The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
FUNERAL OF king
PLANS COMPLETED
Removal of Remains of Former
Ruler to Westminster a
Military Event
Grenadier Guards Will Take
Charge of Casket Through
out Entire Ceremony

LONDON, May 15.--The official pro-
gram for the removal of the body of
the late King Edward from Bucking-
ham palace to Westminster hall on
Tuesday was issued tonight. The re-
moval will be attended by military
spectacle only less impressive and I'M
posing than the funeral itself.
Following the casket, drawn on
gun carriage. will walk King George,
the royal princes and all the kings and
princely guests and members of the
late kings household, lords and grooms
IN waiting, court dignitaries, naval
o1ncers and the queen mothers house
hoid. Then Will come a procession of
nine carriages with the queen mother
and all the imperial and royal ladies.
GUARDS WILL TAKE CHARGE
Upon arrival at Westminster hall
the late kings company of the Gren-
adler guards, who will have charge of
the casket throughout the ceremony,
VIII place the body upon the catafalque
for lying in state. All the regalia be-
ing placed upon the casket, the arch
bishop of Canterbury will conduct
solemn service in the presence of the
royal mourners. after which the public
lying IN state will begin.
The details of Fridays ceremony are
still incomplete, but it has been de-
cided bluejackets will draw the gun
carriage with the coffin at Windsor,
where the last solemn service viii be
held.
GUARDS CHANGED HOURLY
King George, Queen Mary. the queen
mother and the royal family were pres
ent tonight at solemn service over
the body in the throne room at Buck
fngham palace. The scene in the
throne room was deeply moving, one
of the most impressive displays being
the hourly change of the guards, who,
in full uniform, with hands crossed
on reversed rifles and with heads
bowed, stand like statues at each cor
ner of the catafalque, with an officer in
the same attitude facing the bier. Not
a muscle is seen to move At the end
of each hour a bugler silently leads the
relieving guard in and the change Of
guards is made noiselessly. One hour
of this immobility has been found so
trying to the men that after tonight
they will be relieved at more frequent
intervals.
The troops which will line the funeral
route Friday have been assiduously
practieing the funeral drill Curiously
not one of these 10000 men will see the
procession pass. for when the cortege
approaches, sections of the troops will
assume an attitude with heads bowed
over their hands on their rifles and will
so remain until the cortege has passed.
King George V pTasSed
In serm. e Qereo TO his congre-
cation last l37gh tae Central Meth
odist church, Re. II. Billie declared
that the present co ton oath which
ing (,a0FGe ~ raFef.ass4 an "a qIllt
to the British pUbuc
The pastor praisea le nftde
king and declared hiE s eBce IN his
ability to meet any Thich row
confronts his adm rfSiTatiou. The
offensive portion o1 the carh, ne .3s-
religious strife and was no longer
called for. He said:
That portion of the kings coro-
nation oath which is offensive to
Roman Catholics and which is the
relic of an age Of religious strife,
now happily passed. should no
longer be retained. 1t is an insult
to British subjects who are as loyal
to the English constitution and
crown as any in the empire.
The young man who comes to the
throne and takes upon his shoul-
ders the great burdens of an en-
pire will have the prayers OF all
good men and women. Fortunately
his private and public record is
without a stain; no breath of scan
dal has ever touched him; he is re-
garded as superior in mentality to
his royal father, and while perhaps
not so magnetic in his personality,
il is believed that he will be a just
| and wise ruler, and that even in
this hour of crisis and trial 'he
will keep his throne unshaken
STILL broad based upon the peoples
will. and compassed by the invio-
late sea-
King Edward VII will go down
to history as Edward the Peace
| Maker. for, like our own Roosevelt,
he has used his high Office and his
great influence ever in the inter
ests of world peace. When he came
| to the throne at the death of Queen
Victoria in 1901 the war cloud
seemed to lower ominously over
Europe.