The Washington herald., 1919-01-07
Private Services at Saga
more Hill to Precede
Those at Church in Oys-
ter Bay-Colonel Died
While Asleep.


embolism of the lungs.
His physicians late this afternoon
gave out the following as to his
end:
Col. Roosevelt had been suffer
ing from an attack of infammatory
rheumatism for about two months.
His progress had been entirely sat
isfactOry and his condition did not
give cause for special concern.
'On Sunday he was in good spir-
its. and spent the evening with his
family debating letters.
He retired ABOUT II o'clock and
at about o'clock in the morning,
his man, VINO occupied an adjoining
room, noticed that while Col Roose-
Welt was sleeping quietly. he was
breathing hard, and he died almost
Immediately. without awakening
from what seemed to be a natural
sleep.
The cause of death was an en-
boIus.
Or. C. W. FALLERO.
"Dr. JNO. II. RICHARDS.
DF. JNO. y. IIAETWELL"
CLot in Arteries.
Medical dictionaries describe an en-
bOIism as the obstruction of an ar
terry or vein by a clot of coagulated
blood. or by any body brought from
some point away from the site Of OBJ
strUCtiOn."
Col. Roosevelt was near to death
from a pulmonary embOlism three
v sceks before Christmas Day. when
he left Roosevelt Hospital to spend
the holiday with his family here. it
was revealed today by DR.. Richards.
No intimation of the former Presi-
dents close approach to death at that
time had previously been divulged.
Funeral services, according to pres
ent tentative plans, will be held
Wednesday afternoon at ? o'clock in
Christ Episcopal Church. preceded
by private service at 12:45 p. m. at
Sycamore Hill. The home service will
be attended by the Colonels immedi-
ate family, relatives and close
friends. That in the church will be
Talmage, rector Of Christ Church,
will conduct both services.
Col. Roosevelt was a member of the
Dutch Reformed Church, but always
worshipped at Christ Church, of
which Mrs. Roosevelt is member.
when at Sycamore Hill. as Oyster Bay
has no Dutch Reformed Church.
MnsOns to Take Part.
MatineCOck Lodge No. SO6, F. and
A. NJ, the Oyster Bay Masonic Lodge
OF which Col. Roosevelt had been A
member for years, will participate in
the church services. The body will
probably be laid at rest in Young
Memorial Cemetery.
The death of Col ROosevelt's son,
Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt, who was
shot down in an airplane duel in
France, July l.. 1918, is believed by
many of the former Presidents
friends to have had more to do with
his physical breakdown than any
other contributing cause. The news
Of Quentin death was succeeded by
a report that it was possible he had
been alive when his plane fell behind
the German lines, and that he might
be a prisoner. The suspense pending
heavily upon Col Roosevelt. who
suffered poignantly if silently, his
intimate ,riends declared.
He had planned a trip to Europe to
visit QUentin's grave. The trip was
to have been made as soon as the
Colonel had gained sufficient
strength.
Col. Roosevelt insisted. in a letter
to Gen. Peyton c. March. that no ex-
Ception be made in his favor respect
ing the burial of his son on foreign
soil. saying that he and his wife haG
always believed that:
Where the tree falls.
There let it lie"
Worried Over Archie. Too.
The serious wound sustained by
Capt Archibald Roosevelt, another of
his soldier sons. and from which Capt.
Roosevelt has not yet recovered. also
added to the Coloners anxieties and
tended to undermine his reserve
strength.
The public first received information
that Col. Roosevelt had a serious all
ruent on February last, when he
was removed from his home to Roose-
Welt Hospital. after undergoing an op-
Grafton on one of his ears.
Two more operations were perform
ed at the hospital shortly after his
arrival. Explanation was made at
the time that the operations were for
the removal of diseased tissues of the
infected ear. His physicians admitted
that his condition was serious. He
remained at the hospital until March 3.
Returning home. he rested for two
months, during which he performed
only the lightest kinds of work But
in May and June he filed a number
Of speaking engagements in New Eng
land and the West. declining to aban-
don his Western tour in June when
assailed by a slight attack OF erysipe-
las in one Of his legs.
Goes Back to Hospital.
Col. Roosevelt was again removed
to Roosevelt Hospital early in No
vember. suffering from rheumatism
and sciatica, and. while bulletins
were issued that his was a normal
case. which was expected to respond
to treatment in the customary time,
rumOrs spread that his illness was
more serious than had been ad-
mitted. But when he reached Saga
more Hill on Christmas day, the
Colonel responded to a query as to
his health with his familiar phrase:
I'm feeling bully"
Two days before his death the
Colonel informed DIR. Faller, who at
tends the Roosevelt family when its
members are at Sycamore Hill. that
he was feeling fine" and looked
forward eagerly to resuming in the
near future his favorite pastime of
Telling trees and chopping wood on
his estate here.
An attack of infammatory rheu-