Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-08
BURY ROOSEVELT
AS PLAIN CITIZEN:
HIS OWN CHOICE
Interment of the Former
President Will Be Marked
by Simple Ceremonies.
HE SELECTED THE PLOT
IN VILLAGE CEMETERY
Protestant Episcopal Service Will
Be Read by Rector of Lit
tie Country Church.
TAFT TO ATTEND FUNERAL
Brief Inscription on Cuskct Gives
Only Name and Dates or
Birth and Death.
HE SELECTED THE PLOT
IN VILLAGE CEMETERY
TAFT no ATTEND FUNERAL
Brief Inscription on Cuskct Gives
Only Name and Dates or
Birth and Death.
tDy Agsociatcd Press

OYSTER Il BAY. A1soe.>.e9 4. -. iFeji january -
theodore Roosevelt will be buried
nyrs tomorrow as 4 plain American
c.tizen and NOT rs a former President
Vi tne United States. in accordance
with mis- own wish. His body will be
Ieclion in the village cemetery no,
iar from IN: Sycamore Hill. which he
loved so We'll.
me only funeral rites viii be the
simple Protestant Episcopal Service.
~ VII be read by the rector Of the
WoTshiped with his family.
fhc|e will be n1ne OF the pomp and
ni.cunstanec ,.., associated with the pass
,is yi v,.e 81 EFenl men Du, the presence
r,.present President Wilson: Gencr.
peyton {. March representing the
ahnthy. ahn ana Admiral G. McR. Winslow.
aiSnity. OF the nation. Governor AL
fred Il. Smith and leaders OF both
houses oi tne Legislature Will repre-
sent New York State.
lew OF the noted men who were
Gcen Goa9nel nl;,"M hooseyei;S Closest friends have
ciude Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and
,nourner viii be william ii. TAFT '"hos. whose
irienash;p for Mir. Roosevelt had been
re-estabiished more than "a year ago.
Senator Lodge and Mr. Hughes are
expected TO arrive early tomorrow
with the family At Sagamorc Hill.
HKiEF INSCRIPTION ON
FORMER PRESIDENTS CASKET
The ioriner Presidents body was
p.aced Tonight Tor the nrst time in
She pia!n OAK casket IN which it will
ne takeH Tomorrow 10 Christ Church
"here the services are TO be held a,
iz;io O'Clock. On this caskct appears
ohiy brief Inscription; the name.
hts birth and death.
{" hsther inose nl the church would
pe slowed 10 pass before the open
casktt and look for the last time upon
tue tace OF the former President Was
mol KNOWN here Tonight
Mrs Roosevelt was said tu be un-
decided whether the CONN should b.,
.ihiily sealed before being carried into
thc sanctuary. Announcement may be
Hide Tomorrow morning, but ii APP
pcared more probable ,naI Mrs Roosn
Ncit would not make known her desire
IN this respect unii! after The service
OF prayer at SaGihiore Hi!l Tomorrow
Only Inc immediate family OF Colonel
Roosevelt viii be present Il; the pray
cr service. which viii be conducted bv
ReN. George Il. Ia.magc, who is to Of
iiciate At The church OF which he is
the rector.
TEDDY, JH.. AND KERMIT
ARE TOGETHi;R IN FRANCE
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roose-
reit' Jr.. and Lieutenant Kermit Roosc-
veit: who are with the American cx-
reditionary forces in france. vii, he
together while their father is being
buried. "@
Announcement was made 1T Saga
more hiit tonight OF the names Of
tne immediate members OF the Roose-
Welt family who are expected 10 he
present to-morrow al the prayer SER
wee wee %h!eh S VIII be held at The Roose-
Nclt nome prior TO the services IN
christ Church They are:
MT. Iheodosc Roosevelt. Representa-
I'VE and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
Captain and Mrs. Archibald Roosevelt
MRS. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr, Mrs.
Richard Derby, Mrs. Douglas Robin
aonr me colonels sister; Mr. and Mrs
ing the Coloners nephew; Rcar-Ad-
'iir'' W; 5. Cowies. Mr. and Mr..
.osepA -aison w Emlcn Roosevelt. a
cousin Of the colonel; John X Roose-
Nei, also cousin; Mr. and Mrs T.
iieevc Merritt Mrs. /. West Roosevelt.
Ar; and Mrs. l-ansdon Warner. Mrs
Mrs. FI:rman Dick. Mrs Monroe Robin,
'on. AIRS. Langdon Gccr Mrs. John
t'''Isnei!: I,n..;! Ms James A. Roosevelt;
Roosevelt and Miss Nellie TYLER.
\ contingent Of Rough Riders who
served under the Colonel during the
occupy places OF honor at. the funera!
OYSTER HAY MounNs
As CHIEF LIES DEAD
whose chief claim 10 fame FOR Years
mas mas been e.. that it was the home of 1'heo-
uoie cit Is III uccDeSt mourning
Tonight. The thoughts Of every ci,i-
zen are conferred on the simple. hut
none the less solemn. ceremony with
which the former President will be laid
nation is mourning the passing of a
great man, the grief of the people of
oyster Bay Is more personal. for they
regarded him as IL neighbor and a
friend.
Notwithstanding the request of Mrs.
nooseve.t that no flowers be sent,
- 4
HUI throughout the day and the even
ing. The names of most of the donors
were withheld.
One OF the bouquets made up of
pink and white carnations. served to
awaken many memories within the
Eooseyeit family circle. 1t came from
tne children OF the Cove school where
the sons and daughters Of Colonel
Roosevelt iirft studied back in the
days before their father became noted
1t was Colonel RooseYclt's custom
f;r many years to pay visit on sUl, each
and gifts for The pupils. But on the
last Christmas Of his life he was icav o
Ing Ing Roosevelt ,,.Sas Hosptal and the pres
bald Roosevelt. i WAS those boys and
girls who, contributing their pennies.
dimes and quarters. went to an Oyster
the tribute not the least welcome
among the floral pieces which so over
filled the Roosevelt homestead that
there was no room for them all
WILL. PAUSE IN STUDIES
TO REVERENCE MEMORY
Al, the students in Oyster Bay
schools VIII have a half holiday to-
morrow. y; B. Whitaker. the prin-
cipal' n addressing them to-day told
them their lessons would be suspend
ed not so they could play in the streets,
hut that they, might pause IN revcr-
ence in memory OF their friend and
neighhor.
Captain Archibald Roosevelt received
cablegram to-day from Lieutenant
colonel Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., say
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