The sun., 1918-07-09
81 filters TO SOAR
OYER mitchell BIER
Three Squadrons Will Drop
Roses Along Route Of
Funeral COrtege.
BODY TO ARRIVE TO-DAY
Mother Pleads for Privacy
Services to Be Held in
st. Patrick's.

When the body of Major John Purroy
Mitchell Is borne from the City Hall to
ST. Patricks Cathedral next Thursday
morning a tribute will be paid to his
memory such "a poets never dreamed
grandeur OF conduct
As the military cortege passes under
the Washington Arch and takes its way
up Fifth avenue between massed thou
sands. three squa drons Of American
aviators from the United States avia-
ton field at Hampstead, twenty-one
young flying men. will soar above the
long line. dropping roses as near as may
be to the flag draped gun caisson upon
| which Major Mitchel's coffin will rest.
There will be other tributes. sufficient
to make the funeral the greatest demon
stration ever offered, probably. by the
citizens of New York to the memory of
a man of character and courage
greater, II is predicted. than was evoked
| BY the passing of Grant or Gaynor; but
no episode OF the funeral day will be so
apt to touch the imagination as the
glimpse of the flying fighters showering
with flowers the funeral procession of a
fallen comrade.
Woods in Charge of Flight.
! Lieut. Col Arthur Woods of the Signal
Corps. who came to New York yesterday
morning to represent Major-Gen. Will
| lam l.. Kenly. Chief of the Division OF
Military Aeronautics. announced yester-
day. after communicating with his chief,
that the three squadrons of military
aviators will take wing Thursday morn
ing and follow the procession from the
City Hall to the Cathedral. Each squad
ron will contain seven fiers, who will
| pay such tribute in sunshine or rain as
| Is possible for no other men to pay.
! Lieut.-Col Woods was Police Com
| missioner of Mayor Mitchels admins
| tration, and was one of the Majors
| closest friends. AS he outlined prepare
tons for the funeral yesterday he re-
called his unexpected meeting week
ago last Sunday at Beaumont, Tex
with Major and Mrs. Mitchell. who had
gone from Lake Charles. La. to spend
Il
l.hastening along the platform when he
saw a tall man In uniform. accompanied
by woman. approaching him. IT was
| Major Mitchell who strobe forward smil-
| ingly and with outstretched hands Then
with a laugh. he dropped his left hand to
his side and saluted precisely, snappily
with his right.
IT salute my superior officer" he said
to his former Commissioner OF Police.
Three Days of Ceremonies.
At SIS Liberty street, in the former
office OF Mitchell & Mullan, the final ar
rangements were made yesterday for he
funeral ohservances OF to-day. to-nor
row and Thursday. Certain details may
require change or readjust,nent. but the
main plan of observance will remain Gn
changed The arrangements were made
by Robert Adamson, formerly Fire Com
missioner Theodore Rousseau. formerl!
secretary to the MAJOR; Justice Georg'
V. Mulan, Lamar Hardy, formerly Cor
poration Counsel r. A. C. Smith, for
merry Dock Commissioner. and Geog,
Bell formerly Tax Commissioner. Thes,
arrangements cover the private cere
mony OF to-day. the reception OF tn
body at the City Hall, where 1t will III
in state tomorrow, and the militar.
funeral. church service and interment oil
Thursday.
Accompanied by Mrs. John Purro!
Mitchell Major William Il. Meloney ant
military escort from Lake Charles
La. and from Washington. Majo
Nitchers body will arrive at the Penn
sylvania Station at 1915 A. NJ. to-day
1t will be met by Mrs. James Mitchell
the late Majors mother. and By a few
III ~. f~G-
the mothers desire, as stated yesterda!
by Mr.. Adamson. that the public refrain
!, from any attempt to honor Mato
Mitchel's memory .o-day. II is he
hope that there WI be no throng at th
. Pennsylvania Station. She feels. it /
stated, that the body OF her son belong
TO her first that II is her right to re
ceive II in as much privacy as may b
{ possible. take It to her home and kee
II as her own until the time for the pub
lie to view II at the City Hall. as Their
. will be ample opportunity for the publ
side OF the funeral tomorrow an
. Thursday,
r Escort of Police and Troops.
, It IL her expectation, therefore tina
the party at the station this mornin
will consist OF few persons and that tn
tourney to her home at 447 West 1852
q street may be accomplished without tn
embarrassment OF crowds. An escort O
motorcycle police will precede the ~
neral car, and the motor cars and tn
, funeral car itself will be escorted by
+ detachment OF troops, The body will re
/ main at Mrs James Mitchers HON,
. where Mrs. John Purroy Mitchell wi
!: remain. until about j, NJ tomorrow
when II will be taken to the City Ha
: almost as simply and informally az
was escorted to the mothers HON,
' Thereupon the mother OF the late Majo
ives the body OF her son TO the natior
: the State and the city.
!. At the City Hall late tomorrow after
l. noon the body will be received by Mayo
:. Hylan, the members OF the Board {
Estimate and by representa- tives OF civi
!, societies and commercial associations.
will lie In state in the rotunda OF IN
a City Hall until A. NJ. Thursday. whe
: the military funeral procession will NOV
northward through Lafayette stree
Fourth street, Washington Square an
Fifth avenue to st. Patrick's Cnthedra
at Fifth avenue and Fiftieth street.
Originally II was planned to hold II
n funeral service In the Church of s
? Francis Xavier. at Sixteenth street an
Sixth avenue, but there have been .
a many requests for places In church ths
/, II was decided to hold the service In th
Cathedral. Solemn high requiem mas
will be celebrated at II A. NJ by III
Rev, Thomas ], Shealy, S, j., assisted
9 Canon Cabanel chaplain to the Cha