Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-21
NATION PAYS ITS
FINAL KONORS TO
HERO Of MANILA
Body of Admiral Dewey Is Laid
to Rest Amid Impressive
Scene at Arlington.
PRESIDENT AND NOTED
ASSEMBLAGE AT BIER
Guns Boom Out Last Salutes and
"Taps" Sound as Coffin Is
Placed in Mausoleum.


While the President and the highest
officials of the government stood with
heads barred and bowed in silence, the
body of George Dewey late the admiral
of the navy of the United States, was
laid to rest Yesterday afternoon in the
,uso,.,,,, ha,on.;re +o cen Nelson A
Miles IN Arlington. Here II Will remain
until the amphitheater, now under con-
s.ruct,o, IN tho eraa+ national ceme
s'ru'''o" III tne ea. a''o ..,, ~
terry is completed wheh II VIII oe
given a place in that stately abode of
the nations hero dead.
I.,;.,, ~. .,,, .o,.,,,n;ty .rd di,nitv
WIZ. 'he same soiei''' anu
that characterized the exercises IN the
rotunda of the Capitol earlier in the
aa,, ,,.ha er., .r;h,,, ,,as n.;d Off
cis,iv 70 the man who was so dear to
the hearts S of all Americans and with
the same impressiyeness the body was
cnn,r,;tted cnn ~ its n1.ce of rast The com
,,it,,nnt seryice ,uas br;ef and within
q fa,., ,,in,,tes a f.ar The cortepe had en-
fereS the cemetery minute gun was
hoominn IT'S Anal sainte TO the depart-
Mideb;nnar Eecor+ Rodv
Only the regiment of midshipmen
from the Naval Academy at ANNAPOLIS
.,...
accompanied the oooy ~lthln the gates
Of Arlington. The remainder of the fu-
neral procession disnersed when il
.saah.a 49, on...oa - ~. ,;..o.;e
reacheu .he entrance u ehat historic
city of the dead"
The midshipmen were at the head of
the line and when they reached the
vlcini1y OF tne mausoIeum tney hai.ed
rosdr,.x They ~ 90, o - ..Dr.sant y, or,n., M
as the caisscn drew near, and remained
SO until the body Of their departed
comiIianaeI ,ra ahu iIIeho hao passed.
in the roadway about seventy-fve feet
from the mausoleum and the twelve
stalwart sailors from the y. S. s. May.
mower ara tne seaman runners Scnool
Al me sUdsnlnSlon navy yard, woo mad,
wakeQ peside4 the pody on It's nnai
journey made ready to bear 1t to the
place where 1t was to rest. The men
from the May.ower included Chief
fetty Omcer W. ROBERTS, in charge;
r. Fiannagan, A g. Ward. J. ]. Winde-
miller, o. Lint. W. =. A Martin and
G L. Lynn, Those from the Seaman
Gunners School were p. A. .Posey, J.
r. Platte, Z. Il. Damn, ". McMurren, g.
A. KING and e. Schoo1ey.
Lifting the metal coffin tenderly from
the caisson. the sailors carried all-that
was mortal of George Dewey, hero, to
the mausoleum which was to receive
the body. The Naval Academy Band.
stationed nearby, played the familiar
strains of Nearer, NV God. to Thee"
as the body of the great naval officer
was brought to the entrance N tha
granite structure. '"0
c1eroum., pr.c.d. r.% %i
"e SoAnA. q
Ahead of the coffin walked f-hanl.jn
r,..;a. ~ pam
aboard Dewey's flagship Olympia at
'ne .iihe oi the victory IN manila bay,
whicn was 10 make the admirafs name
known the world daround.. With him
walked Rev NDr. Roland Cotton Smith,
rector of st. Johns Episcopal Church,
where Admiral Dewey worshiped. Be
hind the. two clergymen came H. c.
Maeooa. ,superintendent of the ceme.
tery.
Close behind the coffin fo,Iou.a ,
sailor hearing the sdn,ir.i,s s
half mast. aag of hI,,a 80. nag q.
atars The Aar a. 5,ranS .:.us iouf
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