The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-16
SIMPLE SERVICES
FOR ROOSEVELT
Body of the Former President
Laid 10 Rest in the Oyster
Bay Cemetery.
P ROMIHERT MEN AT FUNERAL
Heads Were Bowed in Reverent sor-
row as Solemn Episcopal Service
Was Read by Rector.

Oyster Bay, n. Y, Jan 9--Theodore
Roosevelt lies at rest tonight beneath
a cemetery knoll near the rambling
rural highway along which he travelled
so many times in boyhOod and in man.
hood between the Sycamore Hill
house, which was his home, and the
quiet village of Oyster Bay.
Perhaps no other ex-president Of
the United States has been paid the
tribute OF so simple a funeral as the
one which was given Colonel Roose-
velt this afternoon on the shore OF
Long Island sound. Military and naval
hohOrs were not his in death, only
because 1t had been his wish and that
OF his family that the last rites be sur
rounded only with the simple dignity
that might attend the passing Of
private citizen.
But the American nation and for
eign governments as well sent repre-
sentatives, as did also the state and
city in which he was born These
noted men sat sorrowfuBy in the pews
of the little red gabled Christ Epis-
copal church, while brief services of
prayer and Scripture readings were
held without a eulogy in which so
much might have been said. There
was no singing or organ playing
Battle Flags on casket.
1t was the noon hour when, at the
Sycamore Hill homestead all Of Colo
mel RooseYelt's family except two of
the sons, Lieut.. Col. Theodore ROose-
welt, Jr., and Lieut. Kermit Roosevelt,
who are soldiers in Europe, assembled
for a few moments Of private prayer
at the side Of the casket in which lay
the body. Draped over the casket
were battle flags under which the
Colonel fought as a Rough Rider on
Cuban soil more than twenty years
ago. Rev DR.. George z. Talmage,
rector Of Christ church, said the com
fOrting words which were the final
ones spoken for the Colonel in the
presence OF Mrs Roosevelt-for she
did not accompany the cortege to the
church or to the grave in YOungs
Memorial cemetery. At the Sycamore
Hill services only members of the i'm
mediate Roosevelt family were pres
emit
The body of the late President was
then taken from the famous room Of
trophies which he had assembled from
all quarters Of the globe, and was car
ried from SagsmOre Hill on its final
journey. Snow had come at dawn and
had been falling steadily until the
countryside was white, but the sun
broke through the leaden clouds as
the hearse left the Roosevelt estate
and passed into the highway leading
to Christ church
Heads of Nations There.
In the pews were men who are
among the foremost Of the country's
citizens. Vice President Thomas R
Marshall represented President VIII
son. General Peyton c. March, chief
of staff Of the army, and Admiral c.
MGR. WinsloW- represented the mill
tary and naval services and Secretary
Lane the cabinet William Howard
Taft. who, upon Colonel Roosevelt's
death, became the only living express
ident; Charles Evans Hughes, Ehhu
Root, United States Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge Of Massachusetts; Maj
Gen. Leonard Wood, Vice Admiral
GIeaves; Henry L. Stimson, secretary
of war in Roosevelt's cabinet; Gov
ernor Alfred E Smith OF New. York;
Speaker Champ Clark and former
Speaker ]. G. Cannon Of the house
of representatives, were present TO
nay their last tribute on BEHALF OF the
nation, congress, the state and the
metropolis. The diplomatic corps at
washington also was represented
Many wreaths and floral tributes for
which there had been no room at the
Sycamore Hill home, filled the church
with fragrance One which was sent
10 the Roosevelt home and then
brought to the altar was the tribute
of President Wilson
DR.. Talmage, with Bishop Burgess
of Long Island seated in the sane
tuarv. read the sentences, psalms and
scriptural lessons which are part
of the Protestant Episcopal funeral
services. The former Presidents fav-
orite hymn, How Firm a Foundation,
was recited by the rector, in conform
ance to the Roosevelt family's desire
that all music. even the organ vol
untary. be omitted. When he came
finally to the Lords prayer, the con
gregation joined