The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-24
BY Associated Press.


Queen Mary today showed themselvcs~
to the masses as distinct from the
more favored classes who were able to
obtain access to the circumscribed area
of yesterdays pageant.
Today's procession was on an even
! grander scale than that of the corona
tion. The route was more extended,
J including a circuit of some of the most
| populous districts of the capital, and
! the crowds that looked on were cor
respondingly greater. Then, too, their
! majesties were accompanied by a much
=! larger escort.
The scenes along the route were to
a great extent a repetition of those of
yesterday with a much greater crowd
! of spectators.
! The procession began to form in the
yard of Buckingham palace and the
adjacent streets at o'clock and two
hours later it was under way.
! Between lines of cheering thousands,
the royal party made stately progress
/ from Buckingham palace by way of
! Constitution Hill, Piccadilly, Trafala-
gar Square through the city, over Lon
don bridge by borough road and West
minister bridge, thus making a COM
plete circuit.
soUADRoNs OF CAVALRY.
The pageant included four full
squadrons of cavalry representing all
branches of that arm Of the service,
life guards, dragons and lancers, each
accompanied by it's own band and
section of horse artillery.
These were followed by all the naval
and military aides de camps on duty
! the war Office staff, deputattons of
foreign officers the royaI, suite I5tts5 -ths TIE
! foreign princes and the colonial Indian
escorts who Immediately preceded the
state carriage.
/ In the royal equipage with the king
! and queen rode Field Marshal Kitch-
| ener and the bearer of the royal stand
ard. The royal escort brought up the
rear.
ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME.
EVERYWHERE the king eAd queen re-
ceived an enthusiastic welcome from
the visitors Of the lptels, from the
stands of Piccadilly, Trafalgar Square
and The Strand; fran the business
men of London pDper, who had |
brought their wives and children out |
for this day, and afterwards from their |
majesties humble subjects south of the |
river.
The decorations of yesterday re- |
manned in Piccadill and those in the |
other streets travesed were not less !
rows of rnasts each bearing q red lion !
and underneath red velvet drapery
with a lion RAMPANT in the center. /
Festoons of various colors ran from
mast to mast.
Down Fleet street to Ludgate there
were alternately Venetian masts with !
cross bars and Pillar masts the Vene
tian masts surmpunted by figure of /
Fame with the trumpet while the pill
lar masts suppGted the British lion
and the unicorn. The mass were cong,
nected by festoons of greelery.
/ Somewhat similar decoations had
been made In the other sueets of the
. city, while across the entTace to Lon
don bridge a triumphal arb had. seen
erected.
BUNTING FLYIN.
} South of the river ever house, no
matter how modest, hadl piece of
bunting flying. Except forhe absence
of the gold coach, the catlcade was
more brilliant than that oyesterday,
and the stands along thefoute GER
eainly made a brighter ppearance.
. Those on Constitution Hill, Nerlooking
the palace garden, were llled with
= uniformed officers from ev'y part of
: the world who had come td4ondon to
:. honor Britain's king, with tlr daintily
y dressed ladies.
. On one stand were representatives of
. many foreign states, on arher were
: | military officers attached tohe suites
I of these representatives in the
= front rows of still another and were
i naval officers from the irrnational
: ships at Spithead, fncludi1 Captain
Cove, OF the American Dattinp Della
= ware, and his officers. TIE naval
y visitors were attended by offrs of the
o British navy and the naval aches of
: the foreign missions and enssies
ST. Georges hospital, oppte Con.
n stitution Hill, and the sidences /
II around Hyde Park corner | Picca-
d dilly were hidden by standoccupied ;
d by a bevy of uniformed nur side by
1t side with men and womeuho had
a aid enormous prices for theieats.
g The windows of Stratton use and
seats on the roof were ooied by
guests of Social Ambassador mmond .
- of the United States. Thepcluded
the Duchess of Argyll, the sIaI am
bassador's staff in full unifo mem :
bers of the American emRy and
many American women.
The early morning was ne too :
10 pleasant so far as the wear was
y concerned. The sky was ovest and I,
occasional drizzling showerspt the
, snectators in double whether would .
Ie be necessary to raise their lrellas
L However, there were no heavlowers
as in the early hours yestE and :
er those taking part in the Iession
to drove in open carriages, thqdding
he much interest to the pageant.
ed Almost exactly at the ointed :
p hour the colonial and 1ndiaontin- :
as gents which were to lead the over
e. the seven mile route formed Vic !
tie toria embankment and proc'd up
a the Mall, past BuckinghanRlace, )
Constitution Hill and Hyde I cor :