The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-20
DEWEY FUNERAL
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shipmen escorting the admirals 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 as
sembled in the presidents room on the
senate side and marched in body to
their places beside the bier. The su
preme 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 Grafton and
the occasion, as the admiral wished,
was very simple. After the solemn
reading of the funeral service a quar-
tet sang Lead Kindly Light" and
abide With Me-" the admirafs favor
lite hymns.
Marine and Military Escort.
While the services were proceeding
the midshipmen, drawn up on the
plaza, were Joined by the remainder of
the military escort. Six companies of
marines under command of Col. G. G..
Long battalion of blue Jackets from
the Arkansas, companies of seamen
from the gunboat Dolphin and the
presidential yacht Mayflower. a COM
pany of army engineers from the
Washington barracks and two troops
of cavalry from Fort Myer composed
the escort. Moving out over the plaza
the funeral procession turned into
pennsylvania avenue and Travelled the
route which was the scene of Admiral
DeWey's victorious Homecoming from
the battle which opened a new epoch
in American history.
Casket on Gun Caisson.
Following an escort of police rode
Chaplain Frazier, then came a gun
fssaI he .a-rr
draped with an American flag. Twelve
body-bearers, seamen from the Dol
phin and Mayflower, marched just be-
hind A color bearer with an admiraI's
flag at half mast came next. Then
followed members of the admiral's
family and the members of the navy
general board, of which he was head.
A party of survivors of the battle of
Manila bay gathered from far and
near marched next. Officers and en-
listed men of the army, navy marine
corps and coast guard service. march
ing in inverse order of rank, were
followed by Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt, Secretary Daniels and fin
ally President Wilson. The remainder
of the funeral cortege was composed
of the cabinet diplomatic corps the
congressional committees, members of
patriotic societies and delegations of
citizens.
Cannon of White Roses.
The casket while it lay in the ro-
tunda was draped with an American
flag and resting on it was Admiral
DeWey's sword. Surrounding the
catafalque, draped in a circle on the
marble floor and raised on stanchions,
were floral wreaths, green's and huge
floral pieces. Directly before the
catafalque cannon of white roses on
a base of ferns was turned upward
toward a glistening crescent of gold
wreathed in orchids. a tribute from
the sailors of the Atlantic fleet
Chaplain Frazier read the Episcopal
funeral service thruout with the in
terpolation of a special prayer. The
president and other dignitaries re-
manned standing with bowed heads as
the casket was carried from the ro-
tunda to the caisson in the capitol
plaza, from where the procession
moved off down Capitol avenue AS
further mark of respect the house and
senate returned to their respective
halls and adjourned until Monday.
In Temporary Vault.
The funeral procession entered
Arlington cemetery little more than
an hour after it started from the CAPT.
tol. All except official vehicles had
been excluded, out all pedestrians
were freely admitted.
Passing thru the gates, the process
sion wound along the wooded road
ways by the Lee mansion and beyond
the Maine memorial plot, where are
buried the unknown dead of that ship
and to the mausoieum erected for
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. where
Admiral Dewey's body will repose I'M
til the memorial amphitheater is fin
ished, probably during the summer.
Switzerland has a new president,
Edmund Schulthess. He is forty years