The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-01
Queens gate the full procession moved
of in the following order:

which began 10 play funeral marches as
soon IS The Queens HighIaudcrs and
Queens Pipers had passed outside the
Queens gate
Tire gun carriage bearing the coffin was
drawn by eign, famous crean-colored
horses and was supported by tie Queens
oquerries and aides with a company Of
Grenadier Guards. eight pslIbearers. and
the military officers OF the household on
either side Admiral Sir Michael Culme
Seymour brought up the rear
Then barehesded. came the Queens
male descendants. King Edward. Emp ror
william and the Duke Of Connaeght
formed the frs row The King and
Kaiser wore The uniforms Of British ad-
miTsls. and the Duke OF Connaught that
Of a British general
Prince Arthur Of Connaught. Prince
Henry Of Prussia. and The Duke OF SAKE
Coburg and GOtha followed the nrst line
The young Duke OF Sa.e-Coburg and
Gotha looked very boyish in the uniform
Of colonel, wearing top boots
TIE naval and military equerrIes. in
white pIumed hats and full uniform, and
wearing the medals of their rank, lined
either side of the gun carriage
But il mas the group behind the Queen S
sons and nephews and other male relatives
that appealed in most touching manner
10 the onIo2kers. Like convent sisters. her
daughters and their daughters walked
deeply yelled three each in three rows,
Princess Beatrice sobbing as the Duchess
Of Albany gently helped and co1nforted her.
The Greaadier Guards in extended for
nation slowly escorted the coffin INTO
Royal Avenue. where the Queens Piper5
opened with the BlaintiYe funeral dIrge Of
The Black Watch Although it moved
very slowly the entire procession passed a
given point n two minutes
The reyerent group that paced quietly
behind this music 10 the stone archway
and through the public road to York Ave
nue. was made up of the late Queens fam
lily. the officers, the members Of her
household and half dozen tenants.
The Funeral Music.
As the pipers entered the road they
started playing the Flowers Of the For
est" and continued until they were re-
Ieyed by the mas5ed bands Of the Royal
Marine Infantry. which led the procession
and Al first played ChopiE's funeral march.
They followed this with Beethoven's funer-
al march and played each twice before the
arrival OF the procession at Trinity Pier.
where all the bands joined in playing
Saints Of God Their Conflicts Past -
After that there was nothing but the
heavy roll OF the raufIied drums
The spectacle during the procession was
indescrtbably touching. and many ladies'
along the route were II tears, as was the
grief-stricken group OF Osborne house
servants, who stood or the south balcony
ana hardly saw the commencement Of The
ceremonies as their haudkerchiefs we're
eIasped 10 weeping eyes.
King Edward was saIuted soIemnly
every few PAGES Emperor William was
impressive.
Of his first spectacle il the Queens
funeral there Eas no one present Hho
viii not say and for all our lives se viii
walk the softIier and sadlier for that
dream
The coffin was borne from the gun car
rage when it reached Trinity Pier 10 the
chapel on the afterdeck Of the royal yacht
Alberta. The awnings we're thrown up,
showing the glittering 5eweled sceptre with
two gold orbs surrounded By jeweIel
crosses resting at the bottom Of the pail
and the large crown at the head and the
royal standard between all upon The cain,
white pail.
In this way the body Of the Queen was
borne across the sunlit waters between
the booming guns Both banks of the
River Medina till it widened into The So
lent were studded with groups of island
ers. bur nowhere today, even in the mar
row streets OF Cowes, was the procession
crowded.
Departure of the Alberta.
At Z.55 .. n. the Royal Yacht Alberta
steamed from the pier toward the SoIent.
The blueiackeJs manned all the ships
sides.
IN attendance TO the coffin aboard the
Alberta were the Countess of Lytton. La
dy-in- Waiting TO the Queen and the Hon.
Harriet Phipps. woman Of the bed cham
Der. who attended the Queen from the be
ginning of her illness TO the end; Gen.
Sir John Carstairs Mcneil, Equerry 20
the Queen; Admiral Sir Michael CuIme
Seymour and four naval aides.
When the first minute gun from The bat
tIeship Alexandra sounded, the troops that
had lined the route Of the procession
formed in marching order and re-embark-
ed at Trinity Pier On The same steamers
on which they arrived
At dusk Cowes had resumed its normal
appearance. except for the groups of
sigbtseers, that were making tours of The
Isle.
When the coffin vas placed on the yacht
Alberta, the King and his sisters and
daughters went on board the Victoria and
Albert. The other members Of the royal
family boarded the yacht Osborne. which
vas followed in the naval line by the
German Imperial yacht HohenzoIIern.
The royal yacht. bearing the casKe..
passed slowly through the lines of as
sembled warships-
MASS FOR QUEEN VICTORIA
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