Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-20

the diplomatic corps and the chief Of
staff of the army in the Senate recep-
ton room. The committee on arrange
ments. composed of members of both
houses of Congress, assembled in the
room of the committee on nay val affairs
of the House -i--
Body Borne to Rotunda.
When the body reached the Capitol Il
was removed from the hearse which
had borne it and was carried on the
shoulders of twelve sailors up the steps at
the east front of the building and into
the rotunda. The regiment Of midship-
men from the Naval Academy at AM
napolis. which had constituted the sole
escort for the remains from the Dewey
residence at 1901 street northwest to
the Capitol. gathered in compact
formation on the plaza.
seFvices at the Residence.
The private services conducted at the
residence at 10 o'clock were attended
by members of the family of the de-
ceased. few intimate friends. the
President and Mrs. Wilson. the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Lansing. the Secretary
of War and Mrs. Baker, the Secretary Of
the Navy and Mrs. Daniels. and the menu
bers of the general board of the navy. of
which Admiral Dewey was president. and
members of the diplomatic. corps.
Only those who had received an invita-
tion to be present at the services were
admitted to the house. Rev. DIR. Roland
Cotton Smith, rector of ST. Johns Epis-
copal Church, 18th and H streets north
west. where Admiral Dewey was a
communicant, officiated. reading the
funeral service of the Episcopal Church.
which occupied about fifteen minutes;
great crowd of people gathered in
the vicinity of the residence while this
was in progress, but it was an orderly
crowd and the police had no difficulty in
handling it. At the conclusion of the
services the casket bearing the remains
of the admiral was carried from the
house by the twelve sailors selected for
this honor from the crews OF the May
flower and Dolphin. 1t passed through
to the hearse which was 10. carry ito
the Capitol.
Platoon of Mounted Police In Lead.
Led by a platoon of mounted police,
the regiment of midshipmen serving az
a guard of honor escorted the body OF
the departed hero through X street to
Massachusetts avenue. thence along New
Jersey avenue to the Capitol. In car
riages that followed the hearse rode the
members of the family of the deceased,
friends of the family. the President and
other distinguished persons.
Characterized by Simplicity.
Though given a setting as majestic
as is the power of the nation to give.
simplicity characterized the official
services held in the historic rotunda Of
the Capitol. Amid such surroundings
this simplicity served to make more
the solemnity of the oc-
casion.
Standing at the head of the bier
where rested the mortal remains OF
the nations hero. Chaplain ]. b. Fra
zier, United States Navy, who, while on
a board Admiral Dewey's flagship Olym-
pia. at the time OF his great victory in
Manila bay. read the simple. unde-
funeral services pre-
was no Grafton. The chaplain was
dressed in the regulation navy UNI
form of blue, insignia in the form of
a cross on the collar of his coat desiR-
mating his station and calling.
When everything was in readiness
for the services to begin mixed quar-
tet arose and, unaccompanied sang the
humn Lead, Kindly Light Tne ne sing
Miss Lillian Chenoweth, con-
ratio: William Z. Braithwaite. tennr.
and Harry NJ. Forker, baso. me
VA stness of the great rotunda served as
a sounding board and echoes of the
beloved strains of the hymn resounded
IN the dome high above the heads OF
all.
Chaplain Reads Goth Psalm.
At the conclusion of the singing.
when the last echo of the voices had
,assed away. Chaplain Frazier began
% read the ninetieth Psalm. "a prayer
If Moses to the man of God"
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling
,lace in all generations. .
Before the mountains were brought
orth, or ever Thou hadst formed the
.arth. and the world, even from ever
asting to everlasting, Thou art Goo.-
And so on through the seventeen
-erses of the psalm Chaplain Frazier
cad the clear sharp tones of his voice
choing in the space above him.
Looking This Way" the favorite
lynn of Admiral Dewey. then was sung
" a double quarter of mixed voices.
his hymn was included in the services
( the suggestion of Secretary Daniels
# the Navy, Admiral Dewey often hav-
ng remarked to him that II was hix
avorite of all hymns. The great naval
ficer had q phonographic record OF