Evening star., 1925-10-03
IMPRESSIVE RITES
FOR MAI. SULLIVAN
Full H0noTs to Be Accorded
Veteran Police Head Mon
day Morning.

Impressive funeral services. with
full hunor.'. will he held fur Maj Dan
i'll Sullisan. superintendent of Metro
pulitan Police Monday morning.
Requiem mass will bc sulruniZed at
ST Martins Catholic Church by Rev.
Francis y. Cavanaugh at 10 O'Clock.
I;cv. ". j. ltiurdan. pastor. will de
liver the sermon. lnterment Will be
in Mount oiiNet Cemetery.
Every rank in the Police Depart
n"nt is to bc included in the list of
patibvarerS. They are Inspector
Charles \. Evans. Inspector r. w.
Brown, Capt. Martin Reilly. Lieut.. II.
Il. Groves, Scrst. +. :. w. Burke and
Pvt. II. II. Secrest.
Special arrangement have been
made for police details to take part.
and the l2lst Regiment Engineers
Raud Will accompany the cortege from
the home, No. - V street, to the
church. and then to the cemetery.
Special parking arrangements for
automobiles have also been COM
pJetcd
Funeral Plans.
Starting from the residence. the
corte5e viii be headed by the Engi-
uerrS' Band which will be followed
by battalion of police under the
command of Assistant Superintendent
of Police Henry G.. Pratt.
i special police detail of s men. in
charge OF Inspector William III. Harri-
son, will be located in the vicinity of
the sullivan home 10 handle the trafflc,
While another detail of similar pro-
portion Will be stationed i'll the vlci1l-
lily OF the church. under command of
Inspector William :. Shelby, assisted
by Lieut.. G. II. Bremerman.
no
both mounted and foot police to ac-
company the hearse from the home to
the church Each detail will consist
OF six men, and the mounted detail
also will accompany the hearse from
the church to Mount Olivet Cemetery.
All police composing the detail nave
been instructed to wear white gloves,
and no batons are to be carried.
The procession will proceed from
the church south on North Capitol
street to Florida avenue, east on
Florida avenue to Bladensburg road
ana thence to the cemetery.
There will be no parking of vehicles
excepting those in the procession on
Y street from North Capitol to First
street, on T street from North Capi-
tol to First, on west side OF North
Capitol from T street to Rhode Is
land avenue nor on First street from
T TO Y street.
Numerous tributes have been paid
Mai. sullivan.
EulOgized by Grant.
Inspector Grant had the following
to say:
His sudden passing away was
both surprise and shock to ME. /
have known him since the day he
came on the force. He has always
been a lovable character. He was
splendid officer, a fine gentleman and
a good Christian and was a friend
TO all mankind
The fund which members Of the
police force had started to raise to
present to Maj. Sullivan as a mark
of their high regard for him at his
forthcoming retirement will be given
to his widow, Mrs. Margaret Sullivan.
In accordance with action taken by
the Commissioners. The city heads
had previously issued an order ap
proving the move to raise the testi-
monial fund for the major, and their
latest action was an amendment to
that order.
In letter made public after the
board meeting yesterday Commits
sioner Fenning who supervised police
affairs, paid this tribute to Maj. Sulli-
van: "A courageous officer and an
efficient administrator has gone to his
reward"