The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-02
LAST BACON RITES
TO Be HELD TO-DAY
Many Famous Men to Attend
Funeral Of Famous
Diplomat.

Funeral services for Col Robert
Bacon. former Secretary Of State, AM
bansador TO France and member of Gen.
eral Pershing's star, will be held this
morning at 10 o'clock In Grace
Church, Broadway and Tenth street.
The interment win be in Mount
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
Bishop Brent, senior chaplain Of the
American Expeditionary Forces and q
lifelong friend Of Col Bacon. will con-
duct tho services at Grace Church.
The following will act as honorary
pallbearers: Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, Elihu Root, Major-Gen Leonard
Wood, A. Lawrence Lowell. president of
Harvard University; Robert Perkins.
president of the Harvard Ciup Of New
York; Francis r. Appleton. former presi-
dent of the Harvard Club; ]. Pierpont
Morgan. Charles Steele, Henry p.
Dawson. Richard Trimble. treasurer of
the United States Steel Corporation DR..
Henry jackson and William Cooper.
The National Security League, Of
which Col. Bacon was president for two
years. has appointed the following cpm-
mittee to attend the funeral: Col.
Charles d. Lydeclter. president; Law
renee r. Abbott, editor OF the outlook;
Charles D. Orth, Col Henry L. Stimson,
former Secretary of War; Col Franklin
Q. Brown. vice-president Of the league
Col. Creighton Webb and Frederic r
Coudert-
Club Has Rig Delegation.
Ttp Onion League Club will be repre-
seSSsS by the following; Horace Porter.
Chsuncey M. Depew. Samuel w, Fair
child, Charles p. Hughes. J. Sinclair
n nj
Baker Jr.. Harrison X. Bird, Cornelius
N. Bliss, Jr., Bertram II. Borden. Theo-
dore q. Burton, Nelson 8. Clark, John
Proctor Clarke. Henry Clews. Paul d.
Cravath, Chatles A Eaton. Joseph H.
Emery, Charles A Fowler. William ~.
Guthrie. JOB e. Hedges, James Warren
Lane. James Joseph Lyons, Gates w.
McGarrah, Frederick J. Middlebrook.
Nelson A. Miles. George T. Mortimer.
Frank A. Munsey. William A. Nash.
Benjamin B. Odell. J. Van vechten Oh
colt. Seward Prosser, Henry c. Quinby,
Ogden Mills Reid, William II. Remick,
Charles q. Rushmore, James f. Sheffield,
Charles H. Sheriff., William Howard
Taft, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Frank A.
vanderlip. Theodore N. Vail. Thomas L.
Watson, Albert H. Wiggin, James Will
kinson. George T. Wilson and Henry A.
Wise.
Messages were received by the family
from Ambassador wallace in Paris. for
mer Ambassador william @. Sharp, Gen.
Pershing, Ambassador David r. Francis
Of Russia, and Lieut.-Gen. Lawrence,
chief OF staff of the British army under
Gen. Haig.
Pershing Sends Message.
Gen. Pershing cabled: TN Col.
Bacon's death the country loses a great
soul and his friends an intimate and
loyal companion. This sad news gives
me the deepest personal sorrow. Please
accept in this dark hour my sincere SYM
patty, in which my whole stan joins.
Col. Bacon's intense patriotism and his
fine soldierly qualities have been an in
spiration to us ALL"
Lieut-Gen. Lawrence said: May ]
offer my most respectful sympathy and
expression OF grief at the death of Col
as a most gallant and loyal comrade.
with whom am proud to have been as
ISOLATED during the great war"
Former Ambassador Sharp said: I'VE
have learned with sorrow of the death
OF your distinguished husband. All
friends OF France will deeply mourn such
a loss to her people and to her cause
Please accept our sincere sympathy"
Ambassador Francis cabled his regret
at the death of Col. Bacon. a repre-
sentative patriotic American. a useful
citizen and manly character"
Ambassador Wallace sent a message
expressing deepest sympathy.