The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-04

the Duke or COnnauSnC, the crOWI prince of Germany, Prince Arthur o1 Connaught, Prince Henry of Prussia the Duke of Saxe- Coburg and Goths
 and Princess Henry of Battenburg be. ing present. The only mourning visi-
 ble was in the dresses of the princesses | The firing of minute guns marked
 the passage of the coffin to the draped
 railroad station.
 King Edward, Emperor William, the 1 Duke of Connaught, and the crown
 prince followed the remains and then
 came the ladies of the royal family
 and the admirals.
 THE PROCESSION THROUGH LON DON.
 In London all that is mortal of Queen Victoria has been borne through the streets of the capital and started to-
 wards the ancient fortress palace of the
 sovereigns of England
 Never in English history has a sov- ereign been borne to the grave attended by so many distinguished mourners. The gathering of crowned heads sur-
 passed that which rode in the jubilee procession. All the great officers of state participated.
 The display of the naval and military forces reached the great total of 35,000 men.
 The procession itself was designed to be a representative guard of honor for the lamented sovereign. All branches of the military service were represent ed in 1t. It was preceded by the bands of the Household Cavalry playing Cho- pins and Beethovens funeral marches. Three volunteer organizations of rifles, engineers and artillery were the van- guard, followed by detachment of yeomanry, colonial contingent and four battalions of Scotch, Welsh, Irish and English militia, representing the splendid reserve forces with which the army in South Africa has been stiff ened. Next came files of hard working branches of the service, whose impor- tance is ordinarily neglected on nlili- tary occasions These were the veter- mary department, pay corps, ordnance corps, chaplaln's department, medical corps, and the laborious army service corps. No branch of the military or ganization was passed over in this tribute of respect to the dead sovereign. The file of representatives of the In- dian army opened the way for the nght- ing services. There were six battaliong of infantry of the line, Scotch, Irish and English, followed by four detach- ments of Foot Guards, Irish, Scotch, Coldstreams and Grenadiers. The royal engineers came next, with detachments of garrison, field and horse artillery, FoJ1 1oy rn Horse Guards and Life Guards. De- tachments of marines and bluejackets brought this varied and characteristic representation of the British army and navy to close. It was not a brilliant or a picturesque military pageant, for the colors of the uniforms were sombre and quiet, but it was deeply inter- esting object lesson in army organiza- ton, carefully planned and well carried out
 The next section of the procession was the bodyguard of the lamented queen. The military attaches to for eign embassies led the way, followed by the Headquarters staff with Lord Roberts in front on splendid charger. II was hard for the multitudes to re-
  warrior rode by in simple dignity, but not single cheer was raised anywhere along the route. Four bands were massed behind the headquarters staff, and one majestic requiem followed an other with intervals of muffled drums. | COMPANY OF GRENADIER GIANTS |
 The most striking slight in the whole i escort was that of q company of grena- Hers which had been selected to accom- lany the Duke of York on his proposed | Australian visit. This wonderful body | ,f men average in height 6 feet | Q inches, probably surpassing all mili- ary records Several members are be- ween z feet and feet 4. No more | sight can be imagined than hat of these giants in their fine uni- orms and splendid accoutrements
 THE ROYAL CAVALCADE.
 The duke of Norfolk rode in solitary tate as earl marshal, followed by the 1oldstlcks and two White Slaves with he gun carriage and it's royal burden lose behind. Lord Clarendon and Lord Penn broke were the two chief function tries who headed the outer files of hon. rary bearers, with the queens pfiysi- ian, Sir James Reid, and dozen more members of the queens official house. loId and the lords In waiting on either idle. Within the lines was a double ile of officers of the guards. Eight cream horses were led by roy 1 equerries, as at the jubilee, but be- ind them, instead of gracious sov- reign smiling and lowing, was a khaki ofored gun carriage bearing coffin fted high. It was a good and great ueen's last appearance in state, and it tas not strange that, with the sorrow ul signing of majestic requiems in the ir, strong men were shaken with emo- lon and women brushed away tears rom their eyes. It was moving spec acle of unutterable pathos, yet grand ( nd stately withal. Behind the solemn cortege came, as at he jubilee, a royal cavalcade to SUD- ' ly a final effect of antithesis to that 1yous show of imperialism The king ] -as directly behind the gun carriage In (
 field marshaPs uniform, superbly ( and with him in the same I inform were the emperor of Germany n fine charger, and the duke of Con- | aught. well horsed and riding like a ! eteran Behind the thre echief mourn T s were their eouerries and mounted 1 {, ids, with the duke of Portland as mas \ 1T of the horse and the silverstick, in Y III uniform. Following close were i lrty sovereigns, heirs to thrones and F 'inces of English, German and conti- ental lines. all mounted and in mili- 1,