stuart were i'm
Immediately notified and an investigation
was started.
Detecttvs-serseant John Wiley, OF
ths local department., was Immediately
detailed to the case and he arrived
on the scene around o'clock In the
morning. Identification OF the bodies
vas established through numbered
TAGS which they wore around their
necks. The military authorities stated
that both young men had been granted
|leays Of absence for forty eight hours,
ana had been on q weekend visit at
the home Of Private Mead's parents in
Alexandria.
From what Sergeant Wiley could
learn yesterday. Gooch and Meade got
81 OF the train 1t Acca with the In :
tantion Of making . short cut to sher-
wood Park, whore the troops are en-
eamped
Unaware Of the approach Of another
Train, the two young men we're hurled
~ one side Of the tracks and met In
Unanimous death. Tho bodies were
not mutiiated about the faces but
Numerous injuries were indicted on tho
hodies.
Military regulations provide for the
aflotmsnt Of $50 by the government
towards the funeral expenses Of each
trooper. ana the heirs Of each victim
re 70 receive $780, which sum repre-
aeuts the pay Of the men for six
months,