The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-23

pressed pang of distress, but this did not dampen his spirits to a noticeable | effect
 Later this stolid optimism was reward ed for as the royal coach bearing the
 King and Queen to Westminster abbey for their crowning emerged rom the yard at Buckingham palace. the clouds gave way and the sun burst through III
 all it's glory, permitting what might have been a bedraggled procession to become a spectacle of splendor.
 After the early morning rush of enthu- siasts, mainly of the humber classes, and great numbers of ticket holders eager to secure places of vantage from which to witness the royal procession before the expected crowds arrived on the scene there was some falling off observed and | as late as o'olock when the front gates | of Buckingham palace were closed there was little difficulty In moving freely at any point between the palace and West | minister abbey.
 Thence forward the crowds rapidly in creased and by the time the troops began to take up their positions along the line | of processional route at 7:15 o'clock, there were dense masses of spectators at every point.
 Police Gordon Broken | The pressure became so intense at Char | ing Cross and at Whitehall that the police | cordon was broken by the surging peo- | pie. With the aid of the troops, how ever. the authorities soon regained con- | trol.
 | The military bands were now playing | In the mall, Waterloo palace, Trafalgar | Square, Whitehall, Hyde Park corner | Parliament Square and other central places. Gaily attred people taking theil places on the stands kformed a brilliant | and lively scene, but one somewhat
 marred, to be sure, by showers which
 were just beginning to fall.
 | General Kitchener. who IS in command
 of the troops and 1200O police hurried
 here and there and was everywhere
 cheered. This was great day for Tom my Atkins. Sixty thousand of the em- pire's picked men lined the processiona route and as they swung along to their | assigned places with cocksure stride | they were cheered from all spectators. | There were mounted men from the | guard regiments with their glistening
 breastplates and waving plumes; mount ed and unmounted artillery, infantrymen in every uniform known to the British army Here and there a group of the
 ever popular blue jackets and scattered
 aiung tne route colonial troops in their
 workmenlil<e e&'khaki, white and colored troops from north south, east and west along with veterans from Chelsea hos
 pital and other hospitals, who have fought Britain's wars, though the latter were not required to stand. Entertained by the bands, the sight Of
 the troops and the scurrying about of
 officials, the crowds were well engaged
 and before they realized it the process
 sions from Buckingham palace to Vest
 minister Abbey were getting under way. There were three processions, one for the royal guests, another for the Prince
 of Wales and members of the royal fam
 fly other than the King and Queen; and
 an imperial procession.
 The first was made up of fourteen dress
 carriages occupied by the royal guests and the distinguished court officials and
 officers attached to their staffs. The car
 riages were drawn by pairs of the famous
 bay and black horses from the royal
 stables driven by royal coachmen and attended by footment In scarlet livery. Trumpeters and an escort of the Royal
 Horse Guards preceded the royal guests, few of whom were recognized by the crowds. The spectators. however. were , quick to pick out John Hayes Hammond, special ambassador from the United States the envoys from France and Ger
 many and the crown prince. Each of
 these were given round of cheers and there was a spontaneous clapping of