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

man were borne to their resting p
buries its heroes. A great demons
deeper the niche in history where
will remain immortal.
Honor to Illustrious Dead.
The tribute paid to the memory of
walls of the Capitol was not all: the
entire city turned out to do him hom-
age. The activities of the government
halted by an executive order relieving
all government employees within the
city from their official duties and the
majority of business establishments
closed during the hours of the funeral
practically every one was free to pay
final honor to the illustrious dead.
All along the thoroughfares over
which the cortege passed on It's way 70
the great national cemetery on tng
Virginia hills overlooking the cap1.a
thousands of persons gathered 10 aao
their mite to the honorss accorded me
memory of this man. NO part OF tHe
final tribute. was more Impressive Ina,
| the grandeur OF the silence OF tness
i1Sdple as they stood with heads pared
and bowed in reverence as the caisson
bearing his remains passed by them.
While final honors thus were being ac-
corded the departed hero in TINS CITY,
tribute to his memory also was Delng
paid throughout this country and in for.
eign lands The flags on all buildings OF
the government were flying at haiI-staH;
At noon every senior ship Of the United
States Navy, in home and foreign waters.
fired a salute of nineteen guns, the salute
Of the Secretary of the Navy, ordered py
Secretary Daniels as specia! mark OF
respect to the deceased one. The regula-
ton admiral's salute is seventeen guns,
but the extra honorS were given under
specific orders from the Secretary OF the
Navy in recognition of Deweys rank as
the admiral of the navy.
Washington has seen many impress
siye funeral ceremonies, and while some
have been more extensive than that
which took place tolay, it. IS doupt1ui
il in any has the tribute PAID the DE,
ceased been more sincere. Ihe 1uneral
of Admiral Dewey will take its place in
history with those of Lincoln, Car
field and Mckinley.
Remains on Historic Bier.
It is fitting that this should be so, for
in many respects they were alike. The
rotunda of the Capitol, where todays
services were staged. was also the setting
of the others. The bier on which rested
the casket bearing the remains of the
naval hero was the same one which had
smnnorted the bodies of the martyred
Presidents, Lincoln, Garfield and NC
Kinley, Charles Sumner and other great
figures in American history But for fresh
drapings the bier was the same as the
day II was used for the first time for the
official services on the occasion or the
death of Lincoln.
more impressive setting could not
have been provided than that which was
today used for the official services in
honor of Admiral Dewey. In the very
central spot of the building that consti-
tutes the heart OF the government tne
remains of the departed hero 'reposed.
while the men occupying the highest po.
sitions in the gift of this nation gathered
about to pay him homage.
The bier stood in the very center or
the rotunda. the foot of the casket
pointing to the east. Save for four
aisIes which divided the space into
eight sections. the floor space within
the rotunda was filled with chairs. All
of the seats faced toward the center.
Ferns and palms were banked around
the walls.
the south side of the room sat the
President of the United States and Mrs
Wilson. Miss Helen Woodrow Bones
and the military and naval aids to the
President. The chief executive wore the
conventional black frock coat, and the
ladies' accompanying him also were at
tired in somber -colored dresses. His
aids as well as the other army and
navy officers in the rotunda. were in
the full dress uniforms BETTING their
rank. The President and his party oc-
cupied seats in the front row, and to
his right were the members of the
cabinet and justices of the Supreme Court
of the United States and their wives.
Distinguished Gathering at Capitol.
To the left of the President sat the
members of the diplomatic corps in |
their magnificent uniforms To their
left were members of the United States
Senate. and adjoining them was a Sec
tion which was reserved for the men, |
hers of the family of the deceased.
On the north side of the rotunda were !
seated the members of the committees |
snecially selected to represent the two !
houses of Congress at the obsequies, men, !
hers of the House of Representatives. |
members of the general board of the |
navy and other officers of the Navy. Army |
and Marine Corps.
The Senate was represented officially by !
Tillman. Swanson. Bryan, Clapp. !
Lodge, Page. Dillingham;, Kern. Gallinger. |
Overman, Salisbury and Smoot, and the /
House of Representatives by Representa- /
tiyes Padgett, Talbot. Estopinal, Rior- 1
dan, Hensley, Buchanan. Gray of Indiana,
Galloway, Connolly. Hart. Oliver. Liebel,
Butler, Roberts, Browning, Farr. Britten. /
Kelley, Mudd. Venable, Dale. Greene.
Kettncr and Foss.
party and of the cabinet assembled in the
hoir orvixy