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___. I - ....I.--. I _—-- .,, ... II I,...........^......... ■■........ I ''Scenes, at Military Funeral of Lieut. Cleveland W. McDerm ottimpressive Ceremonies Mark Funeral of Noted Aee, • C ’ Accident Victim./ 1 . . • • . //FIANCEE ATTENDS% / • * % •Wreaths- 'From ; President; U nusual Token of Honor, Decorates Coffin. ' ■■ .A volley : of . shots echoed -at St. Agnes cemetery just before noon today as a flag draped coffin came-to rest in the -bottdm. of. a grave. -.A bugle .bl*w taps, and from over the hih came the musical notes . as . it echoed from afar. •-- Several hundred persons gathered at-j the cemetery sobbed -their grief as an. aged man knelt at the. open grave andprayedj :■ It-was. a solemn ending /for the impressive ceremonies attending the military funeral. at ■ which Syracuse paid llnal tribute lo its dead flyer.the .headr' Veterans • of Foreign Wars, commanded by Raymond;C. Brown, anti the Spanish’War Veterans.nai tnnuie-io us uwu vappLieut. Cleveland W. McDermott, whosurvived the dangers'of a hundred bat* ties .the. air in the midst of shot and shell and- poison gas .'fumes, to come, home aijd be a victim or a- peace timetest-of a giant plane..Miss Margaret LrBaily. secretly en-_gaged to wed the aviator, who was onhis way north from his flying field when j C]llJreh was .nearly: filled beforehe was killed in a snVasb-wlth six.otners procession arrived. The bearers-hear Indian. Head. Md., a week ago j rarrje(] t)je ca^et within,sresting, i: tliV night, attended the funeral. coming to t ^ aisie just oui£^e the altar rail. Syracuse early this .morning Iro^11 it was covered only with flie AmericanYork, avhere she ^ a student at Seuduer \{B bavins? bcenv left ____. •*■/ MORE,,The fimeral* procession;. led by. Lieut-George F. Stanton of Battery - A.; 104 th Fiedl artillery/, passed over Jefferson street to the cathedral between thick lines of people out to do honor to Lieutenant. ^fcDerm bit's memory* High'-Mass Es Sung.school Columbia university. Her home Is at Hendersonville, N. C.'Harding. Sends Wreath. .Thousands,turned out In the morning to paV their respects to the dead aviator, the only flying ace Syracuse gave to the World war. The .demonstration was almost on a par with that attending the services a few weeks ago for five other Syracuse war heroes whose bodies were brought from France for' burial.. At 7 o’clock In the morning the bodv was brought- from the home offlags, the wreaths . having, been/left outside, in the center of the - church steps. ■ During the services in the edifice the funeral guard paced up and down in front of the cathedral. They were * Privates Ralph Kra't* and Theodore Mack.The solemn mass of high requiem was sung by Father McCreary, assisted by the Hl Rev. William Ltddy and • the Rev. Alexis Hopkins, with the Rev. John J„ McBvoy as master of ceremonies. The. full church choir sang; with John J. Raleigh at the organ.. - •After the service in the church thelt£ U1 — ----.--- _father John once more was placed, upon- the^ l0 | caisson, .Company C falling-in behind,dcDermott, at -09 Jackson «r«i. i©, lhfe marCh lry ibi ceme:ery started, be- Jefferson street, armor*, v.here the lt;Company c dropped UJll- al QnondaAaskei draped with Amer .an . street and .the procession'went on whileTop,-procession leaving. Jefferson street armory -wit h the Rev. John J. McCreary In lead; below,
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Syracuse, New York, US
Sat, Jun 04, 1921
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