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Show THOUSANDS I SEE BURIAL Many Nations Repre- H sented at Funeral of H General Booth H London, Aug. 29. The body of the H lato Goneral William Booth was laid H today by the sldo of that of Catherine H Booth, his wife, In Abnev Park cera- ll Representatives of reigning focuses and of presidents of republics, includ- H Ing the United States, gathered H aronnd the grave with many thou- H Bands from tho masses whom tho H founder of the Salvation Army had H tried to uplift. H The coffin was borne from the great H doorway of the Salvation Army head- H quarters to the hearse which was doc- H orated only wjth dry palms placed H ovor tho "blood and fire" banner 1 draping the casket The celebrated M battle flag which the general had H planted on Calvary was placed at tho H head of the coffin and as this was IH done the flags of the foreign deputa- H tions and of the English provincial corps dipped In salute. H Selected Bodyguard. Immediately after the hearse a se- lected bodyguard of staff officers of H the Salvation Army swung into line, H preceding the mourners of the fam- H ily, who were led by General and Mrs. H Bramwell Booth. The whole prooes- H slon was more than a mile long. H Most fittingly the procession passed M through a portion of that section of M the city where the work of the Salva- H tlon Array is best known and there, H in front of the houses, stood many H poor women and children who had a't M some time or other received benefit M from the army. H As General Booth had been an hon- orary freeman of the city of London, H the lord mayor appeared on the ba- cony of the mansion house and sa- H luted the coffin. M Tho service was a simple one. con- sisting for the most part of singing of H Salvation Army hymns. H General Bramwell Booth and his M sister. Miss Eva Booth, commander- H in-chief of the Salvation Army of the H United States, delhercd the speech. H while the youngest daughter sang a M oo H |