Show Full dull Military Honors at Burial of John Sohn Rodgers Dodgers WASHINGTON Aug 31 AP AP- AP Full military honors were arranged by the navy department as its farewell farewell fare fare- well today to Commander John Rodgers the last of the long line of that name who had given their lives in the service of the United States These honors included a military escort of three thre companies companies of sailors and marines the navy band and a squadron of naval planes A year to the day after the giant seaplane P 9 9 No 1 under his command command com coin mand had risen from the quiet waters waters wa- wa teis of San Pablo bay Cal in the now famous attempt to to span the Pacific to Hawaii by air the the valiant vali vait- ant airman victim of a crash last Friday at Philadelphia while landing landing landing land land- ing on a flight from Washington was borne toward his final resting lesting- place amid the rolling hills of Arlington Arlington Ar Ar- lington National cemetery In the ancestral home at Havre de Grace Md which knew him as asa asa asa a boy brief funeral services were held yesterday esterday In the presence of approximately fifty friends of the dead officer or his family Admiral Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral John Rodgers retired the 78 year old old ear father and his wife who is 72 showed their keen leen sorrow I but bore up well A year jear ear ago he I had suffered I great anxiety when their son and his four companions had been missing for nine days Inthe in inthe inthe the Pacific after the they had been In Inthe inthe inthe the air approximately appio twenty five five hours and lack lac of gasoline had I forced their plane down when they were ab abo about it t miles from Homo lulu their goal Captain Curtis II H. Dickins chaplain chaplain chap chap- lain corps U. U S. S N N. N and and 5 Canon I F. F J J. Bohannon of the Washington Washing Washing- ashington ton cathedral were designated to conduct the official rites today The Tte navy de department sele selected t d as s pallbearers pallbearers pall pall- bearers Captain George C. C Westervelt Westervelt Wester- Wester velt manager of the naval air aircraft raft factory at Philadelphia Commanders Commanders Command Command- ers ers Holden C C. Rich Richardson and Kenneth Ken neth neUl Whiting bureau of aeronautics aeronautics tics Commander Frederick V. V McNair Mc- Mc Nair air army war college Captain Samuel M M. Robinson bureau of f engineering en engineering en- en Commander Martin 1 KMetcalf K Metcalf naval examining board board Captain Ralph Koch bureau of navigation navigation nav navigation nav- nav and Captain Stephen Rowan naval operations The department nt also arranged for tor the presence at the funeral of bf the four- four companions of Com Conn Commander I mander Rodgers on the Pacific flight Lieutenant flight Lieutenant Byron J J. J Connell Avi Aviation tion Pilot S S. S R. R Pope radio radioman radioman radioman man O. O G. G Stanwix and William Bowlin aviation machinists machinist's mate The passing of Commander Rodgers Rodg Rodg- ers broke a tradition that has existed ex- ex ex existed I ex-I I isted ever since the U United States has had a navy There had always I been a John Rodgers on the active list since the tire days of John Paul Jones when the first of the line was known as the bold bald eagle of the seas Commander John has no noson noson noson son to maintain the tradition |