Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-18
REPUBLIC TOPAY
TRIBUTE TO DEWEY
Funeral of Naval Hero Planned
as a National Expression
of Sorrow.
SERVICES AT THE CAPITOL

! Probably never before have such
honors been paid an army or naval
, officer as are planned for the obseduies
Saturday of Admiral George Dewey, the
| hero of Manila bay.
| Rear Admiral Glennon, in charge OF
the funeral arrangements. today ex-
! tended invitations to President Wilson
cabinet members. former secretaries and
assistant secretaries of the navy, and
other high officials to attend the public
ceremonies at the Capitol. The admiral
conferred with Senator Tillman and
Representative Padgett, chairmen of
the congressional naval committees, to
arrange for the Senate and House
members who will attend the services
in a body.
Sailors Ordered Here.
| In addition to the naval and military
| forces. yesterday designated to par
| ticipate, sailors of the battleship
Arkansas. in Hampton roads. today
were ordered to Washington.
1t has been decided to hold the public
| ceremonies Saturday in the rotunda of
the Capitol and to bring to Washing
| ton for an escort of honor all available
| forces of both the military and naval
arms of the service. Congress will be
in recess during the funeral and under
an order issued by President Wilson
the government departments will re-
main closed during the entire day.
The President sent special message
to Congress announcing the death of
the Spanish war hero. and declaring
! that the people and the government
will always rejoice to perpetuate his
NJ mo in ID l.
Senate and House adopted resolutions
of regret, appointed committees to rep
resent them at the funeral and ad-
1ourned before the usual hour to en-
phasize their expressions of regret.
Salutes to Be Fired.
Under the Presidents order flags on
all government buildings. forts and ma
val vessels throughout the world will
fly at half-mast until after the funeral
ceremonies. In a separate order Secre-
tary Daniels directed that the Navy
Department building here to be draped in
black: and that all officers of the Navy
and Marine Corps wear mourning with
their uniforms for thirty days. The
Secretary also ordered each senior ship
afioat to fire an admirars salute Of
nineteen guns at noon Saturday.
The funeral plans provide also for a
private service at the residence, at
tended only by members of the i'm
mediate family, before the body is
taken to the Capitol. In the cortege
that will follow 1t down Pennsylvania
avenue before the public services. and
then from the Capitol to Arlington
national cemetery, will be practically
the entire corps of high officials, the
midshipmen from Annapolis. sailors and
marines from the Norfolk naval station
and the Washington navy yard, and
various other army and navy units.
Plans for Private Service.
Only very few intimate friends will
be admitted to the Dewey residence, at
10th and X streets northwest. for the
private funeral services which will be
held there at 10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing. according to Rear Admiral MCGOWAN,
paymaster general Of the navy. The fol-
lowing plans were announced by Admiral
McGowan:
AT 10 o'clock Saturday morning, a
few particularly intimate friends have
been invited by Mrs. Dewey to attend a
private service at the residence, 1901
X street.
.Invitations to this service have been
issued by telephone in each individual
case. and have been comparatively few
in number on account of the limited
space available.
Since it became known that there
will be a strictly official ceremony at
the Capitol. for the purpose of avoid
ing confusion and delay, il has been
! decided not to provide conveyances
from the house for any one except the
immediate family.
Admission to the Dewey residence on
the occasion of the private ceremony
will be restricted to those who have
been invited by name"
Chaplain j. B. Frazier. who was
chaplain of the flag ship Olympia when
Dewey won his place in history at
Manila bay. will be in charge of the
services at the Capitol. At the resi-
dence Rev. DIR. Roland Cotton Smith
pastor of st. Johns Episcopal Church
here. the admirafs place of worship.
will officiate Rear Admiral J. H Glen
navy yard, Will have general charge of
arrangements for the military features.
One of the expressions of regret sent
| to the Dewey home was a memorial
drawn up at special meeting of the
Society of Manila Bay. an organization
composed of survivors of the corps of
| officers who were under fire with
| Dewey at Manila.
Announced by President.
The Presidents message to Congress
| follows:
1T is with the deepest regret that
| | announce to the Congress the death
of Admiral George Dewey at 5:56
| O'Clock on the afternoon of yesterday.
! the 18th of January. at his residence
| in this city.
, Admiral Dewey entered the naval
service of the country as an acting
| midshipman from the first congress
! sional district of Vermont on Septem-
/ Der 23 1854: was graduated from the
\ Naval academy as u1idshipmau Tupa