Evening star., 1936-02-24
ROOSEVELT RITES
TOBE TOMORROW
Rear Admiral Andrews Pre-.
pares List of Honorary
PaIlbearerS.


Official Washington prepared today
for the funeral tomorrow of Col. Henry
Latrobe Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, who died of an acute
heart attack Saturday evening.
Secretary Swanson was advised yes
terday of the death of Mr.. Roosevelt,
who will be buried with full military
honorS in Arlington National Cemetery.
At historic ST. Johns Episcopal
Church, at Sixteenth and H streets,
funeral services will be held for the
Assistant Secretary. Rear Admiral
Adolphus Andrews. chief of the Bureau
OF Navigation, acting Secretary of the
Navy, was preparing the list of hon.
orary pallbearers. Bearing the casket
will be detail of Marines, that branch
of the service in which Mr.. Roosevelt
attained the rank of colonel and was
long an active officer in various parts
OF the world.
Coming to Washington early to-
morrow from their Hyde Park home,
President and Mrs. Roosevelt will
participate in the last rites for the
Assistant Secretary-a distant cousin
of the Chief Executive.
The Navy Department announced
that the funeral services at st. Johns
will take place at II o'clock. The serv-
ice went into an official period of
mourning yesterday in response to
orders from Admiral Andrews, and
flags were at half mast. This is said
to be the first time this has prevailed
since former President Calvin Coolidge
died.
Col Roosevelt entered the hospital
Thursday afternoon, suffering from in
testinal influenza.
Two of Mr. RooSeveltS closest
friends in the Marine Corps are Brig.
Gen. David D. Porter. adjutant and
inspector at Marine Corps headquar-
ters in the Navy Department. and
Brig Gen. Douglas C. McDougal, COM
manding the Marine base at San Di-
ego, Calf, and the Fleet Marine
Force.
Department to Close.
Admiral Andrews in issuing an
order regarding the funeral services,
said the Navy Department will be
closed from IL am until l pm. to-
morrow.
Pallbearers will be the assistant
chief of naval operations, Rear ADJ
miral Joseph K. Taussig; the chiefs
of all bureaus of the Navy Depart
ment, Rear Admiral Claude c. Bloch,
judge advocate general of the Navy;
Maj. Gen. John H. Russell, COM
mandant of the Marine Corps. and
Rear Admiral Frank B. Upham, pres
ident of the general board.
The escort commander will be
Rear Admiral Joseph R. Defrees. COM
mandant of the Washington Navy
Yard. The escort. consisting of the
Navy Band, one company of sailors
and one regiment of Marines, will
form in the vicinity of the Lincoln
Memorial.
The body bearers will comprise four
sailors and four Marines.
Marines to Fire Volley.
During the last rites, Marine de-
tachment will fire the volleys and
Marine bugler will sound taps.
In issuing the order. Admiral An
drews said all officers and their fami-
lies are invited to attend the funeral
Those participating were asked to be
in the church at Els am.
The chiefs of bureaus of the Navy
Department., who will act as pail
bearers, in addition to those pre-
viously named, are:
Admiral Andrews, Rear Admiral
Harold Stark, chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance; Rear Admiral Harold G..
Bowen, chief of the Bureau of Engi-
neering Rear Admiral Ernest J. King,
chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics;
Rear Admiral Emory S Land, chief of
the Bureau of Construction and Re-
pair: Rear Admiral Norman M. Smith,
chief of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks; Rear Admiral Charles Conard,
chief of the Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts, and Rear Admiral Perceval
S. Rossiter, chief of the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery.
A regiment of Marines, consisting
of about 720 men, will comprise three
battalions from Quantico. Va, and
one from Washington. The outfit will
be commanded by Col. Harold L.
Parsons, u S. M. C.