Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-12
SERG. RE|CHERT
LAID To REST
Government Officials, Police,
War Veterans Pay Tribute
to Dead Soldier at Funeral

3 Seeming News STAFF Corsespondent.1
s5'ETENVILLE, May 12:-With
all honorS BETTING a hero, Sergeant
Henry j.. Reichert. of Company G,
307th Infantry, was laid to rest in
st. Joseph's cemetery, Rossville,
yesterday at noon following a solemn
requiem high mass at the Church OF
Our Lady Help of Christians in Am
boy road, Tottenville. at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning. The church was
crowded to the doors and several
hundred people unable to get with
in stood for more than an hour out
side while the service was going on.
Rev. James NJ. Malloy, pastor of the
church, was celebrant at the mass.
Rev. Thomas b. McGrath, of the
Mission of the Immaculate Virgin,
Mt. Loretto, a chaplain in the navy
during the war. and Rev. Francis y.
Doyle. assistant pastor of the
church, were deacons.
Rev. Father James J.. Coogan, of
the Church of the Holy Cross, Man
haitian, a chaplain of the police de-
partment of the city of New York,
! was within the chancel. Rev. Father
McGrath and Rev. Father Coogan
both at the close of the mass took
occasion to speak a word of comfort
to the members of the family of the
deceased and of the long suffering of
the dead soldier, who since his re-
turn from France, where he had
been wounded during the battle in
the Argonne region, had undergone
more than a dozen operations. Both
Father McGrath and Father Coogan
eulogized the hero and the latter
spoke of his going forth to fight for
his country, never faltering at any
time. The members of the Police
Glee Club sang the mass and at the
close sang Lead Kindly Light"
The funeral procession, which was
made up of more than two hundred
patrolmen of the city of New York,
Including Lafayette Post, American
Legion, of the police department., of
which the deceased was a member.
soldiers and sailors, both of h Reg
ulars and ex-service men, was one
of the largest of its kind ever seen
In Tottenville for a veteran of the
World War. Eight survivors of
Company G, 307th Infantry, acted as
bearers and members of Charles
Prince Post, of Manhattan, of which
Sergeant Reichert was a member,
and Beauvais Post of Tottenville, of
which he was an honorary member,
acted as guard of honor and escort
ed the remains to its last resting
place. The Police Department Band
of eighty pieces, in charge of Lieu
tenant Floyd B. Pitts, headed by
Deputy Police Commissioner John
NJ. Shaw, for the borough of Rich
mond: Chief Inspector Thomas II.
Murphy, of the police department of
the City of New York; Inspector
Formosa, of the eighth inspection
district, Richmond; Police Captain
Frank Peabody, of the Sixtieth pre-
cinct station, T~ottenville, led the
kprocession from the house to the
ychurch and out Amboy road as far
as Bethel avenue, after h service.
where they dropped out of the line.
While the casket, covered with the
American flag, was being carried
from the house to the church the
police band played Nearer My God
to Thee" and the funeral march
from there on to the church.
When the casket was being car
ried from the church the band play
ed Lead Kindly Light and the
long line of patrolmen and soldiers
were drawn up at attention as the
hearse began to move to the head of
the procession. A long line of auto
mobiles containing friends and rela-
tives followed the cortege to the
cemetery. AS the body vas lowered
III tIte sIdNt ii hllhs 5ddod
Fort Wadsworth fired three volleys
and a bugle sounded taps.
Representatives of the govern
ment at the funeral included
DIR. w. Francis Ottarson, Mrs. H.. G..
Gennert, a special representative of
the federal government. and Miss
Francis. together with a number of
wounded soldiers who had been with
Sergeant Reichert In the hospitals
since returning from overseas. The
federal representatives later vent to
Fox Hills. The bearers, eight of his
comrades, were Lieutenant George
Bell, Lieutenant Edward O'Conner,
Sergeant Frank Marine. Sergeant
Arthur George, Sergeant Arnold
Weeks, Corporal Ernest Gugell, Cor
poral Irving Silverst and Private
Richard Fitzgerald, the latter from
Tottenville. Commander John Ben
ming was in command of Beauvais
Post and Commander Irving Rubin
stein, of Charles Prince Post of
Manhattan. Many captains, lieuten-
ants, sergeants and patrolmen not
Min uniform were at the funeral. The
yGrand Army of the Republic was
also represented.
Lieutenant Peter j. Masterson is
the commander of Lafayette Post,
which is composed of war veterans
of the police department. Conspic-
uous in the parade were the colors
of the post, the police department
and of the city of New York. Many
floral tributes were sent by the police
department, the three posts. friends
and relatives. The pomp and cere-
monies attending the funeral were
said to have been more elaborate
and equal to that of the highest
rank of any man in the police de-
partment.
Sergeant Reichert was thirty
three years old and resided with his
mother in Elliott avenue, Totem
vile. He was a patrolman attached
to the First precinct station. Man
haitian, when he entered the service
of the government September %,
1917. He was sent overseas early
the next year and was soon into ac-
ton. He was cited for bravery in
the capture of three Germans single
handed and promoted to be a SER
geant. He was wounded on October
20, 1918, in the Argonne Forest, and
: which wounds were the cause of his
death. He returned to this country
March 20, 1919. II had been at
several places undergoing the vari-
Gus operations with an effort to save
his life. He put up a great fight.