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Show I SOLEMN SERVICE ' I FOR GEN, GORGAS Physicians and Notables From Many Nations Present at St. Paul's, London H LONDON, .1 il- 10 Homago not- able in the history of th( snclem ''fhedrni tvf palil to the memory of Major Gt nn.il William i.V-ivus in H Paul's ot noon yesterdcy, when the fnnei.il services for tho foi mer sur-a, sur-a, on genera of the American army 1 uere held ! Wuh the American and British flnps atop Alexandra hospital floating a: naif mast anil a battery of ilisiam guns booming the thirtoen-gun mint-' of p. major general, the long c ot lege beg&n it -low march from me hospital hospi-tal 10 the cathedral at 11 o'clock. Tho military escort was composed of thfl second gronadleis and It staff, i, ounted on black horses, th- squad-ions squad-ions of the llfn nuardN, a battalion of i lie Coldstream guards; nnd a battalion i,' the lrih guaras The fins-draped offln was borne on n gun carries wjth a wreath of lilies the only floml decoration I Immediately at the head of the caisson ws a solltury foot soldier, no ted t.m tiaerieee oha.'ger of G . j eial Gorgast. The crowds which lined trie two-miic toute of the funeral pro-1 cession to tho cathedral stoorf wwh; b.-ned heads as the column filed paat At the caihecirni stepa th casket as met by a dtstingiushcd pnrty uf i all-hearers, including: tho mlllU .iru! naal attaches oi the Ante: lean eiabaeey; me president of the Koxiil1 College of Surgeons: Viscount Astor Major General Sir Richard II Charles, . rgeant -urgeoc, to t tie king Brigadier Briga-dier General John li 1'inno' . l.icuten-l nt colonel s . JaiitOfl 6'owler or the oloniai office; Di Charles .Mayo of Rochester, Minn, imd other prominent promi-nent physicians and urfreons. The casket was borne b) eiffht st.il-j wart guards through the central aisle of the cathedral, where it w.is met by I the clergy and choir, which led the' vay to the chancel. Mrs Gorgas, leaning on the arm of Brigadier uen-eraJ uen-eraJ Noble, long one of General Gnr-1 5ss' associate?, followed ine caaket,! f.hlch leposed on u stand beneath the lome of the cathedral during the slin-ple slin-ple and brief ceremonies Dean Inge and sub-deacon Blsle; of Si Paul's, officiated No eulogy was' spoken. "Noarer My God, To Thee," l.earii Kindly Light,' nn.J 1 Th.- Battle Hymi of the f'.epubi! wete sung The hearse returned bo ths hosni-tal, hosni-tal, where the hod of General Gor-:s Gor-:s will lie awaiting transfer to Southampton South-ampton and then.'.- to New York on board an American arms transput!. : |