The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-01

ships on Its Way to England.
COWEs. Isle of Wight. Feb. THE
remains OF Queen Victoria were today re-
moved from Osborne House. where she
died. TO Portsmouth. The scenes attend
ing the first day Of the royal funeral cor
tege were most impressive.
At Il O'Clock this morning the troops
on the mainland numbered 2.000, consist
ing Of volunteers and militia. With
the troops OF the island barracks there
were $500 soldiers here and they we're IN
extended order up York Avenue their pol
ished helmets shimmering through me
frosty haze like an ice-speckIed hillside.
The majority o. the people we're content
TO stand on the sides Of the avenue, as
the shopkeepess at the bottom Of the EilI
were asking half a guinea for seats.
The Bishop o. Winchester conducted the
service in the chapel and drawing room Of
Osborne House at noon.
The CONN vas moved 10 the end Of the
hall after the services and a new pail
spread over It This was CT ivory satin
with a great cross OF cloth-of-gold down
the centre and the royal arms embossed
in the corners = large artificial crown
had been placed ar the head OF the coffin
and q real globe and jeUeled SECURE AT the
foot.
The chapel in which the Queens body
rested opens Immediately on the hall OF
Osborne House The house has wings
which stand forward on either side Of the
main building and It was alongside these
wings and facing the centre that the group
consisting Of The coffin bearers, The escort.
etc, gathered
Entered the Queens Gate.
The procession entered the public thor
Vughfsre Of York Avenue at Queens Gate.
Which IS about 500 yards below the Prince
Of Wales gate where the bulletins were IS
sued while the Queen was dying
Down York Avenue the houses on either
side are handsome. and stand On ground
belonging 20 the owners, but at coyyes
the buildings are the Conventional red
brick, semi-detacbed lower and middle
class villas From the bottom OF York
Avenue to Trinity pier is less than 100
yards, but II is requires Two turnings
through two small. though main streets.
10 get there Passing under an archway
TO wide path encircIing q small. green
lawn, with lofty flagstaff in the centre,
twenty yards farther on, brought one 70
the side OF the yacht Alberta, at Trinity
pier.
At 1 O'Clock Osborne looked tenautless
and still The shadow Of the south wing
slowly lessened as the afternoon adYanc-
ed allowing the sunshine 70 rest on the
glass porch over the Queens entrance.
The lawns rested frost white where the
frs and eyergreens sheltered the grass
The only sign OF death except the white
drawn blinds was the bright royal stand
ard at haIf-masJ on the tower over the
unpretentinus three-st0ried house.
a few plain peasant families moved
slowly TO the places allotted to the Os-
cloaked nurses with khaki clad South Al
rican invalids crossed the grass.
The CasIIet Brought Out.
Soon after I O'Clock the relocated sol
diers Of the Queens Company Of the Gren-
adler Guards. bearing q great purple silk
flag with 4 cIoth-ofr gold crown worked n
il. entered the quadrangle and faced the
royal entrance. Then the first military or
der was heard when the officer IL com
mand said
Rest on your arms reversed The men
leaned Oh the butts Of their rifles IN an
attitude Of mute grief. IKE the four
watchers who guarded the cc1iH in the
chapel Meanwhile. officers IL brilliant
uniforms who were attending royal per
eonages. kept passing IL At Lae south en-
trance.
Soon after a six-horse gun carriage with
a tweIye-pounder below me platform Tor
the CONN passed under the glass porch,
the mea wearing the blue uniforms. and
yellow braided jackets Of the Royal Horse
ARTILLERY The carriage was halted at the
door Of Osborne House = group Of the
AIberta's bIueJacEets stood behind the ar
tiiIeryInen.
The Queens HiEhlanders. wearing short
blue ia lkets trimmed with silver buttons
and the royal Stuart tartan and kiIJs and
white horse hair sporTaus, entered the
royal doorway al lie and ten minutes
later from inside the house through The
glass porch beautifully cIoaked coffin
was borne INTO the sunlight and placed at
rest on the gun carriage.
The Queens Company Of Grenadiers,
Tith The Queens eoIors. presented arms
and formed IN double-column through
which the gun carriage passed On The
lawn facing the entrance to Osborne
House the households Of the late Queen
ana Of King Edward and Queen Alexandra
we're formed in line. Preceded by the
Queens HighIanders the Queens Pipers
took places Immediately in front of the
gun carriage and played from Osborne
House to the Queens gate. From the
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