Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-21
President, Justices, Diplomats,
Army and Navy Officers
and Congressman in
Attendance.
CADETS ESCORT OF HONOR
Burial Service Read by Chap
lain Frazier, Who Was On
Olympia at Manila Bay.
INTERMENT AT ARLINGTON

Dewey was laid to rest today with
all the honors a grateful nation cal,
bestow.
After funeral services, conducted
under the dome of the capitol and at
tended by President Wilson, the cab
met, the supreme court, the diplomatic
corps and notable company, the ad-
mirars 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 P. Lamberton,
the fleet captain, and Captain Joseph
?. Coghlan of the cruiser Raleigh lie
nearby. Not far away on the wooded
slopes rest Schley and Sampson,
Private services at the home we're
attended by President Wilson, Secre
tary Daniels and a limited company
The funeral party then moved to the
capitol. All business of the govern
ment was suspended for the day; all
private business in Washington
stopped for an hour. On every Amer
lean navel ship on the seven seas an
ensign huttered at half mast and an
admirars salute of nineteen guns was
fired.
Naval Cadets Escort.
The entire corps of midshipmen
from Annapolis, who came not under
orders, but as Admiral Dewcy's
friends, as he had wished. escorted
the body to the rotunda of the capi-
tol, where Chaplain ]. B. Frazier,
chaplain OF the Olympia at Manila
bay, conducted brief and simple fu-
neral services. Mrs. Dewey did not
accompany the funeral party to the
capitol, but joined it on the way to
Arlington.
The private services at the home
were begun promptly at 10 o'clock.
Soon thereafter procession OF mid
shibmcn. escortng the admiral's body,
moved along Massachusetts avenue
over the plaza OF the capit5fa faxhH into
the rotunda, where the body was
placed onsa catafalque directly under
the great dome.
President and Cabinet Arrive.
President Wilson and the cabinet
assembled in the presidents room on
the senate side and marched 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, az
the admiral wished, was very simple.
After the reading OF the funeral serv-
ice quartet sang Lead, Kindly
Light and abide With Me-" the
admiral's favorite hymns,
Marines and Cavalry.
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
marines, a battlion of luejackets
from the Arkansas, companies of sea-
men from the gunboat Dolphin and
the presidential yacht Mayhower, a
company of army engineers from the
Washington barracks and two conf
panes of cavalry from Fort Myer
composed the escort.
Moving out over the plaza, the
funeral procession turned into Penn
sylvania avenue and Travelled the
route which was the scene of Ad-
miral Dewey's victorious Homecoming
from the battle which opened new
epoch in American history.
Body on Gun Caisson.
Following an escort of police rode
Chaplain Frazier; then came a gun
caisson bearing the admiraPs casket
drapcd with an American flag. Twelve
body bearers, seamen from the Dol
phin and Mayhower, marched with
measured tread just behind. A color
bearer with all admirals flag at half
mast came next Then followed mem
bcrs of the admiraps family and the
members of the navy general board,
of which he was head. A party of
survivors of the battle of Manila bay
marched next.
officers and enlisted men of the
army, navy. marine corps and coast
guard service marching in inverse or
der of rank were followed by Assist
andt Secretary Roosevelt, Secretary
Daniels and finally President Viii
son. The remainder of the funeral
cortege was composed of the cabinet,
diplomatic corps, the congressional
! committees, members of patriotic So
.;a;,;ec and delepations Of citizens