New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-21
Nine Kings Follow England's Dead Ruler to
His Tomb at Windsor
NOTABLE FIGURES IN PROCESSION
Some Lack of Reverence Among the Great Crowds
Mr. Roosevelt Follows Mounted Rulers IN Carnage
Kings Charger and Pet Dog Follow Coffin
[By Cable to The tribune. !

in form and spirit 1t was planned on
the same lines, and the Earl Marshal, re-
Iieved from the restrictions imposed by
the aged Queens preference for semi
state, was enabled TO adapt II to King
Edwards well known love of costume
color and pageantry. While the street
decorations, with the exception Of Dor
chester House and other private resi-
dences, were as inartistic as before from
the excessive use of purple and lack OF
unity, he enlarged and enriched the
original design The military forces lin
ing the route were increased to $4,000,
the procession was more brilliant In
color than it was before and fully mile
long, and the cavalcade of monarchs and
princes was more imposing
There was not. perhaps. the same rev.
erent hush betokening a sense of ma
tionaI bereavement and personal loss
The muItitudes of sightseers were nOisier
and more excitable than they were when
Queen Victoria's final passage was made
through the capital. The long, rOllick-
ing tramps by the hosts of sightseers
around the slums of Westminster toward
St Stephens had tended to develop not
a mafficking spirit. but taste for prac-
teal Joking, yet in spite of much levity
and rough manners the sincerity of the
public grief could not be questioned
The service at St Georges Chapel,
Windsor, was as simple as before in
ritual and music, and the presence of a
larger company of royal mourners lent
additional distinction to it, There was
the same magnetic thrill when the gun
carriage bearing the body was seen at |
Windsor and London. and the religious |
influence was stimulated by the memo
rial services held with one consent at |
churches of all communions throughout !
the kingdom and by the stoppage of |
trains and the suspension Of business at
the funeral hour.
A Representative Display.
: The procession itself was series of
guards OF honor. First
came battaIions and files of the army
and navy, led by the territorial forces
organized by R. B. Haldane, Minister Of :
War, during the last reign: a detach- |
nent of colonial corps and three bat
talions from the special reserve For the |
sake of completeness files Of the hard !
working branches of the army. such as
the Medical Corps, the Ordnance De
partment and the Army Service Corps. |
were included in this characteristic mill
tary tribute A thin line from the Ind
AN army preceded the ,battalions of in
fantry and Foot Guards, detachments |
Of engineers Of artillery. and troops of |
the Hussars, Horse Guards and Life
Guards
The same idea of an object lesson in
organization was carried out at
Queen Vfctoria's funeral, when the Boer
war was still unfinished. but to-day's
pageant was more brilliant, the men
being more carefully chosen and the
uniforms looking smarter and less
sombre.
Notable Foreign Delegation.
There was a new and picturesque feat |
1re after the military attaches of the !
foreign embassies had passed This was |
4 deputation of officers from foreign |
nations being represented 1t was a !
yarish blaze of gold lace and decorated |
uniforms. and commanded admiration |
all along the line of march The regi- !
nents of which King Edward had been |
he honorary colonel were represented by |
prominent officers. as were also the |
lavies whose uniform he had worn by |
courtesy on ceremonial occasions The |
German delegation was the largest, and |
TWO weather-beaten captains of the !
navy accompanied the officers Of |
Dragons, cuirassiers and hussars as |
1onchalantly as though there were no |
such thing as rivalry in sea power. The |
Spanish and Portuguese officers were |
not more gayly uniformed than were the |
swedes. Danes and Norwegians. and the |
Inspector of cavalry of the Bulgarian |
army was a match for the Russians and |
Austrians in bravery of trappings.
Three Field MarshaIs in Line.
The military and naval bodyguard |
came after the foreign officers, and it |
was Respondent in gold lace and decOra- |
tive orders The representatives of the |
staff and the army coun- 7
I'll were preceded by a half dozen lieu |
tenant generals and three field mar |
shals veterans OF British campaigns |
throughout the world. Lords Roberts !
and Kitchener. Sir Evelyn Wood. Cen |
,ral Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton and |
lieutenant General Sir Horace Lock /
wood Smith Dorrien among them. Eight !
admirals headed the delegation from the |
Board of Admiralty, which included |
McKenna, the first and only |
member OF the Cabinet TO appear in line |
behind the naval officers.
There was distinguished company OF |
aids in King Edwards ser |
vice, flashing by almost too quickly for |
recognition of their faces. the dukes |
IF Richmond. Northumberland and Bed |
lord among them. Lord Fisher being in |
he last five.
The heavily bearded Duke OF Norfolk |
lode in solitary state behind the massed /
bands. heading. as earl marshal. the /
of court officials. equerries |
md gentlemen-at-arms. Lord Rose
Narv.S intellectual face WAS seem between 4