Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-09

began. Captain Archibald ID. Roosevelt
noticed him and took him to the trophy
room of the house, where the private
service of prayer was said
FISHERMAN HOST AT GRAVE
There were Others whose personal re-
lations with Colonel Roosevelt were them
selves illustrations OF the infinitely varied
career of the cx-Prcsidcnt. One OF these
IA great big man, whose checks were
streaming with tears--was Russell Coies
of Staunton, Va, who introduced tolonei
Roosevelt TO the sport oil dcvilhsh mar
poonng lie was planning big drive on
the dcviIfish with Colonel Roosevelt and
Captain Archie Roosevelt III the coming
spring when he received news OF the
| Coloncps death Mr.. Coles had letter
| on january l of this year, written from
the hospital by Colonel Roosevelt, ae-
cepting the invitation for dcvllilsh hunt
in March, saying that the doctors agreed
that he would be we'll enough then TO
engage in this strenuous sport and that
| he would bring his son with HIM
POLICEMAN FRIEND A MoURNER.
Another was Police Lieutenant Otto
| Raphael, a great friend OF Colonel RooSe-
welt, who was summoned by the family
| Yesterday and watched beside the body
a part Of the night When Police Com
missioner, Colonel Roosevelt heard Of n
heroic rescue AT fire made by young
| Raphael and he appointed him 10 the
force Later he wrote about Raphael:
He and were both straight New
| York. To show our community of feel
ing and our grasp OF the facts of life, |
NAV mention that we were almost the
| only men IN the Police Department who
| picked FItzsimmons rs a winner against
| Corbctt.
| ALLIED NATIONS SEND DELEGATES.
| When the church had filled many
were IN uniform besides the official rep
| rcscntativcs of the army and navy.
/ MANY were present in British and French
uniforms, and most Of the nations of the
! Allies were represented by military or
| diplomatic delegates
Captain Archibald Roosevelt, thin,
| very pale and only partly recovered from
| his wounds. wearing the Croix de t;uerre
| and two other medals on his breast,
| moved up and down the center aisle OF
| the church, acting as usher, He gave
| respectful military salute when the
official representatives. of the nation
arrived and took them TO their seats
He salutcd and gripped the hand Of cx
| President Taft Others who acted rs
| ushcrs were William Loeb Jr., Theo-
dore Douglas Robinson, and Representa-
tive Nicholas Longworth.
sun DREAMS THROUGH STORM CLOUD.
Just before the service began the sun
I broke out for the first time during the
day During the morning the snow fel
so thicklv as To making flying lmprac-
tlcablc and the airplane watch over the
| Roosevelt home was discontinued. Al
about noon the snowfall ceased, but tbs
sav remained overcast
As the service began, however. rays
Of sunlight fell on the stained glass win.
dows. lcssening the gloom il the church
and touching it here and there with
faint glows Of purple, yellow and ruby
Seated side by side in the first pew OF
the church were the representatives o.
the army and navy-Gcneral Peyton c.
March and Admiral Cameron McR
Winslow with their hands resting on
the hilts of their swords, from which
hung knots of crepe. Vice President
| Marshall, representing President Wilson
and the Government Of the United
states. was in the front Of the church
where also were seated the members o.
the Congressional delegation, old polIt-
ical friends and old political foes q
Colonel Roosevelt, equally anxious TO dc
honor to his great memory The pew:
were flied, the sides Of the church were
lined with men and women standing
and small rooms communicating witt
| the nave Of the church held those fo
whom room could not bc provided in tht
church.
| WREATH FROM PRESIDENT WILSON.
The chancel was covered with fora
pIeces. One Of these was Q wreath O
pink and white carnations sent in &C
cordance with cable directions from
President Wilson 4 large wreath in tht
foreground bore q wide ribbon marked
United states Senate" III gold letters
4 bunch Of pink and white carnat ions wa!
sent bv the officers of the battleshlI
Indiana. A piece made Of heather, pinl
roses, and yiolets came from a Japanes'
! organization the Osaka Osahe. The Amer
| lean Historical Association Of Washington
sent a cluster Of lllics Orchids, vIOlets
and peach blossoms came from the Repub
lican National Committee. Floral piece
came also from the American Defens
SOCIETY,", the Camp Fire Club Of America
the National Institute Of Arts and Letter
the American Academy OF Arts and Letter
tho Bo ne and Crockett Club, and othe
organizations.
GOLD STAR N CHURCH FOR QUENTr,
As the church began to FIJI there va
interest in another decoration Of tn
rear wall OF the edlfce Of which Colone
Roosevelt was particularly proud-tw
s. ects Of foolscap under glass, on whic
were written with pen and ink the name
Of ninety-eight members Of the paris
who had entered the National service
the frs: four names being Roosevelt, an
the one name of the ninetv-eight dis
tinguished by gold star being that c
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