The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-27
BORNE ON A GUN CARRIAGE
BODY OF VICTORIA WILL GO TO
THE GRAVE AS THAT OF A
SOLDIER
STAND LIKE CRAVEN STATUES
Soldiers Guarding the Casket at
COwes Have to Be Relieved
HOurIy-One of Them Faints
Under the Strain.

| for Queen Victoria s funeral are gradual
| ly assuming definite form. 1t promises
| to be the most tremendous pageant of the
| generation. The influx of members Of the
royal families and Representatives of
| foreign countries has been so wholly I'M
| precedented that the court officials are
| finding it difficult to procure suitable &C
| commodations, the royal palaces being
| totally inadequate.
The procession is expected to occupy
two hours, traversing London from Vic
| toria station to Paddington station,
! whence the funeral train will depart at
Ills a. M, reaching Windsor at 1850
The coffin will be conveyed in the
| queens special saloon carriage, attached
| to the royal train, built specially for the
diamond jubilee, by which the king and
the royal family will journey to the royal
| borough.
/ The king as chief mourrer. accom-
! panied by Emperor William, will ride on
| horseback at the head of the procession
| through London with Field Marshal Earl
| Roberts, the commander-in-chief of the
forces in close proximity. At least six
battalions of infantry, eight sQuadrons of
cavalry and number of batteries of
artillery will participate in the proc1E-
sion, besides the multitudinous &ssemblage
of peers, members of the house of COM
mons and court officials of strange title
and stranger garb. The streets will be
lined throughout with Soldiery, but the
route has not been definitely fixed.
The coffin bearers will be Eon-commis-
stoned officers from the troops composing
the household brigade.
The probable order of the procession is
as follows: The Knight MaTshal's Men,
drummers of the foot guards the house.
hold staff, the judges, privy councillors,
peers, realm, the bishops, the royal crown
of Hanover. the imperial crown the
If flo mi Of
Britain and Ireland, the body on a gun
carriage, the princes of the royal blood,
the eGucrries, the yeoman of the guards;
units of army will be interspersed in the
column and at its head there will be a
firing party. Preceding the cortege mili-
tary bands will play the dead march.
The standards will all be draped.
The queens last project is said to have
been the appointment of the Duke of
Connaught as adjutant general The
king, doubtless, will at an early date
utilize his brothers advice in military
matters.
The king, in his address to the navy,
which was ordered to be read upon all
Ships thanks the navy for renowned
services during his mothers reign. The
message concludes with an expression
of confident reliance upon the unfailing
loyalty of the navy to himself Similar
sentiments are promulgated in an army
order. 1t is suggested by some observers
that the king in these communications
is taking somewhat the tone Of EN-
peror William.
SCENES AT COWES.
A number of leading newspaper COR
respondents were admitted to see the
queens remains lying in state TODAY.
The approaches to Osborne house were
as vigorously guarded as ever. \ Gordon
Of police, the men standing at intervals
Of few yards apart entirely surround
ed the building itself. This was the only
sign of life. The shades were closely
drawn and the royal standard floated
half mast from the tower Through
the deserted courtyards to the queen 8
entrance, the representative here of the
Associated Press was conducted 1t was
but step from the entrance across the
hall to the dining room where the
queens body rested. The entrance 10 this
room was beautifully draped with
| crimson, and attached thereto were sew
eral gigantic wreaths from members of
the household. Indian and Highland ser
wants remain constantly on the reversed
rifles, 1mmovable as statues. The strain
is so great that they have to be re-
neVed every hour. One of the guardsmen
1aintedta1nted during the correspondents
and had to be borne out Of the loom.
Inc effort of these soldiers standing like
WaX-work figures is scarcely conceivable.
and except for their stifed breathing
the privileged spectator could hardly
convince himself that they were actin
ally alive
Inc most elaborate wreath that from
the king of Portugal, was brought nv
special messenger from the legation to-
Gay IL consists Of a great crown of
lilies resting on a cushion o. violets.
The coffin itself is but eighteen inches
from the f1ower-decked ground. At tie
head We're the wreathes of the new kim,
and queen, while on the other side were
the offerings of the emperor and en-
| press OF Germany. At the foot was a
| beautiful floral crown with a golden ''Bp
| from Princess Beatrice. But little of the
white satin-covered coffin or the silk flaa.
on Which 1t rested was visible, being al
most hidden by the magnificent white
| pail and the crimson red robes of the
! insignia of the Order of the Garter the
| whole being surmounted by glfttering
| diamond crown, which reflect the lights
| OF the tapers six feet high, in silver can
| dIeStcks. The pail was ten feet long.
and seven feet wide. Two heavy gold
fringes hung from it and in each corner.
diagonally, were embroidered the royal
arms, surmounted by the crown. This
work was beautifully done. The lion is
in applique of cloth of gold and the uni
corn is in silver, both worked up in silk
embroidery. The crowns are in en-
broidery Of silk and gold bullion.
The pail was made by the students Of
| the Kensington School of Needlewoc *,
! under the direction of Prince Christian
of Schleswig-H olstein.