The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-02
MILES OF WARSH|pS
Will Take Part in the Funer-
al of the Queen
To day,
lBy the Associated Press. J

Cowes. Jan. S1.-(9 p. MA glittering
crescent Of light stretches this evening
from Cowes to Portsmouth. 1t consists
of ten miles of warships the pick of the
British, French and German navies.
These lie at anchor. ready to take their
part in tomorrow's ceremonies when the
navy will pay a last magnificent tribute
to the sovereign whose reign was marked
by the greatest naval progress in the
history of the nation.
One might fancy that the towns Of
Cowes and Ryde might be undergoing a
blockade. The guns sweep the shores
at short range. At the head of the line
are old paddle wheel royal yachts, their
sombre hulls, standing out in vivid con-
trast against the huge white sides of the
Hohenzollern. Then. in single column,
come the British battleships. Half way
TO Portsmouth the single line merges into
a stately double row, the vessels of the
foreign nations and the biggest OF the
British craft lying there and waiting TO
salute the body Of Englands lamented
Queen.
1t Will probably be nearly four o'clock
tomorrow afternoon before the Alberta.
with the royal coffin. leaves Cowes. She
will steam inside the single line and
then enter the passage formed. by the
leviathans.
The omens for fine weather tomorrow
are not propitious, but the first thou
sands of special ors arriving this even
ing, together with soldiers in brilliant
uniforms.
The coffin which was finally soldered
this morning and enclosed in the outer
casket, and the military spectacle will
inspire intense interest, hut what creates
greater expectancy is the announcement
that Queen Alexandra and the princesses
of the blood royal will walk down the
muddy road and through the narrow
streets to the waters edge.
The royal personages walked about the
grounds today. Two solitary policemen
guarded the lodge gates. Windows and
seats on stands that would sell in Lon
don for fifty guineas each, arc going here
at half a guinea. The elaborate prepara-
tions VIII make tomorrowfs spectacle
rival in inagnificence the naval and MILL
tary display which marked Queen Vic
toria's Jubilee.
ORDER OF THE PROCESSION.
London Jan. 31.--As officially an
nounced today, the Queens coffin will
be borne at las p. m. from Osborne
House by Her Majesty,s Highlanders
and win be placed on a gun carriage,
The Queens company Of the Grenadier
Guards will form an aisle for the gun
carriage to pass. The procession will
move off in the following order:
Mounted grooms: the Deputy Assist
ant Adjutant General Of the Southern
District: detachment of the Hamp-
shire Carblneers; the Lieutenant Gov
ernor of the Isle Of Wight and staff of
the Southern District; the staff of the
commanders inc at Portsmouth;
the general commanding the Southern
District; the naval commandments
chief: massed bands and drums Of the
Royal Marine Artillery and Of the
Royal Marine Light Infantry who will
commence playing funeral march as
soon as they pass out of the Queens
Gate; the Queens Highlanders; the
Queens pipers: the gun carriage, drawn
by eight horses and preceded and fol-
lowed by her late Majesty's equerries
and aides-de-camp, escorted by the
Queens company of Grenadier Guards
with the coffin.
King Edward. Emperor William, the
Duke of Connaught, the Grown Prince
of Germany and the other royal person
ages.
Her Majesty's ladies in waiting; the
various ROYAL households; military o.
ficers, eight abreast; royal servants
and tenants.
The roadway from the gateway to tho
pier will be lined with troops, in close
order.
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