The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-20
Great Funeral 0l British King
Held Today
NlNER0YAL HEADS ATTEND
Crowd Of 2,soo,ooo People Watched Pa
rade from Westminster to Pad
dington, When Train Was
Taken to Windsor.

London, May 2o.--The body Of King
Edward was to-day laid Al rest in St.
Ceorqea chapel at Windsor, where seven
ether British kings have been bariea.
Nearly 100000 people saw the funeral
procession, IN which nine kings rode, and
which left Westminster hall at $3.50
o'clock. The populace was in highly
nervous tension, and $4,000 soldiers and
iheupands Of police had hard work TO
stop the jamming Hundreds Of people
tainted The weather was bright and
warm.
The nine kings rode on horseback right
after the gun carriage bearing the body
ol the dead monarch The first was kink
George of Great Britain, 10 a generals
uniform. Then came Kaiser Wilhelm
and the duke Of Connaught in field mar
shars uniforms. The other kings Who
followed were George Of Greece. Albert
Of Belgium, Alfonso Of Spain, Manuel Of
Portugal, Frederick Of Denmark Haakou
of Norway and Ferdinand of Bulgaria.
Theodore Roosevelt was in q carriage
after Queens Alexandra and Mary Of
Great Britain. He rode with Foreign
Minister Pinchon of France and Sanad
Khan, the Persian representative.
Roosevelt and Pinchon wore evening
dress, which was designated by the earl
marshal as Correct advance"
The Procession.
Black was the keynote of the entire
scene; excepting the uniforms Of the
soldiers and Of many Of the royal repre-
sentatives, hardly speck Of color was
visible. In the throng Of spectators
from the aristoorat to the humbest
workman, everyone was elad in the same
ombre hue. Most Of them had waited
many hours before the procession began
"a file slowly from the main Westminster
hall gate But even from spectacular
point of view, their long wait was well
rewarded London has seeen many pie
tufesqHe pageants in the past but none
that has ever approached today's. The
procession was made up as foilows;
An officer Of the headquarters STAFF
Advance guard Of the sovereign's escort
pf Royal life Guards, N brass helmets,
white pipmes, steel cuirasses, white
bHeeeisee and huge Iaekh9ets.
Knight marshal's men Ia scarlet and
purple uniforms
DrnmiueSs og the Foot Guards
Detachment of practically every regi
ment ID England with their brands
Among them scarlet coated Grenadiers
Eeots CoIdsHeam and Irish Guards with
huge black bearskin hQadgear, helmefed
infantrymen, blue and gold artillerymen,
blue and white and blue and red L8ncers
blue and gold Hussars, brass helmeted
Dragons and Dragon Guards, cuirassed
Life Guards. cuirassed Horse Guards
grean-elad Rihemen, Killed Highanders
and khaki-garbed Territorials.
Detachments from the royal navy, n
cIuding TIE Royal Marine Light Infantry,
Royal Marine Infantry and companies Of
blueiaekets from various ships
Foreign military detaehments repre-.
senting practically every European pow
er
stan Of the royal household, judges Of
the high courts in wigs and armine
trimmed scarlet robes, and members of
tile priVy council iii all kinds Of uni
forms. official and court dress.
Group Of foreign military attaches gor- |
geously uniformed and plnmed
Headquarters staff Of the British army, |
equally magnificent. Included in this /
group were four men who attracted more
than usual attention, admiration and re-
spectful scrutiny for they wore the scar
let uniforms, gold oak k-lead epaulettes, |
broad blue sashes and parti-eolored plumed I
hats and carried the batons which pro
claimed them British field marshals
Earl Roberts or Little Bobs," Lord {
Kitchener or the Iron Man" Sir George
White and Sir Charles BroWnlow, a quar-
tet Of the most famous soldiers in the
world.
Admirals Sir Arthur Wilson, Lord
Fisher and Sir j.. Seymour
Bands of the Royal Mafine Eight In
fantry, massed Guards regiments, Royal
engineers and Royal Artillery
The duke of Norfolk earl marshal ci
England
White Staves- Lord Belper. the duke
Of Bueeleuch and the Earl Waldegrave.
Lord Chamberlain, Lord Cainington and !
Lord Steward Earl Beauehamp, each |
with six aides de-camp.
Gun carriage drawn BY 100 sailors /
bearing coffin with q bearer party on
either side Of non commissioned officers
of the Guards and Household Cavalry /
Outside these. lines of honorary pall /
Bearers, including several Of THE best
hown men III England Hedging both 1
groups around, a detachment Of relics I
Of a bvgone ge-the Yoemen Of the
Guard, in magnificent scarlet and gold |
Tudor uniforms.
Admiral Prince Louis Of Battenburg. /
King Edwards favolite charger, in full I
state tfappings, but with purple and (
crspe rosettes and forehead band, with
big spurred yelling boots 81 field I
marshal reversed ia sfirrnps.
Royal standard. borne by an officer Of
the Household Cavalry.
King George with aide-de-eamp and 4
eqpefry.
Duke Of Connaught the late kings /
brother. and the Kaiser Wilhelm Of Ger /
many. his nephew, on either side and /
slightly behind the king.
Field officer in Waiting Master Of the
Horse Earl Grauard
Then followed the seven other mon I
arehs 0f Europs King George 81 Greece 1
King Alfonso Of Spain. Hmg Manuel Of I
Portugal King Heakon of Norway. King
Frederick Of Denmark King Albert Of (
Belgium and Car Ferdinand Of Bulgaria 4
Grouped Immediately behind these kings