Evening star., 1925-07-31

the literal Interpretation OF which
Bryan pinned his faith to the last.
This was followed by the pastoral
prayer. Just preceding the minister's
address the quartet again rendered
one Of Mr.. Bryan's favorite selections,
Faith of Our Fathers" The bene
dictiou brought the impressive rites
to a close at 4 o'clock, whereupOn the
journey 10 the cemetery began, be-
meath leaden skies.
Without the trappings of war, to
which he had a lifelong aversion, the
body of the Nebraskan will be borne
through the streets of Washington,
across the Potomac to the cemetery
and entombed beside the nations
heroic dead. No artillery caisson will
bear the body TO its final resting place.
AT the request of his invalid widow
twill be conveyed in a hearse, and in
further keeping with her wishes there
will be but the slightest touch of mill
tary color at the cemetery. There
only an escort of artillerymen on loot
will accompany 1t to the grave, while
an Army bugler will sound taps.
The doors of the church were closed
to the public at noon, but in the brief
span of two and one-half hours this
morning several thousand had filed
past the catafalQue upon which the
turned over to the bereaved family
that it's members might spend with 1t
the last few hours.
Throughout the night after the
church doors were closed to the pub
lie Kelso Rice, the Chattanooga po-
liceman who guarded Mr.. Bryan dur
Ing the Dayton evolution trial kept
vigil over the body. He was relieved
this morning by the uniformed
,srl, H..
War, with whom the Nebraskan
served as a volunteer in 1898.
Children Arrive Today.
With the arrival this morning of
Mrs. Grace Hargreaves and William
Jennings Bryan, jr., daughter and son
of the dead statesman. the intimate
family group was completed There
was a sad reunion in Mrs. Bryan's
suite in the La Fayette Hotel, after
which the Commoner children went
to the church to view the mortal re-
mains of their father. The widow,
however. has reluctantly restrained
her desire to view her husband for
the last time until shes reaches the
church this afternoon to attend the
funeral services. She is still bravely
bearing up under the dual burden of
her great loss and her own illness.
To Leave Church at PM.
The funeral procession after leaving
the church viii move slowly through
the streets of the business district
across the Potomac into Arlington.
The route of the procession will be
east on New York avenue to Thir-
teenth street, south on Thirteenth
street to Pennsylvania avenue. west
on Pennsylvania avenue TO Fifteenth
street south on Fifteenth street to b,
thence through the Monument
grounds. past the west side of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
across Highway Bridge to the Mill
tary road and thence to the south
gate of the cemetery.
The family and relatives of Mr.
Bryan will occupy about six cars in
the procession. High Government
officials, members of the diplomatic
corps and close friends will occupy
the others.
AS the funeral procession reaches
the south gate of the cemetery it will
be met by a military escort composed
of the Sd Calvary Band, dismounted
and batteries. A, B and c of the 18th
Field Artillery on foot. which will lead
the way to the grave. There DIR. Sizoo
will conduct a brief burial service and
Staff Sergt. Frank Witchy of the Sd
Cavalry will sound taps. Witchy is
the bugler who sounded the soldiers
farewell at the entombment of Amer
ica's Unknown soldier dead in Arling
ton and at the burial of Woodrow
Wilson.
Men closely associated with Mr..
Bryan during his long career as a
statesman and legislator will act as
pallbearers. The active pallbearers
are: Josephus Daniels, former Secre
tary of the Navy; Senator Fletcher of
Florida, Col. P. H. Callahan, Louis
vile. KY; Charles A. Lord. Lincoln,
Nebr.: n. F. Dunlap, Jacksonville,
ILL.,, and State Senator Charles E. Hull
of Illinois.
Honorary PaIlbearers.
The honorary pallbearers follow:
Senator Swanson of Virginia, Senator
Ashurst of Arizona, Senator Sheppard
of Texas, Senator McKeIlar of Ten
nessee, Senator Norris of Nebraska,
Representative Oldfield of Arkansas,
Representative Upshaw of Georgia,
Representative Yates of Illinois, Gov.
Donahey of Ohio, William B. Wilson,
former Secretary of Labor; Bishop
Thomas Nicholson of Michigan, for
mer Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock of
Nebraska, John Shelton Williams of
Virginia, former controller general:
Glenn Shaver of West Virginia, chair
man of the Democratic national COM
mittee; Edward F. Goltra of Missouri,
James Kirby Risk of Indiana, Nor
man E. Mack of New York. Howard
Russell of Ohio, Charles E. Douglass
of Washington, Charles F. Horner of
Missouri and Manton w. well of
Washington.
The State Department was rep
resented at the funeral by Secre-
tary Kellogg and the three assistant
secretaries. The Jackson Democratic
Association of the District, which en-
rolled Mr.. Bryan as an honorary
member in 1896, had a large dele