The Washington herald., 1911-07-05

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Edward III, who loved chivalry, deter
mined to establish an order of knight
hood. consisting of himself. his, children
and the most gallant knights of Chris
tendon. He gave it the name of the
Order of the Blue Garter, and an
.nounced that IT should be celebrated
at Windsor on st. Georges Day. 1t was
on that day. in 1874. that the first chap
ter was held, and to the great castle on
the hill and its Chapel of st. George.
newly built for the purpose, there came
the Lion OF England" and his Queen,
and many ''parfait knyghtes" and
300 ladies and damsels. all of high
birth and richly dressed In similar
robes"
Though centuries have passed since
the founding of that order, the romance
of it still lives, and recently through
the gateway of the same old castle and
to the Tudor Chapel of st. George came
another procession of the King and
Queen of England, and many compan-
ions OF the noble Order OF the Garter,
and. walking alone. a youthful figure,
Edward Prince OF Wales. Up Castle
Hill marched a body of Life Guards
like FURNISHED gold. The Kings trum-
peters, in their cloth of gold, were
massed below the round tower. while a
guard Of honor of grenadiers faced the
nigh flight of steps leading to the
western door. Still another guard of
honor, the Coldstreams, took up their
place in the outer quadrangle.
Within the walls Of England's Oldest
home OF kings there unrolled itself a
scene such as Shakespeare would have
loved to portray, for on that morning
young Edward, Prince of Wales, was
made a knight Of the order, with all its
ancient ceremonial To the throne room
the King and Queen. in their robes as
sovereigns OF the most noble Order of
the Garter. were led by heraIds and off,
GERS, taking their seats In the chairs of
! state. And at the round table as did
the knights Of yore, stood ex-King Man
uel, Prince Arthur. the Duke OF Con-
naught, and Prince Christian of Schles-
wig -HoIstein.
The Garter king. Sir Alfred Scott Cat
ty then conducted the knights COM
panions to the presence of their sover-
eign. There were thirty-three of them,
as follows:
Earl OF Selborne, Marquis of North
ampton. Earl Darlington, Duke Of Well
ington, Duke OF Bedford, Duke of Port
land. Earl Of Elgin. Marquis OF Lans-
downe. Earl OF Rosebery. Earl OF Cado-
gan, Duke of Norfolk. Earl of Minto
| Earl of Durham, Earl Of Crewe, Duke Of
Richmond. Duke of Marlborough, Earl
Roberts. Duke OF northumberland, Duke
OF Buccleuch, Marquis of Breadalbane,
Duke Of Abercorn, Marquis OF London
derry and Marquis OF Abergavenny.
The young Prince OF Wales was con-
Quoted to the throne room by Prince Ar
| thur and by Sir Douglas Dawson. regis
| ter of the order. All received him stand
ing. As he advanced. making his obei-
sance. King George stretched out a hand
and directed his son to a seat On his
| right side. The Garter King, in his
| crimson robes, then knelt and handed
| to the sovereign the garter. STOPPING.
| the King buckled IT. upon the left leg
| of the prince, as the prelate of the order
made the following admonition:
ITO the honor of God Omnipotent and
| in memorial OF the Blessed Martyr ST.
| George, tie about the leg for thy renown
the noble garter. Wear 1t as the symbol
of the most illustrious order, never to
| be forgotten or laid aside, that thereby
you mayst be admonished to be courage
| Gus, and having undertaken a great war
in which thou shall be engaged thou
mayst stand firm. valiantly fight, and
successfully conquer"
The King thereupon fastened on his
| sons shoulders the "Riband" and the
George, an enameled badge presenting
the patron saint of England killing the