Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
ADM. VOGELGESANG|
RITES TOMORROW
Funeral Services to Be Held
in st. PauI's Episcopal
Church at 1890.

Funeral services for Rear Admiral
Carl Theodore Vogelgesang. So years
old. commandant Of the light cruiser
division of the United States Scout
ing Fleet. who died in the Naval tios-
pital here Wednesday, will be held IN
ST. Paul's Episcopal Church. slf
Twenty-third street. tomorrow morn
ing Mt 1880 o'clock. Rev. George
Atkinson will officiate. Interment.
with full military honors, will be IN
Arlington Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Rear Admiral
NJ. NJ. Taylor. u. S. n; Rear Admiral
W. A. Moffett. y. $. ~; Rear Admiral
+. II. Schofield. L. S. N; Rear Admiral
c. II. T. Lowndes. NJ. c., Z. 3. N;
Capt. T. r. kurtz. L. s. N, and
Comdr. W. a. Fitch, Z. S. \.
Admiral Vogelgesane had been i'll
in the Naval Hospital about three
months. having come here from Nor
folk. where he left the U. s. S.
Trenton shortly before the scouting
feet was preparing to steam to South
ern waters for Winter practice. HIS
widow, Mrs. Zenaide Stevens Shepard
Vogelgesang: his son, Shepard Fogel'
gesane, both OF whom arrived mere
from Italy, Tuesday. and brother,
Alexander r. Vogelsang. Assistant
Secretary of the Interior from 1915 10
1927 and a practicing lawyer of this
city. were with him when he died.
Wilbur Was Classmate.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, who
was a classmate of Admiral Nogelge.
sang at the Naval Academy, expressed
deep regret over his death, which was
declared a great loss to the Navy,
while a special communication was
received from the Brazilian minister
of marine expressing his sympathy
and telling of the warm spirit or
friendship created by the late admiral
when he was i'm charge OF the naval
mission in Brazil.
The possessor of a long ana en-
viable record in the United States
Navy, Admiral Vogelgesang had served
in many important capacities. he was
awarded the Navy cross for his serv-
ices during the World War, with the
following citation:
For exceptionally meritorious serv-
ice in a duty Of great responsibility
as chief of staff to the commander in
chief of the Asiatic fleet.
Born I'm California:
Born in North Branch, Calf. Ad-
miral Vogelgesang was graduated
from the Naval Academy in the class
Of 1890 and made lieutenant,
junior grade. in the early part OF
1898 and lieutenant in the same
year Subsequently, he was pro-
NOTED to lieutenant commander July
|. 1905, and to commander March q,
1911, and made captain August %,
1915. He was advanced to the grade
of rear admiral October Is. 1922. His
early duties included service on the
Bancroft during the Spanish Amer
lean War and as navigator Of several
ships, including the Louisiana. He
also served as commander of the
Mayf1ower during 1907 and 1908.
In 1914 he served at the Naval
serve as chief of staff to the COM
mander- in chief Of the Asiatic feet.
In 1918 he went to Brazil as the
senior member of the naval mission.
Commanded U. s. s. Idaho.
Upon his return to this country he
commanded the new battleShip Idaho.
which was being constructed at Cam.
den. n. ]. In 1920. upon his detach-
ment from the command Of the Idaho,
he was ordered as chief Of staff Of Ad-
miral Henry B. Wilson. commander
in.chief Of the Atlantic feet. In 1922
came another tour OF duty in Brazil
as chief of the naval mission, and he
returned to this country in 1925 and
assumed command Of battleship divi-
sion Of the scouting fleet, hoisting
his flag on the II. S. s. New York.
Besides the widow, son and brother,
Admiral Vogelgesang leaves two other
brothers-Charles A. Vogelsang Of
San Francisco and Edward D. Vo-
gelsang OF Fresno. Calif.-and four
sisters-Miss Dorothy Vogelgesang,
Miss Emma c.. Vogelgesang and Mrs.
A. r. Bechtel of San Francisco and
Mrs. Fred A. Eckstrom of Stockton,
Calf