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The Herald, 1901-02-08, Page 6BRITAIN • 0 .6 1. b 11 UE early Fifty Ings an 111.1 c MI rched in the ,olemn rocession. NO HONOR LAC e. INC; TI 1 DEA a 10 bnery of the Removal of the Body From the Royal Yacht—The Arrival in London --Great Crowds Ph] Viewed the Pageant in Sorrowful Silence --Crush at Marble Arch Causes Some to Faint --- p. Arrival of the Funeral Train at Windsor at 2. 3o P. ft --Grandeur of the Scene at London Un- surpassed in History -35,00o Soldiers Out --Station Draped in Purple—The Crowds at Windsor—Horses Nearly Overturned the Gun Carriage and They Had to be Unhitched and a ft/ , Squad of Blue Jackets Drew it in the Procession—I ast Scenes. E The Day in Detail. eves, Feb. 1.—With grand, yet heellaful, display of naval pomp and miler, the body of Queen Victoria ea borne the, afternoon from its deb resting place ba Osborne House tea Portsmouth, the, heart of Brit- b's navy. Over the still waters, be- en the roll of the six -pounders see the dirge of Chopin's and Beet - fen's funeral march. The most o ererful fleet Britain could gather eid short notice lay inert and sil- ence. save for the mournful strains nerthe bands and the sound of the s ane that betokens neither peace or 1 war. but death. Through the Fleet. jt these and past the Hohenzol- , the huge battleships, the Alex- knorra, Camperdown, the Rodney and Bug] Benbow, on through the line of eanatleships, still on till Japan's Hat - Lor e, the biggest warship in the wased, was left a.stern, and the Ger- Rad 1 Baden was beam to beam. with Lee Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth merson's splendid flagship, the Ma- le, of the Clia.unel squadron, the Oat al funeral procession slowly giallanted. Ahead wore eight destroy - rider; and seldom have these speedy waft drawn their long black hulls j. sluggishly through the water. The Funeral Ship. ontroming slowly after them was the Edityal yacht Alberta, half screened by Inete evening on the poop, the Royal elfin placed on a crimson dais, the Mot-tab:Is of which were drawn back tame the four poles, leaving free to *mare the magnificent casket and the Bribes. Sometimes abeam, sometimes nieeread, was the Trinity House yacht pereene, while in the wake of the cc:d- ia.% came the Royal yacht Victoria no xi Albert with King Edward and **men Alexandra and the British Roy- * Family; the Royal yacht Osborne alitith other royalties; the Imperial noreeleb Hohenzollern, with Emperor Illiam. the Duke and the Duchess taX Connaught and others; the admix- aollny yareht Enehantrese and a Trine oohy Haase yacht with officials on eardi Ike An Impressive Scene. The main squadron of battleships gond cruisers were moored two and veneer cables ahead of line extending eiglom Cowes to Spithead. The channel ---teet,, ander the command of Vice Ad- . airal Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, enEnbrined the eastern portion, and the lino,eserve fleet under Rear Admiral Si goit alerald Noel forrned the western pore valeta The foreign war vessels were nol,noored sonthwest of the British ships oon the order of their arri'val, and annhlongside of theta were moored eight e genboatre the Antelope, the ▪ kirejack, the Leda, the Rattlesnake, 'ho Alert, the Crete the Snedwell. eel" After leaving Trinity pier, the AI- „..awiertrt with her attendant escort teamed along the deep channel and „elle const of the Isle of Wight, and °°f▪ fie Single line of battleships and „„elonenisers. The main line was as fol- -wieeows, beginning at Cowes—Alexan- Ira, Canmerdariere Rodney, Benbow, noilingworxl, Colossus, Sans Pareil, an'tnilie, Howe, Melaphus, Severn, Gala- Balleona, Pactolus, Pelorus, Di - M• ita, Conquerer, Arrogant, Minerva, nieebe, Hero, Hood, Trafalgar, Re - elution, juelter, Hn,nnibal, Mars, lerinee George and Majestic. th Minute guns were fired by all the thhpa th the Solent, and at Cowes, l 141101111110110111g When, the Alberta left e pier. Each ship ceased firing Ina- untediately after the procession had r tamed leer. After bheprecession bad passed s1t istnie Majeetic, the forts and ships in neattrtsmoath harrber commenced firing keennte game and continued firingen- reel the Altrerta Woe alongside the Iiihm arr. it Solemn Music. det standards eveee dleplayern and nneerigns and union jacks Were at halt pla thee' MinThe bands playeel the ignored arelfee of Chopin and Beethoven —dee k np.tIOnLI anthem Was yed. De the approach of the preceeirion o ehips were manned and the iardie and the bands were paraded. gaereire presented aryls' as the berta imaged each ship, and then kat] an tlereir arms ereed until fe prodeselan had germ by. Neerent's Ship Manned. detetabinieet of MaritieS and the admiral's band was on board Nelson's old flagship, the Victory, in Ports- mouth harbor. All the sea front and dockyards were manned by marines and sailors, while Barrow 'Weed was manned by boys from the training ship St. Vin- cent, and men from, the gunnery ship Excellent. When the Majestic had been left astern the Alberta. was moored for the night. To -morrow tho body will be taken arebare at. Portsmouth and thence conveyed to London and ”tViud- sor for tee last tributes to the great Queen. . The Land Ceremony. Mho land ceremony, consisting in bringing the coffin from Osborne Blouse to the pier at Cowes, was scarcely less interesting than the naval function. At noon the gorgeous trappings of the chapelle arclene were disturbed. Over the coffin was thrown. the coronation robe, worn by the girl Queen.. On this was placed the royal regalia, the wand, the scep- tre and the Crown, which were scarcely ever used by the Queen. In. her lifetime, as she preferred the dummy regalia, which will be buried with her at Frogmore. Sailors Carry the Coffin. At 1.4d sailors from the Victoria and Alberta raised tne precious bur- den and bore it from the house. This duty was to have fallen to the Highlanders, but as they rehearsed so awkwardly it was decided that sailors should be so honored. Outside the royal residence Grenadier Guards were drawn up in a brilliant line. At the sharp click they presented Dame for the last time in honor of their dead Queen. The pipers led the procession, mak- ing the woods ring with a weird re- frain. 'Behind them came the Royal Family. At, the gate the military portion of the parade stood ready, a glittering medley of uniforms. The Family Follow. Then followed the othor Royal Primes. A few seconds later emerg- ed Queen Alexandra and eight Royal princesses. All dressed in the simp- lest black, their faces entirely veiled with crepe. Several of the party, and especially Princess Beatrice, were sobbing bitterly. Contrasts in Dress. In striking contrast with the. black robed women followed the heads of the Royal honsehold in gorgeous uni- forms. The coffin was placed upon the gun carriage. The pipers com- menced their dirge. The procession marched slowly down the winding cedar -hedged path until the gate was reached, where the glittering escort was met. Then the massed bands broke out with a dead march, and the cortege pursued its slow -way in the midst of intense silence, save the solemn music of the bands. As the khaki -colored gun carriage, followed by the King-, with the Emperor of Germany and the Duke of Connnught on his right and left, passed down the hill, all hats were doffed. IllealOVIere THE BODS •131.000 Froin the Royal a acht to the Train at Portsmouth. Portemouth, Feb. 2.—Before 9 o'clock this morning the remains of the Queen were taken from the royal yacht Alberta to a special carriage and conveyed to the King's train, which etarted for London at 8.53 a. m. amid the boom of the gene from the forte. The mule wee pathetic and imposing. The King accompanied by Queen Alexandra and scene Prin- eesses who passed tire night on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert proceeded to the Royal yacht Al- berta In a crania launch. King Ed - Ward boarded the yaeht at 13,5e, five minutes after Emperor Williaan had steamed alongside the Alberta from the Hobenzollern. SCENES AT LONDON. Crowds Awaited in Solemn Silince the Funeral Party. Londen,Febt4e-9.17 aant—The grey dawn of a London morning, with the sky draped with fleecy clouds, pro- claimed ideal conditions for tee fan - oral day of Britain's Queen. The calm sereuity of the atmosphere was re- flected by the crowds which at day- light began to assemble at every point of vantage along the route of the royal obsequies. So soft, peace- ful and noiseless was the progress of the ingathering hosts that the constantly swelling throngs, and Um .rhythmie tread of the assembling troops seemed to accentuate the sol- emn stillness. Teo early scenes were unlike those of many spectacular days Which Lon- don liar witnessed in the past year. The crowds which! so early gathered in the streets this moruing evinced an entire lack of feverish unrest and excitement. The great masses of po- lice which assembled phantom like in the grey of the morning, :seemed more apologetically to tip -toe to the ale lotted stations, as though their pres- ence reflected on the solemnity dom- inating everything. Need. Late, Guidance. Never did a COUCOUI'49e of people so little nese either civil or military guidance. No man Standing by his mother's bier ever needed admoni- tion less than did these hundreds of thoueands of men and women, gath- ered from all parte of the kingdom on the funeral route of theirmother the Queen. e Tim strangest part of all was the face that the, women memed to Out- nUJillrer the men. White -ribboned nurses marked almost every yard along the route. Troops there were to be euro, thousands upon thousands, aesembang spectre -like out of the nust. Purple was the tone of the Royal mourning, and this seemed al- most a relief in contrast with these leant masses of black -garbed crowds. ieariy Morning. The troops begae to move earlier than on Proclamation Day. That was tee dee- of the oaken i pronouncement or ths authority of the King, and the street was closed as if by magic, and with a tone of authority that did not mark this morning's ecenes. Bucking - hem Palace., zhe great hotels about the 'Victoria station, the princely homes In Park Row,, and every shop and Douse thence to Padding -ton bore ample evidences of the national grief, and, together with purple and white festeens, wreaths of bay and laurel were _hanging front every lamp -post, while Hugs at halitnrast, bordered with crape, told, in a. dignified, sim- ple manner, the story of the natiou's ksilviTe uniformof all the rest of the party were hidden by their over- coats, -which Well: made necessary by that chilliness of the weather. The Kings of the Ilellenes and Por- tugal rode inmeellately after King Edward's and Emperor William's elates: In the proceesion were six carriages —the first and second carrying Queen Alexandra, the Dueness of Fife, now Prineess Royal-Prineess Victoria, and Princess Charles of Denmark, and the daughters of Queen Victoria and the King of the Beagle:ea. Soldiers representing the German army, non-commissioned officers and msn and the escort brought up the rear'. The Guard( of Honor. The Guard of Honor on the Jetty. consisted of several hundred marlins and blue jacket% The commanders of the warships which took part in yes- terday's pageant had already essona bl•ed under the covered way leading from the yacht to ths railroad sta.- time There was a. short service on the yacht before the body was re- moved, the Duke of Connaught, the Crown, Prince of .Germany, Prince Ar- thur of Clonimaght, Prince Henry of Preesia, the Duke of Saxe -Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Henry of Baattenburg being preeent. The only mourning garb visible was in the dresses of the Princesses. Firing Minute Gans. The firing of minute guns marked the -passage of the coffin to the drap- ed railroad station to which it was borne shoulder high by petty officers of the royal yachts, preceded by a clergyman. Immediately behind the coffin were carried the (name globe, the stand - are, and a few choice, wreathe. King Edwnrd, Emperor William, the Duke of Connanght, and the Crown Prince followed the remains, and then came the ladiee of the Royal family and the Admiral. The stance of this mournful preccseion was bro- ken by the firing of the guns, the etrains of th.e funeral march, and the sound of the wind in the driven rain which was then falling •in torrents. The Procession Starts. The procession then moved in the fol- lowing order— Officere of Headquarters Staff. BanO of the Household Cavalry. VOLUNTEEP.S. Fleet South 'Middlesex Rifles. • Fleet Middlesex Engineers. • The Tyne Artillery. Warwickshire. Yeo man ry. The Colonial Corps, a detachment formed under the orders of the Collonial Office, and an offi- cer commenling the Provis- ional batte lion at • Shorn calf fe. MILITIA. Third Battalion Gordo': Highlanders. Third Battalion Royal Weleli Fusiliers. Fourth Battalion Norfolks. The Honorable Artillery. INFANTRY. Adetachment of the Army! Veterin- ary Department. Army Pay Corps. Army Chaplaine' Department. Royal Arniy Medical Corps. Army Service Corps. Representatives of the Indian Army, selected by the Indian Office. , INFANTRY OF THE LINE. Fourth Battalion. Rifle Brigade. Royal Irish Fusiliers. Second Battalion Highland Light In- fantry. Fourth' Battalion, King's Royal Ri- fles Corps. Royal Fuelliers. First Battalion, Royal Lancasters. FOOT GUARDS. Irish Guards. Ocots Guards. Coldstream Guards. Grenadier Guards. • .Corps of Roe -al Engineers. The Royal Reghnont of Artillery. CAVALRY OF THE LINE. The 21st Lancers. The 7th Masers. The First Life Guards. ROYAL NAVY, ETC. Royal Marine Light Irfantry. Royal Marine Artillery. . The Royal Navy. Military Attaches of Foreign Em- bassies. Headquarters Staff of the Army. Field Marshals. )39.1141ot Royal Marine Light Infantry. '' • nee. eekte, eiee*e. enantene wee.- ; or, 111111.01e alleinneek WHERE THE QUEEN'S BODY LIES. The Guard e' Dead. Royal Engineers' and Royal Artlitery Tire Earl efriantal, riding. Gold Stickle, Two White Staves, Gun carriage, surrounded by bearer party of non-commiseioned of - ricers of the Guards. Outside of these, on sailer sine,. two lines, as follows— ON THE LEFT OF THE CARRIAGE The Lord ,Chamberlain. Aides de Camp. The Queen's Playsiolan, Sir Jas. Reid. Equerries and Lord in Waiting. ON THE RIGHT OR TEES CARR/AGE; The Lord Steward. Aides de Camp. Equerries and Lord in Waiting. Immediately behind the gem care riage comes—S Tbe King, riding. On his left the Duke of Creanaught,,, riding. On his right, Emperor William, riding. Following these some the royal nanny, royal representatives and Mater of the Horse, all riding. Fair four -horse carriages, convey. ing the Queen and Princeeses. • The brilliant gathering was receive ed by the Kinn ,a,nO the Queen with briefest delay. The coffin was rev- erently removed by an officer and twelve Grenadiers and deposited. The pall with the crown on, a ouehion, the Regalia and the insignia of the• Garter wore placed upon it, and the procession marshalled ahead became mobile. Then came a group of magnificently attired horsemen with sparkling hel- mets and coats, mounted on beauti- ful chargers. Immediately alter, three royal mourners rode abreast. King Edward VII. was the central figure of the three, but no less os- tentatious personage was seen in the procession. A black chapeau with a. plume of white leathers was on his head, and a long black cloak weer buttoned around him, and hung down over the big, black horse winch he was riding. The Royal Mourners. The silence was almost painful. Heads were bent low as the gun car- riage slowly moved across the sta- tion yard and took up its place in the procession. Immediately behind it rode tins King in a field -marshal's uniform. Emperor William, also at- tired in a British field marshat's uni- form and mounted upon a white horse, and tho Duke of Connaught in a general's uniform, rode upon either side of the King. Tho coffin was placed on the dear and Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon ad- miral of the fleet since 1.809), King Edward, Queen Alexandra, Emperor William and the other inemboraof the Royal family took their seats, and the train moved off. A Military Pageant. The procession, apart from the gun carriage bearing the coffin, and the Royal Family and official monrn- ers about it, was not noteworthy,. Parliament, the Judiciary and the commercial bodies were not repro. canted. Royalty, the army and the navy monopolized the pageant. Three tbourrami soldiers and irellore. picked companies, representing all branehes of the service—eavalry. ar- tillery, infantry, yeomanry, militia. volunteers and colonials—fop:red the advance escort. They marched slowly and without music. Most of the tad - forms were covered with dark over- coats and the standards wore drapes of crape on their sloovea. The in- fantry marched in columns of four with rifles reversed. They wero half an hour in peening. Then came Field Marshal Roberts and ids staff, and after them four maseed bands play- ing funeral marches. 300 Musicians. Three hundred musicians announced the coming of the body if the Queer% There was a long array of eourt .eft - dais under the leadership of the Delco of Norfolk, the Earl Marshal. all at- tired quaintly and brileantly, bearing maces or wands; most of them elderly men who for „years had served the Queen. Most of the spectators expected an imposing catafalque, and the coffin was almost past before they reeoge Weed its presence by removing their bate. Appearance of the Collin, It wn a pathetically small obloug block, conceded beneath a relit pail of white 00en, on the corners of which gleamed the Royal arina. Across the pill the Royal stan- dard was draped, nerd a large crown or gold, encrusted with jewels, meted at the head of the (mine, which was end of the gun carriage, just over the gun. On the foot of the coffin were two smaller crowns with a gold jeweled sceptre lying beneatIg them. The eight horses Ilr•ehiela drew; the gun carriage were almost con- cealed beneath their rich hareesses. A large bow of purple attached to the coffin was the only symbol of mourning. Ranged about the coffin walked the State bearers, and on either side were the Queen's egnerries, lords in wait- ing and physicians. All the uniforms were covered with long, dark cloaks. Enornioras Crory Pres nt. Enormous crowds witnessed tile passage of the cortege before Beek - Intl= Palace, tine Loadoa House of the dead Queen. High officials wee admitted within the railing, white outside stood the we.ather-worn pen. siOnern of Chelsea. paying their fent tribute. At the junction of tire Mali and Marlborough House the cottage was viewed Ivy great throngs. Oa* dets front San Swish and Woolwich and members Of the Mose 01 Lorene and House of Conations occupied epee- ial stands. At the bottom of Pieta - dilly the treys of the training Sap nritannia were gathered. The iikttely progress of ths eertegve throagh the park waa rendered mere ionereersive by the minute gnus of tire nearby batttery. Perh s tho srta.tely grandeur of to -day's sorrow -fel pageant through the swarzolug streets of London, with hendreels Of thoneunde of mourners, formiing el black border tothe route, will never be ettreassecl. Theta tvee in bite Vic- 4e.5'ia, tuner alepeoreession an aftweenee that black seremonial g:qierally 040 - meted with b1e MIA] progress to tile, gram% • •