The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-02-08


which large waiting room with pur-
pie hangings had been erected for the
convenienceo Of the royal mourners. The
casket was quickly transferred to the
gun carriage the royalties mounted or
placed in carriages and the procession
started.
COMPOSITION OF THE CORTEGE
Lead the Parade.
The file of representatives of the In
dian army opened, the way for the
fighting services. There were six bat
talions of infantry of the line, Scotch,
Irish and English, followed by four
detachments of foot guards, Irish,
| Scotch, Coldstreams and grenadiers
| The royal engineers came next, then
detachnlents of garrison, field and
horse artillery, followed by lancers.
fassars, dragons, horse guards and
| life guards. Detachments of marines
| and blue Jackets brought this varied
| and characteristic representation of
the British army and navy to a close.
| The next section of the procession
| was the bodyguard of the lamented
4 queen. The military attaches to for
eign embassies led the way, headed
| 10y the headquarters staff. with Lord
| Roberts in front on splendid charger.
-Four bands were massed behind the
headquarters staff, and one majestic
requiem followed another with inter
walls of muffed drums The Duke of
Norfolk rode in solitary state as earl
marshal, followed by the gold sticks
and two white slaves, with the gun
carriage and it's royal burden close be-
hind.
Eight splendid cream horses were
led by royal equerries, as at the jubi-
lee, but behind them. instead of a
gracious sovereign smiling and bow
ing was khaki-colored gun carriage
bearing a coffin lifted high. It was a
good and great queens last appear
ance in state, and it was not strange
that with the sorrowful signing of
majestic requiems in the air, strong
men were shaken with emotion, and
women brushed away tears from their
! eyes.
The king was directly behind the
gun carriage in a field marshaPs uni
form, superbly mounted, and with him
in similar uniform We're the Emperor
! of Germany on a fine charger, and the
| Duke of Conaught, well horsed anG
riding like veteran. Following close
were forty sovereigns, heirs to thrones
| and princes of English, German ana
| continental ones, all mounted and in
| military uniform. The one conspicu-
GUS figure of this royal company, aft
| er the king under the royal standard,
! was the Emperor of Germany.
The cavalcade ended with file of
| crown eUuerrieS and officers in the
| German emperor's suite, and six royal
| carriages were driven slowly by. The
first contained Queen Alexandra and
| her three daughters, entitled now to
| precedence over their auntS. All were
| in the deepest mourning, but the queen
| was known from her graceful figure
and carriage Queen Victoria's three
| daughters came next, with the King
| of the Belgians. who felt too infirm
to ride with the mounted princes.
Three daughters-1n-law followed in
the third carriage. The Duke of Cam
bridge and Lord Wolseley were in the
fourth.
BURIAL SERVICE AT WINDSOR.
aslue Jackets Draw fsae Gun Carriage on fits
Final Stage.
The funeral cortege reached Pad
pdington about | o'clock, and the mill
tary section passed rapidly out with
out checking the movement of the
Queens bodyguard and the royal
Gnourners. The officers Of the guards
and the household cavalry carried the
coffin to the train, and kings, princes.
prlncesses and court ladies were es-
corted to the railway compartments.
The train did not reach Windsor until
after o'clock. Its arrival was an
nouneed by minute guns.
The roadway from the station to ST.
Georges chapel was lined with troops.
and through it moved the short fu-
neral procession. The escort Of life
guards was in the van, with several
pursuivants of arms in the fantastic
regalia worn when the king was pro-
claimed Lord Roberts followed, with
Sir Evelyn Wood, General 'Pole-Carew
and a few aids. The massed bands
again sounded the sOul-stirring refrain
of Beethoven's funeral march. The
lord chancellor and the lord steward
preceded the gun carriage, which was
drawn by blue jackets from Windsor
station to ST. Georges, as the horses
became unmanageable. This was rhe
only mishap Of the day.
So. with the jeweled crown and the
Offering orb of empire laid aside, the
Queen had returned to the royal Wind
sor, and with her had come the king,
the emperor, sOvereigns, heirs to
thrones, many princes and grand dukes,
to pay her reverence.
1t was a short circuit from the sta
ton to st. Georges. while bells were
tolllng and minute guns We're boom
ing. and at the entrance to that grand |
Tudor chapel the dean, prebendaries
and choir waited for the heralds to !
pass through, then led the way through |
the nave into the choir, where the cof- |
fin was set down by it's bearers in tie |
center. The king took his place ut the |
head of the coffin, with Lord Penn |
broke and the Duke of Norfolk on |