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Show HUNEDS AT FUNERAL High Officials Pay Final Tribute to Late Ambassador Am-bassador Reid .sen York. Ian. 4 -The body of Wbltelaw Held, late ambassador to (rem Britain, was carried todav to Us last resting place in tbe Sleepy Hollow cemeterj at Tarrviown. President Talt, cabinet officers, representatives rep-resentatives of the armv and the na y and of the British embassy, the bereaved be-reaved family and hundreds of fiiendt and assistants of the late ambassador ambassa-dor attended the funeral this morning In the cathedral of St John the Divine iiisliop David H Greer conducted tiie service, assisted bj Bishop leon-j aid of Cleveland, representing the dio-i dio-i i se or Ohio, In which Mr Reid used to reside Bishop Boyd Carpenter,: anon of Westminster abbey, retire- I Ben ted the elerg of England Great Britain Represented. Qreal Hm.iin was represented by her American ambassador. Jaroesi Br ce, und members of his suite, and thi officers of the cruiser Natal, which brought the body across the Atlantic, The T'nited States army .-.as represented officially by Major General Barry and the navy by Rear Admiral Fiske Among the otherB present were Sir Ernest H Shackle-ton Shackle-ton tbe polar explorer, representing the Pilgrims of Great Britain, and former President Theodore Roopevelt 01 iho American Pilgrims. Honorary Pallbearers. The honorary pallbearers included Secretary of State Knox. Ambassador Bryce, Senator Root, Senator I-odge, fudge George Cray. Rear Admiral I losepb H Choate. Chauhcey M Depew, J. P Morgan Robert Baron. Ba-ron. Robert Todd Lincoln ami Henry White Vfter the serrices, vhich began at II o'clock, the casket was escorted to the Grand Central station by a battalion bat-talion of Infantry from the army a I battalion of marines and a battalion of sailors At the station a special I train was waiting to carry the fani-Uj fani-Uj and friends to Tarrytown. |