The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-01
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LONDON, FED LINE ceremonies COLI
nected with the funeral Of Queen Victoria
will begin to-day at Osborne House and
Cowes- Following is the official order of
the procession from the palace to the pier
at Cowes:
At 1:45 p. m. the coffin will be borne from
Osborne House by her Majesty's Highland
ers and will be placed on a gun carriage.
The Queens company of the Grenadier
Guards, with the Queens colors. will be
drawn up facing the entrance, will present
arms and will then wheel and open out
wards, forming a double rank. through
which the gun carriage will pass This es-
cort will march on either side of the cof-
fin outside OF the equerTies. The households
OF her late Majesty and of King Edward
and or Queen Alexandra and of other MEM
bers OF the royal family will be formed
up In the space outside the entrance and
will follow In the procession after the
members OF the royal family. Mass bands
Will be moved up as soon as the gun car
riage reaches the sarriage drive the
military officers. royal servants and ten
ants Of the Osborne estate Will be formed
up eight abreast I'm the carriage drive. The
Queens pipers Will take their place fmme-
will play from the house to the Queens
gate. The procession will then move of
in the following order:
Mounted groonis
The deputy assistant ad1utant general OF
the Souther. distric-.
A detachment Of the Hampshire Car
bineers.
The staff OF the commander-in-chief at
The general commanding the Southern
district.
The naval c6mmander-in-chief.
Massed bands and drums of the Royal
Marine Artillery and of the Royal Marine
Light Infantry. who will commence play
ing a funeral march soon as they pass
our of the Queens gate.
The Queens Highlanders.
The Queens ppers.
The gun carriage. drawn by eight horses
and preceded ami followed by her late
EIasesty's equerries and aids-de-camp, es-
corted by the Queens company of Gren-
adler Guards. with the coffin.
King Edward. Emperor William. the
Duke OF Connaught. the Crown Prince of
Christian OF SchleSwfg-H -Holstein, the Duke
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Prince Arthur
OF Connaught. Prince Charles OF Denmark
Prince Louis Of Battenberg, Queen Alexan-
Ora. the Duchess of York. the Duchess of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Princess Christian
o. Schleswig-H -Holstein, Princess Louise,
naught. the Duchess Of Albany. Princess
Victoria Of Wales. Princess Charles of
Denmark.
Her late Majesty's ladies-in-waiting.
Her late Majesty's household
The household OF the King.
The household OF the Queen.
The household Of Emperor William
The households OF the royal family.
Military officers. eight abreast.
The royal servants and tenants
LINED WITH TROOFS.
The roadway from the gateway to the
pier will be lined with troops in close order
The troops will remain in position until
the minute guns from the fleet commence
to fire.
On the gun carriage being drawn up at
the pier the coffin will be removed from
the gun carriage to the royal yacht AL
berta by seamen from the royal yachts. In
full dress. with red striped overalls. The
troops will be In review order. with rolled
greatcoats. haversacks and water bottles
The squadron Of German warships com
manded by Prince Henry of Prussia. com.
prising the flagship Baden. the battleship
Odin. the cruisers Victoria Luise. Bagen
and Nymphe and two torpedo boats
reached Spithead yesterday morning and
took up positions opposite Plymouth at
the extreme eastward end Of the line. The
German squadron viii thus. with the Brit
fsh vessels opposite IL. the Majestic. Prince
George, Mars and Hannibal have the place
OF honor and win be the last to see the
Alberta. with the remains OF the Queen,
enter Portsmouth Next to the German
warships come. the French battleship Du
Puy de LONE and then the battleship
Hatzsuz- The end Of the line will be oc-
cupied by the Portuguese cruiser Don Car
los I and the Spanish cruiser Emperador
Carlos v.
A glittering crescent OF light stretched
last evening from Cowes to Portsmouth.
1t consisted OF ten miles OF warships. the
pick OF the British. German and French
navies. These lie at anchor ready to take
their part In to-day's ceremonies when the
navy will pay last magnificent tribute to
the sovereign whose reign was marked by
the greatest naval progress in the history
OF the nation Apart from these peaceful
rows Of twinkling port lights, separated
trcm each other BY only a few cables
tcrgths. one might have fancied that the
quiet towns OF Cowes and Ryde were un-
dergoing \ blockade. At the head of the
linc were the old paddle-wheel royal
yachts. their sombre huiIs standing out In
vivid contrast against the huge white sides
Of the Hohenzollern. Then In single column
were the British battleshlps. Half way 10
Portsmouth the single line merged into a
stately double row. the vessels Of the for
eign nations and the biggest OF the British
craft lying there and waiting to saIute
the body OF England's lamented Queen
THE ALBERTA READY.
II probably will be nearly 4 O'Clock this
afternoon when the Alberta with the royal
coffin leaves cowes. She will steam inside
the single line and then enter the passage
formed by the leviathans. Last evening
she lay at Trinity pier. Her quarterback
Il covered with awnings. under which ths
men worked yesterday In making tie ina.
preparations. The awning was necessary