The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-09

old Long Island settlers. and Of others |
who in later times have been laid to rest !
here. Near the top of the hill, sloptng |,
slightly toward the north. is little
clearing. and in the centre OF this Is the !
Roosevelt plot.
Nourners File Up Hill.
The hill being too steep for a vehicl"
TO climb especially undcr the snowy
conditions of yesterday, the procession
stopped in front Of an iron arch ahov"
the gateway at tho roadside and ~"
mourners fled UP path where the grass
was reappearing through the melting
snow. The service at the grave was Jus:
ne simple as that at the church. As
MIR, Talmage repeated the words OF the
committal service. Earth to earth.
ashes TO ashes. dust 20 dust" the under
taker dropped upon the coffin few
grains of the yellow sand from the eNca-
walton. The rector stood at tho foot Of
the coffin and behind him Uerc Capt.
Archie Roosevelt and his wife. the Cap
taius sisters, James Amos, the COL
ored servant and his wife, and the
chauffeur. Charley Lee.
\ few feet down the slope. w.tn no
zone very near him. oX-Presdert TAFT
bowed his head and struggled with his
emotions. on the opposite side Of tho
near the foot Of the grave were Uncle
joe Cannon. whose years seemed -
bear more heavily upon him than usua..
and Senator Lodge.
The clear voice OF the Clergyman
sounded through the grove. Silently. eN-
cept for his voice, tae coffin was low
cred inch by inch until those standing
around could see Il no longer. At that
instant the sun seemed to shine brighter
Il
from the grave clouds ooscured the sun
shine again and a flock OF seagulls flew
overhead. b..
Col. Roosevelt's closest friends tried
70 stay long enough TO say n word to
each member OF the family, hut had
much trouble in keeping their own feel
inSs in check. There was ono huge man
who looked not unlike Mr.. TAFT, al
though his face Is much more weather
beaten, whose frame shook with ire
pressiblo sobs as he took the hand Of
Mrs Robinson. tho Colo,eis sister
This man was Russell }. cole. Of Dan
vile. Va. the mighty hunter OF devil
FISH who introduced the CoioAs. 70 that
sport and who visited him ~ Sycamore
nm only few wceks ago. Mr.. Co'e
said later that ne had received a letter
from the Colonel dated January !. nc
| getting an Invitation FOR arother tuSs,e
| with the dcN.inSh or me / lprlQa coast
| IN March aid Wing that his son. Ar
| chic. would be we'll enough 10 So along.
Tribute by Ex-Prcsident Taft.
! NJ Taft could only say tl;s. '~Theo-
! 1r-, p,os.yclt would not have liked TO
/ ',,.a a lie OF main. His uasstri, is al.
! ,,.,n-rat!ora! I9cs"
TIE service in the church occupied
exactly tye7ty-ore minutes and tina; a:
| the sravo a much shorted time. TSA
Fpiscopal service itself . always brief
and as 10 eulogy Was pronounced ana
a. n,o.s,aT, ,.,s 80 i,se,c r,.-'..
thing was done exactly as he v'ishe1.
and it is not inappropriate 10 say that
in selecting his burial place ho had tn
! same thought in mind that he EXPRESSED
In behalf OF MS SON Quentin When. II re-
queeting that Cu'hiA be buried in
| France. he paTapnTaSel tho words or
| Ecclesiaste@:
In this place Nh"re the tree fall"th.
| there it shall be"
Neither at the church nor the grave
! was the I'D Of the coffin lifted.
Last night capt. Cosby. who headed
the Rough Rider delegation. explained
that the acacia. the flower of which the
! wreath that lay on the collin was made,
typihed Col. Roosevelt's love of action
and military life. IL Is yellow flower
growing In southern Franco and in this
country only IN California.
A volunteer guard of honor kept
watch over Col. Roosevelts gray" last
night. 1t was COMPOSED OF four Oyster
Bay men. who have Just been discharged
from national service. One Of 'hem is
pr .. Il. Reynolds, n neighhor Of the
Roosevelts. The guard Will be changed
to-day and the vigil may be maintained
for week or more. as Oyster Bay feels
that. although such protection is moi
needed, IS appropriate,
,,
'h"se 'hN''e" 7" 'cre"""s'
Among those who received tickets 10
attend the funeral were Lawrence Ah.
bot Carl Akcrley, Simon a. Adler. +. r
Appleton. American Defence Society.
Ebert r. Baldwin. James NJ Beck
Mr.. and Mrs. August Belmont, q. r.