The New York herald., 1921-04-01
GIBBONS Is BURIED
In CATHEDRAL CRYPT
Cardinals Funeral Attended
by Great Assemblage Of
Church Dignitaries.

Specidl Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
BALTIMORE. March 31.--James Cardi-
nal Gibbons. Archbishop of Baltimore.
was buried to-day with all the honors
that the Roman Catholic Church can be-
stow upon one Of its princes and before
the largest assemblage OF church digni-
taries which ever met on the continent.
Prelates, diplomats. statesmen and
members OF the late Cardinals own
flock poured into the Cathedral OF the
Assumption OF the Blessed Virgin Mary.
while outside. in the drizzling rain. were
massed bareheaded thousa nds. who, un-
able 10 press into the church. stood rev.
orently for three hours while the pontifi-
cal requiem mass was being sung.
Archbishop John J. Glennon OF ST.
Louis took the pulpit during the long
funeral service, and. looking down upon
the bier OF his fellow churchman, eulo-
gized him as "the great leader and SOL
dier. the great legislator the far Wis
ioned educator, the great patriot, the
kindly. gentle old man." The service
ended shortly before / o'clock after the
Cardinal had been absoived of all sin
and the long procession came out of the
cathedral.
When dusk came the body was lifted
from the great purple catafalque on
days and placed in a simple coffin
Of cardinal purple bearing a plate in
scribed James Cardinal Gibbons. Arch
bishop OF Baltimore Then the casket
was borne to the white marble crypt
under the sanctuary, in which six other
archbishops already were sealed. Only
few relatives and closest friends were
present at this last simple ceremony.
The Cathedral was about half filled
when the head of the professional en-
tered the doors Il few minutes before 10
o'clock The laity were seated from the
rear of the church forward to the foot
OF the candle lighted bier on which
rested the Cardinal in his Archbshop's
vestments and mitre. The entire for
ward part OF the church was reserved
for the clergy. When the organ pealed
there filed into the church In order Choir
isters priests. secular clergy, members
of the various religious orders, MEM
bers of the faculty OF the Catholic Uni
versity In Washington, scholars and
churchmen of high rank. It was a strit-
ing, colorful scene. like an old tapestry
come TO life. and with the unmistakable
touch OF other centuries upon it.
Archbishop Bonzano. celebrant of the
mass. seated himself at the throne of
Cardinal Gibbons His assistants ad-
NdHItu u lHt GHdHtlHB,
brought him vestments of black, in
which he clad himself for the mass. The
Archbishop then moved TO the altar
steps and knelt. The chanting continued
for nearly an hour as the Archbishop
read from a great tome which an altar
boy held open before him Next came
the eulogv by Archbishop Glennon.
After the funeral sermon Archbishop
Bonzano stepped from the throne to the
bier. kneeling at the foot. Suddenly the
solemn Gregorian chant, heretofore
heard only in the Sistlne Chapel in
Rome. was sung. Then came the Anal
absolution. Five Archbishops encircied
the catafalque twice. the first time cast
ing holy water on the body and the
second time incense. When the process
sional passed out Il found that many
thousands had jammed the streets for
many blocks and that hundreds had
climbed to the roofs OF houses to wit
ness the ecclesiastical PROFESSIONS.
Chief Justice White or the United
States Supreme Court Postmaster-Gen-
eral Hays and Rear Admiral Benson
were at the service. Present also were
Rene Vivlani, envoy extraordinary from
France: Jules Jusserand, resident
French Ambassador; Baron de Cartier
Roiando Ricci, Italian Ambassador: Sir
auckland Geddes Ambassador from
Great Britain and the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of half-dozen South Amer
lean countries.