Evening star., 1933-10-16
ARLINGTON LOSES
TOMB OF DEWEY
MausoIeum Which Held
Hero's Body Sold to Ceme-
terry Company Branch.

After two years of negotiations with
prospective bidders, the $40 900 mauso-
leum in which the body of Admiral
George Dewey, hero of the battle of
Manila Bay, had lain after death until
its removal in 1924 to the crypt of
Bethlehem Chapel of Washington Ca
thedral, is being removed from Arling-
ton National Cemetery.
1t Is understood that the Columbia
Garden Cemetery Co. of Huntington,
w. Va. which has branch at Claren-
don, Va, Is removing the mausoleum
ut no e:pense to the Government. It
is to be osed as receiving vault.
Since 1924. when .dmiral Dewey's
body was taken from it } lie in state
IN the Cathedral crypt, the mausoleum
has been standing idle In a prominent
section Of the cemetery south of the
Tomb OF the Unknown Soldier. Unable
to dispose Of it. the executors of Mrs.
Dewey's estate relinquished claim to it
and authorized the War Department to
remove it. This had been long desired
after the body had been removed, since
it still bore his name and frequently
1IlAo1CO tAO4tOlo w LllC CCIuCJcly WIZ Uc-
lieved the body of the naval hero was
inferred within 1t.
Built for Two Bodies.
The mausoleum itself was small
though costly. It was built to hold
only two bodies.
Desiring to be buried beside her hus-
band, but fearing this might be impossi-
BILE at the Cathedral, Mrs. Dewey di-
rected in her will that the admiral's
body be removed from the crypt where
it had lain since 1924 and placed again
In the mausoleum in Arlington Gene
terry, where he first was buried
Before Mrs. Dewey died, however.
the Cathedral chapter passed an express
resolution to the effect that Mrs. Dewey
might be buried beside her husband in
the crypt. In keeping with this reso-
luton, her remains were placed in the
crypt after her death on February 81,
1881.
This left the executors of her estate
in difficult position because of a
codicl to her will which specifically
directed that Admiral Dewey's body
be removed to Arlington Cemetery and
that she be buried beside him there.
George Goodwin Dewey, son of Ad-
miral Dewey, was consulted and he ex-
pressed himself as opposed to the re-
moval OF his fathers body.
Judge Settles Issue.
The attitude of the son, together
with statement that the paramount
desire of Mrs. Dewey was to be buried
beside her husband, was submitted to
the District Supreme Court and Justice
James M. Proctor signed an order au-
thorizing the executors to ignore the
stipulation in the codicn.
As a result of this unusual decree,
the bodies of both Admiral and Mrs.
Dewey were allowed to remain In the
crypt. with the remains Of President
Wilson, Right Rev. Henry Yates Sat-
terlee and Right Rev. Alfred Harding.
the first and second Bishops of Wash
ington; Henry Vaughan. the first
architect Of the Cathedral; Henry
White, late Ambassador to France and
Italy, and Melville E. Stone, former
Press. and other distinguished Amer
leans.
For many years the mausoleum has
been source of worry to the War De-
partment, which has supervision over
Arlington Cemetery. Shortly before
Mrs. Dewey became an invalid she ap-
peared at the War Department and
asked for stay in an order issued to
remove the mausoleum from the ceme-
terry. This was granted.
Although Mrs. Dewey has been buried
two years at the Cathedral, officials
took no action concerning the removal
Of the mausoleum because members of
the family had agreed to remove 1t as
soon as the Dewey estate was settled
The estate itself has involved many
legal angles because Of the appearance
of more than one will