The San Francisco call., 1910-05-10

long silver trumpets.
The precincts of the palace by this
time were a great mass of people, many
Of whom could secure but the briefest
glimpse Of the proceedings. The bal
comics and roofs Of the ancient pal
ace, which had been draped with red
cloth. were reserved for the notables,
all OF whom were in the deepest mourn
ing.
All in Uniform
Members Of the royal household, the
ministers and their wives and high off,
GERS OF state, all in brilliant uniforms,
were gathered around the court Cen
eral Sir John D. P. French, with the
headquarters staff, in full dress uni
form, stood surrounded by a troop of
horse guards in their red tunics and
breastplates of polished steel From
the windows of Marlborough house i'm
mediately opposite, the duke of Corn
wall, the young heir to the throne, the
younger princes and Princess Mary
watched the ceremonies.
The heralds having concluded their
AAL-ESs lLe DllC6IS OF arms. cnI6L OF
whom is the duke OF Norfolk, the her
editary earl marshal and chief butler of
England. took their places on the bal
cOny, forming the great heTaldic COM
Dany- None were mourning, this hav-
ing been removed for the occasion. Sir
Alfred Scott-Gatty, garter principal king
Of arms, with the duke of Norfolk and
two officers bearing the slaves of Office.
stepped TO the front of the balcony, and
in a voice which could be heard across
the court and in the streets adjoining.
read the proclamation. while great
throngs stood uncovered in a driZzling
rain. The duke and Sir Alfred then
called for three cheers for the king and
the people responded with fairly deaf
ening hurrahs, which were silenced
only by the temperance of the her
aids, who sounded another fanfare
"GOD SAVE THE KING
The last note hardly had died away
when the band Of the Coldstream
guards, which had taken up position
in the square. struck up God Save the
King" The young princes from their
point Of vantage in the windows of
Marlborough house stood with their
hands at salute and the officers and
troops stood at attention.
As the national anthem was conclud-
ed the first gun of the battery in St
James park belched forth a royal sa-
lutte and the people in the square and
streets az the same moment took up the
refrain God Save the King"
This probably was the most impress
sive part of the ceremony, the fervent
singing Of the crowds growing in vol
ume as more and more singers Joined
in. while at minute intervals the gun
half drowned the chorus. Meanwhile
the royal standard had been hoisted
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that the king was in the royal resi-
oence, and flags upon the public Of
fees throughout the city were raised
to the mastheads.
ONE FLAG AT HALF MAST
The royal standard on Buckingham
palace alone remained at half mast. The
flags viii remain at masthead until
sunset this evening and again will be
lowered 20 half mast tomorrow.
The duke of Norfolk and Sir Alfred
Scott Scott-Gatty, the officers of state.
and others of the distinguished com
pany in Friary court. continued in their
positions until the people, having con-
cluded the singing Of the national an
them, turned toward Marlborough house
and renewed their cheers for the king.
q glimpse Of whom was caught as he
stood at the window with Queen Mary
at his side. A moment later his ma
5esty lowered the blind
Besides the heraldic officers. the
members Of the cabinet who had hur-
riedly returned from the HOLIDAYS
abroad diplomats, including American
Ambassador Reid and the embassy
stan. and other notables. including J.
Pierpont Morgan, watched the proceed =
ings from the balcony.
The officials of the new kings house
hold with Lords Rosebery, Crewes
Morley and a few others at the invita-
ton of King George, witnessed the
ceremony from Marlborough house. a
scafolding having been erected behind
the wall which shuts out view of the
grounds from the streets which separ-