The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
MONARCH'S CLAY
LYING IN STATE
Thousands March by Bier of
King Edward in Hall of
Westminster
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had been waiting for hours. had of
the approach of the funeral cortege
was the booming of the first of 6S
minute guns, which were fired at st.
James park, followed by the tolling
of Big Ben" the great clock bell in
the tower of the house of commons
AS the gun carriage on which the
der, Rest on your arms" was given
sharply.
KING GEORGE AFOOT
With heads bowed the soldiers kept
their eyes on the ground while the
body of their late king passed, coming
to attention again for the royal stand
ard which was carried Immediately
behind the casket and in front of King
George, who like the officers and other
| members of royalty, was. afoot. The
duke of Cornwall and Prince Albert,
two little figures in the natty uni
forms of naval cadets, followed their
father.
The greatest interest of the crowd
was aroused with the approach of the
first carriage, for in this rode the
queen mother. Her majesty, wearing
the deepest mourning, had lifted her
veil, and the people reverently raised
their hats to the pathetic figure, who,
even in her hour of her great grief,
acknowledged the silent testimony of
sympathy by bowling repeatedly. The
queen mother was accompanied by her
sister, the Dowager Empress Marie of
Russia, and by her daughters, the prin-
cess royal and Princess Victoria.
Queen Mary occupied the second
state carriage, having for the occasion
surrendered the first place to which,
as queen, she was entitled. Her ma
jesty was preceded by the sovereigns'
escort, the only mounted troops par
ticipating, with the exception of a few
stationed along the route.
Queen Mary was accompanied by her
daughter, Princess Mary, and Prince
Henry.
Seven other state. carria ges, gold be-
Jecked and drawn by heavily capari-
soned horses, carried the women of the
royal families and the suites of the
queen mother and the queen.
On leaving Buckingham palace, a
corps of sixty drumc played special
introduction, at the conclusion of which
the massed bands took up Beethoven's
Funeral March"
The most striking feature of the
music was provided by a body of forty
pipers who struck up Flowers of the
Forest" as the procession passed Marl-
borough house.
During the horse guards parade the
bands played Chopin's 'Marche Fune-
bre," and as the procession approached
Westminster hall the strains of the
Dead March from saul" were heard.
The spectacle at Westminster hall
during the brief service when the
casket was deposited there was a
solemn and moving picture of deep con-
trasts.
King George stood at the foot
of the casket with the queen mother.
Queen Mary and young princes. Be-
hind them were the members of the
ROYALTY who had followed the body,
and group of 90 royal ladies in
deepest black with long wells. Around
this group were stationed the officers
of the court of the royal household,
the earl marshal, black robed, and
others in their brilliant uniforms.
In long rows on either side and ex-
tending nearly the length of the hall
were massed peers and the members
of the house of commons, more than
400 from each chamber.
The service occupied only half an
hour. The archbishop of Canterbury,
standing at the head of the casket, re-
cited the Lords Prayer which was re-
heated by the whole aggregation. The
archbishop then read the twenty-third
nsalm and the dean of Westminster
read the scriptural lesson from st.
John. the fifth chapter, twenty-fourth
and stwenty-fffth verses. At the con-
clusion of the reading the choir chanted
:. brief anthem and the archbishop of
fered prayer,