The New York herald., 1921-09-17
BRITISH CRUISER
Brings ZR-2 DEAD
American DestrOyers and
Airplanes Meet Funeral
Ship Off Channel.
BODIES ARE LANDED
Services Will Be Held This
Afternoon in New York
Navy Yard.
EXPECT GREAT THRONG
Marines in Brazilian Warship
Join in Tribute to Fifteen
Air Dead.
EXPECT GREAT THRONG

Inc DTitlSn ilEnL cruiser DduntleSS,
with the bodies of fifteen naval Of
ncers and enlisted men killed in the
ZR-2 disaster, arrived yesterday after
noon at the New York Navy Yard
from Plymouth. On the last leg of the
trip she was accompanied by the
White Star steamship Arabic, from
Southampton and Cherbourg, and the
liner and warship passed into Sandy
Hook within sight of each other.
Six American destroyers greeted the
funeral ship off the Ambrose Channel
lightship and six seaplanes lowered
over the procession as it steamed to
the Navy Yard through bay and river.
The cruiser was accompanied also by
the naval tug Pentuket. which met her
off Tompkinsvilla. and which bore Capt.
c. NJ. ToZer, representing the Secretary
of the Navy. and Commander C. r.
Robinson, representing the commandant
of the navy yard The coffins were
on the after deck of TIN, Dauntless. Wis.,
ible afar through their bright drapery
OF American flags and flowers. and
were guarded by British marines with
rifles reversed. All the cruisers officers
were in full dress with mourning bands
or their sleeves. The impressive and
silent progress of the destroyer flotilla
and the cruiser up the bay. all with
ensigns halfmasted, was startlingly in
terrupted by the gun tribute Of Cover
nors Island
Bodies Drought Ashore.
The Dauntless reached the navy yard
at 1880 o'clock. and the bodies, each
borne on the shoulders of eight British
marines. were placed on motor trucks
and under escort of six American petty
officers, acting as a guard of honor
were taken to building 16 near the main |
entrance to the yard, which had been
decorated to receive them
While the transfer of the bodies was
being made q squad of Brazilian ma
rines of the warship Minas Gereas was
drawn up on her after deck in honor OF |
the dead Americans. There were also |
aboard the Dauntless two American off, |
GERS. Lieut.. Telford r. Null of the air |
service and Lieut. c. A. Tinker of the
intelligence service.
The services for the dead naval men |
will be held this afternoon, and the i'm |
preston of Capt. c. T. Vogelgesang, |
commandant eof tho navy yard, and his |
officers is that they will be attended by |
one Of the greatest throngs that ever
has assembled in the navy yard. 1t will
be the second time impressive cereno-
malls have honored the dead of the great
dirigible accident. On the day the
Dsuntless sailed out of Plymouth solemn
tvaS ha1d In cf,,,ip |
attended by the King and Queen. the
American Amba assador and representa-
tvs Of the British and American navies.
DENLY VIII Speak.
Secretary Of the Navy DENLY, who
Will represent the navy at the funeral
services in the navy yard. left Washing
ton for this city last night with his aids,
Capt. ID. F. Sellers OF the navy and Col.
ID. d. Porter of the Marine Corps. Sec
retary DENLY will deliver the eulogy.
Others who will attend are Rear Ad-
miral W. A. Moffatt, head of the bureau
o. aeronautics; Commander Kenneth
Whiting. Lieutenant-Commande Zach
ary Whiting and Ensign J. H. Kyker,
also OF the bureau of aeronautics Com
mander Damon Il. Cummings of the
Rockaway air station and Lieuts A. w
Evans. George l.. Richard and Louis
A. kloor
One or the bodies. that of Lieut.. Com
mandor Emery Coil of Marietta. Ohio
was not buried at sea as originally in
tended on the trip of the Dauntless to
this port. 1t was decided to defer the
sea burial until after the funeral SER
vices here The body will be taken to
sea at date not yet fixed and receive
a sailors burial from warship with
full naval honors. Three bodies those
OF Commander Louis II. Maxfield. who
was to have piloted the dirigible to the
United States; Lieut.. Comma ndcr Valen-
tine N. Bieg and Chief Machinist Mate
George Welsh. will be Inferred at the
National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
The services this afternoon will be
held In the open air on the athletic field.
As the bodies are brought from tho
building to the field the Marine Band
will play a dlrge. Capt. Matthew q.
Gleason. Catholic chaplain, and the Rev.
n. r. Moyer. Er.iscopalian chaplain, will
read the services OF their respective
churches. and after the eulogy OF Sec
retary DENLY a marine guard will fire
a volley over the collins and the buglcr
sound taps"
One OF the largest families that ever
has set foot on American soil from a
foreign ship arrived yesterday by the
Royal Mall liner Orbita from Hamburg,
southampton and Cherbourg. The head
OF the aggregation Is Sroul Ostrowski.
O6 years old, widower his sixteen
three married sisters and
brother. with their families totalling
twenty-eight. They are from Bucha-
rest, Rumania, and will add to the cen
sus OF Akron, Ohio
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