The New York herald., 1920-01-30
don MARTIN RESTS
IN OLD HOME TOWN
Military HonorS Paid to Herald
Man in Funeral at Silver
Greek.
NAVY MEN ARE PALLBEARERS
Clergyman's Eulogy Praises His
Kindly Spirit and Endearing
Personality,
NAVY MEN ARE PALLBEARERS
Special Despatch to the Herald. J

Especial Despatch to the Her0ld.)
SILVER CREEK, N Y, Thursday.-Ir
the little white Presbyterian church facing
the public square of Silver Greek. Dor
Martins body lay in state today. This
afternoon. while his former townsfolk
stood with heads bared to the chilling
blasts the body was carried to the Glen
wood Cemetery. where it was buried with
military honors in the family plot.
| Forty years ago In this same church,
Don Martin. then a tiny lad IN knee
breerhes, sang in the church choir and
learned his Sunday school lessons In the
antiquated pews that today faced his bier
ALI morning and until the hour set ror
the funeral service Don Martins friends
here, which means the entire population
Of Silver Creek. went to view the coffin
that held his body. There also were many
from Buffalo and other cities.
None came out of idle curiosity for Don
Martin was one OF the tabled heroes OF
Silver Creek. Not an inhabitant but knew
his intimate history from the time when
he sold newspapers In the streets OF the
village to the days when he was welcomed
by the greatest men Of the land.
When the service began, at two O'Clock
every seat in the little church was taken
and those who could not get inside stood
in the vestibule while the Rev Carl Dud-
ley, pastor of the church, preached.
1--WE honor him for his intelligence, his
ability and his fame" said DR.. Dudley
But we love him for his simple, kindly
spirit and the personality that endeared
him to those who came to know him. Don
Martin could conduct himself with equal
grace in the halls of the mighty or in the
humblest home Of this village"
He died death as truly heroic as that
Of any man who died on the field of
France. He was unswerving in his duty,
which was to chronicle the dcings OF our
soldiers -
The service was brief At its close the
one-time service men, who made up about
half of the crowd in the church. filed out
and stood at attention while the coffin
was carried from the church by six men
clad in the blue Of the navy.
The riflemen led the cortege up the
main street. Then came the hearse, and
after it the guard of honor from the Don
Martin Post Of the American Legion. The
roads were far too rough and snow-drifted
for automobiles and the hearse was
mounted on sleds. Thus over the snowy
roads Don Martin, metropolitan news
paper man and internationally famous war
correspondent, was carried TO the grave.
There was a brief prayer in the cemetery,
and then the volley that meant thirty
for Don Martin rang out over the snow.
Mr. Martins body arrived here yester-
day from France. ut was accompanied
by Wellington Wright, Of the New York
HERALD staff. who was one of Mr.. Mar
tins intimate friends and who is chair
man OF the Don Martin-New York Herald
Post Of the American Legion.
Ribbons from the floral wreaths which
lay on Mr.. Martins coffin during the
funeral services in Paris were displayed
on the coffin today. They were from the
CPD Untelligence) Section OF G. H. O.,
A. e. F.: the Hotel Crillon. where Mr..
Martin lived in Paris; the Amen Corner,
the staff Of the European Edition OF the
New York HERALD and the home staff OF
the HERALD.