The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-08
SIMPLE SERVICE
 AT FUNERAL OF
 COL. ROOSEVELT
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 Sagamore Hill was astir early this morning, and flowers, which began to arrive yesterday despite Mrs. Roosevelt's request that none be sent Many, for lack of space in the house, were sent to the church.
 The church service, of ten parts, was to include the Sentences, the Psalter, (Psalms 39 and 90), the Scriptural Lesson. Corinthians 1:15, the Coloners favortte hymn How Firm a Foundation" recited by the rector, the Lords prayer, and the prayers for grace, thankfulness, trans figuration and support.
 Long before the hour set for the simple funeral service for Theodore Roosevelt this afternoon, silent crowds of villagers and visitors collected in the village of Sagamore Hill, Christ Episcopal church and Youngs Memo iral cemetery. Many tried in vain to gain admittance to the spacious grounds of the Roosevelt estate, but mounted police, special deputy sher- ifs and detectives kept all on the move.
 A hush fell over the town as the hour for the services approached. School children dismissed for the day, a 1II1a in ha Sfr nd tai yh6 in subdued whispers. The droning of the motors of the army airplanes that hovereG over the Roosevelt mansion seemed to accentuate the stiffness. Business was virtually suspended. Many buildings were draped with crepe and flags dropped at half-staff.
 Only the immediate members of the family were present at the prayer service at the house prior to the rites at Christ church, as follows:
 Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Repre- sentative and Mrs Nicholas Long worth, Captain and Mrs. Archibald Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Mrs. Richard Derby, Mrs. Doug las Robinson, the ColonePs sister, MT. and Mrs. T. Douglas Robinson, the former being the ColonePs nephew: Rear Admiral w. s. Cowles, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alsop, W. Emlen Roose- welt and John K. Roosevelt, cousins of the Colonel; MT. and Mrs. E. Reeve Merritt, Mrs. J. West Roosevelt, Mir and Mrs. Langdon Warner, Mrs. Hil- bourne L. Roosevelt, John E. Roose- welt, Mrs Fairman Dick, Mrs. Monroe Robinson, Mrs. Langdon Geer Mrs John B. Roosevelt, Mrs. James A. Roosevelt, Mrs. Frederick Roosevelt, Samuel Roosevelt and Miss Nellie Ty- Ter.
 Admission to the little village church where the Colonel worshipped was by card and was limited to less than five hundred. President Wilson will be represented by Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, the army by General Peyton C. March, and the navy by Admiral c. McR Winslow, and delegatgions will represent both branches of Congress. Governor AL branches of the legislature will repre- sent New York state.
 Among the close friends of the for mer president invited were Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, former President William Howard Taft. and former Justice Charles Evans Hughes. A delegation of Rough Riders, who served under the Colonel in the Spanish American war, will have places of honor.
 | Interment was in Youngs Memorial i cemetery in a plot selected by Colonel Roosevelt soon after he left the White House. The site of the grave is on the crest of knoll overlooking Oyster Bay cove.
 Hundreds of messages of confidence from all parts of the world continue to come to Mrs. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay today. Among those made public was one from Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, who telegraphed: I T am greatly shocked to learn of the death of Colonel Roosevelt. I can not adequately express my sentiments on this occasion. The nation has suf- fered an irreparable loss. extend my sincere. sympathy to you and your family"
 A movement to erect a monument lhere to commemorate the life and