The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-21
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gateway. With the exception Of the first.
these carriages dropped their occupants
at the chapel These were queen Mary
and other royal ladies' The first car
riage. with Queen Alexandra and the
Dowager Empress Marie, drew no be-
meath the round tower 10 await the pro
cession. This left the station punctualIy
at 12:5.
King George at Windsor.
AS the train with the body OF the King
and with the royal mourners and special
ENJOYS and their suites reached the sta
ton at l2:55. the union jack on the round
tower was hauled down and the royal
standard run up ar half-mast. King
/ George was In Windsor.
: Quickly. almost silently. the cortege
/ formed itself. as in London. only now
/ all were walking. and Joined the guard
/ OF honor OF the Life Guards. which was
drawn up outside.
/ Slowly, 70 the strains Of NIeudelssohn's
Funeral March. played by the massed
bands, the glttering company climbed
the steep hill at the foot Of the castle
walls. The gun carriage on which the
coffin lay was the same that carried
Queen Nictoria's coffin nine years ago
Then. II will be remembered. the horses
baked and sailors IN the cortege came
| quickly TO the rescue and dragged the
sacred burden safely 70 the chapel. That
accident has now become a precedent
One hundred and twenty-five sailors.
with long white ropes. drew the gun car
! rlage along, while forty others followed.
/ holding stay ropes. The sailors gun-ca--
| riage/fopes looked Ike one piece Of ma
! chinery. The ropes might have been rig
ged from iron bars. There was no sign
that the efforts suggested that any man
had an ounce OF weight on him, but for
/ tho slow-moving legs and slight regular
motion OF white straw hats.
Magnificent Piece of work.
II might have been thought, viewed
from above, on the roof Of a guardftoom
Of the sailors. that the gun carriage was
being drawn along a platform by invisible
ropes. II was a magnificent piece Of
work.
And so through narrow High street and
the leafy boardwalk the procession made
its way.
Just beneath the round tower Queen
AIeXandra's carriage Joined in behind the
King, the Kaiser, apd the Duke Of Con
Queen Mother, pale, but strangely youth
ful looking. leaned forward, bowling TO
the right and left.
Within the chapel brilliant Sunshine
sent its rays on the purple mourning
through the violet glass OF the great
window athwart the gray walls and the
white-robed priests, as the archbishops OF
Canterbury and York walked side bv
side, preceded by two chaplains bearing
cUUCifxes. Behind them four bows.
ROBBED in scarlet and white, carried their
flowing trains. Then followed the canons
Of st. George in long crimson cloaks.
officers Of the Order Of the Garter. wear
Ing all their insignia and blue nantes
the bishops Of Winchester and Oxford.
prelates Of the order, and other clergy.
Scene IA Gorgeous One.
AS It was without, 50 it was within
the chapel The scene was gorgeous.
prismatic, Kaleidoscope, iridescent. AM
the stock words fail to convey the effect
Of the wondrous mixture Of colors. in the
costumes and uniforms dating from those
OF the modern court officials. soldiers.
and sailors. 20 the medieval glories Of the
Garter Pursuivants and all the officers
Of that noble order. II was Just before
1870 when the procession OF clergy filed
slowly from the choir through the nave.
The curfew bell had begun TO toll from
IT'S ancient tower, and the sign Of minute
guns doomed through the chapel. and the
strains Of Beethoven's Funeral March"
from without mingled with the organs
softer tones within. Then came a sudden
hush, and the standing congregation
heard the long, shrill melancholy sound
Of whistle but few knew its signih-
canoe. As the coffin was being lifted
from the gun carriage outside the chapel,
q boatswain's whistle was sounding its
last pipe 10 an admiral Of the fleet
Then through the nave, which was
empty from side 70 side. pillar to pillar.
through the screen and past the stalls
of the Garter Knights. on either side
Of the choir. slowly and solemnly walked
that wonderful body Of men. representa-
tive OF the whole civilized world. which
need not be described again. The coffin.
as at Westminster Hall. was covered
smoothly by the royal standard. 1t was
carried by nohcommiSsioned officers Of
the guards, who were supported on either
side by two more rows
Bring Coffin Panel.
Behind commissioned officers bore the
coffin panel, on which were the crown,
scepter, and orb. Then walked King