Evening journal., 1911-06-22

for a time and knelt at the steps Of
the altar, where the King offered
bread and wine and made his oblatiou.
consisting Of a rich altar cloth and
a gold ingot weighing a pound At
the same time the Queen offered her
oblation of an altar cloth and "a
marks weight" of gold
After prayers, the Archbishop Of
Canterbury administered the bread
and the Dean Of Westminster the
wine, and the King and Queen. re-
suming their crowns and scepters.
returned TO. their thrones, 10 the
triumphant strains Of Sir Charles
Stanford's "Te Deum" and the Gloria
I'm Excelsis
A few moments later Their Maies-
ties prepared TO take their departure,
and passing on either side of the
altar retired to ST. Edwards chapel.
where they divested themselves Of
such robes and insignia as they did
not need for the return to Buclung-
ham Palace. They retained their
] crowns and scepters. however. and
the full state procession having beer
reformed, made their way from the
Abbey TO commence their triumphal
journey back to the palace.
Coronation Parade
An accurate estimate of the num-
Der of people who Witnessed King
Georges coronation procession Is i'm
possible. but probably we'll over
100000 spectators We're packed
along the route Of the royal progress.
The magnificent professional road
known as the Mall. stretching from
Buckingham Palace TO sthe new Ad-
miralty Arch alone contained q
throng that defied enumeration. and
the great expense of Trafalgar
Square was black with the thousands
who had braved weary hours Of wait
ing in order to miss nothing of the
spectacle.
The people came In all classes, ma
tionalities and creeds and enormous
numbers Of them had taken mp posi-
tions before dawn. Traffic, OF course.
was stopped until late afternoon. The
earliest arrivals put in an appearance
before midnight. provided with camp
stools, packages of sandwiches and
other refreshments. and the majority
Of these made for the immediate vi
cinity Of Buckingham Palace Here
they had nothing more interesting 10
watch than the periodical changing
Of the sentries and the royal standard
Tapping above the roof
Dawn was greeted by the roar Of
guns from Hyde Park. where 3. r.
Battery Of the Royal Horse Artillery
had planted its field pieces. countless
hugles shrilled from the temporary
camps pitched in the various parks I'm
or near the metropolitan area. ana
the great military machine that was
TO play so important part in the
days doings was set in notion
Great Procession Starts.
Just before 3 o'clock the activity of
the army signallers on the palace roof
and the roof Of the neighboring Queen
Anne's Mansions, proclaimed that the
procession was starting
The procession was really divided
into three parts. First, the foreign
representatives and ENJOYS; second.
the British royal family: third, the
Kings individual procession.
The first division started from
Buckingham palace at $50 II was
headed by Colonel w f. Kerr of the
headquarters staff, a detachment of
the Life Guards followed by trumpet
ers and a band who preceded an es-
cort for the royal horse guards. Then
came the ENJOYS In eight carriages
drawn by two horses each and six
drawn by four horses each. The rep
resentative Of the United States. John
Hayes Hammond; Frances envoy. NJ.