The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-20
THOUSANDS PAY
LAST TRIBUTE To
ADMIRAL DEWEY
Body of Manila Bay Hero Laid I'd
Rest in National Gene. j g@t
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MILITARY HONORs PAID
SALUTE OF 10 GUNS
Impressive Cortege Accompanies
Remains To National Gene
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terry at Arlington
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Washington, Jan. 2O.-The nation
today paid its last tribute to Admiral
Dewey, the hero of Manila Bay.
At 10 a. H., private funeral ser.
vices were held at the residence.
Then, in flag draped caisson and
under heavy guard OF military and
naval units. the body was taken to
the national capitol
Distinguished men of every walk
of life there attended the service held
by Rev. Frazier, a fighting parson,
who entered Manila Bay with Dewey.
At 12 o'clock noon the naval salute
of 10 guns doomed forth from one
end of the nation to the other as the
body was removed to the city OF the
dead at Arlington Government ceme-
terry.
All government departments were
closed today. Private stores were
closed and all business in Washing.
ton was suspended. Street car traffic
was suspended for one hour, while
the remains of Dewey we're inferred.
Lies Near comrads.
After funeral services conducted un.
der the dome of the capitol, and at
tended by President Wilson, the ca
binet, the supreme court. the diplo-
matte corp, and notable company,
the admiral's body was taken to the
Arlington Government cemetery. Two
of Dewey's commanders at the battle
of Manila bay; Benjamin Lamberton,
the fleet captain and Captain Joseph
p. Coghlan, Of the cruiser Raleigh,
lie nearby. Not far away on the
wooded slope rest Schley and Samp-
son. .~.. .-,..~e .,.@2.s.
Private Services. az
Private services at the home wefo
attended by President Wilson, Secre.
tary Daniels, and a limited company.
The funeral party then moved to tho
ment was suspended for the day: all
private business in Washington was
stopped for an hour. On every Ameri-
can naval ship on the seven seas an
ensign fluttered at half mast, and an
admiral's salute of nineteen guns was
fired. The entire corps Of midship'
men from Annapolis, who came not
under orders. but as Admiral Dewey's
friends, as he had wished. escorted
the body to the rotunda OF the capi.
tol. where Chaplain J. B. Frazier.
chaplain of the Olympia, at Manila
Bay, conducted simple funeral ser.
vices MRS. Dewey did not accompany
the funeral party to the capitol, but
joined it on the way to Arlington.
Middies As Escorts.
A procession Of midshipmen escort.
ed the admiral's body into the rotunds
Of the capitol, and the body was plsc.
ed under the great dome. President
Wilson and the cabinet assembled in
the presidents room and marched to
their places besides the bier. The 81.
preme court justices, the diplomatic
corps, the chief of staff Of the army.
the committees representing both
houses OF congress, and officers Of tho
army and navy followed. There was
no funeral occasion, and the affair was
very simple. After the solemn read.
ing of the funeral service, the quartet
sang Lead Kindly Light and Abide
With Me-" which were the admtrars
favorite. ~,
Draped in Flag.
The casket, while in the capitol 70.
tunda, was draped in an American
flag, and on it was Admiral Dewey's
sword. Surrounding the catafalque.
draped in circle on the marble floor.
and raised on stanchions, were floral
wreaths, greens and huge floral pieces.
The diplomatic corps, headed by
Jesserand, the dean. who
were arrayed in their brilliant regalia.
were ushered to places near the Sec
tion occupied by the senate. When
theyhad been seated, the booming Of
a signal gun on the plaza heralded the
arrival of the funeral cortege. The
assembly rose. and remained standing
while the casket was borne into tho
rotunda and placed on the catafalque.
When the admiral's flag had been
spread at the head Of the casket.
Chief Justice White and the associate
justices of the supreme court, clad In
their sombre robes, arrived, followed
by President Wilson and all the mem
bers Of the cabinet.
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