Evening star., 1937-01-08
SERVICES TODAY
FOR ADM. GLEAVES
Distinguished Hero in War
Service to Rest in ArIing-
ton Cemetery.

Impressive funeral services for Ad-
miral Albert Gleaves, U. 8. Navy,
retired, World War commander OF
the Cruiser and Transport Force, who
was responsible in large part for get
ting the American Army overseas,
were held this afternoon. He died
at the age of 70 years, at Haverford,
Pa, Wednesday.
Funeral services were held at
l:3O o'clock at st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Sixteenth and H streets, with
Rev. DR.. Oliver j. Hart, the rector,
officiating. Burial in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery, with full naval hon.
ors, followed Immediately after the
church services, with Capt. Sydney
K. Evans, U. s. Navy, retired, the
former chief of Navy chaplains, ON
ciating at the cemetery.
Escort With Band.
An escort formed at the Fort
Myer, Va, gate at 2 o'clock, under
command of Rear Admiral Ar
thur B. Cook, chief of the Bureau Of
Aeronautics, Navy Department. The
escort consisted Of the Navy Band,
one company of bluejackets and one
battalion of Marines. Eight blue
Jackets are acting as bodybearers.
Honorary pallbearers were Admiral
Hilary P. Jones, U. S. Navy, retired;
Admiral william D. Leahy, Chief OF
Naval Operations; Admiral Hutch 1.
Cone, U. S. Navy, retired; Rear Ad-
miral Yates Stirling, jr., U. S. Navy.
retired; Rear Admiral Charles E.
Courtney, Rear Admiral Thomas G.
Hart, Rear Admiral David F. Sellers,
Real Admiral w. c. Watts, Rear Ad-
miral Mark L. Bristol, U. S. Navy,
retired; Rear Admiral George r.
Clark, U. S. Navy, retired; Rear Ad-
miral Adolphus Andrews. Chief OF the
Bureau of Navigation; Commodore T.
D. Griffin, U. S. Navy, retired; Capt
j. H, Gibbons, U. S. Navy, retired;
Capt. J. F. Hines, U. S. Navy. re-
tired; Comdr. E. H. Tillman, U. 8
Navy, retired; Hugh Henry Brecken-
bridge, Herbert L. Satterlee, Philip M
Rhinelander, Archie Roosevelt, Edgar
A. Poe and Charles ]. Post.
Capt Edwin T. Pollock, U. S. N.
retired; H. H. Little, E. S. Brown, G
w. Post and E. A. Poe, jr.
War Department representatives at
tending the funeral were Brig Gen
John H. Hughes, Brig. Gen. E. s
Hartshorn, Brig. Gen. W. s. Grant allo
Brig. Gen. Frank c. Burnett.
Designated to represent the United
States Coast Guard were Rear Admiral
r. r. Waesche, the commandant, and
his aide.
Native of Tennessee.
Born in Nashville, Tenn, January
1, 1858, Admiral Gleaves embarked
upon a distinguished naval career
entering the Naval Academy in 1873
gr~ uating at the age Of 10 years;
bee ming an expert in ordnance and
torpedoes and commanding the first
modern American torpedo boat, the
U. S. S. Cushing. Shortly before the
World War, he commanded the De-
stroyer Force of the Atlantic Fleet
and he is credited with having this
outfit In such excellent shape that
destroyers were sent abroad, almost
Immediately after the entry of the
United States into the World War.
THE organization and resourceful-
ness of Admiral Gleaves and his SUBJ
ordinates has rightly been construed
as one of the chief contributory fac
tors to insuring the safe tranSporta-
ton of our troops to France during
the World War;" said the Navy De-
partment yesterday, in recalling the
Admirals distinguished service, that
ended in his retirement on January
!, 1922, at the age of 64 years. From
1928 to 1881, he served as governor
of the U. s. Naval Home at Phila-
delphia.
Admiral Gleaves was commissioned
an admiral on the retired list in 1880.
He held the Distinguished Service
Medals from both Navy and Army
for his war duty. CZechoslovakia,
China, Japan and France likewise
decorated him for his war service.
Latterly, he made his home in Haver-
ford.