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Show j. Worldwide Tribute to Admiral Dewey; I I Thousands Attend Final Ceremonies I I DEWEY I IS LAID I TOREST M America's Beloved Ad-fCf Ad-fCf miral Paid Highest Tri- bute Grateful Nation I Could Bestow. Washington. Jan. 20. Admiral Dew-r Dew-r TM laid lo rest today with all the H honors a grateful nation could bestow. After funeral services conducted un-der un-der thp dome of the capitol and at tended by President Wilson, the cabl-net, cabl-net, the supreme court, the diplomatic Bf corps and a notahle company, the ad- miral's body whs taken to Arlington national cemeter) to rest with those of H' naval heroes none before. Two of ewe H i ommnnrlers nt the battle of V M. u Benjamin P. Lamberton, wL tho floel captain and Captain Joseph JOE 1'. Goghlan of the cruiser Raleigh y pe.-n1-;. . Nol far awaj on the wooded Hjl ' t-l-.p. r ' S lil-;. and Sampson t Government Business Suspended jH Private services at the home were attended bj l'r --ddent Wilson, Secre- fl t.u i and a limited company Jl Th- funeral party then moved to the capitol. All business in Washington stopped for an hour. On every Amorl- H can naval ship on the seven peas an ensign fluttered at half mast and an admiral salute of nineteen guns was fired. The entire corps of midshipmen from Annapolis who came not under orders but as Admiral Dewey's friends B as he had wished, escorted the body to the rotunda of the capitol, where Chap- f lain J B. Frazier. chaplain of the Olympia nt Manila bay. conducted ! brief and simple funeral services. B .Mrs Dewey did not accompany the funeral party to the capitol, but Join- fl ed it on the way to Arlington. rK Private Services at Home. PB The private services at the home IjB were begun promptly at 10 o'clock. BB Soon thereafter a body of midshipmen escorting tbe admiral's body moved H along Massachusetts avenue over the plaza of the capitol and in the rotunda Where the body was placed on a eatal- faque directly under the great dome. President Wilson and Cabinet President Wilson and tbe cabinet B assembled in the president's room on B the senate side and marched to their B placed beside the bier. The supreme HK courl Justices, 'he diplomatic corps, Bt the chief ol staff of the army, the com jHI ruittees representing both houses of1 B congress, and officers of the army and 1 navy followed. There was no luneral i H, oration and the occasion, as tbe nd- B miral wished, was very simple. After 'm the reading of the funeral service, a quartet sang "Lead Kindly Light" and 1 "Abide With Me," the admiral's fa-H fa-H vorlte hymns. B Great Military Escort .B While the services under the dome ' of the capitol wero proceeding, the fl midshipni' n drawn up on the plaza,1 wore Joined by the remainder of the B military escort Bix ompanies of ma- ( lines, a battalion of bluejackets from the Arkansas, companies of seamen from the gunboat Dolphin and the 'H presidential yacht Mayflower, a com : pany of army engineers from the Washington barracks, and two compa-nles compa-nles of cavalry from Fort Myer coin-posed coin-posed the escort. 'JPa Moving out over the plaza tbe fu- t neral procession turned into Pennsyl-vanla Pennsyl-vanla nvenue and traveled the route "which was the scene of Admiral Dew-ey's Dew-ey's victorious home coming from the ',H hnttln which opened a new epoch in B American history. H Chaplain Frazier In Line. jH Following an escort of police rode I Chaplain Frazier. then came a gun S caj ii bearing the admiral's casket iH draped with an American flag Twelve body beani-. seamen frmu the Dol-phln Dol-phln and Mayflower, marched with jH measured trend Just behind. A color jH bearer with an admiral's flag at half H masl came next. Then followed mem- jH bers of the admiral's family and the: Bi members of the navy's general board,' fH of which lie was the head. A party of Hi survivors ol the battle of Manila bav i B marched nei JHj Army and Navy Officials lBI Officers and enlisted men of the jBj army, navy, marine corps and const lB) guard service marching in inverse or- HL der of rank, were followed by Assist- SBr lary Roosevelt. Secretary Hj haniels and finally President Wilson. B The remainder of the funeral cortege H; was composed of the cabinet, dlplo- IH matle corps, the congressional coramit- H CCJB, meinberu of patriotic . societies and delegations of citizens Casket in Rotunda. The casket while it rested in the capitol rotunda was draped with an American flag and resting on it vas Admiral Dewey's sword while surrounding sur-rounding the catafalque were masses of flowers. First to enter the rolunda wero the special committee of the house and sena'e. followed by members of both chambers. The diplomatic corps weer ushered to places nenr the section occupied by i he senate When they had been seated the booming of a signal gun on the capitol plaza heralded arrival of the funeral cortege. The assemblage assem-blage stood while the casket was borne into the rotunda and placed on the oatalfaque When the admiral's flag had been spread at the head of the casket, thief Justice White and the assocjpie justices of the supreme court arrived. They were followed by President jlson and the members of the cabinet. Special Prayer Offered. Chaplain Frazier read the Episcopal funeral service throughout with the interpolation of a special prayer. The president and other dignitaries remained standing as the casket was carried to the caisson in the capitol plaza from where the procession moved off down Capitol Hill. As a further mark of respect the house and senate returned to their respective chambers and adjourned until Men day. The funeral procession entered Arlington Ar-lington Cemetery a little more than an hour after it started from the capital. capi-tal. Passing through the gates, the procession passed the Maine Memorial plot where are buried the unknown dead of that ship and to the mausoleum mauso-leum erected for Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles, where Admiral Dew ey's body will repose until the memorial me-morial amphitheater is finished. Commitment Service Read. The regulation navy commitment service was read by Chaplain Frazier at the mausoleum. To accord with the admiral's wish for a simple tuner al, most of the units of the strictly milltnry portion of the escort took up positions at the gate and only the midshipmen mid-shipmen accompanied the casket to the door of the vault. The future admirals lined the road-way road-way as the caisson followed by the president and cabinet, the congres slonal committees and the army and navj officers passed through while the batteries at Fort Myer boomed a nineteen gun salute. As the body bearers lifted the casket from tho cai9son tho Annapolis band broke in'.. "Nearer My God to Thee." The reading read-ing of the service followed and then a firing squad of midshipmen gave a salute. Charles Mitchell, chief master at arms of the Olympia at Manila bay, blew taps and then the batteries broke out again with the salute of nine teen guns. The services were over and the ad-I ad-I miral of the navy had taken his place with Farragut and Porter. Thousands Stand at Attention K"1 Pnnn T(Ta Inn () I'nilnr drab skies, thousands of soldiers on the Mexican border here today stood at attention while other thousands of civilians bared their heads and faced the east as military hands in tho i plazas at the post and In the army I camps, played the dirge from the Oratorio "Saul," In memory of Admiral Admir-al George Dewey. Brigadier-General George pell. .ir.. Issued a memorandum ordering all soldiers sol-diers in his district to participate In the memorial ceremony. Mayor Tom Lea issued a proclamation cnll- iing upon all citizens to join in honor lng the hero of Manila. At a prearranged pre-arranged signal, all trains, street car, automobiles and other trafllc in tho city stoftped. stores closed and fac tories shut down for five minutes; while flags at the army camps and in the city were placed at half-mast for one hour beginning at 'J o'clock a. m. (Mountain time) The Mexican flag at the Carranza consulate was also dropped at half-mast for one hour by order of Andres Garcia, inspector-general of Carranza consulates. |