Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-29
PAID
. PAUNCEFOTE
YESTERDAY
SIMPLE SERVICES ARE SAID
OVER BODY OF DISTINGUISH
Ed DIPLOMAT IN NATIONAL
CAPITOL.

CHFIl Jul.
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The remains
Of the late Lord Pauncefote. British am
bassador to Washington, today was &C
corded a national funeral I'm token of the
high esteem set by the American people
upon the personal worth of the deceased
and as an acknowledgment of the friend
~ feeling which is cherished toward
Great Britain.
Every department of national govern
ment was represented, and national di-
plomatic bodies of which, for so many
years, the late Lord Pauncefote was dean,
were present today, ambassadors, minis
tiers and charges. In addition to those,
the resident society of the capital was
fully represented. The presence Of
thousand men in arms was visible sign
of military participation in the funeral
Since Lord Pauncefote's death last Sat
urday morning, his remains have been
lying in state in the large salon OF the
embassy building. The British ensign
s.ood at half staff over the main door
way, and a sweeping bow of black crepe
told of the presence Of death within the
house.
Soon after 10 o'clock this morning the
sound OF marching feet and the slow
notes of funeral music gave notice of the
approach of the funeral escort. This
was composed of the second squadron Of
the Second cavalry and the cavalry band,
the latter mounted on white horses; the
Fourth Field battery, the Third battalion
of United States engineers and band, and
a battalion of United States marines and
band. Major William NJ. Black COM
manded the engineers, Captain V. F. w.
Cote. the battery, and Captain L. NJ.
Brett, the cavalry. The soldiers were
along on each side of Connecticut avenue
and the adjacent streets and stood at rest
while the clergymen and pallbearers en-
tered the embassy building.
The pallbearers were Herr Won Holle-
ben, the German ambassador. NJ. Jules
Cambon, the French ambassador, Comte
Cassini, the Russian ambassador, Senior
Don Manuel de Aspiroz, the Mexican am
bassador and Signor Edmondo Mayor des
Planches. the Italian ambassador. Sec
rotary Hay, Speaker Henderson and SEN
ator o. II. Plat, the acting president pro
TEN. of the senate.
The body of the church had been COM
pletely filed before the procession ar
rived.
President Roosevelt had the place of
honor at the right of the central pew
With him sat Mr.. Raikes. the British
charge. and for this special occasion the
personal representative of King Edward
VII. On his left sat Captain Bell, repre-
senting the dominion of Canada, by spe-
cial designation.
To the left Of the presidential pew and
in line with it. was Lady Pauncefote and
her three daughters. the Honorable Sybil,
Audrey and Maud. The ambassadors
were placed in the pew to the left of these
ladies. The corresponding pew on the
right of the president was occupied by
Major General Young and stan In charge
of the military portion of the funeral SER
vice. The staf of the British embassy
sat directly in the rear of the Pauncefote
ladies and in .thier rear the diplomatic
corps filled a considerable portion Of the
body OF the church. The cabinet was ac-
commodated in two pews directly behind
the presidents pew and the supreme court
was givenfsimilar accommodation in pews
in alignment with these. The senate COM
mittee on foreign affairs, headed by Sem
ator Cullom. and~the house committee on
foreign AFFAIRS, under the lead of Repre-
sentative Hit, was behind the cabinet in
the right middle pews, and adjoining
them sat Lieutenant General Miles and
Admiral Dewey with their STATS; the as
sistant secretaries of departments and the
commissioners of the District of Column
bia. The space in the rear of these OFF,
cials was occupied by the officials of the
army and navy. In the gallery a number
of personal friends of the Pauncefote fam
fly sat.
The choir entered I'm their black vest
ments singing the hymn For All Thy
Saints" followed by Bishops Satterlee
and Macky-Smith. The casket was
borne up the entrance steps and then
turning about Bishops Satterlee and
Adacky-Smith preceded it into the church.
reading the Scripture verses beginning II
am the resurrection and the life. saith the
Lord" and Il know that my Redeemer
liveth."
AT the foot Of the chancel steps the cas-
ket was lowered to the waiting stand and
then the first of the hymns selected by
Lady Pauncefote, THE Saints of God,
Their Conflict Past" was sung by the
choir. The burial anthem taken from the
Psalms, was sung to the old Gregorian
chant. 5N
The officiating bishop then read the les
son for the burial Of the dead, taken from
the fifteenth chapter of the First Epistle
of st. Paul to the Corinthians. When the
lesson was finished the choir sang the
hymn ION Thy Resurrection Morn Soul
and Body Meet Again." and then chant
ed the apostles creed.
The bishop then pronounced the last
words that will be spoken over the re-
mains before their interment at the an
cestral home at Preston, England.
With this solemn ceremony over the
choir sang II Heard a Voice from
and afterward the hymn Now
the Laborers Task is Ger" the closing
prayers were said and after the Sbene-
diction the choristers took up the strains
Of Jesus. Lover of My Soul" and march
ed out the door to the left. Meanwhile
the body bearers had lifted the casket
again and carried 1t slowly out to the
hearse.
At the express wish of the family. the
escort from the church to the cemetery
was limited 10 a single squadron of
United States cavalry which passed at
first slowly and then more rapidly be-
tween lines of troops at present arms.
The remains were taken directly to Rock
Creek cemetery, where they were placed
in the receiving vault, there to remain I'M
til they are conveyed on a United States
warship to the home of the late Lord