Show Pula rJ 1 7 STARTS ON ITS WAY WAT A Y Load r Feb 2 LAu AH heads iw were un on uncovered covered as al the saloon carriage carrl hear beer hearing beering ing I the cn p n heeds heads stopped bopped exactly opposite u t the gun ca King Kia Kd Ed Edward ward v Queen Alexandra Aera Emperor Wil VII William liam anti and others alighted Then the thief chief bearer advanced to the saloon carriage and with his hand at atthe the salute end and King Kin Edward standing I a little in advance of the others ethers watched the tho th painfully sloW stow removal of the to the gun PIa carriage a It was finally accomplished and the pal pan and the regalia of the tM British crown were ere placed pla on the th cotlin The king kink and the others then mount mounted ed ott and aDd the procession p n started Th o n apart treat from the gun carriage bearing the coma collin and the royal family and Dd official mourners about it a was as a not Dot noteworthy Parlia Parliament strut ment the t Judiciary judicial and the commer commercial tint dill bodies bodie were not represented Royalty the army and navy monopolised hand the pageant t Three thousand sol BOI soldiers so dies diers sad and I nicked companies com rep representing resenting all branches branched of the tile service j artillery infantry yeomanry volunteers volunteer and lid colonials formed I I Ithe the advance escort They searched marched slowly and ancl without senile music Most of the were covered with dark dent over oyer overcoats i coats tu anI UI the standards r were a err en draped with black the officers wearing bands I of crepe en their gloves The Tb Infants taI marched relied In of I with rifles reversed They were half balf an hour In passing Then Thee came Field Plaid Marshal Earl Bob RobI en aria sad his hi staff and aad after them four massed hands bands playing funeral marches I Three Tn hundred handrail musicians mu announced the t ef 1 body of the queen q a I Q ii There was a long lung alTa arra array of court of oc neals under the leard r hip hi of f the Duke Dake of the earl marshal all attired quaintly and nd brilliant brilliantly I hearing naces or 01 wands wads meet om of 1 them elderly men v ho had for fol nr nerved ed edthe the royal roy lady lad for whom they were performing the last lut Most of the spectators spectator expected an imposing catafalque and the tit coffin tn was almost past before they recognised its presence b by removing their hats bats It t was w a pathetically small email I oblong block I blockI I lI beneath a rich pall pail of white Fatin satin on the corners comer of v which gleamed I the royal arms 1 1 Across A he pall the ro ryal al standard I was nan u draped and a large larg crown rown of gold old encrusted with Jewels rested at the bead head of f r the coffin which b was at the end of the gun carriage just over oser the mm gun On Tn the foot tuut of the coUn were two smaller small i crowns a gold Jewelled sceptic Sceptre 1 lying Ing ng between them The T eight el ht horses which drew th tM the gun carriage were wen almost concealed c beneath their rich harness harne A large bow of purple was attached to the collars cellars c This was wast th t the only ony symbol of mourning mouna Around round the costs coffin co walked the eta stal stalwart wart an bearers bea noncommissioned officers o of the guard and household cavalry and andon andon andon on either side we west wece e the queens e equer lords in waiting and physicians All th the uniforms were covered with lon Ion louf laric Ila t The spectacle was w so 80 quickly passed that the spectators bary realised it or had time to bare their tHir heads or comprehend the tho th details when hen a group of magnificently attired horsemen la n with sparkling helmets and nd coats coa mounted on en chargers cba was before them King Xing Looks Careworn Carew m Immediately after the company about bout the Ute cotin roin n three royal mourners aou rode treMt King Edward VII was w the central Contral ft of the three tb but bitt Mr ilo less jest ees ostentatious a person was seen sean J in I the Che pro pt A black with at hi plume pl of I white leathers feathers was w on bie b heed head aft 4 a lotiC loj was wa W around a him bbS fa awl 1 b Mg over the Ng black horse bone he bd The familiar Jace aed Crave and ad careworn B D Be Jook looked straight ahead d apparently at It the gu un carriage cam on which bleb was a the theof theod body od of the oe Ip whose story glory fY and end he bad had inherited inherit L He lie Heam am not see se or gave no signs of seeing g the Ion lone ranks of soldiers hedging b a buck e about him To Tile windows crowded dod ed with bIa women w Jl ten men t e of uncovered Un heads the purple draperies and the green wreaths wreathe everywhere he passed aa ed like a man ma alone lone who looked a aft as if he be cared aced not ot for fot or the world about him and the sentiment his presence inspired was only sympathy thy and it The seemed fo mad la 1 d see in i the king kinK one of ot themselves 8 ana aed the deep murmurs which arose aro e here heel and there carried a note of sorrow and love almost as deep as the expressions tx which h greeted the passage ace of the tile coffin n of If their Emperor Replies to Salutes Beside King Edward rode Emperor o William W Um his n bew and neighbor The lh of the I German emperor could not for a mo nto moment mOnt ment be mistaken He looked every ever I inch a soW sold r and the commander of men His imperial majesty ty glanced I I and left aa as he rode and his ht hi hand I was frequently raised to the red and white feathers hanging over his hili hat bat as 88 ashe I he responded to salutes Emperor Wil William liam also wore a black Mark cloak over his British field marshals marshal s uniform and the splendid white charger beneath him up and down giving his majesty an en n opportunity to display line fine horsemanship I On the kings left rode his brother the Duke of a man of sol aol I aPPearance almost aln t unnoticed and unrecognized by the people In time the second rank behind be ind rode two users more sovereigns the Ule kings of Greece and Portugal Po 10 both glittering te with Uta gold goIl lace tace a Then followed a I arra array of or members of ot royal families s number numbering ing lug about forty In all and three abreast So close were they together and aId so 80 did they pass pans that In Individuals prospective rulers of ot em empire empl pire pl kingdoms I n and principalities could not be distinguished The rho next section of the Ute procession in included Included eluded the six abt royal carriages l German Germ Dragoons Cents Cema Last Afar Alar from front numerous military escorts including a deputation from tom the Queens German Dragoon D n regiment composed ed the last t section of the pro procession procession cession Ten minutes after the coffin appeared 1 the Ute funeral procession p on bad had passed liaised the sunk of the dimes drifted d back across St Sl James Jamea park After Ater the funeral the dominating figure of ot the he day was Field Marshal Earl Roberts When his h pop popular popular ular well Mown known face came into isto view lew the people forget forlet the sol so of the occasion and aDd broke into cheers rs also shouting Bobs Babe sad and oth other I I Ier Ier er ions of similar approval The military rY attaches of 01 all n the em Om embassies Omba hassle Iee and legations were with Lord Roberts staff In Sn the te front rank rode the be American Major Edward B ii Cassatt ca 11 in an infantry officers toll full dress d The funeral fun ral p procession D occupied two hours boura in passing pas |