Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21
NATION PAYS LAST
HONORS TO DEWEY
Solemn Funeral Services Held in
Capitol, With Distinguished
Company Present.
MILITARY ESCORT TO GRAVE
Body Taken to Arlington. to Rest
With Those of Naval He
roes Gone Before.

| fPy Associated Prcssl
! "ASHINGTON. January 20.-Admral
George Dewey. hero of the battle of
Manila Bay and the worlds ranking
na%ii officer, was buried to-day, at
Arlington National Cemetery. after
solemn ceremonies. rejecting the ma
tion's final tribute of honor and af-
| lection.
| Though arranged with care TO ex
press a national tribute, the funeral
and burial ceremonies were both sim
| pie and brief There was no funeral
Grafton at the home or the Capitol
! Eoth services were conducted accord
! ing to Episcopal rites, the first being
read by DR.. Roland Cotton Smith. the
/ family minister. and the second bv
Chaplain J. B. Frazier, who was the
| Olympia's chaplain at Manila Bay.
Chaplain Frazier also conducted the
commitment service when the body
was laid in the mausolcum
| After funeral services conducted un
der the dome of tho Capitol and at
| tended by President Wilson, the Cabi-
net. the Supreme Court the diplomatic
corps and notable company, the ad-
| mirafs body was taken to Arlington
| National Cemetery to rest with those
of naval heroes gone before. Two of
| Dewey's commanders at the battle of
Manila Bay, Benjamin E. p Lamherton.
the fleet captain. and Captain Joseph
| p. Coghlan, of the cruiser Raleigh, lie
| nearby. Not far away on the wooded
slopes rest Schuley and Sampson
| Private services at the home were
attended by President Wilson. Secre-
| tary Daniels and limited company
| The funeral party then moved to the
70 FOL
ment was suspended for the day: all
| private business in Washington stopped
for an hour. On every American naval
ship on the seven seas an ensign
huttered at half-mast. and an admirars
| salute Of nineteen guns was fired. The
| entire corps of midshipmen from An
| napolis. who came not under orders,
| but as Admiral Deweys friends, as he
/ had wished, escorted the body to the
rotunda of the Capitol, where Chaplain
j. B. Frazier, chaplain of the Olympia
at Manila Bay, conducted brief and sim
pie funeral services. Mrs. Dewey did
! not accompany the funeral party to the
Capitol. but Joined it on the way to
| Arlington.
! BOUT On CATAFALQUE
DIRECTLY UNDER GREAT DOME
| The private services at the home
were begun promptly at 10 o'clock.
| Soon thereafter a solemn procession of
midshipmen escorting the admirars
body moved along Massachusetts
Avenue. over the plaza of the Capitol
and into the rotunda. where the body
was placed on a catafalque directly
under the great dome
President Wilson and the Cabinet
; assembled in the Presidents room on
the Senate side and marched in body
to their places beside the bier. The
Supreme Court justices the diplomatic
corps, the chief Of STAFF of the army.
the committees representing both
houses of Congress- and officers of the
army and navy followed. There was
no funeral oration, and the occasion
as the admiral wished was very sim
pie. After the solemn reading of the
funeral service, quartet sang Lead
Kindly Light" and abide With Me-"
! the admirars favorite hymns.
While the services under the dome
of the Capitol were proceeding. the
midshipmen. drawn up on the plaza.
were Joined by the remainder of the
military escort. Six companies of ma
rines. under command of Colonel c. G.
Long: battalion Of blucjackets from
the Arkansas, companies Of scamen
from the gunboat Dolphin and the
presidential yacht Mayhower. COM
pany OF army engineers from the
| Washington barracks. and two com
panies of cavalry from Fort Myer
composed the escort
TRAVELS ROUTE WHICH WAS
SCENE OF HOMECOMING
Moving out over the plaza. the
funeral procession turned into Penn
sylvania Avenue and Travelled the route
| which was the scene of Admiral
Dewey's victorious homecoming from
the battle which opened a new epoch
III American history.
Following an escort OF police, rode
| Chaplain Frazier; then a gun caisson
| bearing the admiraTs casket draped
with an American flag. Twelve body
bearers. seamen from the Dolphin and
Mayhower, marched with measured
tread just behind. a color bearer with
an admirars flag at half-mast came
next. Then followed members OF the
admrars family, and the members OF
the navy general board. of which lie
was head y party of survivors of the
battle OF Manila bay. gathered from
far and near to do last homage to
| their commander, marched next
| Officers and enlisted men of the army,
navy, marine corps. and Coast Guard
| Service, marching in inverse order of
rank, were followed by Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt. Secretary Daniels
/ and finally President Wilson. The re-
| mainder Of the funeral cortegc was
! composed Of the Cabinet. diploma tic
/ corps. the congressional committees,
members of patriotic societies and dele
cations OF citizens
! CASFSET Is DRAPED
WITH AMERICAN FLAG
| The casket while il rested i'm the
center of the Capitol rotunda was
draped with an American flag. and
resting on 1t was Admiral Deweys
sword. Surrounding the catafalpue
were floral pieces. Directly before the
| catafalque a cannon of white roses on
base of ferns was turned upward to-
ward II glistening crescent OF gold,
wreathed in Orchids a tribute from the
sailors of the Atlantic Fleet
First to enter the rotunda were the