Evening star., 1925-07-26

Dut had not space Tor all his
l. notes. Frank was born at Lex
ington, KY, and came to Wash
ington in the 70's from st. Louis, where
he had lived long. I recall memories
of him in these rambles, because he
was a musician of merit, taught the
art, and played the organ and plano
in public, though he chiefly earned
his living as q clerk in the surgeon
generals Office. He was related to
the Pistorio family by marriage.
In The Star Saturday. July "a,
1897, was this death notice: "Cardel-
la. Suddenly, on Friday. July %.
1897, at 2:45 am, r. Frank Cardella,
beloved husband of Margaret Cardel-
Ia. Funeral at 2 pm. Sunday. July
25, from his late residence, 500 II
street northwest"
Below that notice was this: Head
quarters John F. Reynolds Post, No
s, G. A. R.-The death Of Comrade r.
Frank Cardella is announced. Com
rades will meet at Grand Army Hall
on Sunday, the 25th instant, at
o'clock pm, wearing the badge OF
the order, to attend his funeral. In
terment at Arlington Cemetery. By
order Frank G.. Calvert, Commander;
F.. L. McKenna, Adjutant."
In The Star, Monday, July 26, 1897,
was this: THE. funeral of the late
r. F. Cardella, who died last Friday
from an attack of neuralgia Of the
heart, took place yesterday from No.
500 H street northwest, the inter
ment being at Arlington. The dead
man was an active and popular mem
Der of many fraternal and patriotic
organizations. The services at the
house were conducted by Rev. DR..
Elliott of Ascension Church, and at
their conclusion special services were
held by the Scottish Rite Masons and
the Washington Lodge of Elks. At
the grave in Arlington Masonic serv-
ices were conducted, as we'll as those
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
Reynolds Rost, No. 6, of which the de-
ceased was a member. having charge
of the ceremony. The service was
concluded by the flag service, conduct
ed by the u. S. Grant Circle of Loyal
Women. The floral tributes were
many and magnificent"
In another account of the funeral
which the Rambler found, 1t is said
that the services were in charge of
New Jerusalem Lodge, No. 8, F. A.
A. NJ; members of Columbia Com
mandery, knights Templar, Reynolds
Post, Grant Circle Of Ladies Of the
G. A. r., and the Legion of Loyal
Women. Special services were held
by the Elks, Washington Command
cry and Scottish Rite. Mai. Bayliss
conducted the ring service" of the
latter order. and the printed account
contains this: This service is a
most impressive one and is rarely
performed. 1t had never before been
held in this Jurisdiction. 1t consists
of taking the sacred ring of the thir
ty-second degree, which had been con-
ferred upon Mr. Cardella, from the
dead mans finger and placing 1t on
the finger Of his widow"
This old account says of the flag
service at the grave that 1t was con-
Quoted by Past President Nellie c.
Royce of the u. S. Grant Circle, and
continues: This was the peculiar
and sad rite of placing a silken flag
in the hand of the dead veteran, Mr..
New York and also held the position
of ensign in the Navy under Admiral
Porter"
IN looking through The Star file for
obituary notices of Frank Car
della, the Rambler came upon a mu-
sical organization he had not heard of
1t was the Mount Pleasant Field Band
The matter was found in a letter tell
ing of Summer visitors at Piney Point
dIlu IL was "IlIlcI1 lIldl ln6
Pleasant Field Band was playing at
the resort-was "discoursing melody" ="
1 believe the writer said. Names of
members of the band taken from that
story of July, 1897, follow: Sergt
Burdsall, Lewis Vogelberger, j.
Churchill, Alvin Quinter, L. Campbell,
Ned Dawson, VIII Cone, c. Churchill.
George Zellers, Hugh Rivers. r. Rob
inson, r. Dennison, Lawrence Maher.
G.. Madert, Charles Madert, Aleck
Frazier, Joe Grant and A. H. Hoffman.
You have read in these rambles
mention of Emmanuel Massari.
have sought a picture of this cele-
brated musician and have found one.
but the difficulty of reproducing it
seemed great and l believed that a
satisfactory "cut" for a newspaper
could not be made from 1t. Further
on in this series l may show you
Massari's picture. He was born at
Naples in 1S43. When he came to
the United States I do not know, but
he enlisted in the Navy in Januarv.
1861. and served as a musician in the
ship Susquehanna until 1863. Sep
tember 4, that year, he enrolled in
Capt. Osborn Wattson's company
Company 1, Sd Pennsylvania Artillery
and remained with that command
until honorably discharged. Novem-