The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-10
Time : Honored Ceremony
Was of Brilliant and I'm
presSive Character.
GREAT MASS OF PEOPLE GATH
Erred ABOUT THE PALACE AND
GAVE THREE CHEERS FOR THE
KING - NATIONAL ANTHEM
PLAYED, THE ROYAL SALUTE
SOUNDED BY A BATTERY AND
THE PEOPLE TOOK UP THE RE-
FRAIN, "eoD SAVE THE KING
By Associated Press.

London, May 9.-With the time.
honored ceremony of brilliant and
Impressive character, George V this
morning was publicly proclaimed
king of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and the British
Dominfons beyond the seas, defender
of the faith and emperor of India.
Sharply at the stroke of nine, four
heralds arrayed in medieval uniforms
of scarlet, heavily braided with gold,
mounted the balcony of Friary court
ut St. James palace, where Queen
Victoria presented herself to the peo-
pie upon the opening of her memora-
BILE reign, and blew fanfare through
their 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 balconies and roofs of the anci-
ent palace, which had been draped
with red cloths, were reserved for the
notables, all of whom were in the
deepest mourning.
ROYAL HOUSEHOLD PRESENT.
Members of the royal household,
The ministers and their wives and
high officers of state, all in brilliant
uniforms, were gathered around the
rourt. General Sir John D. P. French,
with the headquarters staff in full
dress uniform, stood surrounded by
a troop of horse guards in their red
tunics and breast plates of polished
steel. From the windows of Marl-
borough house, immediately opposite,
the Duke of Cornwall, the young neir
to the throne, the younger Prince
and Princess Mary watched the cere-
mony.
The heralds having concluded their
duties, the officers of arms, chief OF
whom Is the Duke Of Norfolk, the
hereditary earl marshal and Chief
Butler of England, took their places
on the balcony, forming the great
heraldic company. None wore mourn
ing, this having been removed for
the occasion. Sir Alfred Scott Scott.
Gatty, principal of arms, with the
Duke of Norfolk and two officers
bearing the slaves of officers, 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 driz.
Zling rain.
The Duke and Sir Alfred then call,
ed for three cheers for the king and
the people responded with fairly
deafening hurrahs, which were 81
fenced only by the temperance OF
the heralds, who sounded another fan
fare.
The last note hardly died away
when the band Of the Coldstream
guards, which had taken up posi-
tion in the square, struck up GOD
Save the King"
The young princes from their point
of vantage in the windows of Marl-
borough house stood with their heads
at salute and the officers and troops
stood at attention.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
AS the national anthem was con-
rluded, the first gun from the battery
In st. James park belched a royal sa'
lutte and the people in the square and
streets at the same moment took up
the refrain, God Save the King"
This was probably the most inn
pressive part of the ceremony, the
fervent singing of the crowds grow
ing in volume as more and more sing
ers joined in, while at minute inter
walls the gun halfdrowned the
chorus. Meanwhile the royal stand
ard had been hoisted over Mari
borough house, indicating that the
king was in the royal residence. and
flags upon the public offices through
out the city were raised to the mast
heads.
The royal standard on the Bucking-
ham palace alone remained at half
mast. The flags will remain at mast
head until sunset this afternoon,
when they will be lowered again to.
half mast.
The Duke of Norfolk and Sir Alfred
Scott Scott-Gatty, the officers of state
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