Evening star., 1936-08-30
TRAIN HEADS WEST
WITH DERN'S BODY
AFTER RITES HERE
High Officials of Many Lands
Pay Final Tribute to
Secretary of War.
PRESIDENT TO ATTEND
LAST SERVICES IN UTAH
Mrs. Roosevelt Returns for Flu.
neral-Dignitaries Aboard Spe.
ciaI for Salt Lake City.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
A black-shrouded special train bore
the body of Secretary Of War George
H. Dern homeward to Utah last night
after funeral services In which high
officials of many lands heard him
eulogized as a true American.
Army officers, their sabers sheathed
In crepe, Joined Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, the cabinet and foreign
diplomats in the Capitals farewell.
In Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church, where the war chief vor-
SHIPPED, they listened with bowed heads
to the brief address of his PASTOR
Rev. Russell J. Clinchy-
His stature, his outlook upon life
and his contribution to the welfare cf
mankind made up that type Of man-
hood which is America at her best
said the minister.
Scout Cars Lead Procession.
when he represented his country
in his recent journey through tbs
Orient and stood before emperors, We
felt content when men of other ma.
tions looked at him and said, There
is an American.
Outside the church a company Of
Infantry and the Army Band stood
at attention and four Army scout cars
a recognition of progress made in
mechanizing the Army during his ad-
ministration-led the procession from
the church to the Union Station. A
19-gun salute was sounded there.
MANY members of the cabinet and
acting secretaries of departments ac-
companied the Secretarys family on
the special train which took his body
back to Utah, where he made q for.
tune in mining and twice was Gov.
ernor.
Roosevelt TO Join Group.
President Roosevelt and other ofi-
cials now touring the Western drought
area will join the group at Salt Lake
City for funeral services in the Nor.
mon Tabernacle there Tuesday after
noon and military and Masonic burial
rites at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who came from New
York to attend the services here. was
escorted to the church by Harry H.
Woodring, the Acting Secretary Of
War.
Among the foreign representatives
were Ambassadors Luther of Germany,
Troyanovsky Of Soviet Russia and Sze
Of China.
Just before noon, an escort from the
18th Brigade transferred the flag
draped casket to the church from the
chapel Of Walter Reed Hospital, where
the Secretary died Thursday from
complications following an influenza
attack.
AS the casket was carried from the
church following the services, choir
of so voices sang Day Is Dying in the
West"
Honor Guard Accompanies Casket.
At Union Station the casket was
received by brigade commanded by
Brig. Gen. Charles D. Roberts and
composed Of Infantry, Engineers, Field
Artillery and Cavalry.
An honor guard. consisting Of an
officer and IA men from the 18th
Brigade accompanied the casket on
the train.
Mrs Dern and the Secretary's sons
and daughters were accompanied on
the train by Oliver Grimes, his execu-
tive secretary; Attorney General Cum
mings, Secretary Roper, Acting Sec
retary woodring: Admiral William H.
Standley, Acting Secretary of the
Navy; Edward McGrady, Acting Sec
retary Of Labor; Gen. Malin Craig.
chief Of the Army, and military aides.
The honorary pallbearers were Sec
retary Hull, Secretary Morgenthau,
Attorney General Cummings, Secre-
tary Ickes. Secretary Roper, Acting
Secretary Woodring. Gen. Craig. Ad-
miral STANDBY, Acting Secretary Nc
Grady, william Howes. Acting Post
master General, and w. r. Gregg,
Acting Secretary Of Agriculture.
James A. Farley, the Democratic
national chairman. attended the fune-
raj services.