The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-02-02
.HONORs TODEAD QUEEN
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Connaught, perfect of figure and wit
q handsome face, quivering mouth an
nervous movements.
Hardly was there time to recogniz
the individuality of these personages
including the tawny bearded Prime
Henry of Prussia, and the clean Gu
face of the Duke of Connaught, befor
the most truly pathetic sight of tn
day came in view. 1t was a simple lit
tie band in black, for all the world Xix
the sixters of some religious orde
mourning humbly for one of their orde
4 who had passed away None were dis
tinguishable from the others They al
wore plain black dresses with Ions
crepe wells and they followed meekl,
and with downcast heads. Yet the frs
was the Queen of England and with he,
was the woman, if she lives, will alsC
hold this proud title, and behind then
walked the women to whom every knee
in England, however noble, is bowed IL
courtesy.
Immediately behind the queen anG
the princesses came the portly heads Of
the household in strange, gaudy uni
forms seldom seen in public.
There have been more magnificent
pageants than that escorting the body
of Queen Victoria from the house
where she died to the royal yacht, but
never has there been witnessed in re-
cent world history a procession more
remarkable in it's combination of
pomp and splendor with grief and hui
mility.
At the gate the military part of the
parade stodd ready. The procession
moved in the following order:
Mounted Grooms
The Deputy Assistant Adjutant General
of the Southern District.
"a detachment of the Hampshire Cara
biners.
The Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of
Wight and staff of the South
ern District.
The staff of the COMMANDMENTS Chief at
Portsmouth.
The General commanding the Southern
District.
The Naval Communicating Chief.
Massed bands and drums of the Royal
Marine Artillery.
The Royal Marine Light Infantry, who
played a funeral march as soon
as they passed out of the
Queens Gate.
The Queens Highlanders.
The Queens Pipers.
The gun-carriage, drawn by eight
horses and preceded and followed
by the late Queens equerries and
aides-de- camp escorted by the
Queens company of Grenadier
Guards, with the coffin.
Tyircr T6uord WILLIAM, tho
Duke of Connaught the Crown
Prince of Germany, Prince Henry
of Prussia, Prince Christian of
Schleswig- Holstein, the Duke of
Sake Coburg and Gotha, Prince Ar
thur Of Connaught, Prince Charles
Of Denmark, Prince Louis of Bat
tenberg, Queen Alexandra, the
Duchess of York, the Duchess of
Sake Coburg and Gotha, Princess
Christian of Schleswig-H olstein,
Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll,
Princess Beatrice princess Henry
of Battenberg), the Duchess of Con-
naught, the Duchess of Albany,
Princess Victoria of Wales, Princess
Charles of Denmark.
The Queens ladies-in- waiting.
The Queens household.
The household of the King
The household of Queen Alexandra.
The household of Emperor William.
The household of the royal family.
Military officers, eight abreast.
The royal servants and tenants.
The roadway from the gate to the pier
was lined with troops in close order.
The troops remained in position until
the minute-guns from the fleet began to
fire. Thousands of persons stood bare
headed and watched the spectacle. At
last the pier was reached and the body
was placed on board the royal yacht AL
berta by seamen of the royal yachts.
CROSSING FROM COWES TO
PORTSMOUTH.
AS soon as the Alberta started the
fleet, which had been assembled and
which stretched away to Portsmouth,
began the firing of minute-guns. The
royal yatcht was preceded by eight tor
pedo boat destroyers. The royal coffin |
had been placed on crimson dais on
hoard the Alberta, the curtains drawn |
hack and tied to four poles Sometimes |
"a beam, sometimes ahead, was the Trim |
ity House yacht Irene, watching the |
course while in the wake of the Alder |
ia came the royal yacht Victoria and |
Albert with King Edward and Queen |
Alexandra and the English royal fam
lily; the royal yacht Osborne, with 9TH
er royalties; the imperial yacht Hohen-
zollern, with Emperor William, the
Duke and Duchess of Connaught, and |
others, and the admiralty yacht En-
chantress
The battleships and cruisers of the |
main squadron were moored two and
half cables lengths apart in one line.
The Channel fleet, under the command .
of Vice Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth
Rawson, formed the eastern portion,
and the reserve fleet, under Rear Ad-
zmiral Sir Gerard Henry Noel, formed
the western portion. The foreign war
vessels were moored southwest of the
British ships in the order of their arri-
val, and alongside of them were moored
eight British gunboats-the Antelope,
Cleaner, Skipjack, Leda, Rattiesnake,
Alert, Gree and SpeedWell. After leav-