The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-20
ADMIRAL DEWEY IS BURIED WITH HIGHEST HONORS Laid to Rest in Arlington Beside Graves of Other
 Heroes of 1898. PRESIDENT AND
 CABINET ATTEND Distinguished Company at Services Held Under
 Dome of Capitol.

Washington. Jan. 20 - Admira Dewey was laid to rest today with al the honors a grateful nation can be- stow.
 After funeral services conducted under the dome of the capitol and at- tended by President Wilson, the cabi- net, the supreme court the diplomatic corps and a notable company, the ad- mirals 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 F. Cougl1lan of the cruiser Raleigh, lie nearby. Not far away, on the wooded -slopeS rest schley and Sampson.
 Private services at the home were 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 Ameri- can naval ship on the seven seas an ensign kuttered at half mast and an admiraPs salute of 19 guns were fired
 The entire corps of midshipmen from Annapolis, who came, not under orders but as Admiral Dewey's friends, as he had wished, escorted the body to the rotunda of the capi- tol, where Chaplain J. B. Frazier, chaplain of the Olympia at Manila Bay. conducted brief and simple funeral services.
 Mrs. Dewey did not accompany the funeral party to the capotol but joined it on; the way to Arlington.
 Tine private services at the home were begun promptly at 10 o'clock. Soon thereafter a solemn procession If midship11en escorting the admir- afs body moved along Massachusetts ave nhe, over the plaza of the capitol and into the rotunda, where the body. was placed on g. eatafalque directly under the great dome.
 President Wilson and the cabinet asserr bled in the presidents room on the senate side and marched in body 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 arfy and navy followed. There was no funeral oration. and the oc- casion, as tho admiral wished, was very. simple. After the reading of the funeral service a quartet sang Lead, Kindly Light" and Abide With Me- the adnairars 1fayorite hymns.
 While the services urde. the dome of the capitol were proceeding the drawn up on the plaza, were Joined by the rercm ;Eder of the military escort Six companies of marines under command of Col. c. G. Long, a battalion of blue:ackets from the Arkansas. compa ries of seamen from the gupboat Dolphin, and the yacht Ma; a;fowel, com I.any of army engineers from the barracks ard two com Eanies of cavalry frCm Fort Myer the escort.
 Moving out over the plaza, the fu- leral procession turned into Pennsyl- 1ania avenue and travelled the route which was the scene of Admiral oewey's homecoming from the battle hat opened a new epoch in American history.
 Following an escort of police rode Chaplain Frazier then came gun ;aisson bearing the eadmiraps casket lraped with an American flag. Twelve body Hearers. seamen trcm the Dol ,hin and Mayfower. marched with tread just behind. A color ,earer with an admiraPs flag at half taff came next. Then followed mem- ,ers of the admiraIs family and the me m l,ers of the na y r.rtral hoard, :'i which he was head. A party of sur rivors of the battle of Manila bay, from far and near to do last tonnage to their commander, marched lext. 1 Officers and enlisted men of the rmy, navy, marine corps and coast -uard service marching in inverse or- CT of rank, were followed by Assist -t Secretary Roosevelt, Secretary :. lniels an.l finally by Fsf fsident Will l on The remainder of the funeral l ortege was composed of the cabinet, 1 iplomatic corps, the congressional 1 committees, members of patriotic so- ieties and delegations of civilians.