Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-11-01
CONANT TO Be LAID
TO REST TOMORROW
Body of Flyer Who Crashed
Near Norfolk Saturday Due
Here in Morning.

Once more Arlington National Gene
terry will give sepulcher to a fallen
pioneer of the anyways. Lieut.. Frank
Hersey Conant, 3D. the fourth flying
officer of the Naval Bureau of Aero
nautics to be killed "in action" in the
last three months, will be laid to rest
tomorrow morning on Dewey Knoll,
close beside others Of the Navy Air
Service who preceded him on the
last "hop-off."
The body Of the youthful officer.
who crashed to his death some time
Saturday in the shallow waters of
Winter Bay, will be brought back
home early tomorrow morning from
Norfolk, where it was taken after It
was recovered from the wrecked
plane yesterday. A full detail of
1t on the journey, which will be made
by boat, and another escort will meet
it at the wharf.
Body to Lie i'm State.
Every honor that the Navy can be.
stow In death will belong to the youth
full aviator tomorrow. His body will
lie in state in All Souls Memorial
Church, Cathedral avenue near Con-
necticut avenue. until 10 O'Clock, when
the simple rites Of the Episcopal
Church will be recited. The brief
journey to Arlington will be entirely
by automobile. and 1t is expected that
the service there will begin at IL
o'clock
As the charger of a cavalryrnan
walks slowly behind the caisson bear
ing it's master to his final resting place.
SO the automobile of Lieut. Conant
will be driven behind his caisson to.
morrow AT the south gate of the
cemetery two companies Of seamen
from the naval air station at Anacos-
tia and the navy yard will meet the
funeral cortege and escort 1t to the
grave.
There, close by the graves of the
men VINO went down with the Shenan-
doah and other pioneers of the air
who proceeded Lieut.. Conant on their
last long flight, the Navy will pay it's
last respects to the latest victim Of
Its battle to conquer air.
The funeral service will be read nv
Capt. Dickens. of the Chaplains' Corps.
squad of seamen will fire three VOL
leys. Navy bugler will sound taps and
another mound will have been added
to that valorous colony on Dewey
Knoll.
Lieut. Conant's honorary pallbear-
ers have been drawn from the men
who served beside him the last few
years OF his life One of them, Lieut..
George L. Cuddihy, is q member of
the American team that is to compete
at Norfolk for the Schneider Cup in
few days. That Lieut. Conant. O.
member OF the same team, lost his life
while practising low flying in Drepara-
tlon Tor that contest, is one Of the
| theories advanced for his crash. The
other pallbearers are Lieut.. Corndr. A
{. Davis and Lieuts. Allan =. F'lagg,
Laurence V. Curtin, William G. Tom
linsOn and J. Perry.
The death Of Lieut.. Conant was q
| distinct shock to the Bureau of Navy
! Aeronautics personnel. Not only was
the young officer exceptionally pop
| ular, but his passing is the fourth to
| occur among the flying officers Of the
bureau alone. This is 20 per cent OF
the flying officer personnel to be killed
| In three months, the other victims
| being COmdr. John Rodgers of Ha-
| waiian flight fame, Lieut.. II. J. Nor.
, ton and Lieut.. II. T. CUuncill
Italians Send Sympathy.
| Messages Of sympathy were re.
| ceived both by the Navy and by Mrs.
| Evelyn n. Conant. his mother, at her
! home in the Dresden Apartments.
One Of these was from the Italia n
| Schneider Cup team and was word
| ed as follows: 1--WE have learned with
great regret of the loss Of Lieut..
! Frank II. Conant. I'd. and wish to
convey to you and through you to
the Navy and his family our most SIN
cere sympathy and condolences"
The death Of Lieut.. COnant will
cause no change in the program for
the Schneider Cup races. Lieut.. c.. G.
Champion, who was first alternate for
place on the team. was selected to-
day to f1ll the vacancy resulting from
the crash Of Lieut.. Conant The ap-
pointment of Lieut.. Champion has
been formally approved by the con-
test committee of the National Aero
nautIcs Association.