The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-09
COL. ROOSEVELT
LAID TO REST
No Eu|ogy, No Pomp, Marks
Passing G Of ex-President.
LESS THAN 500 At SERVICES
Vice President Marshal Represents
Mr.. Wilson, Who Sends Wreath.
Taft Weeps at Church.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Jan. 9.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth
president of the United States, was
buried with impressive simplicity.
The pomp and splendOr which the
| world was eager to offer to the mem
ory of the eminent statesman, war
rior and author, were totally absent.
1t was the funeral of Theodore Roose-
velt, private citizen, of Sycamore
Hill.
The church service was concluded
in eighteen minutes. The Episcopal
ritual was followed, and the only men-
ton of the ex-president's name was
when the rector spoke the word "Theo-
dore" in the final prayer.
The coffin, of plain oak, draped with
an American flag, was carried to the
altar rail by porters. Over it, also,
We're two battle flags of the Rough
Rider regiment, surmOunted by large
wreath of acacia, tied with the yellow
ribbon Of the cavalry. These flowers,
the only tribute near the coffin, were
from the colonel's comrades of the
famous unit Of Spanish-American war
days.
AS the coffin was borne into the
church every bell in the village began
to ring. The streets surrounding the
church were packed with thousands of
mourners who had come from New
York and all parts Of Long Island. All
heads were barred as the coffin was
borne into and from the edifice. AS
it was being replaced in the hearse,
William Howard Taft, in company
with Charles E. Hughes, emerged from
the church portal.
! Mr.. Taft was in tears. Mr.. Hughes
walked with bowed head. Behind them
came Joseph G. Cannon, for many
years speaker Of the house of repre-
sentatives and still member Of con-
gress His head was bowed and tears
were running down his face.
The coffin was not opened in the
church.
Among the flowers banked aga INST
the altar were wreathS from PreSi-
dent Wilson, Vice President Marshal,
the senate and house, Secretary Dan
|iels and the officers and men Of the
|hattleship Indiana Back Of theA al.
!!szss7-1sss5sz 5szSS hung Two American fiagss and-
another foated from the entrance to
the church.
The guests were received personally
by Captain Archibald Roosevelt as
sisted by William Loeb, Jr.. who was
Mr.. Roosevelt's secretary during his
presidency.
The final service at the grave was
witnessed by members Of the family
and a few friends, the congressional.
delegation and a group Of two hundred
neighbors, among them many school
children, who had assembled at the,
grave while the church service was in
progress.
AS the outdoor congregation recited
the Lords prayer, it was noted that
Captain Archibald Roosevelt stood d.
rectly behind the clergyman at the
head Of the grave, and to the left
quite alone was Mr.. Taft.
Other members Of the family stood
a few PAGES back from Captain Roose-
velt and the congressman and people
of Oyster Bay were assembled direct
ly behind a delegation Of Rough Rid
ers at the foot of the grave.
Except for two sons, absent as SOL
diers in their country's service over
seas, and Mrs. Roosevelt, who did not
60 to the church or the burial, bidding
her last farewell to her husband in
their home, the Roosevelt family and
relatives assembled in the living room
at Sycamore Hill for the home prayer
service shortly before noon, and ac-
companied the coffin to the church and
20 the grave.
The home service, one of prayer
alone, lasted hardly more than five
minutes, and the ritual before the al
tar was concluded within eighteen
minutes after the coffin was taken in.
The element Of simplicity was follow
ed, even to omission of the customary
organ voluntary while the formal
Epiccopal services were read.